It makes my blood boil when I see forms asking for ethnic origin! Not because I'm not proud of my ethnic origin - more because of the stupid bureaucrats who create the forms and seem to think that white is an ethnic group! White is a colour! An ethnic group is European or American or Australian etc and can be divided up even further into North, East, South, West, Central Europe or America. In the UK, you could have Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English - these are ethnic origins not White!
I've discovered a great new passion for dancing in the form of Ceroc. I hate the gym but I love dancing, so this seems a great substitute. I'd describe is as a cross between
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What a fantastic day at Latimer House it was yesterday. Full of lovely inspiring business ladies and some very informative topics discussed. I particularly liked....
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I chaired my first Athena meeting yesterday at the Amersham Tuesday group. Being a member of Athena has been really great for not just my business, but a huge boost to my confidence. I'm enjoying some great supportive friendships. When I think back to this time last year when I attended my first Athena meeting, what a quivering shy thing I was, absolutely dreading the moment when I would have to stand up and deliver my monthly minute!
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Virtual PA's need holidays too, so now I've booked our holiday and I'm really pleased with the bargain I've managed to bag. Having watched "It pays to watch" on channel 4 last night, I thought I'd give it a go. Having school age children means that I'm restricted to go when it's the most expensive time to go, the school holidays, so I didn't actually hold out much hope of getting any flights for under £600, but I've surprised myself and managed to save myself over £100!
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Anyone who knows me, knows that I like anything that will make tasks
quicker and save time and, sometimes keyboard shortcuts are quicker than several clicks of
the mouse. Here is a list of some of the useful ones that come as default in
Word. You can set your own up, but more about that another time.
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