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Steeks & Felts, giving new life to timeworn objects

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Steeks & Felts, giving new life to timeworn objects Monday, September 14, 2009 at 2:25 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Knitting Fall is in the air and that was the inspiration for a weekend of “what was old is new again&# projects in the LooseKnit workshop.

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The Way to Start a Year

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs The Way to Start a Year Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 10:50 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant Ever read The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor ? It’s one of my favorite read-alouds from back in my earlier career as a middle school teacher.

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Can you say “sidetracked?”

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Can you say “sidetracked?&# Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts. Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts.

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Reasons why work slowdowns can be good

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Reasons why work slowdowns can be good Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 11:12 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant My DH had his first-ever no work day in 35 years as a Land Surveyor. Not that he has never taken a day off. Loosely Speaking�A

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Take control of the economy; darn your socks

Loosely Speaking

And even if you didn’t knit them yourself, the hand-knitters in your life will be impressed that you appreciate these special gifts enough to preserve them. If you wear nice wool or alpaca socks, for example, you’ll want to make them last. You might earn yourself a few more pairs by taking care of those you already own!)

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2012: My Year in Review

Productivityist

I will buy gifts for others well in advance of the time they are needed. I kicked this up a notch early in the year and then again when the blog morphed into what you’re reading now – Productivityist.com. (Regarding the bourbon and whiskey, you need only listen to a few Mikes on Mics episodes to hear “proof” of that.)

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Why You Should Travel Back Through Time | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

When you’ve been blogging for nearly four years and written quite a bit more than 1,000 posts, you tend to forget a great deal – like the fact that you actually wrote this stuff, and that hey, some of it is pretty darned good. And you thought your first blog posts were bad. The experience was… well, surprising, honestly.

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