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posted Thursday, March 5, 2015
If you have gotten through most of your adult life and have never had to sit through a board meeting then…well…I’m jealous. Most of us have had to endure hours of useless (in our eyes) analysis, stabs at encouragement that made us roll our eyes, and a sense that we could be much more productive […]
posted Monday, February 16, 2015
Yes, that’s right, I’m taking pole dancing. It was a spontaneous decision when a friend of mine said it was on her bucket list and I blurted out, “I know someone who teaches that right down the street”; we were signed up and in a class within a week. We went to shake our booties […]
posted Monday, December 15, 2014
With the four children now in full time school, it was time for this mama to get a full time job. But, man was it hard to find something! Being out of the workforce for over 10 years has made me a dinosaur and you would think starting up and running a company, like Durham […]
posted Monday, November 17, 2014
I hope the term “Moving on up” conjures up the same thing it does for me: the song from The Jefferson’s. A joyous song that is filled with the delight in moving into a better place, a better state of mind, a better situation, and a better future. More importantly, “beans don’t burn on the […]
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2014
I am speaking at the Bridges to Better Business event for the Small Business Week in Lindsay, ON. The topic? Return on Investment. Yippee! Right up my alley! I will be speaking about the importance of connecting with someone, in order to keep you top of mind, so when they pick up the phone or […]
posted Friday, September 19, 2014
My daughter is 9 and my daughter tells, “Yo mama’s so fat” jokes… I am torn. As a comedian, this is fantastic, particularly with lines like, “Yo mama’s so fat, Dora can’t even explore her”; I mean, come on, gold, right? But as a mother, and a woman who rolls her eyes at the ridiculous […]
posted Friday, August 22, 2014
I am a shallow person. Yes, it’s true; Stephanie Herrera is a sad example of what society’s concepts of the “ideal woman” churns out day after day. I got a boob job. Not just a boob job, but a whole “Mommy Makeover” which includes a tummy tuck and liposuction. After 4 kids, I felt I […]
posted Wednesday, July 23, 2014
I am looking for a job. This is a feeling that makes my stomach sink because the task is not the lighthearted hunt I enjoyed in my 20’s. In my youth, my family called me the “Queen of Jobs”. I would fall ass backwards into jobs that paid well and required little effort. In university, […]
posted Wednesday, July 2, 2014
“Only 2 more days of school!” my oldest son smiled at me this morning. “Then we have the WHOLE summer off!” This propelled me back to my childhood, when coming back from summer vacation was a life changing event. We all came back taller, more curious, and, sometimes, re-invented! “When did Mark get pimples?” “When […]
posted Wednesday, May 28, 2014
My children have a habit that drives me crazy. Summer has finally arrived and this is the time of year when they start reminiscing about Christmas. Yes, I just said Christmas. Back in January, they would talk non-stop about how much they wished it was warm enough to go biking in their shorts but as […]
