http://www.chictots.com/blog Mother, Woman, Diva? Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:08:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ever since the whole disaster with NBC-Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien started, I have been thinking about how the situation applies to small business or just business in general. Mistakes a lot of businesses make, but here are just a few of the glaring red flags and something to think about when ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/lessons-for-small-business-from-nbc-jay-leno-conan-obrien/ It was 5 years ago on January 13th, 2005 that my mom lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. 5 years. 5 YEARS. I just keep saying it, over and over again in my head. So much can happen in 5 years, it is literally a lifetime for my son who ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/5-years/ At the beginning of a new year, resolutions are on a lot of people's minds (except for those that have decided after so many years of setting and not doing, it isn't even worth the time thinking about them!). I don't set them every year, but I am feeling like ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/52-to-fabulous-what-a-girl-wants-week-1/ It is unbelievable that it is already 2010. I know I think this every year "where did the time go?". Oh well, I am not going to focus woulda, coulda, shoulda, but on making a new start for this new year. New year, new opportunities. Not going to set resolutions ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/a-new-year-a-new-start-for/ This interview in The ‘Glamorous’ Life series is with my dear friend, Heather Stouffer, Founder & President at Mom Made Foods. Heather and I were destined to be friends – Sarah Masterson at DC-Baby wrote a post mentioning both of our companies. Immediately after reading the post, I ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/the-%e2%80%98glamorous%e2%80%99-life-heather-stouffer-founder-president-mom-made-foods-llc/ I've fallen off the blogging bandwagon, but thought I would come back with my first Tuesday Tirade. Ya, I have decided that Tuesdays will be my outlet to bitch about the stuff in the world (my little piece of it) that is bothering me %#@^!!! The last few weeks have been ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/tuesday-tirade-1-school-lunches/ I am going to confess something that makes me uncomfortable. I am somewhere between 2 worlds. I am both a SAHM and a WAHM.  I work from home, but the fact is when you are starting a business, it can take a while before you actually contribute income into the ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/my-dirty-little-secreti-am-not-wonder-woman/ This first interview in The ‘Glamorous’ Life series is with Ellen Uzarowicz, Founder & Designer at Right Bank Babies. Ellen and I have only met on the phone and through email (that is pretty common these days, right?). I discovered Right Bank Babies, named appropriately after the Fashion District in ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/the-%e2%80%98glamorous%e2%80%99-life-ellen-uzarowicz-founder-designer-right-bank-babies/ [caption id="attachment_171" align="alignleft" width="134" caption="Not always champagne & caviar..."][/caption] OK, so I was thinking, I am not the only mompreneur out there living the 'glamorous' life. Since starting Chic Tots, I have met so many moms (& aunts, grandmothers, daughters, sisters) and dads (uncles, etc.) that have started a business because ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/launching-the-glamorous-life-interviews/ [caption id="attachment_157" align="alignright" width="216" caption="Memorial Day"][/caption] Memorial Day weekend has become to mean the first weekend of summer. Although summer doesn't "official" begin until June 21st (the summer solstice and the longest day of the year in terms of daylight), for most Americans Memorial Day weekend is summer. Our neighborhood pool ... http://www.chictots.com/blog/memorial-day-cookouts-1-2-3/