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we have been doing a lot of traveling to chicago lately for sessions and it has been so much fun!!! did i mention before that i LOOOOVE chicago??!!!! i DO! talk about a city that is alive and always full of energy. and there is also the fact that there are so many places to shoot!!! everywhere we turned, there was something we could use. this trip to chicago was so exciting because we usually do engagement sessions when we go, but this time, we had two family sessions! good times.

This week on the Geek Dads @ Home podcast, we regretfully announce the (hopefully temporary) departure of Scott Jangro, a mainstay of the program since the third episode. Scott’s a busy guy, which we can certainly respect, and we sincerely hope that he’ll pop in to join us whenever his schedule allows. So, like Joe says in the first minutes of this episode, “and then there were two…”. Joe and I begin by talking about our plans for taking the podcast forward by having special guests on a regular basis.

For my first post on Make and Takes, I thought I’d start with something near and dear to my heart: Productivity . Don’t get me wrong, I’m probably the worst procrastinator I know so, unfortunately, “productivity” is a topic that I’ve been forced to become very familiar with. Listed below are some of my favorite free productivity tools and tips that have helped me be a bit more productive: Remember the Milk : this simple task management tool (aka glorified to do list manager) is great at organizing your everyday tasks.

july thanksgiving: THANKS be to bosses everywhere who give their employees a week of paid vacation in the summer! oh how i needed this past week.  on monday i’ll return fully refreshed and ready to play with kids in the pool again. how did i spend my week off? in ye old lufkin.  something about that town just keeps calling me back… it has a certain charm… i have no idea what it is.  i guess it could be that the most beautiful boy on earth lives there.

Oh, Honey, you mean IABC/BV (as in Brazos Valley). But you’re right about the beehive of activity leading up to the chapter’s 09-09-09 Book Buzz professional development workshop. Here’s the newzzzzz: How often have you heard good “buzz” about a business book, only to pass it over because you didn’t have the time? We’ve picked six titles that will challenge the way you think about your profession and give you creative fuel for the year to come.

Although our likely downsize move from our present home is at least a couple of years away, I am already spending time thinking about it . This includes appreciating the many financial benefits of downsizing . One of the first and most difficult steps to take in preparing to downsize is getting rid of the extra stuff. Baby boomers have lots of it. We don’t need much of the stuff we have collected now and we surely won’t need it (and can’t fit in) into a smaller home.

DayTrack 1.2.1 Category: Productivity Price: $9.99 -> $4.99 ( iTunes ) Description: DayTrack will help you get to-do tasks done in an organized manner, quickly and efficiently. It’s a simple concept: move tasks from your mind to external storage so you’re free to concentrate on getting things done rather than trying to remember what you need to do View original here: Price Drop: DayTrack (productivity)

Don’t let you Face Painting or Children’s Entertainment business down by not following up on each lead with a solid system. And don’t be one of those business owners who receive a call from an interested customer, deal with the enquiry and never do anymore than that!   This is where you can excel above the competition with an outstanding sales process behind you. It’s wise to remember that peoples’ buying decisions differ vastly and it could take a number of contacts between you and the prospective customer to secure the booking for a party or event.

A few months ago, my ex-mother-in-law gave me her old Kindle when she upgraded to the new model. The first book I downloaded on it was last year’s Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, The Short, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz. I enjoyed the book tremendously, and had a life-altering experience while reading it on the Metro-North train and in downtown Starbucks. No one noticed what I was reading . This was incredibly disorienting.

The mind is disorganised and that’s just the way it works. Brains are not designed to create order in your life. They need some help. How many of these statements apply to you? You think about something that needs doing, then forgot about it a few minutes later. You put small objects down in the house such as car keys or glasses and cannot find them a few hours later You are introduced to someone and then forget what their name is You say yes to lots of things and find that the day is