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Home Office Reviews

Running the Vacuum in 2010

September 21, 2010

Little Boy Donogh has been up to some amazing things as of late. He will be 2 months old on Friday and he has now found his thumb- seriously found his thumb. I was putting outfit 1 of 4 (so far) on him this morning and he held his hand up, was looking at it [...]

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Hands Free Mom Tools: Dragon Dictation

September 13, 2010

One thing I found about being a new mom is that I’m rarely with both hands available at a time. Right now I am holding my my baby with my iPhone next to me. I have an earbud in that is micd and am talking into my new favorite app, Dragon Dictation, to write this [...]

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1 Month of Baby

August 30, 2010

My beautiful baby boy was born 4 weeks ago from yesterday at 11:55 PM. Seeing as it has been 4 weeks (wow, time goes by so fast now!) I wanted to checkin and do a fast review of what I have begun to realize after being a small office/home office wife, mom, and entrepreneur. 1. [...]

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Four Favorite Resources of 2009 for Women Running a Business Out of their Home

December 6, 2009

Resources that teach, inspire, and update the Small Office/Home Office woman: Women Entrepreneur | http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/ Online Magazine A no brainer resource for women building and running a business. From success stories, case studies, recommendations, to blogs that comment on trends if you are a woman growing a business Entrepeneur Magazine does a great job of [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Running a Business Out of your Home

November 13, 2009

I began working from home right after college when I joined our family business, Ovaleye Web Solutions. Since then the majority of the clients I have had the pleasure of working with have begun new businesses from their kitchen tables, extra bedrooms, and local coffee shops. Whether you are building a business from your home, subcontracting, or your employer is letting you work from your home office, there will be pros and cons to living the work from home lifestyle. Here are a few…

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7 Takeaways from Shine

November 11, 2009

Last week my mom and I got the chance to escape from our usual to work on the business vs. inside our business for the first time in a while at Ali Brown‘s Shine Event in Las Vegas. The event was packed with learning and networking opportunities. The first day we were given the chance [...]

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How to Create a Schedule for your Team

October 10, 2009

Our company, OvalEye Web Solutions makes use of Google Calendar as our scheduling platform. Being the family business we are, we create multiple calendars for each of our personal lives, business appointments, and marketing deadlines. It is fantastic; easy, free, and fun. How to create a Google Calendar: 1. Sign up for a Google Account [...]

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Stability Ball Home Office Workouts

June 8, 2009

A new addition to my home office… the Stability Ball. I must admit that I love this little piece of home gym equipment. I’ve used this before for crunches while I’m at the gym, but now that I have one to use whenever I want, I decided to look up some new moves. For fun [...]

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Favorite Home Office Time Wasters

April 16, 2009

I have fallen head over heels for Blip.fm What an ingenious idea for connecting people! The first day I set up my account a spent a few minutes searching through songs, choosing “Let the River Run” by Carly Simon from the movie Working Girl with Melanie Griffin- a favorite movie of mine. The song is [...]

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