Head down 695 tomorrow evening, Saturday November 29th to the Catonsville Fire Station on Frederick Road to enjoy the 15th Annual Catonsville Tree Lighting Ceremony The fun starts at 6.30pm The tree will be decorated and the lights will be turned on. Santa will be arriving on a fire truck, I'm su
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11/28/2008
It's difficult to turn on the news these days without reports of violence and attacks. It seems that they are coming closer to home. A Mothers group I belong to sent an e-mail recently about statistics at a local mall (15 minutes from my home) having a huge increase in parking lot muggings in br
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11/28/2008
I trust you all had a blessed and abundant Thanksgiving? We sure did. Plenty of food, good friends and lots and lots of Turkey (Dennis). We ate dinner around 1pm and then lamented the over stuffing. After the dishes were done I snuggled up with my son and enjoyed a guilt free nap. 5 hours later I
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11/27/2008
Good Morning and HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Say good morning to Dennis. That's what we named the turkey last night. I'm not the most accomplished person in the kitchen so this day is always a culinary adventure. My dear Mother is overseas and totally oblivious to this holiday and unobtainable by phone.
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11/26/2008
I finally convinced my friend George Kuda to accept my invitation to Active rain and join. He will be the first to admit that beyond work, he is not as ACTIVE as he could be on the internet. Currently he does not have a Twitter or Facebook account and he has no idea how he even has a Linkedin ac
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11/26/2008
In the middle of dinner this evening I did what I NEVER do. I answered my home phone. I think it was a knee jerk reaction. I work long hours and I go to work early, but I am doing what I can to instill into my two year old that a family meal is an integral part of the day. As a child my family AL
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11/25/2008
I read a blog this evening written by June Piper-Brandon about giving gift cards this Holiday season. There seems to be an awful lot of stores and companies closing this year. Myself I am stuck holding a $200 Gift card for a local salon that closed without notice. Outback Steakhouse is not closin
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11/23/2008
This morning was just an ordinary Friday in November. A little chilly, but tolerable; time for a warm coat and a hat. As I drove to the office there were some minuscule snow flakes, but nothing to get excited about. The weatherman had mentioned a little precipitation. I had a settlement this morn
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11/21/2008
Everyone has a connection to the place they call home for some reason or another, but I confess I stumbled across Historic Ellicott City, Maryland when I was not even looking for it. I was unaware that cold fall day in October of 1995 the impact this little town would have in my life. My then boy
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11/20/2008
The "Linens n Things" location in Long Gate Shopping Center, Ellicott City is liquidating assets and closing their doors. I wonder who will be taking their place in this 12 year old plaza? Strangely they have a "Now Hiring" sign above the door too. Not much job security there! (If you squint you
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11/20/2008