Sentences with phrase «up to the other day»

«A lady came up to me the other day,» he said, «and said, «You Pat Boone?»

Someone in my building came up to me the other day and said, «Your son is doing the building a public service.

You know what sound I woke up to the other day?

«One of my neighbors came up to me the other day and said, «You know, I really like Shawshank, but one of my favorite films is The Hudsucker Proxy!

Not exact matches

China's government announced that, starting May 1, citizens from the US, the UK, Canada, and a dozen of other European and Asian countries can visit Hainan Island for up to 30 days without a visa.

As a morning person, I tend to complete those activities before noon, which then gives me time to address other urgent items that come up during the day.»

I've seen entrepreneurs work for days trying to come up with a fair offer for someone they'd love to have onboard - sweating the numbers, comparing the offer to the comp of other key players, checking with outside advisors, doing every bit of homework possible in order to get to their best proposal.They become heavily invested (financially, but even more psychologically) in the offer and the outcome because they believe it's fair to everyone and the absolute best they can do.

It's so easy to get bogged down in email and other people's to - do lists that when you look up at the end of the day you realize you didn't make any progress on the things that are most important.

And hype around the ZenFone 3, which Asus showcased at the event, is largely centered on the fact its battery can last up to 42 days (the iPhone 6 holds a charge for about a day and a half with moderate use), and function as a charger for other devices.

On the same day that we received the knives, I went and picked up a bunch of groceries and turned the night into a meal prep to rival all others.

President and CEO Steve Easterbrook struck a bullish tone while discussing the results with analysts, touting last year's launch of all - day breakfast 2.0 — an update that saw the addition of McGriddle and other items — as having lived up to expectations.

«I explained how for the past couple of years I've kept Wednesdays clear on my calendar, usually worked from home, and used it as design / writing / solo - thinking time because the other four days get consumed with collaboration,» Schweikardt explained to the board, but lately «the collaboration days had gotten so busy, that Wednesdays had turned to email and administrivia catch - up days.»

Another good option is encouraging employees to work from home if they don't feel 100 % up to coming in, so they can save on using a sick day and don't infect others.

On the assumption that women can only become pregnant on «up to six days in one cycle,» among others, the app gives a reading to tell them whether they're fertile that day or not.

The Vidyo team is from all walks of life, and our employees learn more every day about each other's diverse cultures, backgrounds and traditions, and face - to - face inclusion across the board constantly opens our managers up to new ways of approaching each challenge.

Over the next 17 days, Butterfield typed out a pitch deck explaining what Slack would be: All your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go, a platform that «builds up to the edge» of other applications, like Excel or PowerPoint, but doesn't seek to reproduce them.

On a -10 ° C day in March, Stephanie Fusco queued up with her husband and around 15 other interested buyers to view a house listed at $ 1.2 million.

Imagine the old days: You went to a store and had no idea what other stores charged for the same products — which meant the store you were in could jack up the price.

You can set your Active Hours up to a maximum of 12 hours, leaving the other 12 hours in a day for Windows to restart.

Americans will fire up the grill, spending $ 388 million on hamburger patties, $ 389 million on barbecue chicken, $ 133 million on buns and $ 37 million just on ketchup — not to mention other provisions on Independence Day.

You can stock up on hot dogs and soda for your barbecue; find summer clothes, like tank tops and flip flops, at Dick's, JCPenney, and other clothing stores; and many of the books and movies being offered appear to fit the Independence Day theme, including the Totally Hilarious All About America Activity Book from Exchange, which you can get for 25 % off.

People will wake up to the fact that the few thousand marketing messages that our brains are forced to absorb every day are making us stressed and giving us mood disorders and making us vulnerable to depressions and other mental illness.

This week the S&P / TSX Composite Index has had two «up» days out of three so far; one with a 2.13 % gain, the other with a 0.97 % gain; and today it's headed to make it three out of four.

Other than the fact that it kicked my butt every day, one of my favorite things about the machine is that it's sooo simple to fold up and store away under a bed, in a closet... wherever!

I was recently asked about the productivity tools, handy tips or other strategies I have used over the years to help me stay on course — focused on my most important goals and primary objectives — in the midst of the messy multitude of ongoing emergencies, unavoidable distractions and regular interruptions that make up my typical day.

«I always try to be up an hour before others, which enables me to collect my thoughts and plan for the day.

While Detroit's story has been documented with an unceasing regularity — it's difficult to pick up any major newspaper these days without encountering an article analyzing either its economic malaise or its so - called renaissance, or both — it is not unlike many other so - called post-industrial cities in its quest for reinvention.

What you end up doing has more significance that what you say you're going to do and at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what this other person thinks or says about it.

Others are less flexible, like 50 % refund if cancelled up to 7 days before your trip.

«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands - on parenting, or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday's challenges than complete vegetation,» she has written before recommending that, if you really want to feel jazzed up after a break, you should proactively schedule challenging or engaging activities rather than just planning to chill and take things the days as they come.

In other words, if you want to build trusting relationships, you need to do small, good deeds every day — and avoid equally small slip - ups that lead to an empty jar of trust.

This often takes some sort of live meeting in which leaders can talk with other leaders about the direction and strategy of the organization and revise their mental models of how they'll need to show up every day and model the culture of the future.

The NRCC ran ads against Lamb telling voters he would be identical to Pelosi if he made it to the House, which other Republican groups piled on in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

«You get so sucked up in the day - to - day that sometimes you forget to do other things, like making sales calls,» he says.

When I spoke with Pat Wadors, CHRO at LinkedIn, she told me that if she could pick just one way to measure engagement at her company, it would be if employees show up to work each day wanting to create a sense of belonging for others.

In the days following the NFL Draft, unsubstantiated reports have surfaced alleging that Tunsil freely offered up his login credentials to his social media sites to friends and other associates.

This is why I think a question such as «Do you show up to work every day with the intention of helping others succeed?»

The other part is that being on the west coast, the time zone we're in, we get up a little early to service the eastern seaboard, but when we have to square off our trades and close out our books at the end of the day, we're still trading with companies out of San Francisco and Los Angeles in this time zone.

I was wondering the other day just how many things in my house I had hooked up to Wi - Fi, so I took a quick count.

Other less - extreme alternatives to Burroughs» and Glickman's self - deprivation plans exist, from swapping a few meals a day for a $ 12 pre-packaged bottle of green liquid to juicing up a few bags of fresh produce at home each day.

«I see the difference between those who show up every day very clear on what it means to be a leader, and others who are going through the motions,» he says.

Altogether, more than half of all consumers plan to celebrate by buying something, spending an average of $ 143.56 on flowers, jewelry, candy, clothes and other gifts, up from $ 136.57 last year, according to the National Retail Federation's Valentine's Day consumer spending survey.

While Obamacare's fate still remains very much up in the air, today is the last day to sign up for individual health insurance plans through HealthCare.gov and other statewide marketplaces.

At the end of the day, Google is struggling to keep up with the # 1 brand because, while it champions internet search and cloud technology, it doesn't focus as much of its energy on other sectors, according to the report.

If you fall into the group that's tired all day, on the other hand, it might be nice to know it really is a thing, so you can tell all those annoying early risers and Energizer bunnies constantly urging you to buck up and stop hitting snooze that there is a biological basis for your permanent exhaustion.

At the same time, Oliveira was experimenting with other product lines, such as luggage and baby products, making it easier to take her average of 10 listings a day up to between 35 and 50 listings a day.

In addition to making you miserable every day, a two - faced manager who's loved by the higher ups can wreak havoc on your career by taking credit for your work, bad - mouthing you to others, and blaming you for things that go wrong.

Small business owners are often so caught up by securing new customers, completing projects, dealing with employee issues and a myriad of other day - to - day challenges that they neglect to issue invoices in a timely manner.

You contribute up to $ 5,000 each year to a dependent care FSA on a pretax basis to help cover the cost of day care, preschool and other costs.

This enables you to save any game on the console at any time — a huge step up over the days of leaving a game paused for hours while you did other things.