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This post is my first meme - it’s not always about Me Me

Next Monday, October 15th, Internet Marketers of New York is hosting a charity party to help The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It is being held the night before SMX Social Media Expo.

Marty from Aim Clear Blog is a Stage 3B Lymphoma survivor, and is helping spread the word of this event.

Marty writes:

Never Thought I’d Use aimClearBlog for This
2 years ago I had one hell of a fight on my hands. 7 months of intensive chemo, 3 weeks of radiation, and 18 months later I remain in “first partial remission” with a good prognosis for long term survival. I’m one of the lucky ones. Please help publicize this event by attending, donating, or passing along meme link love. THANK YOU!

If you don’t live close enough to make the party in New York, you can still participate by making a donation online.

Thank you to Dana and YC for making me aware of this event. To help spread the news of this worthy cause, I am tagging Laura, Michael, and Christine.

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Wendy Piersall of eMomsathome.com asked, What’s the Best Part of Working at Home?

The best part for me is having more time to spend with my family. It’s incredible to be here for them when they wake up in the morning, to eat lunch together or take a walk mid-day, to not have to pump milk for baby A, to make and share a lovely home-cooked meal together. There are many little things that boil down to being together more…time is so precious…and working at home helps me have more time to make happy memories with my family.

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When you have six kids, you learn what baby gear is essential (like a car seat) and what really is not necessary. For instance, we never bought a changing table. My changing area is any flat surface, such as the floor, covered with a blanket. We use common sense and never leave our babies unattended. Another item we passed up purchasing was a baby monitor. Our babies are kept in a sling or within arms reach when they get older. I never had a real need for a monitor before.

I awoke earlier than normal this morning. I wanted to work downstairs and enjoy my home-brewed coffee with Dad, but the baby was still asleep. I could see how a baby monitor would come in handy.

I remembered our cordless phone system had “room monitoring” capability. I left a handset next to Baby A, and took one downstairs with me and activated the room monitor feature.

Success! We now have a functional baby monitor and it didn’t cost additional money!

Dad and I had coffee together, and I was able to bang out a few hours worth of work. What a cool tool for this work at home mom!

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