Doing small business

November 6, 2011

Starting a new business is not easy. Believe me, I have tried it! I think the hardest part of a new small business is not the idea but rather it is hard to come up with the finances to get it started. In this economy where cash is king, it is hard to dump all [...]

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Please back up often!

November 6, 2011

Recently I lost a lot of data because my laptop went out of commission. Since my laptop had been acting wacky for a while, I expected it to crash soon. When the external hard drives went on sale at the office supply store, I bought a couple of them to back up the important data [...]

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My little collector

October 24, 2011

My little one is turning out to be a little collector. A couple of years ago, it was the McDonalds toys. No, I don’t bring her to McDs often except when they have really cool toys. Then she moved on to stickers and stamps. Unfortunately the stamp collection fad did not last long because it [...]

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Vacation time!

October 19, 2011

Can you believe that it’s only 2 more months till Christmas vacations? It is always amazing how fast time flies especially after school starts. Right now I am in a slight panic mode because I have not plan our annual year end vacation yet. This year we will be going on vacation with family, so [...]

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Blogging on the go

October 19, 2011

My laptop is out of commission. Apparently the hard disk is fried. Sigh…. At least I did back up most of the data before it was all gone in a flash. So now I have to decide whether to get a new laptop or just get one of the tablets instead. I am currently blogging [...]

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Job search

October 19, 2011

Finances have been pretty tight lately because we are planning to replace our really old car soon. So I have been thinking more about getting a job just to help out. Frankly I am not too sure what kind of job I am qualified anymore. Being out of the computer technical field for more than [...]

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Days are getting shorter

October 11, 2011

Is it just me or does anyone else feels that the older you get, the faster the days seem to zoom by. Maybe it is because when we get older, we have so many things on our plate that we are running from one activity to the next while time just passes by. It seems [...]

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Messy car

September 18, 2011

Before I had a kid, my car was always sparking clean, inside and out. Nowadays, however that is such a rare scene. Even though I do not allow my kid to eat in the car, sometimes due to unforeseen circumstances, she will have some snack in the car. Sometimes I wonder how much of the [...]

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Losing weight before the holidays

September 10, 2011

This week I finally joined the gym again. I have been procrastinating for a long time but when a great deal came up on a discount website for the gym near me, I grabbed it. So now officially I have a gym card with me and I am determined to use it. Last Friday, I [...]

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Early holiday sale

September 10, 2011

Every year it is always amazing to see how early all the holiday decorations come up on sale at the store. Years ago, Christmas decorations do not come out till after Halloween and halloween props do not make an appearance till beginning of October. This year, as soon as school started, all Halloween, Christmas, winter [...]

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