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Best Laugh of 09: Couch Diving Office Companion

December 30, 2009

Buster Bluth, my loyal office companion learned how to dive into our hand-me-down couch in 2009. The first time he ever did it I just happened to be using my phone and entering the room as he began the dive and was lucky to get a picture of it.

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Favorite Place in 09: My Deck

December 12, 2009

The name of my blog is SOHO Wife. This is usually confused for SOHO as a district where I live, but it is in fact a lifestyle in which I partake in. SOHO stands for Small Office/Home Office; running a business from home, or working out of your home office is a growing trend today. [...]

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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 collecting [...]

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Restaurant Moment of 2009: Stranded at the Pancake House

December 2, 2009

My best restaurant experience of this year was at the Family Pancake House on the top of Snoqualmie Pass. Definitely not the swankiest of places or serving the best food, but the condition at which I was in to be there in the first place was fantastic!
I found myself at the Family Pancake House on [...]

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Best Trip in 2009: Colville with Friends and Family

December 1, 2009

I was super lucky to be able to go on a lot of mini trips this year seeing pieces of the West Coast and much more of the fabulous Northwest. My favorite trip by far - in retrospect - was to the other side of our state.
At the time the trip was less than favorable. [...]

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Best of 2009 Blog Challenge

November 30, 2009

For December I will be taking on Gwen Bell’s “Best of 2009 Blog Challenge.”

2009 was an awesome year for me and I am excited to look back at some of the highlights in preparation for 2010. Not only with this be a fun personal reflection activity, but I am also looking forward to reading through [...]

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A Lesson in Entrepreneurship: Creating Success out of Failure

November 16, 2009

In creating and building anything there is always the possibility for failure. Failing at anything is a total bummer. However, with failure comes potential- potential to bounce back, to refresh, to create, or to look at something from a different perspective. My parents have taught me that you should never accept failure; to always go [...]

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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 to [...]

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