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By smallbusinesscoaching November 30, 2003
With the recent Thanksgiving feast and reflection, we began the month-long period of holiday festivals filled with friends, parties, gifts and heartfelt plans for the coming year. The standard refrain so many of us hum ...
By fatherfrank November 27, 2003
Thanksgiving formally begins a festive time of year. People begin to decorate their homes for the holidays. It is a time of year when many people start taking pause and acknowledging how blessed they are. ...
By dj November 26, 2003
By Michael Landrigan 1. Do you provide a written agreement? It's very important to confirm your booking in writing. Terms should be clearly defined to avoid future problems. 2. Are you insured and incorporated? Be ...
By mobd November 23, 2003
In today's fiercely competitive and fast-paced economy, customers demand better service -- whenever, wherever and however they need it. For small business owners to succeed they must continually provide outstanding customer service to maintain sales
By babystuff November 20, 2003
Last year I was taking my son to Quebec City from Long Island. It's about 12 or more hours north of here. I have family in Quebec and I wanted to treat my son to ...
By fatherfrank November 20, 2003
Every day as parents we are battling with our children. The battlefield can be the dinner table, the school corridor, the playing field, the basketball court, the local pizza parlor or the neighborhood mall. As ...
By AppreciatingDiversity November 20, 2003
1. Recognize that every individual has a culture, including you "I'm just American, I don't have a culture" --A Common Myth Southerners versus northerners. New Yorkers versus Californians. Americans versus Japanese. ...
By wedding-planning November 17, 2003
I'm sure you may have wondered one time or another about the creation of certain wedding customs! Why do women buy a white dress and only wear it once? Why do we throw birdseed, rice ...
By psychologist November 16, 2003
In my practice, I have heard from many late adolescent and adult patients that they have smoked marijuana for years and they have not seen any problems. They claim they are not dependent upon marijuana, ...
By babystuff November 15, 2003
Traveling with a baby/child/husband (woops.. did I just type that?!) can be taxing. Our family lives all over the East Coast so we do a TON of driving. My Mother's about 8 hours away, Father-in-law ...
By AppreciatingDiversity November 14, 2003
What does your school cafeteria look like? Do kids gravitate toward and sit only with those who share a common background? Next week on November 18th, more than 300,000 students across the country will be ...
By fatherfrank November 12, 2003
There should be a law against campaign literature, especially being mailed to your home. It rarely does much more than attack and degrade one's opponent. Equally as disturbing is that it takes up unnecessary space ...
By babystuff November 12, 2003
Each Thanksgiving we go to my Mother in law's in New Jersey and my son delights in having two whole days to run around with his cousins. Geography separates us, so Thanksgiving is the only ...
By organizing November 05, 2003
Anyone who has a garage, attic or basement knows that these areas are generally the least organized of the household. Mainly because having a clutter here is more acceptable than in any other area of ...
By horticulture November 05, 2003
Fall is upon us once again and the trees are in the process of dropping their leaves in preparation for winter dormancy. We have been lucky in some respects this year with the amount of ...
By fatherfrank November 05, 2003
Men and women will be elected and re-elected to serve the needs of the larger Suffolk County community. It was very disturbing when I recently took a poll in my college Sociology class at Suffolk ...
By residentialre November 05, 2003
Home improvements tend to inspire thoughts of large, expensive projects. Yet, it is often the little things that add so much value. Do you want to improve your home for resale or personal pleasure but ...