I consider myself pretty tech savvy for a Digital Immigrant (i.e., someone who grew up when the world was still primarily analog). However, I am not one to jump on the tech bandwagon every time the next big thing comes out. I prefer to wait until it has more stability and until I perceive a personal need for it. That’s why I did not immediately start using Evernote even though many of my organizing colleagues swore by it. When I first heard…
Read more →I’ve just returned from a 2-week vacation with my husband and teenage daughter. Well, it was sort of a vacation. My husband had some business trips to take, so we built a vacation around them. And we decided that as long as we were traveling, we might as well start doing college visits. So it was a rather hectic vacation, with a lot more early morning wakeups than I’d like. But it was still great to be away as a family…
Read more →When I was in my twenties, every vacation was an opportunity to wear fabulous outfits. Of course, wearing a fabulous outfit means bringing multiple pairs of shoes and a lot of accent pieces and accessories. Luckily I grew out of that phase, and I now pack very simply, bringing things that are easy to pack and easy to wear. I never pack more than I need. The one exception has always been my jewelry. I am crazy about costume jewelry. …
Read more →On my last trip of the summer, I brought along my latest travel buddy: the Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger. It includes three AC outlets and two USB outlets. That means you only need to find one free outlet at an airport or in your hotel room, and then recharge five devices. Plus, as the name says, it’s got a surge protector built in.
Read more →We visited our daughter at camp this past weekend. It’s a performing arts camp, and there are performances at the end of each 3-week session. She is attending for 9 weeks, so including the trip to drive her there, that means four round-trips this summer. (Two down, two to go.) It’s about a 3-hour drive each way, and since we are among those uncool types who play an iPod full of show tunes and sing along, the time passes quickly. But in addition to…
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