It has taken this long (I’ll just say over 50 years) for me to know why I am drawn to certain female friends who are jocks, but today I finally had a flash of insight.
Perspective wise, you should know I am straight and a mom of a bunch of athletic kids. And, I have [...]

Paddling With a Camera is a blog I just discovered thanks to ProBloggers recent Group Writing Project.
I was zipping around in Marek Uliasz’s site, initially psyched at having found a blog devoted to two of my favorite out-of-office activities. That would be, clearly, paddling my kayak and photography. Then I found the part about kayaking [...]

It’s kind of like when you receive a gift from someone you didn’t expect would be giving you one, and it turns out to fit you to a tee. By jumping in and participating in ProBlogger’s brilliant Group Writing Project, I discovered these sites:
About Baseball
Coach Kids Sports
Suicide Fan: We’re Die Hard Sports [...]

Here’s what I am hoping my life will look like over the next three to five years, and no, none of this is in my biz plan (yet). Work really hard for most of the year, then take a well-publicized long vacation, say 1 – 3 months.
Last winter I took a month off (as mentioned [...]

I asked my youngest son to go with me to donate blood (would have been his first time) yesterday. I put to him that it could be his Christmas gift to me, or in exchange for buying him a tank of gas. I think he felt bad that he was uncomfortable about doing it, but [...]

Some of us who’ve been in the Virtual Assistance profession for awhile have noticed a correlation between the years we’ve been VA’s and our body mass, and not in a good way!
After a discussion about it in my professional group, the International Virtual Assistant’s Association, we arrived at the idea of forming an online “Workout [...]

Several clients and colleagues have casually mentioned that they have been thinking about getting started with blogging. It goes something like this: “My site has been up for [blank] years and it’s doing pretty well, but I need to introduce something new for my customers. You know, add interest, build some excitement. I’m thinking about [...]

The holidays are here and for many, chaos has ensued. Before you know it, your personal to do list has spilled over into your work list, you give up your fitness routine to make another online shopping foray or social engagement, you lose focus and whoa! You’re out of control!
It’s not too late to regain [...]