As part of Intuit’s Love a Local Business competition, I was invited to share my story of how I started my online business. Until I opened my own small internet store, I never thought about focusing my buying power outside of the big box stores. Small businesses are what keeps middle class families and generationally handed [...]
Because I’m all about the funny, I’m slipping one of these Parenting Flashcards by KnockKnock in each one of the Christmas cards I’m sending out. Seriously, funny. While we were going through the pack of cards, Sir and I picked out two for ourselves to keep. We’re hoarders like that. The one I kept – [...]
It’s times like these when the world seems to stand still. It’s swirling all around outside, while inside, it’s stagnant. The times when the parents of the house are sick. The poor children are ripe and ready to play. They make plans to go here and there and everywhere, but the parents can’t even muster [...]
I’m not trying to get all *sad panda* up in this joint. But I do want to be authentic and honest and I need to ask for your help. I wrote a novel-&-a-half over at my Good for the Kids blog about the struggles I’m having with my business. It was really hard to write [...]
Something pretty cool was offered to me today. I was interviewed for a piece on ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer. Pretty Awesome, right? Thanks to the internet, Dawn, and Heather, I was interviewed as a part of a week-long story on the downturn in the US economy and its affect on the Middle Class. [...]