May 09 2008
Appreciation
A week to appreciate teacher’s, a day to appreciate mother’s, a blog that says I am nice, another says I am lovable. Appreciate it.
But first, I got to tell dotThoughts, she is worth not $53,585 but a whopping $158,071.20. Yes, all of 6 figures. So says Dane Carlson. I know, I know, if you enter the blog url, it says the worth to be $19,758.90. Assuming one spends an average of one hour blogging a day. Knowing 8 hours make a full working day, It then equates to $158,071.20? So, DotThoughts, give yourself a pat and enjoy your birthday.
And three cheers all mommy blogger’s, next time someone says you are vetti or jobless, please do give them your blog url and ask them to pay a visit here.
[ Cent percent pun intended!! The API is solely based on linking[not who you link to, but who links to your blog], google indexing and how often you update your blog. So, the number it spits is not proportional to the famous quo. Some dude got bored over the weekend and wrote it, me thinks. ]
I had no clue this one week in a calendar year is dedicated to teacher’s appreciation, the week of May 4th – May 10th. Until I saw the monthly news letter from D’s school. We made a nice hand written card with this quote on it. 
Teachers are one of the most influential adults in one’s life. A good teacher is a blessing to have. So, heres a toast to all you teachers out there.
Mother’s day, hype or not I don’t know. But I know one thing for sure. I ain’t moving that day. The husband likes it or not, this one day, he is getting hot piping chai right to my bed. Taking care of kids and treating me to a luxurious lunch. While a bunch of us girls are going to watch a movie and buy some stuff for ourselves.
On a more serious note, I stumbled upon Indira Nooyi’s article. Her appreciation for her father’s one piece of advice.
If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response. You don’t get defensive. You don’t scream. You are trying to understand and listen because at your basic core you are saying, “Maybe they are saying something to me that I’m not hearing.” So “assume positive intent” has been a huge piece of advice for me.
And since we are on the topic of appreciation, it’s very nice of ~nm to say I am nice. And I am flattered by Swati’s thought that I am a lovable person. Thank you both.
To follow the rule of passing it along, I am passing it to all who visit me regularly. You got to be nice, just for the gesture of taking a moment and acknowledging you were here. Much appreciated!
Lets take a minute and pray for all those who lost their lives and loved ones in Myanmar. And appreciate everything we have, day to day things like food, shelter and life that we take for granted.
!! Have a nice weekend !!
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ROTFL. you rock. thank for the funny math
What an ego-boost. Now I gotta go to my boss and show her the figure 
You made my weekend ddmom! thanks mucho. mooah.
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oh and happy mom’s day. tell us which movie you saw and the clothes you bought.
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sorry.. i am in a TGIF mood and keep forgetting stuff. Did you get my fondant email?
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scratch the last comment.
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Kewl! Nice site. Nice to know some numbers. I’m happy with mine.
Loved reading your potpourri of thoughts here.
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Trust you to find a site like this to boost our egos, especially with the approaching mothers day and all!!
Gotta show it to Hd and milk the opportunity! Have a wonderful day! We are going on a weekend getaway so catch you on Monday.
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Or probably the guy who wrote the API needed an ego boost for self ;o)
And that quote about teachers is very nice. Its cent percent true!
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DotThoughts: Glad I made your weekend. Hope you had a wonderful birthday. I might write a post on what we did over the weekend, but to sum it up – We had a blast.
Thanks. I have known about this for a while. DotThought’s post on salary that morning triggered this post 
We all need that very now and then to stay motivated. Basic human nature, I guess.
Tharini: It feels good, isn’t it??
Boo: I’ll take that as a compliment
~nm: There you go
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Congrats! You are definitely nice and lovable!
Glad you had a great weekend, too!
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LOL that was a nice link, it says I’m worth only $29,356.08
That times eight? Yum.
And you are totally nice, you deserve that award.
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Ofcourse you are nice
and well… let me see how many peanuts my blog can buy me 
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i am off now to that site..but enjoyed this post for a lot of reasons…the positive intent thing makes sense too!
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You deserve the award yaar..and the words about teachers are very very true..
AM
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Congrats DDMom! Can trust you to find out pretty interesting sites like these
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me’s already forwarding link to hubby – so he knows who’s bringing in how much moolah in the house
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K3: Thanks.
So how much are we talking about?
Poppins: O.N.L.Y $30,000?? Go away!
WIAN: What does it say? Hope it made you smile
Orchie: Glad you enjoyed rest of the post
Aryan’s mom: Thanks.
MNamma: **Runs to frantically hunt for another such fun site**
STS: First time here? Welcome. And yes, we all should do that. Only in my case, his blog is worth more than mine. **sulk**
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