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The Work/Life Balance

Posted on August 10, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Enter Sandman by Metallica Want to use Google+ like you’d invented it? If so, sign up for the Google+ webinar with Wade Finnegan and get up and running quickly.Sign up here for early registration discounts. Maybe I just work better with my back to the wall. I say this because yesterday was one…

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Enter Confidence

Posted on August 9, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper New blog look – what do you think? Three days back and work is piling up again. I started a small project yesterday that will accompany a larger one. I think I have the bones of these two down so that I can get a…

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Rookie Mistakes

Posted on August 8, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Payphone by Maroon 5 Sunset in Ontario Does Google+ make you feel socially inept? If so, sign up for the Google+ webinar with Wade Finnegan and get up and running quickly. Sign up here for early registration discounts. What a wild day yesterday turned out to be. I expected a small…

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Home

Posted on August 7, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Super Bass by Nicki Minaj It’s wonderful to be back home. Those few days away felt like a million light years, and I feel like finally I’ve spent some of my summer outdoors. I’ve been way too busy and haven’t had time to go to the shore at all, let alone get…

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What Fishing Has Taught Me About Business

Posted on August 6, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Eight hours of everything we can listen to. We’re on our way home today. I’m sure I’m still on the “I don’t want to leave” high, but it’s about a minute after I get through customs that I start feeling the workload creeping up. I know I have work to get…

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Writing 365: Simplify

Posted on August 3, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Right. We’re having fun! Still on a mini-vacation and hopefully having a great time (I suspect so). Because it’s Friday and because I’m not here, I decided to share one of the marketing strategies from my Marketing 365 book. Thanks to everyone who bought it (got my first check on Monday!), and…

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Injecting Objectivity

Posted on August 2, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Nothing! I’ve gone fishing instead. 🙂 I’m north right now, hopefully catching large fish instead of inventing stories about ones that got away. Before I left, I interviewed company risk people for an article on odd risks. One in particular was a woman from the NRA. She shared some incredible stories…

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Technology Fail

Posted on August 1, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Brain Damage by Pink Floyd Rabbit! Daughter and I will be driving north right after her dental appointment today. It will be so nice to see the parents, and to see the “neighbors” at the other cottages along the river. They become part of your heart, and  another reason why a…

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Monthly Assessment: July 2012

Posted on July 31, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod:  Sweeter by Gavin DeGraw Some months I just can’t stand making myself accountable for my earnings and marketing. This, however, is not one of those months. It was a month in which I’d met my target earnings before the middle of the month. What is usually the slowest time of the…

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Serenity Now!

Posted on July 30, 2012 by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: In Your Light by Gotye The best thing – maybe the only thing – about working hard all weekend is when you actually accomplish something. We finished painting the guest bedroom. Once we sanded, moved out furniture, painted the ceiling, and decided on colors, we knocked out the painting in just…

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  1. Kimberly Ben Avatar
    Kimberly Ben
    July 30, 2012

    Wow. I'm impressed by your mad painting skills. I know exactly what goes into prepping and painting a room.

    The colors sound nice. I'm planning to paint my bedroom a soothing sage (I love all variations of the color green).

    My mother's poor vegetable and flower gardens really suffered this year (the poor hydrangeas!)because of June's triple digit heat and lack of rain took a toll. Glad you were able to get so much accomplished around the house over the weekend.

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  2. Devon Ellington Avatar
    Devon Ellington
    July 30, 2012

    Sounds lovely.

    I've got a lot of work to clear off this week, because next week is the writers conference, and all my focus will be there.

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  3. Paula Avatar
    Paula
    July 30, 2012

    Other than patching spots on the ceiling or cutting in way up along the ceiling (I don't do well with ladders), the worst part of painting for me is clearing out the rooms. I enjoy rolling the paint on and have helped other people paint dozens of times, but it's frustrating to show up ready to paint and realize they haven't even pulled furniture away from the walls or taken the pictures down. One time I said, "I'm here to paint, not move furniture. Tell me when you're done."

    It was only in the low 80s this weekend – coolest weather of the summer – so I did a lot of heavy yard work. I broke up four big branches that came down in recent weeks (from 2 or 3 different trees – still need to find someone with a sharp saw to cut two 3" diameter pieces into sizes the yard waste folks will collect.) After that I used manual hand trimmers to trim a stretch of overgrown privet hedge that's about 75'long, then trimmed some stand-alone shrubs. Also tried to cut out some of the weed trees growing through the hedge from the yard behind the abandoned house next door. My bruises now have bruises.

    Busy work week – two new articles and three smaller projects. I should do a column, too. Nice to be busy, but a little relaxation or fun over the weekend would have been nice.

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  4. Cathy Miller Avatar
    Cathy Miller
    July 30, 2012

    My sister & her husband returned from their vacation, so sadly, we had to give them back their dog. :-)Kali loves us, but her Mommy & Daddy win hands down. She leaped in her kennel in the car for fear they would leave her behind.

    We watched some of the Olympics and after my usual weekend chore stuff, I chilled with some reading.

    This week I have posts, a resource document for a health care organization, and development of questions for 2 interviews for a case study.

    I hope to squeeze in some ebook writing as well. Have a great week, everyone.

    P.S. Enjoy your fishing, Lori. My family used to go every year to a little spot in Trent River, Ontario. Happy memories.

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  5. Lori Avatar
    Lori
    July 30, 2012

    Oh Kim, if you'd heard me complaining, you'd not be so impressed. LOL I hadn't realized how much it hurts to paint so much in so little time – things ached that I didn't realize COULD ache!

    Ooo, enjoy the writers conference, Devon! What a great way to spend time with other writers.

    I hate that part too, Paula. In fact, I used to love painting, but now I'm not such a fan. I'm tempted to call experts in to do it when I get the library done.

    Cooler here too, but so humid! Much-needed rains, though.

    Cathy, I'll be in the Trent River area, too. Lovely, isn't it? Sorry Kali had to go back home. I bet it was quiet after she left!

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  6. Anne Wayman Avatar
    Anne Wayman
    July 30, 2012

    And what guest are you expecting? Sounds like they won't want to leave.

    Have fun harassing fish and laughing with your folks.

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  7. Lori Avatar
    Lori
    July 30, 2012

    We have Australians coming, Anne. We were fortunate enough to meet them in Inverness at a big clan gathering. We bonded. 🙂

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