Like every entrepreneurial mom, two of the top priorities in my life are my family and my business. My Story. I have always been a driven person. I knew what I needed to do to earn my next promotion. I took every class and seminar that I could find to help me get ahead. When I was in my early 20’s, all my colleagues were men in their 40’s. If I had kept going, I would certainly have reached upper level management. My desire and drive for status in the corporate world came to a screeching halt on a day in late 1993--the day I became Jackie’s Mom. That day, as all Moms understand, my priorities dramatically shifted. Life was no longer “all about me”. I wanted to spend as much time with her as I could. Suddenly work and school were unimportant. I began looking for opportunities to work from home or for good part-time jobs. It is not easy to juggle business and motherhood. I do not claim to be an expert. After Jackie was born, I spent several years in the corporate world not realizing there were other opportunities for me. While I worked full-time, my constant concern was that I was missing everything while my child was in daycare for 11 hours a day. Because I know children are only little “for a short time”, a cloud of overwhelming sadness was constantly hanging over me. In my efforts to overcome this concern, I was fortunate along the way to find several excellent part-time jobs, and I even job-shared for a year. I have actually only worked full-time for half of my daughter’s 12 years. Yet it still never occurred to me that I could leave the security of a corporate job to have my own business. Thankfully, the entrepreneurial bug bit me in late 2002. I now have my own business, and I love every minute of it. I am much happier and I am able to set my schedule around my children’s important activities and, on occasion work with them beside me. I recently sat at breakfast with Jackie and asked her when she has been happiest with my work schedule. She too was happiest when I was able to take her to school and pick her up myself and attend all her important activities. My husband, Terry is about to begin working in my business full-time, too. While we are looking forward to being together more and working together to help build our business, this will be a major life change for us. Our son Cole (age three) is currently in daycare for three part-time days each week. Last week we discussed some of the adjustments we will need to make with Terry being home more. We made the commitment to juggle taking care of Cole and working in the business the remaining two days a week for the next two years until he starts kindergarten. We know it is best for Cole, that this time is a special time to be with him, and he is worth it. I have learned many things as a Mom Entrepreneur, and I would like to share two of them. The Importance of Being Present. Several months ago, I had a breakfast meeting with my business partner and one of our networking organization members. The member was sharing some of the things he had learned in a workshop. I will never forget when he said, “You are not listening, you’ve never listened, and you are not listening now…” Then he explained how he realized he hadn’t been listening to his own daughter. I immediately understood what he was saying and my heart sank. I thought of my children. Although I had always wanted to have as much time with them as possible, I had become involved in growing my business. While juggling both work and family, I had stopped listening. I had been fooling myself and I had been very wrong. I apologized to my daughter that day. I changed immediately, including even little things. For example, while ironing on stars Jackie had earned in P. E., I took the time to talk about how she had earned the stars. I understood how much I was going to miss unless I was present all the time. Working moms often struggle with the lack of time spent with their children, but when we are present, every moment we spend with our children can be special quality time. The Value of Teamwork. One of the most important things we can do for our families is to have open communication. I am not afraid to ask for help from my family. I try my best to communicate my upcoming schedule ahead of time. When I have a particularly hectic week, we talk about what is happening, if it’s temporary, acknowledge the stress it puts on all of us and handle it together. As a team, we worked out a plan for the days when I leave early to attend a breakfast meeting. When I say, “I have a breakfast meeting tomorrow,” everyone knows what to do. For example, my husband takes care of our son and drops him off at preschool. My family understands my commitment to them is, if at all possible, I will only attend one breakfast meeting a week. I communicate with them what is happening in the business and try to involve them in it, too. We are all in this together. As the business succeeds, we all succeed. You can help, too. I love to help others, and as I continue my personal journey towards a more balanced life, I want to collect the experiences of other entrepreneurial moms. I am also writing a book for Mom Entrepreneurs. The comments submitted for these articles could also be featured in the book. It is my goal to share your stories so that we can all help each other to master the fine art of juggling business and motherhood.
Saturday, October 1, 2016
How do steroid profiles help you
: You find arrays of steroids including oral steroids, injectable steroids, steroid powders, steroid creams, steroid gels, etc. available on the market nowadays. There are anabolic steroids having different compositions, and there are also anabolics having similar compositions selling under different brand names. In such state, it is really important for you to know you steroids, before you buy them. Steroid Profiles are great instruments that help you know and comprehend your steroids correctly. Actually, steroid profiles are biographic datas of specific steroids. Steroid profiles include the summaries of the characteristics of particular steroid or steroids. They reveal the type, quality, character, and behavior of steroid/steroids. Steroid Profiles disclose the compositions, contents, and salts of synthetic steroid/anabolic steroids. They tell the type and quality of steroid/steroids. They reveal the detailed making of steroid/steroids. They also offer the information about the manufacturers and dealers of particular steroids. Steroid Profiles reveal the character and behavior of steroid/steroids. Steroid profiles sketches the important information, such as flavor, odor, effects, side effects, toxic levels, cautions, dosage directions associated with particular steroid/steroids. Steroid Profiles also offer steroid pictures; vivid, graphic, pictural representation of real steroids. Steroid pictures, actually the pictures of the real oral and injectable steroids, helps you know, understand, and recognize steroid/steroids. Steroid Profiles with steroid pictures really help you buy real/genuine steroids online. Steroid Profiles also offer the category of steroids; often, steroids are categorized as anabolic-androgenic steroid drugs, anti-estrogen drugs, and growth hormone & peptide drugs. You must check out Steroid Profiles before you go forward to buy your steroids. You can find steroid profiles at your local drug stores. You can find steroid profiles online. There are numerous steroid sites providing steroid profiles online, but you should always try to find authentic steroid profiles online. You can find reliable steroid profiles online, by doing some research on internet. However, you must discuss your steroid profile with your doctor, before starting the use of the steroid/steroids.
Canondigitalcamera
CANON DIGITAL CAMERA: EXPRESS, SHOOT AND SHARE Canon is well known across the country as an imaging equipment and information systems. Their many products include copiers, printers, lenses, camcorders, semiconductors among others, and of course Canon digital cameras. The latest high end canon digital camera is the PowerShot S2 IS. This is a 5.0 mega pixel Canon digital camera that features a 12x optical zoom and a 4x digital zoom. This baby is furnished with Optical Image Stabilizer (that is what the IS in S2 IS stands for) that eliminates camera shakes for people who have shaky hands or for taking camera shots. The UD lens found in this canon digital camera provide amazing color accuracy throughout the whole zoom area. As with many digital cameras nowadays, this certain canon digital camera can record moving pictures. Now with another first, the S2 allows you to record moving pictures, and there no use for missing a perfect image incorporated with that moving picture. With the Movie Snap feature, just snap away when you see that perfect image, and it will be saved in your canon digital camera along with the recorded video. This canon digital camera is also equipped with the DIGIC II Image processor that is designed to increase processing speed and image quality. It instantly says that with the DIGIC II, your canon digital camera has faster start-up time, playback and auto focus while giving your images the absolute brilliance. The S2 also support USB 2.0 Hi-speed standard, so you will always have the easiest time transferring your files to and from your computer. With the USB 2.0, you can take advantage of your super hi-speed SD card. This canon digital camera is also supplied with a 1.8 inch LCD power saving and fold out screen that’s 115,000 pixel resolution. S2 shoots at 30 frames per second; this shooting rate can be reduced when taking pictures in night display, to give you the brightness that you need when taking pictures. On the other hand, the latest point and shoot canon digital camera is the PowerShot SD500 and the PowerShot SD400. The SD500 is the first 7.1 mega pixel canon digital camera that gives amazing images and absolutely to die for details. It has a 3x optical zoom that enables close up shooting with a 37-111mm equivalent with a 35mm film camera. This is one of the new perpetual curve design for a canon digital camera that fits the hands perfectly. Sporting a very slim design, you would marvel at its 2.0 inch LCD that gives easier frame and play back use. This baby is also equipped with the same DIGIC II Image Processor found in canon digital cameras that gives you amazing features. Also USB 2.0 compatible and works with the same high-speed SD card. Even better than most digital cameras out there, this gadget can shoot moving images to up to 60 frames per second - perfect for moving objects (especially in sports) and a 30 frames per second for shooting still images. Furnished with scene modes like portrait (blurs the background and focuses on your subject), foliage (perfect for foliage, greenery or blossoms), beach (sunny shots without the dark faces), underwater (reduced background scatter. Tip: you can always buy waterproof case for shooting underwater images), fireworks, night snapshot, kids and pets, indoor, snow and digital macro (larger than life images). This canon digital camera even enables you to customize and correct as you shoot. With modes like lightening skin tones, positive film, darker skin tones and others, you can never go wrong with using a canon digital camera. These are just some of the many features of the SD500. There are more to the SD500 that has yet to be discussed. Check canon’s website at usa. canon < usa. canon> for a full profile of the SD500 and to other latest releases and products.
Botanical gardens ballparks and happy hour
It’s true! Happy hour and a whole lot more is what you get if you live in or visit the Phoenix-Scottsdale section of Arizona. Few cities in the United States boast this many different things to see and do. It doesn’t matter what your pleasure – museums, sports, science, nature, history, shopping, eating, entertainment – if you like it, you’ll find it in Phoenix or Scottsdale. But no matter what you choose to do, you’re bound to get thirsty from all that sunshine and dry heat this state is known for. And there’s no better way to quench that thirst than by partaking in one of the many happy hours! How to find the best happy hour You’re probably wondering how you can find out all there is to know about Phoenix happy hours or Scottsdale happy hours. Well, one of the best and fastest ways is by picking up a local restaurant guide. Yes, bars aren’t the only places serving up happy hour. Inside the restaurant guide you’ll find details on the area’s finest eating establishments that also feature a happy hour. Mexican, Italian, Southwestern, Indian, American, Chinese or something else, whatever type of food you fancy, you are practically guaranteed to find a happy hour to go along with that food. Here is just a sampling of some of the happy hour specials seen recently in a Phoenix restaurant guide: two-for-one drinks, $1 drafts, free food, special prices on appetizers and happy hours that last the entire day! You can also go online to find out where you should go for a great happy hour experience. Searching the Internet for a happy hour is just as easy as searching for any other type of information. You enter a few details related to your search such as your zip code or the name of a particular restaurant and in literally seconds you will have before your eyes a number of different venues from which you can choose. Your online search tells all When you search online for a Phoenix happy hour or a Scottsdale happy hour, you likely will find a lot of other useful information including a map showing the hot spot’s exact location (instead of just an address listing), the hours of operation but more importantly, the times when happy hour will be served, information on how you should dress, and information about what else there is to do at that location besides indulging in your favorite frosty drink. You’ll probably even find reviews submitted by others who have actually experienced the venue, something that can save you a lot of time. You won’t need a happy hour invitation to visit the best happy hours that Phoenix and Scottsdale have to offer. Just show up ready to have fun and you’re in. And if you really want to turn happy hour into an all-night event, consider searching for a bus tour that’ll drive you around to all the well-known hot spots. It’ll be a great time and best of all, you can leave the driving to someone else!
Family holidays
Family Holidays: Tips for Peace and Harmony What do you like to do on family holidays? Go to the beach or spend a week in the country? Maybe you like camping or visiting relatives. Whatever you enjoy, family holidays are a chance for everyone in the family to get reacquainted and spend quality time together. It's a chance for parents to really talk with their teens and find out what's going on in their lives. It's important to keep the communication lines open, and a family holiday is a good time to do that. Having a good relationship with their parents is one of the most important factors in keeping teens out of trouble. Studies have shown that when families take holidays together, they are more likely to eat together and are less likely to argue. They do not watch as much television because they are involved in doing things together. Kids even report that their parents seem to act differently while on holiday. While family holidays are a good time to connect with your kids, communication problems that are already there will not automatically disappear. Especially with teenagers it is important to listen and be flexible. Find out what the kids would like to do and eat and plan accordingly. While even teenagers need boundaries, it is important for parents to try to avoid needless confrontation. Explain why you make the decisions you do and show them positive attention. Kids will appreciate being included in travel plans. There's a good chance they will choose a theme park or the beach if those are among the options. Sometimes it works well for a teenager to take a special friend along on family holidays. While this might increase the parents' load, the teen is likely to really appreciate it. Also, sometimes it works well for kids to go on holidays with their grandparents instead of their parents. Sometimes there is a special relationship here that can help kids open up and communicate about their concerns. While on family holidays, if teens are uncooperative or behave improperly, try to deal with the problem in private. Teens are very aware of embarrassmant and it is needlessly mean to exploit this sensitivity. In fact, you might explain to the kids how their behavior embarrasses you, and they in turn might work harder at getting along and acting appropriately. Kids will be happier on family vacations if they have snacks, drinks, and entertainment. Few kids enjoy a long ride in the car! Try to provide individual CD players or hand-held video games, and don't forget to take plenty of bathroom stops. Sometimes kids enjoy the ride more if they can help you follow the map. This is an educational activity for them as well. By following these suggestions, your family holidays can make a happy memory.
Many complaints but yet reliable murray lawn mowers
The Murray lawn mowers owners are a harried lot. There are many complaints with Murray lawn mowers and not all of them are attended to. You might learn the positive points and negative points about Murray lawn Mowers Incomplete Information On Murray Web Site Murray web site is stingy about information on its own product. The information on the lawn mowers is not more than three or four sentences on each product. With such stinginess, it is no wonder that the product does not get a proper publicity and the result is reduced sale of product. Add to this number of complaints and the result is a dissatisfied consumer. More Negative Than Positive - Murray Lawn mowers Murray lawn mowers do not seem to enjoy a market reputation for better product. Many product recalls and many consumer complaints seems to tarnish reputation of Murray lawn mowers. Consumer safety products commission takes up the cases of the dissatisfied consumers and it has recently given instructions for recall of number of Murray products. Recent Recalls Of Murray Lawn Mowers Recently about 17 models of Murray lawn mowers were recalled on the orders of Consumer safety products commission. The case related to the safety of Murray lawn mowers and possibility of injury to the person working on lawn mower or just standing nearby. The recall involved 20-, 21-, and 22-inch walk-behind lawn mowers and some 30-inch mid-engine riding lawn mowers. 38-, 40-, 42-, and 46-inch lawn tractors 46-inch garden tractors were also recalled by the company. The problem was related to the plastic components of the lawn mowers that cracked when struck by the objects thrown by the blade. These parts could be ejected from the lawn mower completely unexpectedly and the nearby consumer could be injured. As of now no complaints have been received by the commission regarding the injury but the recall was initiated all the same to avoid possible injuries. The total units recalled were about 8o00 numbers One thing to be said positive about Murray Inc. was that it co-operated with commission and recalled the defective lawn mowers even before the chances of injury became a reality. Consumer Complaints About Murray Lawn Mowers Consumer complaint sites are replete with complaints about Murray lawn mowers. The major complaints were regarding * Part non-availability: Number of persons reported that parts of Murray lawn mowers were not easily available in the market. This meant that the machines were not available to the users for quite a long time after having spent lots of dollars in purchasing the lawn mowers. * Incomplete information The web site states that the best place for spare parts is the local dealer but fails to give the addresses of the local dealers. The web site gives the addresses of many countries but fails to give the list of USA Service centers * Substandard parts: Many consumers have complained that the parts of Murray broke down and made the product useless. The non-availability of the spares added to the problems of consumers. Once you have a dissatisfied customer, you have a negative publicity, any consumer who says that he/she will not purchase Murray products in lifetime finds many friends, and the result is bad publicity for the company.
The ethics of a life long herpes infection
From day one my own personal life-long herpes infection has presented me with several ethical challenges. It has challenged me on the question of who to tell and when. It has challenged me on the issue of what to say and how to others with herpes. It has challenged me on the question of "Do I have any responsibilities towards trying to prevent the people in the community who do not herpes from getting it, and if so what are they"? On how to tell and when: When I was diagnosed with herpes the doctors told me that it was safe to have sex with others as long as I avoided having sex during outbreaks and that I would get warning signs of when an outbreak would be coming. Luckily, we are working with much better information these days. A person with herpes is potentially contagious every-single day of the year and safer sex including using a combination of a condom or dental dam and an anti-viral gel is the best way of ensuring that one isn't inadvertently spreading the virus. I was an irresponsible coward when I first got herpes. Because thedoctors told me that I wasn't contagious without outbreaks and because I was in the habit of using condoms, I decided that I only had to tell someone that I had herpes if and when it seemed like the relationship was turning serious and there would be regular sexual contact. I had justified my cowardice by thinking that the risk to others was too small to stick my neck out and get the rejection due to a herpes leper. Please don't be like me. Not telling someone before you have sex that you have herpes is absolutely the wrong thing to do. There's no real way to justify it. I now tell potential lovers I have herpes even before the first date. It gets the weight of this guilt most herpes people have off my chest and to me it feels like the right thing to do. Many people tell me that it's okay if you're not going to have sex with someone to wait and see if the relationship becomes serious before telling them about herpes. Sure this is much better than waiting until after sex, but to me it still isn't good enough. If you care about someone, if you respect them , why not tell them as early as possible so they can decide if they want to invest the energy and time in getting to know you better? Isn't it a bit manipulative to allow someone to develop feelings for you without warning them that they risk a life-long viral infection if they get involved with you? Think about it. If you wait until they are already emotionally attached to you, they may feel compelled to continue with the relationship when they may not have if you had told them up-front. It takes more courage and integrity to tell early but it feels better to have the weight off your chest and the person you tell will usually respect you for giving them the choice. I am especially appealing to men since I believe that men are not as protective of their sex partners when it comes to telling about herpes as women are. Guys, please don't have sex with anyone without telling them about your herpes. And if they don't know the facts don't understate the risks - herpes is a more physically and emotionally devastating disease for women than it is for men and it is much easier for a man to give a woman herpes than it is for a woman to give it to a man. On how and what to say to others with herpes: I am a holistic healer - a herbalist and homeopath. My family have been healers for many generations in my native country of Trinidad and Tobago and as far back as Africa. I had little to no interest in treating herpes as a healer until I got herpes myself. Wanting to change a negative to a positive, I decided to make the holistic treatment of herpes the cornerstone of my practice. The bible says "the stone that the builder refused, I will make my cornerstone. Bob Marley and the wailers sing about it too. It didn't take me long once I decided to become a holistic viral specialist to realize that I was confronted with a daunting challenge. Most professionals including all the herbalists and homeopaths I know rely heavily on referrals to build their client-base. Here I was now working with a client-base that I was never going to get a lot of referrals from. My patients with herpes don't go around telling the world that I helped them with their outbreaks. Some of my patients have yet to tell their significant others that they have herpes, many have not told their closest friends and their family. I am not a company. I don't have an advertising budget. The only way for me to reach out to others with herpes and encourage them to come for me for treatment was to speak out in public about my herpes work and about herpes in general. This forced me to be far more out of the closet than would have been my personal choice. I seem to always create challenging situations for myself. Speaking to others with herpes is not a task for the faint of heart. Some people like to shoot the messenger - I have the bullet-wounds to prove it. But I can say that speaking to others with herpes has been and continues to be one of the most gratifying experiences in my life. I feel a deep bond with many of the people with herpes who interact with me. I felt this kind of bond when I played team sports. I've felt this kind of bond all my life with other black people. There's something about "us against the world" that can make people tight with other. I love my herpes friends. I love my herpes patients - even the ones who misbehave. I am not grateful for getting herpes, but I don't regret it either. Nevertheless, the truth hurts, and I have some bitter truth to tell others with herpes: Having a lover who also has herpes isn't a free ticket for unprotected sex. Even if you both have the same strain Even if one gave it to the other. Having unprotected sex with each other can and often will make one or both partner's cases of herpes worse. It's called re-inoculation and it's a message many with herpes don't want to hear. If you have herpes or cold sores you are potentially contagious everyday and there is no sure way to tell if you are shedding virus. So do consider using a condom/dental dam combined with an anti-viral gel when having sex and do be careful about sharing wet towels or wash cloths with others. No two people get herpes the same way so you are going to have your own individual experience with the virus and will have to find your own way of dealing with it on all the different levels you will have to deal with it. A cure for herpes in our lifetime is unlikely and there are no quick-fix solutions for managing herpes. Herpes cannot be managed with a topical agent alone - whether it be creams, lotions, or essential oils. Managing herpes takes changing your diet, managing stress and other triggers, and may also require either taking herbal medicine or drug therapy. You may not get fewer outbreaks as you get older. While this is often the case, since no two people get herpes the same way, other diseases, menopause, self-abuse, re-inoculation by unprotected sex and other factors can change the pattern of frequency and severity of outbreaks at any point during your life-long journey with herpes. Cold-sores are just as contagious if not more contagious than genital herpes and you can infect others when there are no signs of sores present. Having herpes does make you more vulnerable to other sexually transmitted infections including HIV, cervical dysplasia and genital warts. Daily use of l-lysine is an ineffective strategy for treating herpes and can do more harm than good. There are more effective natural remedies such as garlic for treating herpes without side-effects. On talking to those who don't have herpes: The reality check for me is that the mainstream and alternative media do not want talk about herpes. They would prefer to keep us in a ghetto. There is a lot of misinformation floating around and people without herpes have few places to turn to hear the facts about herpes. They don't hear the facts in their churches, young people are not being educated enough about herpes in school. Most parents aren't teaching their children about herpes, older siblings are not passing information down to the younger ones. It's really up to us who have herpes to try harder to dialogue with those who don't. HIV won't be the last word in human population control from the world of viruses. If we don't learn how to better protect the population from getting herpes and other sexually transmitted infections we are going to be in a lot of trouble. Herpes is a gateway disease it provided easy access through your mucus membranes for any sexually transmitted virus. It is my unshakeable conviction that those of us in the herpes community need to be more vocal in the media and to also reach out to those around us. Each one teach one. Each one reach one. Christopher Scipio Holistic Herpes Treatment Specialist