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Why Being Charitable Matters
At Church I heard a talk that got me thinking. Giving of ourselves whether it be time, talents, money, or other ways for others is indeed an important part of our religion. I wanted to find out how we as are doing.
I learned that Americans donate more than twice ...
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The Ultrasound Says it's Gonig To Be A...
We had our doctor's visit today. We had the ultrasound. We're so pleased to hear that the baby to be born in May seems to be healthy -- a properly functioning 4 chamber heart, a good set of limbs, a spine, etc. We also were privileged to find out ... ...read more -
What Is That, Daddy?
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Emily, for her birthday, got an automatic bread maker. So I tried it out today. I like 100% Whole Wheat bread so I followed the recipe EXACTLY and let the bread maker do its thing. While it was baking, I peeked in the window and it didn't look all ... -
Clever Names for Newsletters
I work with a very creative & original group of ladies every day. Lately, I spoke with one of my clients, Kathy Sims from The Enchanted Quilt (a quilt store in Wichita Falls, Texas). Because her store has an "enchanted" and "magical" feel, she named her monthly newsletter the "Magic Moment ...
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International Quilt Market in Houston
I had the most wonderful time in Houston this past week. I was lucky to attend the International Quilt Market in Houston! We had our company's booth near the main entrance, we were lucky to get such a great booth location. I spoke to hundreds of people in the ...
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A Positive Customer Service Experience
Just a quick post today -- here's an example of good customer service in action. I purchased something online but I accidentally let the browser auto-fill our Idaho Falls address instead of our new St. George address during checkout. When the package didn't come, we looked into the issue ...
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Inspiring Blind Man
One of my favorite parts of my job is interacting with all different types of people from different backgrounds. It's inspiring for me to meet people who have overcome great obstacles to get to where they are in life.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to train one of our ...
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How Fast Can You Type?
While reading resumes tonight, I came across a resume from an individual that said they can type 40 words per minute. One thing lead to another, and I found a cool website that will give you a speed test to how fast you can type!
Here is the cool badge ...
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Launched Free Quilt Classifieds
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Hurray! After months of work, we launched a new website today, Free Quilt Classifieds! This website lets you list your quilting, sewing, and craft supplies for free. Quilters all over the world now have a place to go to list their used longarm machines, sewing machines, etc. Crafters can list ... -
Great Book: FREE
I've been listening to a great book called Free by Chris Anderson.
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It's a wonderful book about how businesses all over the world in the recent decade are making a fortune from "Free". Chris Anderson and I relate, he's a die-hard Linux fan and into the tech ... -
Django + PHP to run on the same domain
Today I figured out how to put Django and PHP to run together on the same site using the Lighttpd web server. I googled around to see if anyone else had accomplished this feat, but haven't found anyone that did, so I thought I'd post how I did ...
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My experience buying Vista
I bought a copy of Vista last night. Yup, I did it. If any of you know me, I'm a huge Linux nut, and I find myself much more productive on my Linux machine than any other OS. But I need it to run Quickbooks, so I broke down ...
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St. George Sun
We safely packed and moved down to St. George. We've been here a week so far, and we love it! We like being close to family, the beautiful scenery, and access to the swimming pool. The kids have gone swimming just about every day we've been here. We ...
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Feeling Blessed
Emily and I are feeling very blessed. We spent this past week house hunting in St. George. We feel blessed and guided. We found a home in the neighborhood we like. We have six more weeks of Idaho adventures. Our blog name will then change. ...read more -
Good Night Scene
Jeffrey: Mom, You sleep now?
Emily: Not yet. I'm going to practice the piano, then I'll go to bed.
Jeffrey: And you be all done?
Emily: Yes, after tomorrow, I'll be all done.
Jeffrey: That's exciting! (grinning from ear to ear) Mom, You love piano?
Emily ...
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