Newsletter
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By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
The Easter egg. It's a pretty simple concept: you boil an egg, you dip it in dye - preferably without dyeing your fingers but hey, if it happens it happens - and set it out on display. As I drove home ...
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By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
The whole leap year thing still eludes me. I mean, seriously. Does that one extra day every four years really make that much of a difference? I guess it does to the people born that day, but to everybody else it's ...
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A little V-Day recycling never hurt anyone
By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
It was about this time each year that - with a little help from the family - Grandma would finish off that last gooey piece of Valentines Day chocolate. "Grandma, your box is sooooooo pretty," I'd always say, eyeing the ...
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"Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate!" - Sandra J. Dykes
By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
Well, February has rolled around once again and I would almost bet money - the little that I have - that men's blood pressure levels are on the rise. If you haven't gotten those ever-so-thoughtful reminders that Valentine's Day is ...
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A little late, but a resolution nonetheless
By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
I've decided on a sort of late-in-the-game New Year's resolution: I'm making myself a scrapbook this year. Now don't get me wrong - I've also got the generic weight loss goal on my list of things to do, but this ...
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By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
I'm not sure what you should call me: a sentimental saver, a memory hoarder or a plain, old pack rat. Any of the three would probably suffice. But whether it's the ticket to a concert I attended with a good friend, a baby ...
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By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
Have you ever walked through a grocery store to see a child holding onto a sticky, dirty stuffed animal and wondered why on earth the parents let them keep that thing? Or dug through Grandma's linen closet for a warm ...
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By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
There is a time and a place for everything. Never has this phrase hit me so square between the eyes than it did a couple of weeks ago. A friend of mine - one that I dearly wish I'd gotten ...
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To have and to hold, until someone needs a tissue
By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
It's among the most memorable days of woman's life, the day the focus is on her and she becomes joined to her true sweetheart for - at least she hopes - forever. Her wedding. And while I'm all for spending ...
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By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
In driving back to the office from my dinner break, I took the "scenic route" to get a glimpse of some of the amazing Christmas lights Victorians had strung up throughout town. And let me tell you. I was impressed. My ...