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  • Archive for July, 2008

    Stressing Over Extra-Curricular Decisons

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | July 27th, 2008

    Just a quick cross-post here to point to my latest musing over on the This Mommy Gig blog.
    … I hear that: “The pluses of participating in activities for children are obvious. Children learn in all realms of development. Listening to a note in music class triggers connections in the brain that will be used later […]

    Should My Husband Blog/Twitter/Facebook/Etc?

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | July 24th, 2008

    My husband is in sales. Car sales, to be exact. He’s sold new cars, high-end used cars, and currently is in the car leasing industry. This often takes people by surprise when they meet him because he’s a former rocker with a very relaxed personality. (His coworkers don’t call him “The Blur” because of his […]

    Can’t Chose Just One Favorite

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | July 19th, 2008

    One of the most common things people have asked me since returning from our trip to Italy is “what was your favorite part?” I have to say I can’t name one favorite. But, I have pondered the question and decided that I can come up with one favorite for each city we visited. Maybe. Here […]

    Back Into the Swing of Social Media, Virtual Worlds and the Web

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | July 9th, 2008

    Got back home from vacation at 2am this morning and saw that there was an Austin Tweet-up tonight. Since my girl is still at “Camp Grandma”, and I still had not started back to work yet, it was easy to pop over and catch up with several of my local Twitter buddies. I also got […]

    On the 7th Day I Rest

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | July 3rd, 2008

    This will be one very quick post, not only because I have too much to process in the short time I have internet access; but, also because it is hard for me to type on an Italian keyboard!
    Yes, I am here in the middle of vacation stealing a few moments to revist the rest of […]