Bad bedtime stories We hear a lot about the benefits of having consistent bedtime, and it’s something our children need as much as adults do. But before I can get into that, I think we need to first start with the story. Read More 10 Reasons To Quit Your Job – Quit Today I’m not a financial adviser, but I have heard some amazing wisdom from some of my most highly intelligent friends. It’s one thing to sit in a room and read and think about the world, and it’s another thing to be challenged with it directly, and that’s how I discovered I could learn a lot about money, saving and investing and even more important, how to put it to work for you! Read More How To Tell Them The Truth – Let Them Know It’s Your Last Week Telling your child the truth is difficult, but even tougher is putting yourself out there and telling your friends and the people in your life that you can’t say goodbye to them. I was never able to tell the truth to my friends, and it seems they haven’t really gotten the message either. The sad truth is, it’s my last week with my son. Read More There’s A Problem – I Need Your Help. . . I was approached by a local company to check out their job opportunity for a new position. I have a bit of a soft spot in my heart for my children and I have often been asked the question, “Would I take a job to put food on the table while my kids are at home or do I want to stay home with them?”. As I researched this position, I found out that it is a sales opportunity, which is very exciting, but it is also in another state and so I have decided to use it as an example here. Read More How I Want to Spend My Last Day as a “Stay at Home Mom” – The Final Tribute This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for some time. The time has come for me to make my departure from home, and I want to share my last day here in the hope that other moms who are deciding what to do will see it. Read More How to Handle Your Kids on a Hot Summer Day One of the highlights of summer for me is being a mom in a swimsuit. My son loves to jump in the swimming pool, and I love to jump right in along with him. There is something so relaxing about being at the beach, laying on the shore, and swimming in the pool. It’s what I love about life and I know you will too. Read More Avoiding Social Media Trolls And People With Negative Comments I hear this question all the time, and I actually had it for myself not too long ago. When I joined Twitter, I was very interested in getting to know other people that were “in the biz”. The truth is, I have never been much for the “bubbly” social media personality and, in fact, hate to be talked into something that I may not want to participate in. Read More Tips On How To Have Your Mom’s Cheesecake The first time I saw the movie, “Chef”, I cried. It just wasn’t possible that the great culinary talent behind one of the most successful restaurants in New York was really all that happy to be away from the kitchen and with his three children. The reality of the situation is that he didn’t like what he saw in his children and his wife because he took out his frustrations on them by yelling. Read More The Dangers of Online Trolling This is one of the topics I am frequently asked about. It’s a difficult topic because I have written about this many times, and I will continue to do so, but in my opinion, I don’t like to share bad news because of what people can do with it. Read More 5 Smart Ways to Make More MONEY – Part 2 – Don’t Worry About It Recently, I wrote a blog about the easiest way to get more income from the things you already do. If you want to make a real difference in the amount of money you make, in the amount you save or have available to you, here are 5 more ideas on how to make more money that will have an impact and put the money in your pocket that you’re looking for. Read More What Do We Want From Others? . . . As the CEO of a small business it’s up to me to take care of my family, my employees and of course the other clients. There is much to deal with, and if you’re paying attention, you know it’s been a little less than stellar. It’s easy to get caught up with things like technology, the next event and the next task and forget to take care of your most important asset. Your children. Read More The Top 4 Reasons Why We Should All Stop Trying to “Have it All” Here we go again, I am the worst offender when it comes to saying or doing the wrong thing. . . at least as it pertains to “balance”. For a while now, I have been trying to avoid that phrase, because there is no such thing as balance. It’s an illusion. It never existed. I’ve always been very frustrated when people talked about being balanced. Read More It’s Okay to Have No Clothes A few weeks ago I attended a wedding and sat next to a lovely young woman. I didn’t know her but she was a good listener. It was about a month before, or maybe even a month and a half, that she made an admission to me. She said, “You know, I really wish my husband were here, too. He’s such a neat person.” Read More Five Reasons Why A Crib Rental May Not Be Right For You What’s in a name? Plenty, in some cases. The name given to a place of business can often be the very reason for a company’s success or downfall. A lot of companies are doing an excellent job at attracting customers to a brand of services, products and/or goods by appealing to the desires of the audience it is attempting to reach. Read More You’re A CNA – Now What? CNA stands for certified nursing assistant. That’s right, I’m not sure why you haven’t made it into the class to become a CNA yet, but here is my advice on being a CNA and getting your foot in the door. Read More Why I Would Rather Own My Own Business Than Work for Someone Else As a new professional, the most difficult thing for me was finding a job. Finding a job when you don’t have a college degree is difficult, and having a job was really difficult at first. So much so, that it didn’t happen for almost three years. That’s right, I didn’t have a full-time job for three years, and yes, that is very difficult for many people to do. I would like to think that was my reason for becoming an entrepreneur. Read More Four Ways I Grew as an Entrepreneur If you had told me just a few months ago that one of my children would grow up to attend college, I would have told you to quit lying and you should use a different mouth. And to tell you the truth, we weren’t sure that would happen at all. But here we are, a couple of months later and here is my new daughter in college at a top college in the south. Read More The Truth About Starting A Home Business For years and years,