Fabulous Friday

Hi, Folks!

It's a Fabulous Friday in my world - how about all of you?

In addition to my full-time job, I take on a lot of freelance web content creation work. I am not a morning person, but I have found that my optimal time to work on some of my ...

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Weekend Plans/Goals

Just so you don't think I'm too big of a slouch for being behind in posting, here's a look at my weekend plans/goals:

Friday, early AM: Article writing time for a client
Friday, later AM & early PM: work (at office) including meetings
Friday, ...

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Dem Convention Wrap Up

Howdy, folks!

I owe you my reaction to the Convention from days 3 and 4 - so sorry they aren't done (or even started!) yet. Chris got back from his 4-day trip to Canada on Wednesday evening and then last evening I came home from work not feeling ...

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In Humor, There is Truth

Weight Gain and Pregnancy

We're all different in our body compositions and how much weight we gain during the normal course of a pregnancy. Since we got pregnant, I've had people tell me they gained 5 pounds (they were overweight prior to being pregnant) all the way up to ...

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Democratic Convention - Day 2

Alrighty, folks...to keep you caught up, go here for my day 1 thoughts.

On day 2 of the convention, I watched for 3 speakers: Bob Casey, Mark Warner, and Hillary Clinton. Because of the limited schedule that was being broadcast by the networks, I ...

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That's...Spooky

Do you ever know things before you should...or sense things that you shouldn't?

Bear with me, folks. I promise, I'm not losing my mind.

I'm talking about those weird occurances in life that just give you goosebumps?

I had one of those times today. ...

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Finding the Right Host

I've been talking quite a lot recently about my current blogs, my new efforts, and the work I've done in the past with maintaining web sites/blogs purely for revenue. Obviously, one of my biggest concerns, as someone who enjoys making money onl...

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Water is a Liquid

Good Tuesday morning to everyone, and welcome to the 5th edition of Tuesday Travel Tips with Tiffany! To read previous editions, you can find them here.

I'm going to guess that you may be amused with the title of this post: "water is a liquid." ...

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New Mom Site, Fab Giveaways

I came across a new site that officially launched on August 24th - the same day I launched 0 to Mom! These folks have a bit more moolah than me, however, and are giving away a ton of fabulous things that any mom would love. You have just GOT to go ...

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Democratic Convention - Day 1

Without necessarily wanting to, but drawn in like a moth is to light, I watched the first day's coverage on network TV (I got to hang out with Katie Couric and a Bob Schieffer who is starting to resemble the crypt keeper) while working on my blogs ...

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Preparing for Leave

Happy Monday, ya'll! Thanks for stopping by, and make sure to see the reader response questions below so you can respond with your opinions!

On this Manic Monday, I'm hyper aware that I only have a few weeks left to wrap things up at my job and ...

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Baby's First Halloween Costume

Believe it or not, we've already been discussing how we should dress up Catherine for her first Halloween this year. Come Halloween, she'll be between two and four weeks old - not old enough to trick-or-treat, but definitely old enough that we have ...

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Stolen MeMe

Stole this from Carrie - couldn't resist!

1. What is your occupation?
HR lady by day, freelance writer chick by night

2. What color are your socks right now?
No socks - wearing sandals

3. What are you listening to right now?
Dead air

4. What was ...

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Manic Monday # 20

Lisa has some great questions for us this week over at Manic Monday!

If you could take more control of one aspect of your life, what would it be?
The ability to say no! I can't do it! And it leads to me feeling overwhelmed a lot of the time, and ...

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New Blog is UP!

Hey, ya'll!

Remember the hinting around I've done about starting (another) new blog?

Well...it's UP! With a few foundational posts (About, Disclosure Policy, Usage Policy) and the first "real" post posing a time management question, it's now open ...

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What Did You Give Up?

Very few people have only a singular focus in life. Most of us have a million things going on at any one point in time. It's what keeps us occupied, it's what fulfills us, and it's what drives us stark raving mad.

With less than two months to go ...

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About

Hi!

Welcome to one of my newest blogging adventures - 0toMom.com. Our first child is due to be born in the fall of 2008 and as we prepare for her arrival, we'd like to use the blogosphere as a way to connect with other new and experienced parents ...

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Disclosure Policy

This policy is valid from 24 August 2008

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received may influence the ...

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Usage Policy

The works displayed on this site are solely owned by Tiffany A. Aller, or are copied, quoted or linked from other sources with explicit or implicit permission only.

You may copy, quote or link to any portion of this blog provided that you do not ...

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A New Award!

I'm touched! Penelope Anne, better known as Sassy Mama Bear, has honored me with this award:



I would like to pass this award along to...Siani! Siani, besides posting fabulous content on her own site, regularly checks up on me over here at ...

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Making My House Complete

I've talked quite a bit about my house on this blog in the past, and especially about all of the work we've done here to make it uniquely ours, between actual physical work and the special items we've found to add to our collection. One item I've ...

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Friday Fill In # 6

Hi, folks! It's been a long week, hasn't it? Two weeks ago, I traveled for work and then rushed to PA when my father passed away. A week ago, we buried Dad and then came back to Texas to try to get back into the swing of things. And so this week ...

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She's Got the Look

So, uh, I'm working on another redesign here. And at How to Have a Baby.

Yeah, I know, I just did that in May.

But it's not going to be major - I promise. I'd originally chosen this new template because I wanted to attempt to increase my ad space ...

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Get a Leash!

Good Tuesday morning to everyone, and welcome to the 4th edition of Tuesday Travel Tips with Tiffany! To read previous editions, you can find them here.

Today, we're going to head back to the wonderful world of airports. And, specifically, let's ...

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Manic Monday #19

Hey! Look at me! I'm actually participating in Manic Monday, hosted by the lovely Lisa!

Is there something you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?
Going to the beach. Uh, it's been a busy year. That may be my ...

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She's Gonna Do WHAT?

I'm incredibly behind on my book blog.

Like by 25 books.

But I have a plan!

I've gotten my "already read" pile split into four manageable piles, and I'm going to start hitting one small pile at a time, to give myself a bit of relief from the web ...

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When You See a Guy...

I just read some FANTASTIC news! Guys and Dolls is returning to Broadway in the spring of 2009, for its first New York run since 1992. This is my FAVORITESHOWOFALLTIME. Incidentally, it was also my fathers...because it's about shooting craps, ...

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Come Argue With Me

I hope everyone has enjoyed reading my rants over the past few months since I started my Tiffany Takes On posts...I know that I've enjoyed your comments, whether you're on my side or on the wrong side. (Haha!) I love arguing about current events ...

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Friday Fill In # 5

I can't believe it's already Friday again...

Janet has some great questions this week over at Friday Fill-Ins - go join in!

1. The last meal I had at a restaurant was on Monday night.

2. Long phone conversations are something I intensely dislike.

...

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2008 Memory Walk

Dear Readers,

As many of you know from following my blog, my life has been touched and changed by Alzheimer's Disease. I watched for more than five years as this awful illness robbed the life and memory from my father. This year, in memory of my ...

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She Just Won't GO AWAY

(It's been awhile since I've vented steam in a "Tiffany Takes On" post, but my blood is just boiling right now...)

CNN.com is reporting that the Barack Obama campaign has agreed to place Hillary Clinton's name in the roll call during the Democratic ...

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Choices, Choices

My husband had his first dental appointment today in two years. Two years! (Ok, I can't really crab at him, because I'm behind, too...I've had a temporary crown for, er, two years. It just never seems to be the right time to get my wisdom teeth out ...

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Anyone See a Band Wagon?

I've been having terrible problems sleeping over the past few weeks. Ok, truth be told, I've been having sleeping issues most of my life, but over the past few weeks, with so much on my mind between Dad and the baby, I've been lucky to get two ...

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Thursday Thirteen #20

Milestone: this is my 200th post!

Hi, everyone! We're back in Texas and busily trying to catch up with life - and sleep! I've received dozens of blog comments, emails and snail mail cards during the past week and will be working to respond to them ...

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Info on Dad's Services

Hi, all!

Just wanted to post links to the obits that ran in the Scranton Times and Pocono Record this morning - they have info on when Mass is and when the visitation is and so forth.

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers.

Tiffany

Scranton Times

Pocono Record

Blog Hiatus

Hi, everyone.

Breakfast at Tiffany's will be on hiatus until next week; my father passed away this evening (8/5) and we'll be leaving tomorrow morning (8/6) to be with my family in Pennsylvania. Depending on when final arrangements are made, we'll be back in Texas any time between Sunday and Tuesday of next week.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Tiffany

MASSIVE UPDATE

Hi, everyone!

After a week hiatus, let's start this week off with a MASSIVE UPDATE!

First, for updates on baby and house "stuff", head over to How to Have a Baby and check out my 29w2d Update post.

Second, check out that I've actually update my

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