November 22, 2010 | Posted by ClumberKim
Thanks to American Express for sponsoring my writing today about small businesses. American Express is presenting Small Business Saturday, a way to honor the local merchants who are the backbone of the economy, this Saturday, November 27. They’re offering statement credits to people who shop at small businesses, advertising for small-business owners, and donations [...]
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November 16, 2010 | Posted by ClumberKim
Shopping is something I usually do on-line, but tonight I did some shopping for a good cause, albeit in a small way. My son’s school once again organized a very nice group of local retailers to give special deals to school affiliates, while giving back a percentage of purchases to the school’s financial aid fund. [...]
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November 29, 2009 | Posted by ClumberKim
It seems there is no shortage of bloggers with gift guides this year, even in light of the FTC’s new scrutiny of the blogosphere. So I’ll say it up front: I’ve received nothing for free and no one has asked me to review or promote their products. So there. I’m a satisfied customer, nothing [...]
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November 28, 2009 | Posted by ClumberKim
NaBloPoMo day 27 is here so we’re down to the last four days. Quitting is no longer an option. Ahem. And thank you to whomever didn’t choose October or some other month with 31 days.
So Thanksgiving…not a total bust as I previously predicted. Kids ate a little turkey and mashed potatoes. Oliver ate more turkey, [...]
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May 27, 2009 | Posted by ClumberKim
My blog is about as close as you want to get to me right now. When it rains, it pours. Let’s just say there are flood warnings in my vicinity. If I were the Mon Wharf, there would be no parking for months.
It all started last Thursday when CD informed me he’d have to work [...]
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March 26, 2009 | Posted by ClumberKim
My name is Kim and I have a little shopping problem. When CD takes his leave of the family I have a tendency to kick up the on-line shopping. In truth, it starts a few days before he departs. It’s not like doesn’t know what I am up to. He sees (and pays) the credit [...]
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August 13, 2008 | Posted by ClumberKim
I’ve been at my new job for nearly two months now. You may recall I wasn’t exactly sure this was going to be a good thing. I wildly understated the grimness and wildly overstated my optimism, mostly because I wasn’t sure who might be reading. I can now say much of the grim is gone, [...]
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June 23, 2008 | Posted by ClumberKim
I’m supposed to be in bed by now. My grand plan involved, among other things, going to bed at 10pm so getting up at 6am would be less painful. Since it is nearly 11pm, you can see how the plan’s execution is coming along.
We have made a few strides towards preventing the family from spinning [...]
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May 18, 2008 | Posted by ClumberKim
When I have nothing interesting to say I ramble on about whatever we’ve been up to. (I fear twitter is getting my best material.) This kind of post is incredibly boring. If not for blog365 I would fold up the MacBook and go to bed.
Oliver and I headed out this morning for the library to [...]
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March 18, 2008 | Posted by ClumberKim
Oliver had a slight temp when I picked him up at school yesterday. He had a cough and sniffles too. By bedtime, though he was acting normally his temp was 102.1. I kept him home today, though the temp was gone and he just had the cough and runny nose (which was clear). We had [...]
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