Today I set an agenda for myself that included getting my backlogged laundry done between real estate work, having no previously scheduled appointments with clients. That goal was interrupted by a semi-urgent need to go into the office - I work from home primarily. I would be meeting a potentia
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04/30/2008
Yes, that is quite sexist when considering that I am a woman who IS a wife but that is precisely why my title is what it is. I was a STAY-AT-HOME wife for many years due to young children and then my husband's employment outside the US that did not allow me to work. I know of what I speak.I am
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04/25/2008
First, before any of you, my loyal readers, panic from my title (yoo-hoo-hoooo, anybody out there?), my daughter Sara is alive and well in her 14 day solo adventure through 8 countries in Europe.Just to recap, Sara's plans to have a male companion along on this journey fell completely apart due t
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04/23/2008
The other day I reached into a file folder and for the first time in years got a paper cut on my finger. It hurt like bloody hell. I kept a bandaid on the tip of my finger for two days, precariously positioned because of the location of the cut, but finally abandoned it from annoyance. The cut
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04/20/2008
Yes, another tale from the dark side. I may start giving these blogs episode numbers so it doesn't look like I am just recycling the same old thing. Roman numerals, identified by year/month shown, rated on a scale of 1-10 for level of buyer horror, perhaps on a profit & loss statement estimate
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04/18/2008
"Be careful what you say around her...she may blog about it." I heard that remark more than once when attending a family event recently - always the same person saying it, my brother-in-law Robert.He has a way of taking the most serious of occasions and making light of it, not out of disrespect.
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04/17/2008
While busily answering my email via gmail today, the little chat box appeared with this message: "Moooommmy, I'm scaaaaarrrreed." It was my daughter Sara. When she calls me "Mommy", it is a clearly understood signal between us that she needs comfort and reassurance, but the additional "I'm sca
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04/17/2008
This past weekend was brutal on my body. When my Sunday open house ended (preceded at noon by snow flurries in April in Ann Arbor, Michigan) and I was headed home, I knew I was tired. I didn't realize how tired I was until I felt myself literally falling asleep mid-typing, following up on some
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04/14/2008
I was at an event recently. The food was UBELIEVABLE, the drinks were flowing, and the guests were enthusiastic. I had to compliment one guy's choice of shirts - very subdued but covered with martini glass images. So appropriate to this occasion and so little thought needed as to "what to wear
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04/06/2008
The other day I heard a pretty chilling story from an owner of income property and it is forcing him to rethink his entire strategy of income property as a way to accumulate wealth. He has lost, not earned, a lot of money.He had rented one of his income properties to an individual. That person
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04/06/2008
