Sentences with phrase «of vacations»

But good - government groups like Common Cause (which also signed onto the Oct. 31 letter) say August is a «dead zone» for democracy because of vacations.

I find it important to keep structure but my kids usually eat a little less healthy on any of our vacations.

I hadn't done CIO yet because of vacations, etc. so I assumed that he didn't have the skill to settle himself at the sleep transition.

As we're all dreaming of vacations to warm places through this dreary weather, I'm often thinking about now having to fly with two kids for the first time this May.

Maybe we just have good kids, and granted, we have only two, but we take lots of vacations and eat out a lot and it works just fine!

It's ergonomically designed for you as well as your baby and is sure to become a favorite part of your vacations together in no time.

Fortunately, we do have a couple of vacations in mind that will help with that.

One of them vacations in Vermont and Maine all the time.

Filled with chunks of macadamia nuts taking me away to memories of vacations in Hawaii when I was a kid to visit my Grandpa and Tutu when I first enjoyed chocolate covered macadamia nuts.

It is the definition of bliss; the feeling of vacations around the corner; the picture of happiness.

I spent a couple of vacations in this beautiful city as a teenager and I can clearly remember the freshness of the dish.

But whichever way you look at it, the end of summer will always represent the end of warmth, the end of vacations, and, to an extent, the end of freedom.

When I was young, I got an upset tummy due to overeating of jackfruit during one of our vacations to India, and from then, I stopped eating it completely.

On a personal level, I've enjoyed reconnecting with old friends and seeing pictures of their vacations, their weddings, and their kids.

Nevertheless, for most Americans the introduction and continued development of vacations with pay, paid holidays, and sick leave have meant an increasing number of hours spent outside the workplace.

For a number of vacations I assigned myself the great poems I failed to read as an undergraduate.

The reason could be that because of vacations an unusually high number of companies report their employment data too late to be included in the first release.

We fund a portion of our vacations with points now.

We lived in a one bedroom apartment, ate at home most of the time, walked the park as a recreation, did staycations instead of vacations, invite friends over instead of going out (invest in a good margarita machine).

Then Casale, with her husband and business partner, Dave Croton, will take you under her wing for a one - to three - day «vacation» of baking, pricing, taking inventory, and other ins and outs of the business It costs roughly $ 1,000 for one of these vacations, and they don't include spa treatments.

First, if this is a struggle for you beyond the boundaries of your vacations then consider putting some effort into redefining your relationship with you tech.

The old way of vacations, because it was seen as the «amount of days off that I have to use before they expire» was taken with an overwhelming sentiment of entitlement, and many things fell through the cracks when a team member went off on vacation for a week.

They can keep in touch with friends, look at photos of their vacations, read news stories they suggest, play time - wasting games, invite people to their parties and speak and be heard.

He takes a lot of vacations — or perhaps trips is the more apt word, as it's not really clear to me when he's working versus not working.

«Summer months bring the expectation of vacations,» says business coach Sarah Levitt.

Rather than think of vacations as time away from responsibilities, think of them as an essential for long - term success.

Many business owners wear their lack of vacation time as a badge of honor.

You can select a specific day of the month for «personal project» work, an hour or two every week, or simply grant an extra few days of vacation time for employees to use for personal work.

Facilities get rave reviews, as does Adobe's vacation policy: «We have 28 days of vacation & receive a sabbatical every 5 years,» writes an executive assistant.

This program requires employees to consider all of their vacation, sick, and personal days as one unit to be used either for PTO or serious catastrophic situations.

Priceline and its competitors have also beefed up their listings of vacation rentals in recent years as Airbnb and such accommodations in general became more popular.

Her are some tips that will help you make the most of your vacation and return to your team completely recharged and refreshed.

The third group, usually only 5 percent or so, use their sick days plus most or all of their vacation time and additional lost time because of illness.

The idea of vacation is (unfortunately) antiquated when you are carrying around a phone with more power than the Apollo space mission had.

, fitness breaks legitimized in the work schedule, requiring all employees to take a substantial part of their vacation time off, turning off email while on vacation, providing paid parental leave for new parents and encouraging both mothers and fathers to take advantage with no adverse career impact, paid time off for volunteer activities, and more.

A study published in the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life showed that the highest spike in happiness came during the planning stage of a vacation as people enjoy the sense of anticipation:

But at very least, it seems to me that a rough assessment of the economic impact of a vacation is a pretty good starting point.

In the study, the effect of vacation anticipation boosted happiness for eight weeks.

Average five - year growth rate among the 2001 Inc 500 that had Venture - capital funding at start - up: 4,619 % CEO with an M.B.A.: 2,542 % CEO who took 5 days or fewer of vacation yearly: 2,385 % Open - book management: 2,283 % CEO who took more than 10 days of vacation yearly: 1,983 %

Having to divvy out a finite number of vacation days can be frustrating, but it also makes them feel tangible and earned.

HomeAway Inc. says it has more than 1 million paid listings of vacation rental homes in 190 countries.

In yesterday's world, people worked 40 hours a week and took four weeks of vacation.

Two thirds of Canadians agree the amount of vacation time they are given or give themselves is sufficient (63 %), and most agree «strongly» (38 %).

He and his wife went to a wedding in Hawaii and took a full two weeks of vacation to do so (they arrived two days before the wedding which was on a Saturday).

There would be a specific number of vacation and sick days allowed to her, according to the company's policies.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).

Conversely, if you are the sort of individual who gets a unique high from developing the tiniest details of your vacation, the TRVL app is right up your alley.

The median price of a vacation home sold in 2016 was $ 200,000, up 4.2 percent compared with 2015 and the highest median price since 2006.

The idea of a vacation day in the early days of the business was comical.

For starters, Brazilian workers are entitled to the type of vacation benefits that make Canadians envious: one month of paid relaxation.