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Entries for January, 2009 in Business Notebook

  • AllisonMiles  
    A consumerish question
    Does anybody out there have suggestions on a good video camera that preferably won't break the bank?   My sister's told me she'd like to get a camera to record her little one as he grows and, since I haven't gotten ...
  • AllisonMiles  
    A fishy situation
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/29/mason_2.jpg) ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/29/mason.jpg) Every new addition to the family is bound to bring some turmoil. My sister, for instance, gave birth to a 6-pound, 4-ounce bouncing baby boy - Mason Maynard Santos - on January 23 and I know things at their ...
  • AllisonMiles  
    It doesn't just make the heart grow fonder ...
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/19/baby%20shower-boy-1.jpg) Nope. Distance makes planning a party difficult. Really difficult. I came to this conclusion during my lunch break today as I sat with increasingly gluey fingers, eating my sub sandwich, finishing up the last of my sister's baby shower invitations (Yes, the ...
  • AllisonMiles  
    Shake your (baby) bootie ...
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/14/basket_cake.jpg) ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/14/duck_cake.jpg) ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/14/tiered_cake.jpg) It's official. I definitely prefer going to parties over throwing them. I actually came to that conclusion after my parents' joint 50th birthday party in September but that didn't stop me from planning another. I'll be an aunt ...