Going to Toronto?
For all the VAs going to the VA conference in Canada this weekend…
Good luck, and learn bunches! The rest of us will be here when you get back to hear your fabulous stories and hear all about what you learned.
I’ll make sure to have a moment of silence for the Americans. With the exchange rate [...]
Flowers for Mother’s Day
I was (again) searching for the perfect mother’s day gift for my great-grandmother.
She likes flowers so I thought that I’d go through some I thought were nice…it will also pretty up my blog a little – who doesn’t like flowers?
This is probably my personal favorite from the 1-800-FLOWERS site. (What, you go somewhere else for [...]
Got the schnauzers a treat!
I have two adorable miniature schnauzers. They’re brothers from the same litter and seriously play and pretend to fight almost all the time.
We’ve had issues with fill-in gas meter or electric meter readers come by, and because they don’t know I have dogs, they traipse through my gate…leaving the gate partially open when they leave. [...]
Can you believe I’m considering blogger?
I know blogger is a proper noun, being a company name and all, but I just can’t bring myself to put that capital B at the front.
Since I became aware of WordPress and blogger as platforms I’ve always thought that WP was the winner, hands down.
But now I find myself reconsidering. You can have your [...]
Problem Solving
We’re going for another round of “let’s try to have another kid” in my household.
This means I visited the OB and she prescribed pills that looked more like horse supplements than vitamins.
But this is where VA thinking is different from normal person thinking.
Normal people do what the doctor tells them, a VA will find the [...]
Give youself a few days off
I’ve been sick this week.
Not flu sick, not cold sick, not even allergy sick.
The kind of sick that makes it impossible to think. It’s what I call stress-sick. It’s not from any particular amount of overwhelm…no pinpointable amount of stress…but every once in a while my bran says, “No more, Jen, it’s time to relax.”
I [...]
Be gentle in your marketing
Something that happened to me today on Twitter, that really frustrated me, was I asked a question via direct message to someone.
They took this as a way to show off their expertise to the world by replying back to me on the main Twitter stream regarding my question. In doing so, this person didn’t even [...]
What do people who work from home wear to work?
I was trying to determine if the title for the post should be
What do people who work from home wear to work?
What should people who work from home wear to work?
Subtle difference, only one word, but it becomes a little too judgey if I put should, like I’m an expert on what to wear to [...]
How do you manage your time?
From Franklin Covey to Google Calendar there are many ways to manage your time.
Do you prefer paper organizers or do you like to do everything online? That’s the first question to ask yourself. The second question is “Now that I know my preference, will I follow through if my organization system is the same as [...]
Vacation Fantasty Continued…
Hey, what can I say, I like being warm. While looking for real estate to move to, I thought maybe I should start smaller..not go overboard. Maybe just a vacation destination instead of moving the kids, the dogs and (goodness forbid) the husband to an entirely new climate.The peasants might revolt and start an uprising. Ok, bad [...]
Jennifer was a
Virtual Assistant for over four years. Now? She has been interviewed by the LA Times, ABC News and worked on campaigns for Frito Lay, Hanes, Walmart, and At-A-Glance to name a few. She's been paying her mortgage and bills from home for almost seven years now.
