It seems like 100 years ago that I got my start as a full-time, work-from-home, virtual assistant. Eight years in, it’s been a wild ride, but one I wouldn’t give up for the world. SO ….have you been thinking about starting up your own Virtual Assistant business but don’t know where to start? I’ve been… Read More A Must-Have if you plan to start a Virtual Assistant business
Moms who take care, juggle work and life and make a difference in the world are my heroes. It’s even more admirable when these same super-moms see a gap or a need in our world and set to work to fix it. That is the story of Jill Barletti, a translator by trade, who noticed… Read More Single Mom Creates Books Series that Reflects Today’s Families
Welcome to my recommends for those of you who are just dipping your toe into the blogging waters! I feel like a student of monetizing blogs because I have spent YEARS investigating and testing ways to do just that. Since 2016, I have had many opportunities to coach and guide several ambitious folks who are… Read More A Blogging Toolbox just for New Authors
I’m sure you’ve seen the TV shows and you may have even seen one in real life. I’m talking about the super-cool lifestyle choice of downsizing your life and opting for Tiny House Living. The shows I am referring to are Tiny House Nation, Tiny House Hunters, and Tiny House Big Living. I know there’s… Read More Tiny House Living-Franticmommy Style
What are the best times in your life when it’s sensible to clean house and get rid of stuff you don’t use? I think it’s when you’re either: a) Fed up with too much crap and clutter b) Ready to make living with less and doing more a priority c) OR…a combination of the two.… Read More When is the Best Time Downsize Your Stuff?
Although living small has been around for hundreds of years, the lifestyle of *tiny house living* has taken our country by storm. From TV shows to Tiny House Resort getaways, people are clamoring to experience life in a Big way by doing More with Less. In short, it’s the act of Minimizing Your Stuff to… Read More Minimizing Your Stuff to Maximize Your Life
From paralegal to tiny house luminary, BA has had many of her tiny dreams a BIG reality. I’ve known Beth Ann {B.A.} Norrgard since high school. Even back in the 1980s, she had spunk and spirit that was hard to ignore. As life oftentimes does, we lost track of each other for a while as… Read More She found her bliss and is living by example
[guest post from author, Rue Allyn] I have been self-employed for more than ten years now. I have been manic-depressive (now known as Bi-polar Disorder) all of my life. That’s more than sixty years, so I’ve got a lot of experience with emotional highs and lows. I won’t go into the technical history of depression and… Read More Ramblin’ Notes ~ Depression and the Will to Work
Those who follow me on Facebook know I’ve been working on a unique challenge for myself: no TV for a month. #30DaysNoTV It’s not easy. Over the last year, I’ve developed an addition to Bones and NCIS (the one with Mark Harmon in it…yummy) reruns. But I’m not giving up, mainly because it’s given me… Read More The Shape of Us
This meme captured my eye (and heart) the other day and it beautifully sums up just how darn lucky I am in the Bestie Tribe Department. Just for fun one day, I looked up the term “best friend” and here is what it said; “The definition of a best friend is a person who you… Read More Thankful for the Bestie Tribe
The tiny house movement, a social movement that advocates for living simply in small homes of 399 square feet or less, had been steadily growing for years, and one of my besties, B.A. Norrgard has actively made that lifestyle her reality for the past six years. Long story, short–B.A. went to school together and lost… Read More Tiny House, Big Life | 10 Fun Facts about Tiny House Life
Recently, I was at my daughter’s school for a meeting and I happened across a project displayed in the hallway that tugged at my heart. A section of the hallway wear festooned with leaves from the paper Tree of Smiles. Each leaf was an individual student’s contribution of something they’d done recently to make someone… Read More Skittles and a Smile
