Author Archives: jen

A Bit Shocked…

July 30, 2008 – 7:41 pm

First I want to say that Husband and I work for the same company and I do consider my company…publishing since 1807 stable in comparison to lots of companies right now. And I’m proud to have worked for this company for the last 14 years (!) since I graduated from college.
Our backyard neighbors - because they [...]

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The hills of Wisconsin

July 18, 2008 – 4:11 pm

I’ve spent the last 6 days in Wisconsin Dells, WI. This was the bi-annual (because I could not take annual) vacation with the Husband’s family - his parents as well as his brother and family (pregnant wife + two boys). So essentially we had 6 adults, 2 3-year old boys, 1 18-month old boy, and [...]

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Buying car seats today

July 8, 2008 – 1:10 pm

Had to share this story that happened to me today. We need to buy two additional car seats - one for A and one for Z - for Grandpa’s cars in NJ. Husband has a new job that will have us at sales meetings together and Grandpa (and K, who has graciously put up with [...]

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Conference Follow-up Goal Met

July 3, 2008 – 10:05 pm

I had stated in an earlier post that I had a goal of getting the eBay Live 2008 Dummies follow-up email out within two weeks. I am not the greatest at post-show follow-up so this was a major goal for me this fiscal year.  Lead retrieval companies have made this easier over the years - [...]

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I’m famous now!

June 20, 2008 – 7:50 pm

Be sure to check out a photo of me with eBay For Dummies author, Marcia Collier. She was in the Wiley For Dummies booth signing copies of her books and talking to eager customers/followers. This is also a rare sighting of me in my glasses that I got in March. I use them for driving and [...]

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