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Sometimes it seems like it's easy for people to say the right things to impress the authorities but then you always have to wonder what happens when the authorities are no longer right there. Hopefully, she is sincere about doing what is in the best interests of the children. (I'm a skeptic at...

We are finishing up one routine internal audit this week and gearing up to go right into another one, plus I've got some other projects that have been very time-consuming lately, so work for me has been pretty busy. I try to take a break now and then and check in here to see what everybody else...

I know, it's been pretty quiet here this week!

That happened when my DIL went back to work after my youngest granddaughter was born. She did the math, and after daycare for two kids, she would have been bringing home about $11 per paycheck! She stayed home until the little one was about 4 and the older one was in school so she only had one...

Wow. I'd thought that maybe it would be less expensive for you down there than it is up here (because the cost of living in Alaska is generally so much higher) but it sounds like you've caught up with us as far as the cost of some things go.

Wow, Linda, that's major! We always enjoy the time we spend with my grandkids but part of the fun is knowing that we aren't the ones responsible for raising them full time, although I would do it in a heartbeat if necessary, of course. I'll be thinking of you and your husband during this...

We can't afford a big vacation this year but we are planning a little bit of a getaway to a small town near here. We live in a fairly small city (pop.12,000) but it's a very busy tourist destination so it's always bustling and busy here during the summer (generally we get four ginormous cruise...

Sounds like you'll need more like a vat of coffee than a mug, Linda! :)

I gotta agree with you there! The only sport I have any interest in at all is local high school level soccer, and that's only because my grandson has become a total soccer jock and plays either indoor or outdoor soccer eight months out of the year. :)

Linda, if I were you I'd probably be encouraging my husband to look for work elsewhere if that's the way they treat their employees! My DH had a job like that for a couple of years. The boss expected him to work 60-70 hour weeks and come in sick, injured or whatever (one day he called me and...

That's a serious burn, and I imagine really painful, but I'd also worry about it becoming infected. Is the employer going to take responsibility if it becomes infected from having a shoe rub the burn raw because they told him he couldn't take two days off even under a doctor's recommendation? As...

The need to stay put is apparently very deeply ingrained in our dog. We never take her out off-leash because we don't have a fenced area for her, and the last time we were out of town and boarded her at a kennel, they said that she wouldn't even go outside to go potty if the guy didn't at least...

We say that all the time about our dog. Biggest similarity, our dog has about the same attitude as my 13-year-old granddaughter. Biggest difference, she's never asked us to buy her a smartphone, computer, or expensive clothes & shoes (although I'm sure she would if she could speak human). :p

Wow, you really are good to your people on Administrative Professionals day. I just gave my assistant a card and a small gift card...now I feel like a cheapskate!

I've been following the Boston marathon news....how awful! When I told my husband about it at lunch he said that his brother runs marathons and has gone to the Boston marathon before. We don't keep in very close touch with him normally but we're hoping he wasn't there. Very scary.

Yeah, I'm sure the food-sharing would be an issue for us too. Plus our big tough-looking Husky mix is actually such a bundle of insecurities, I don't know that she would do well with another dog around anyhow. She used to love to meet other dogs but she isn't around other animals much so she...

Oh, my gosh, after our conversation about adopting pets I opened up the newspaper this morning and there's a picture of the most adorable Shepherd/Husky mix for adoption at the animal shelter. She's 2 years old, spayed, looks in the picture like she's got the blue Siberian Husky eyes like our...

Yikes, Elle, that's ridiculous! I have to wonder how many animals do end up being put down because they won't adopt them out to a home that they don't find "perfect".

Using "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan was a very smart move by the ASPCA, it has apparently helped them to raise millions of dollars since they've been using it. It's such a sad-sounding song to start with, even if you don't listen to all the words (it was written about a musician who died of a...

Our animal shelter is operated by the city, and it's pretty easy to adopt a pet from there. Last time I knew, they charged a $15 adoption fee and another relatively small fee to include spaying/neutering. We can also adopt pets through the Humane Society. My sister got her cat there and she...