My husband was gone for a business trip last week, so when he came home we wanted to do something fun with our daughter. It was, of course, his idea to make cookies. So we pulled out the flour, sugar, eggs and all the other ingredients and each took a…

What if you never had to sleep? How much work could you get done? How far could you take your business? Personally, I love sleep, so I prefer if I could have someone else stay up for 24 hours a day selling my business for me. …

My husband and I run a second business together for his work as a landscape photographer. As a photographer, he has a bajillion gigabytes of photos on his laptop and various hard drives. We have had a few scares over the years of almost losing his library of stunning photos. …

It’s early October and all of the tomatoes in my garden are green. I’ve only picked one red one so far this year. After all the work planting, adding fertilizer, weeding and watering, it’s a let down not to see any fruit. When we built this garden last year, I…

I remember when I saw our house on Zillow the first time, I was enchanted by the large decks on all sides of the house. They looked so luxurious. I could imagine our family lounging on patio chairs in the summer drinking wine under patio lights. What I didn’t consider…

If you are in real estate, you know the value of a beautifully staged home. It is inviting. It isn’t cluttered. It gives people a picture of what could be. Your home page of your website should be a little like a house staged for sale. …

Have you ever played a game of white elephant at a Christmas party? Participants pile gifts in the center and people draw numbers, then take turns selecting and unwrapping a gift. The fun begins when people start stealing gifts others have already unwrapped. But have you ever noticed that the…

The older I get, the more I realize that time is money. Actually, time is more valuable than money. You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. I know many of you are moms trying to build a business while juggling the responsibilities of motherhood and keeping…

Welcome to 2022! Let’s reset and gear up for new growth in our businesses, shall we? I’m so excited to be offering a New Year’s Kick Off guest expert series with some incredibly sharp women in business. The new year is the perfect time to establish some fundamentals in our…