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The Perfect Gifts from Louisville, Ky :: South Bayly Boutique

S. Bayly Boutique: Unique gifts of art, jewerly, and more in Louisville, Kentucky South Bayly Boutique, 107 S. Bayle Ave.  Louisville, Ky On my recent visit to Louisville, Kentucky for Thanksgiving, I found the neatest gift shop, South Bayly Boutique. It was by chance actually. I was sitting drinking coffee at Heine Bros and searching for [...]

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My 2011 Halloween Costume

Co-workers brave my look and dress like me for their Halloween Costumes Each year as Halloween approaches my co-workers begin to get all excited about what costumes we should wear. There is a team theme developed and everyone is expected to participate by wearing a costume for Halloween. Everyone except me. I really don’t get [...]

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Smile for a Lifetime

I recently found a fantastic non-profit organization, Smile for a Lifetime. This foundation provides orthodontic care to kids who can not afford it. Watch this video: The difference Smile for a Lifetime makes with a kid is only matched by the pain and humiliation felt by those kids. The embarrassment people often feel about their [...]

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School Excellence Awards: Far from excellent

Does your child attend a school that has won an award for excellence? As I drive around the valley, it seems every school has some award for excellence. No longer do the signs proclaim Home of the Mighty Marauders or how many state championships won. More often the signs proclaim this school is a winner [...]

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10 Things for My Last Day

What Did You Do On Your Last Day? A recent headline regarding the passing of Michael Jackson caught my attention. Its topic covered what he had done on what became his last day. That made me think. We have no idea, usually, that our last day is here. So the question is, if this was [...]

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How well do you know me? :: Facebook Quizzes

I have recently complained about all of the Facebook quizzes. Most I find annoying and only clutter my news feed from my “friends.” l was so annoyed at the I.Q. one. Everyone was coming back with results that complimented them how genius they were. I wondered what would the summary read like if you just [...]

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What’s Going on?

Last fall, my blogging was challenged by a problem that kept me from updating and accessing it. That problem was fixed when I updated the WordPress version. And then all kinds of stuff started to compete for my time and attention. I started a Masters program, began exploring the Twitter application, moved from MySpace to [...]

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