by Carolyn Bickford
To say it has been quite the year is an understatement. Its conclusion (as well as the beginning of this tale) started on Wednesday with Peter receiving a job offer from a great company where he’s well-suited for the job,…
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This year it was Peter’s turn to put together our annual Christmas treasure hunt, and he had to come up with one that would require me, Neil, and Kelly to work together to solve. Instead of finding a gift in…
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Last weekend, our family went to see a movie in a movie theatre for the first time in 2011. It also happened to be the weekend fewer people went to see a movie than had done so in the two…
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Earlier this year, Peter was floored to get a notice from Netflix essentially informing us that if we wanted to continue having the same service they’d been giving us, we’d have to pay nearly double each month. We’ve been Netflix…
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I don’t typically think of other people as stupid. I realize they may have different information or a different background than my own, or that the information they’ve been given wasn’t as clear as it should be. But every so…
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As a businessperson, my relationship to the City of San Jose in which we have our offices is best described as contentious. It started when my husband moved his office to San Jose and paid the business license tax. Rather…
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