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Meet the Christmas Tree Farmers Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive

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It’s a scene straight out of a holiday movie: A family travels to an idyllic farm to cut down their own Christmas tree and spends the day walking the rows, making wreaths and sipping hot cocoa. They’ve filmed several holiday films on the property. every year. It looked like a Hallmark movie.

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

In the example below, this person is well on their way to retiring. Assuming a 5-day work week, there are about 250 working days in a year, not including about 10 holidays. She is the former Treasurer for the International Virtual Assistants Association serving on their Board of Directors for the term 2005-2008. Monthly Hours.

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

The Small Business Blog

I feel 2008 will see the efforts of the accountancy bodies see results, in the form of legislation. Mike Harris Said on November 24th, 2008 at 3:54 pm A recommendation is a good starting point when finding an acountant. If there is only one accountant, what do you do when they take a holiday? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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I'm back!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

In 2008 I took a job as an Executive Assistant and Corporate Secretary to a non-profit corporation. I was calling it early retirement for lack of a better term. I gave them lots of notice and was going to 'semi-retire' in three months. This position was certainly different than anything I had ever done.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

Service Untitled

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries.

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