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During the holidays when you are not expecting anyone, and the panic starts.

Posted by Christie Reimer on

During the holidays when you are not expecting anyone, and the panic starts.

Oh no!! We have all been there before. This year may just look a little bit different. You hear a knock at your door. You are not expecting anyone, and the panic starts. You look out your window, and standing back from your door is someone who you know. A friend, a family member, a neighbour, co-worker; whoever it is, they were unannounced.   They saw you  in the window, and now you have to answer the door. They are so sweet. They just came to drop off a little something for you, for the holidays.     I don’t...

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Community over Competition and let's Collaborate

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Community over Competition and let's Collaborate

We have all heard the saying, or something similar to the saying, “community over competition”. But what happens when you don’t know where to find your community? We especially as females are into new territory, where we believe and know we can do anything. There are so many women entering the work force and just dominating. There are more female entrepunuers than ever before. We are making noise, that cannot be ignored. Unfortunately, when this started to happen, some people felt that in order for them to rise and succeed, it meant that someone else had to fail. It was...

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How do we make this Christmas season feel normal????

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How do we make this Christmas season feel normal????

Christmas is getting closer and closer. And it does not look like it ever looked before.    With the activities and festivities, and parties, and gatherings not happening, we can find ourselves falling into a rut, and maybe not celebrating or being as cheerful as we normally would.    I know for a lot, holidays are hard enough without the added stress of any restrictions or worries. Sometimes getting out to preplanned activities were what we needed for any type of resemblance of normalcy.   Here’s what we did over the weekend.     Go skating. I am not talking...

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Christmas this year is going to be different, so...Let's have a contest!

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Christmas this year is going to be different, so...Let's have a contest!

I pride myself in my work and consistency. So I owe you all an apology for not showing up the last week, especially for #momsinbusinessmonday   I do not want to be too repetitive and talk about the same moms each week, and I am still searching for more and new moms to feature. Because there was a lull, I quickly fell off track, and it was easy for me to fall into a slump last week. Running a successful business during these times it not easy. Running two businesses during these times with kids, is even harder.  The last...

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