The two nap transition

My daughter has always been a two nap baby.  She typically lays down at 9amish for [more]

10 Tips for new website creation

My new website wasn't really about just making the website, it was more about creating [more]

Working from home with an infant

'How to work from home with an infant?'  I've Google searched it and really didn't find [more]

Diamonds are My Husbands Wing Man

Sparkly Things is simply a place where anyone can share their prized jewelry pieces.  If [more]

I'm Becoming my Parents?

Today things I do or say remind me OH so much of my mom and dad.  [more]

USPS revises Express Mail® signature and claim procedures

Effective Jan. 22, 2012 , the United States Postal Service will apply recent changes to [more]

The two nap transition

Lucy Sleeping

My daughter has always been a two nap baby.  She typically lays down at 9amish for a morning two hour nap and 1:30pm for the second two hour nap.  Sleep in our house is imperative to our survival.  This sounds rather dramatic but if anyone is to enjoy their day or enjoy Lucille naps are crucial. I risk [...]

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Small things to remember important people

Grandma'scrystaldrops

This year our family had many losses.  Grandma Kosman, my mother’s mother, we lost early in the year just before Lucille was born in March. Grandma was an amazing woman who mothered 1o children (9 girls and 1 boy) and lost another set of twins at birth.  This simple crystal pendant was one of six that [...]

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10 Tips for new website creation

10 tips for creating a new website

My new website wasn’t really about just making the website, it was more about creating a new personal brand.  I had to do some serious research on who I wanted to be professionally and what I wanted to say.  Then I was ready to daydream and come up with the best vehicles to say those things [...]

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Working from home with an infant

Lucy's first day of daycare

‘How to work from home with an infant?’  I’ve Google searched it and really didn’t find much in regards to actual experience so here’s mine.  Maybe some mom can glean something from my time.  Lucille started daycare at home with a nanny (Ashley my step-daughter).  We loved it!  We didn’t have to rush around getting ourselves [...]

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Diamonds are My Husbands Wing Man

old and new diamonds

Sparkly Things is simply a place where anyone can share their prized jewelry pieces.  If you made it or own it, I’d love to share it.  For the first post I’ll share my Christmas gift from my dear husband Jim. Jim and I celebrated our Christmas late since my 3 step children were away on [...]

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I’m Becoming my Parents?

baby crying

Today things I do or say remind me OH so much of my mom and dad.  My parents are both in sales, real-estate, and insurance respectfully.  I followed in my father’s footsteps of the insurance profession at the wise age of 24.  At that juncture of my life I hadn’t yet realized my “calling”.  Shortly after [...]

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USPS revises Express Mail® signature and claim procedures

Shipping truck image

Effective Jan. 22, 2012 , the United States Postal Service will apply recent changes to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service – Domestic Mail Manual: Express Mail addressee labels Addressee labels printed after Jan. 22, including Express Mail Label 11-B and Express Mail Label 11-F, will exclude the “Waiver of Signature” check [...]

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