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Jul 29

Day 127: 15 pounds and a 4-week vacation, you say?

First off, do NOT say anything about the lapse in my posts. I have no excuse. Other than it's busy raising two teenagers, maintaining a c...

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Deborah

Jul 6, 2018

That's right -- my Lady Blog is back!

This email is specifically targeted to the 193 trusty readers of my old blog. Some of you (okay, 2 of you that I can name) asked, over ...

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Deborah

Nov 5, 2014

Don’t Wake Me, I’m working!

After 10+ years of being bombarded by doctors-cum-celebrity-authors that my children need sleep (“Without sleep, your child won’t go to c...

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Deborah

Oct 13, 2014

Job Titles NOT to give yourself

2014 is nearly over. Digital sophistication is at its highest and yet, people are giving themslves dumb titles on their Linked In resume...

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Deborah

Sep 19, 2014

Pressure to Prezi

What’s a Prezi? That’s what I said when my daughter (age 10) came home from school last April and said “Mom, we learned Prezi today!” My...

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Deborah

Aug 7, 2014

Opt-in or Opt-out: No one gets a hall pass

This morning, my husband emailed me the link for today’s NY Times article “The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In” and I, in turn, am inclu...

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Deborah

Jul 6, 2014

What's Wrong with Outsourcing a Little "Wife Duty?"

For the month of July, I hired a “wife.” And I love her. No, not in that way. For an hourly rate, “my wife” deals with the termite-inves...

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Deborah

Jun 5, 2014

Starting a Business: Take a Village

Or at least, a gaggle of understanding friends & a weird affinity for stress. First off, thank you to everyone who submitted their astute...

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Deborah

May 17, 2014

Working from Bed: How a sick mom does it

The inevitable occurred. I caught my daughter’s germs and I’ve been laid up in bed for 2 days. Now, I’m trying to launch a website in ...

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Deborah

May 1, 2014

My Entrepreneur Obsession: SARA BLAKELY

Every week or so, I obsess over someone doing something. They’re often famous, but not necessarily. Now, I’m not into stalking and alth...

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Deborah

Apr 9, 2014

Get Me Out: Working from home is killing me!

Sure, I’m wearing my robe, my bare feet are propped up on the coffee table, the laptop is warming my thighs and I haven’t brushed my teet...

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Deborah

Apr 3, 2014

How to Juggle Work & Family: MEALS (Theory #12)

Okay. This time, I’ve really got it figured out. My sanity?! It’s all about the food. As a working mom, preparing & serving healthy m...

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Deborah

Apr 2, 2014

Be A Good Mom: Sign your girl up for Computer Camp NOW

Move over Malibu Barbie. HTML Barbie just bought some beach-front property and you’re getting evicted. The internet used to be limited t...

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Deborah

Mar 28, 2014

Top 10 Ways to Tell You're Turning 40 in Two Weeks

– 10 – While watching “Moneyball,” you spend most of the movie cheering on Brad Pitt’s deep forehead wrinkles because if Brad can pull of...

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Deborah

Jan 24, 2014

42-year old Mom launches website! What-the-what?!?!

Yes, you 22 year olds! Zip up your hoodies and move your recycled-canvas messenger bags over ’cause I’m working in the internet now. HOW...

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Deborah

Jan 9, 2014

First Rats. Then Snakes. Now... Heights? Start-up induced phobias suck!

Hiking 3 1/2 hours up a steep mountain? Lovely Riding 7 minutes down on the gondola? Spear your hiking pole thru my heart and call it a m...

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Deborah

Dec 9, 2013

A Quick, Make-Shift MBA

I’ve considered going to graduate school to get my Masters In Business Administration (MBA) but there are a million excuses why I can’t: ...

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Deborah

Nov 3, 2013

1 Idea = 1000 Google Searches

So, I had an idea for a business. What next? Research! Although I’d never run across any other company or website doing what I wanted t...

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Deborah

Oct 12, 2013

Outdated Resume? No problem! Start a Company!

Every journey has to begin somewhere. And a start-up company isn’t any different. I’ll try to keep this part short: Born, raised and sc...

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Deborah

Mar 1, 2013

When I say my meeting is about to start, it means I'm late for tennis

Yes, I’ve been lying. That conference call wasn’t about to start, my meeting didn’t run long and I wasn’t on a deadline to get that spre...

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