Personal Thoughts
Monday 14 April 2008
- - Top 5 Best Ideas for Kid’s Birthday Parties. just had to throw each of my girl’s a birthday party. I refused to give in to society norms. I decided I was not going to rent space at a kids facility which caters to birthday parties (such as My Gym, Gymboree, LazerTag, Muvico movie theaters, the zoo, pottery making & painting boutiques). No, instead I thought to myself, “I have a beautiful backyard … let’s do “kid’s stuff” that will be a blast and won’t break the bank.
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Monday 31 March 2008
- - How to plan a birthday party with no fighting When girls reach middle school age … planning the perfect birthday party without fighting, pettiness or cat-fights becomes challenging. My daughter and I developed the “Perfect Birthday Party”, complete with a NO FIGHTING NO BICKERING guarantee.
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Monday 10 March 2008
- - How a square watermelon gave me an AHA moment. What sets apart a true entrepreneur and highly successful business woman or man is the following:
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Tuesday 4 March 2008
- - Hospice – is doesn’t mean death is around the corner. Recently, I unfortunately learned a ton about Hospice Care. I never thought that I would need to call them (at least not so soon) but found that after my Dad was hospitalized for a long time, and upon his return home, his primary care physician of 10+ years recommended that we use Hospice. (15:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 27 February 2008
- - William Lauder of Estee -- living up to Dad’s expectations. The 47-year-old William Lauder doesn't hide the frustrations that led him to abdicate the post he had been groomed for, the one his father had held for 17 years (17:17 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- - How to buy the right sports bra.If you are one of the 329,000 woman last year that had breast augmentation (a boob job), then you probably won’t find this blog useful. Why, because perky, firm and upright breasts while lying perfectly flat on an exercise mat do not NEED super supportive sports bras (11:28 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 23 January 2008
- - Did Governor Charlie Crist just flirt with me?Governor Charlie Crist, Senator Joe Lieberman and U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. (21:23 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 10 January 2008
- - How to find a job – GUARANTEED- From a business owner’s viewpoint (14:04 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Wednesday 9 January 2008
- - Starbuck’s new CEO – he’ll need a double espresso with a shot of “something” to get thru the next few months (11:26 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Tuesday 8 January 2008
- - Dear followers of Catalogs.com blog … all I can say is “sorry for my lack of communication.”
Between technical difficulties (including 3 crashes to the blog); holiday shuffling and traveling … I’ve been negligent.
January 2008 is a new adventure.
I promise more adventure, more commentary and certainly more insight to running a company, juggling a family, caring for elders and most important … enjoying life.
So get ready, stay tuned and here we go …
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Friday 7 December 2007
- - Is it just me or have most people totally lost the ability to leave proper phone messages? In part, I blame the rise of email and text messaging but I think it’s largely due to the fact that everyone is always in such a rush these days. Whatever the reason both as a mom and http://www.catalogs.com business owner, this is one of my biggest PET PEEVES and sources of frustration throughout the day. I just don’t understand why this is so hard? So, in an effort to maintain my sanity, I found a great article with http://www.ehow.com/how_11174_leave-phone-message.html tips on how to leave proper phone messages…I still cannot believe that this is even necessary…
Still, I have to rant a bit more so bare with me. Even business professionals can’t seem to figure it out. Is this a dying art form? The fact is, effective communication is crucial for business success, whether it be sales, follow-up, collaboration, media etc…Sometimes I just want to scream, “learn how to leave a PROPER phone message,” but of course I never do…that would be rude.
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