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By Danielle, on July 9th, 2010 It takes a little extra organization to do two post-graduate degrees at once.
It takes a little extra patience to study financial analyses for 9-10 hours a day.
It takes a little extra courage to pursue a non-traditional career path.
It takes a little extra practice to be really good at computers and photography and Photoshop.
It takes a little extra willpower to save, invest and build rather than spend, borrow, and buy.
It takes a little extra humour to make me feel like the sun is always shining.
It takes a little extra something to have all of these . . .
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By Danielle, on February 19th, 2009 
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Yesterday was our anniversary. After three years of marriage, we’re comfortable with each other. Comfortable enough to spend 6 months straight in each other’s company. But not without a toolkit of things like patience and humor.
When you travel as a couple, the comfort of having your partner with you is both the challenge and the reward. It’s challenging because you spend so much time together. It’s rewarding because you spend . . .
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By Danielle, on February 14th, 2009 
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This being Valentine’s Day, and me not being a fan of commercial holidays, I thought I’d write about something that really changed the way I understand love.
Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages is a book that teaches about the five different ways love can be both expressed and received. The basic premise is that we all have one of five different “languages” that we either use or interpret . . .
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By Danielle, on October 29th, 2008 
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At Teach US History, you can read original texts from “significant events” in U.S. History. I found an excerpt on the site from The Young Man’s Guide (published in 1839), Advice on Choosing a Wife.
The advice is somewhat humorous now, but overall it’s mostly still true. Although this section of The Young Man’s Guide relates to “Female Qualifications for Marriage,” I think it’s applicable to all of us.
If one of your somedays is to “Get married” . . .
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By Danielle, on July 11th, 2008 Wednesday of this week was one of my favorite days of the year; it was my husband, Frank‘s birthday. I’m not much for my birthday or commercial and religious holidays, but I do love Frank’s birthday because it is a day when I get to show him how much he means to me by going crazy and planning a whole day full of surprises. More on that later.
In brief, the best part of his birthday this year was when he asked his parents,
“Do you have any advice for me on my birthday?” and they responded with . . .
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