One of our favorite activities on Christmas Eve is to watch NORAD’s tracking of Santa on his worldwide trip. NORAD has been tracking Santa for over 50 years.

“The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations “hotline.” The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born.”

As of this writing, he’s in Japan. By the time he gets to Nova Scotia, its time for my kids to get to bed because we know that Santa won’t come if the they are awake. Visit NoradSanta.org to watch Santa’s trip by video and/or Google Earth, learn about Santa and NORAD, and find fund activities.


Here’s a clip of Santa’s departure this morning.

Okay, so I’m already social networked out, but I recently joined Work It Mom and really like the type of community set up there. Working moms can not only network, but they can list their goals (to get support), share their expertise through articles, and even share your wares or services through a marketplace. Networking opportunities exist through building a network, joining groups, participating in Q&A, or by writing and responding to people’s notes.

Come visit my page at Work It Mom and consider joining my group Better Living Through the Web.

One great advantage of working for yourself is the ability to set your own schedule and take a day off when you want to. Since its my birthday (I’m not going to tell you how old I am), I’m spending the day playing at Busch Gardens!

However, that doesn’t mean I’ve been a total slacker. While most people were enjoying their Memorial Day, I spent 2 hours in the morning preparing the job posts for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as this and other posts. (This post you’re reading now, was written on Monday and scheduled for a Tuesday posting.) Its illustrates another great reason to use blogging scripts instead of static webpages to add content to your site…scheduled posts. So while I’m off, my systems are working for me!

Here’s one for those of you who need a break from work. A website called How Rich Will I Be is helping people calculate how much money they’ll have in ten years. I’m not sure there is any science behind the questions posed or what they mean. For example, will you be more rich if you avoid the dog in the road and ruin your new car or the other way around? Save the car and hit the dog? Regardless its a fun way to waste 10 minutes.

BTW…here’s how rich I’ll be:

12,950,679
How much money will you be worth?