I have pulled this one out of the archives. The funny thing is it all stands up to the test of time. Getting organized has been a real challenge. I am not the most organized at the best of times but when life gets busy, with work, kids, cooking, cleaning, and family it is even more of a challenge for me.

I feel like we are overrun by our stuff, that our stuff is starting to control our lives.

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RSVP

Abbreviation

Répondez s’il vous plaît, or please reply (used at the end of invitations to request a response).


An abbreviation often included in invitations to request that the invitee let the host know if he or she will be attending. From the French term, “Répondez si’l vous plaît,” which means “please reply.”

(www.businessdictionary.com)

It is so simple really.

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Knowing When to Unplug

A while back I read a great article in the NY Times about parenting while plugged in . It  hit home with me since so many of us, including me, are so plugged into to our technology. That article was from back in 2010 and there have been many more articles written about our plugged in life, including our need to always online, even email.
 It is a great piece about the impact of parents who talk on their phones,
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Happy is a state of mind.

I will admit would not say I am in a state of happy all the time. I wish I was. I would say it is a work in progress for me. I really don’t have anything serious to be unhappy about. I have family, friends, love, and laughter.

Sometimes I let the negative little inside voice to speak too loud. Does that happen to you?

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It is fair to say that I am not a morning person.

I think it is a side effect of working nights for so many years. All those years in T.V. and radio have had an effect on me. I often worked until midnight, getting home after one in the morning and staying up until the wee hours of the morning.  It always made for rough mornings, especially when the kids came along.

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