The Making of a Home & Garden Show
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - When the opportunity presented itself for me to take over the ownership and organization of the Hanover Home & Garden Show, a trade show featuring local businesses from my town and surrounding area, I jumped in with both feet. My parents ran a very successful Art & Collectible Show, a similar format of the one I would be taking over, and I grew up watching them arrange floor plans, meet with Exhibitors and bring this show to life each and every year for nearly two decades. I looked at this as an opportunity to get to know people in my community and of course I had a keen interest in home renovation and decoration and it just felt like this was a knock at the door that I had to answer.
I had about one year from the time I took over the business ...
Don't Quit Your Day Dream!
Monday, August 5, 2019 -
Working from home definitely has its perks. I love the laid back hours I get to keep while building my home based businesses. I love the wardrobe. It can be anything from my pajamas, to my gym clothes, to jeans and t-shirts, to whatever is comfortable. I can wear my slippers and drink coffee all day long. I can do mindless computer work with a little Netflix as background noise. I can let my dogs outside and run the dishwasher and do my laundry. These are all some of the perks. But also some of the downfalls. It is really tough to be strict with yourself while working from home. Waking up and going for that gym workout at 6am is easy to do when I work at the diner at 11 because timing wise, I simply have to. But on a day off or a work from home day, ...
Introducing Red Lips, Mom Hips!
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - Starting a blog is something that has been on my mind for years. But I have never just sat down and started it! I have lived many lives. I managed to squeeze a lot of life into the years between college graduation and marriage and motherhood. This blog may have a few entries about some of my fond memories of past experiences. There is not a doubt in my mind that the experiences I had shaped who I am as a person, so there may be some blast from the past type entries here. But you know what this blog is going to be mostly about? A woman picking herself up, dusting herself off and starting over.
Where shall I begin? I guess a good place to start is introducing myself and explaining a bit about what I mean about picking myself up, dusting myself off and ...
Writing an "About Me" is not easy. How do I pick and choose the pieces of my life that molded me into the person I am or deem the milestones and memories as important enough to tell you about in this little "About Me"...Well, I often joke that I have Read more about me...