Cute Holiday Activities For Kids: Call Santa, Video Santa, NORAD Tracking And More        [CLICK TO READ MORE]

photo credit: Chris R McFarland It’s that time of year again … Christmas is just days away and we’ve got some excited kids to keep occupied. Here’s a list of some cute online holiday activities to fill the days. – A personalized Santa video directly from the North Pole. A company in Canada has created [...]

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Trailing Spouse: Is there any Uglier Name?        [CLICK TO READ MORE]

This is part of a series about relocating a family internationally, called What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, for BlogHer’s month of blogging. What do you call a woman or a man who follows her spouse as he or she relocates for work, often sacrificing a career and identity? These spouses pack up the family, [...]

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Tales from the Land of the Demented        [CLICK TO READ MORE]

My mother cuts through the water without a splash. She manages about 400 metres of evenly-paced freestyle before she stops and grins at me, panting behind her. Even in her demented state, Mum can out-swim her daughter. It still gives her pleasure.

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Ugg-ly Winters in Australia        [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Winter in Sydney means getting warmly dressed before you go inside on a mild winter’s day. You don’t get undressed at bedtime, you get re-dressed.

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Yes, we have no bananas        [CLICK TO READ MORE]

  Moving is a liberating bitch. You lose so much, you gain a lot. After 16 years of living in the USA, we moved back to Australia (where we were both born, raised, educated, worked, etc.) nearly four months ago. During Blogher’s month of blogging, I’m going to try to post every day on the [...]

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Help Wanted: Need Memorable Email for Job Search        [CLICK TO READ MORE]

What email address is right for my job search? JuliePower589@gmail.com didn’t sound memorable enough for my newly-updated resume or job application. I’ve seen folks use email addresses and handles like fabcookandmotherroftwins@gmail.com and SexyLongLegs@Hotmail.com for job applications or on LinkedIn, but call me old fashioned, but it doesn’t seem professional enough to me … If I [...]

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