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    Day 127: 15 pounds and a 4-week vacation, you say?
    Deborah
    • Jul 29, 2020

    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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    That's right -- my Lady Blog is back!
    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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    Don’t Wake Me, I’m working!
    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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    Job Titles NOT to give yourself
    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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    Pressure to Prezi
    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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    Opt-in or Opt-out:  No one gets a hall pass
    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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    What's Wrong with Outsourcing a Little "Wife Duty?"
    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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    Starting a Business:  Take a Village
    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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    Working from Bed: How a sick mom does it
    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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    My Entrepreneur Obsession: SARA BLAKELY
    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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    Get Me Out:  Working from home is killing me!
    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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    How to Juggle Work & Family: MEALS (Theory #12)
    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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    Be A Good Mom:  Sign your girl up for Computer Camp NOW
    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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    Top 10 Ways to Tell You're Turning 40 in Two Weeks
    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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    42-year old Mom launches website!  What-the-what?!?!
    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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    First Rats.  Then Snakes.  Now... Heights?  Start-up induced phobias suck!
    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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    When I say my meeting is about to start, it means I'm late for tennis
    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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