Up until recently, the big trend in the makeup of the workplace was telecommuting. It seems that there’s a new trend that may be the future of business: Virtual companies. Virtual companies are companies that do not have a physical location. Rather, it is more like a collection of individuals that work from their home [...]
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Today is Casey’s first day of school, 7th grade– I can’t believe it. Lauren starts college next week. As bummed out as I was that summer was over, I have to admit that it will be good to get back to my routine. It’s very easy to be distracted during summer with kids home, the [...]
Telecommuting is not a new idea and while most people are aware of the rise in popularity during the 80′s, it’s been around a lot longer than that. The first telecommuter on record was a Boston bank president who, in 1877, arranged to have a phone line strung from his office to his home in [...]
Well, we didn’t do much this summer in the way of traveling, so now I find myself cramming in some last minute trips. Casey (my youngest daughter) and I just got back from a quickie trip to visit my best friend in San Pedro. It’s kind of a grueling trip because it takes almost 4 [...]
On Thursday my hubby lived a dream of playing baseball at AT&T park where the Giants play. Not because he’s a big Giants fan, but because it was totally cool to play on a major league ball field. He plays in a men’s hardball league every Sunday and let me clue you in to how [...]
When I write, I often talk about where I live. The reason for that is because it is such a place of beauty, sometimes I can’t believe that I live here. I was born and raised in Southern California and I loved it there, but once we had children we just felt that we wanted [...]
My husband will have 30 years with his company soon (within a few years) which has had us toying with the idea of his retirement. He really is too young to retire (not even 50 yet), so he’s been bouncing ideas around of things he might do when the time does come. When I first [...]
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I recently heard a woman say that being called a “work at home mom” was professionally demeaning. Being one myself, my initial reaction was to agree with her. “That’s right, I’m a professional, I’m not just a bored housewife dabbling with a hobby here,” I said to myself. Upon reflection however, I came to realize [...]
The picture above in my header is actually a picture of the Mendocino coast in Northern California where I live. My brother-in-law was here for a visit and offered to take me and my youngest daughter up in his plane. I was able to get a ton of awesome shots of this beautiful place. We [...]
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