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Entries from July 2008

Wanna buy a bridge in LA?

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I know it sounds like that old adage used to say that people are gullible. The problem is that this was a very real case in the New Orleans area. There is a bridge that is 24 miles long that connects Jefferson Parish to St. Tammany Parish over the Pontchartrain Lake. The bridge is named […]

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Tags: New Orleans Flavor

Women and Finances

March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just finished Suze Orman’s Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny book and found it extremely enlightening for women. The truth is that women these days have come a long way from the old days when it comes to equality. The other truth is that there are still many places in our […]

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Tags: House & Home · Finances · Non-Fiction

Time magazine’s Top 10 children’s book of 2007

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I was researching some new books to order for the kids and I came across this list. I certainly will be ordering some of these books and thought that it would be cool to let you guys know what appeared on their list of Top 10 Children’s books for 2007. Here goes: 
 1. When Dinosaurs Came […]

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Tags: Fiction Reviews · Children's Books

Mechanical Engineering Degree with a sense of humor

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

When I was in college I was an adult learner. I went back to college after having sat out for 8 years. I had a husband and children and I had responsibilities that alot of the young kids in my classes didn’t have to deal with. Sick children or school vacations could easily blow a […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Wanna make some money?

March 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments

It was early February 2007 and I was doing research for the Disney vacation I was planning. I started out just googling Disney and somehow I ended up on the DIS boards. After a while I made it down to the Rewards section of Disboards and this is where my life changed. I know, you […]

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Tags: Personal · Uncategorized