Every so often you come across a product that is just so fabulous you want to share it with the world. Well that’s how I felt, about 18 months ago, when I discovered Alison Webb selling her Dinky Duvets on ebay. My eldest daughter had recently moved into a toddler bed and having just bought a duvet and 2 [...]
How To Escape The Guilt Trap
June 25, 2009 By 5 Comments
Top Tips for Working from Home Healthily
June 24, 2009 By 6 Comments
Working from home presents an ideal solution for many women; being able to work between school hours, being at home if the children are poorly, fitting in some housework during the day, not paying rent for office space…..we know all the benefits. But how can we ensure that our home working is healthy? 1. A decent office [...]
The Sound of Silence
June 22, 2009 By 8 Comments
A Break from the Old Routine
June 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
Last Tuesday I had a ‘Day Off’. Unfortunately this didn’t involve a duvet day, a spa, or a mammoth shopping trip. Instead I drove 150 miles – and spent about 5 hours in the car doing so, thanks to road works, closed roads, a police census and horseboxes travelling at 30mph – all so I could visit [...]
Reasons to be cheerful are free!
June 18, 2009 By 7 Comments
It’s OK to say No
June 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
“I’ve just got SO much to do!”…….sound familiar? Saying no can be really hard….but sometimes you just need to. I don’t know if you are anything like me, but I find it incredibly difficult to say no to people. There are several reasons for this; I am flattered to be asked, I enjoy helping other people, and [...]
Getting in touch with my masculine side
June 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
The topic of discussion at our last networking meeting was ‘How to be more like a man in business’. We women often congratulate ourselves on our multi-tasking abilities but maybe sometimes we would do well to emulate our tunnel-visioned counterparts and really FOCUS on one thing at a time. But as mums, is that really [...]
Wherever I lay my laptop that’s my office
June 10, 2009 By 13 Comments
Working from home means different things to different people. Some may have a garage full of stock, a bedroom converted into an office or a purpose built workshop at the bottom of the garden. But for many work at home mums their workspace is their dining room or kitchen table. In my case I have a laptop on [...]
Everything Changes But You
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The Essential Business Guide
June 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mum’s The Boss has been developing a new concept (within networking) of a business book library. Business books are helpful, but expensive. And as your business progresses through various stages, so you will want to look at a changing aspects, such as marketing, employing other people, expanding the business etc. So to help our members we are building our own [...]
From Kitchen Table to Hot Desking
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
