My friend Violet send me a very fascinating New York Times article about the struggles of getting and maintaining equality in a family.

It takes a very interesting look at what many, including probably myself, think of as the ideal – mom and dad working 30ish flexible hours and sharing equally the housework and parenting.

Life, and the other people that exist in it – like your boss and his boss – intrude on the ideal, of course.

Statistics show that even though women are working more they are still doing twice the housework and the same amount of childcare they were doing …read more

As you can imagine, the decision to leave corporate America to develop and launch The Pet Set was not an easy one. I’ll leave the unsavoury details of actually starting up a business for another post; but suffice to say, it’s about as intense as any endeavor you can imagine.
Now that The Pet Set is up and running and doing pretty well, there is an evil little voice in the back of my head who says (imagine a little devil sitting on your shoulder)

“look at that view–go, you know you want to get back in with go-getters, you …read more

Can you say, truthfully, that you’ve never told a lie? Oh really…What about the time you told your family you couldn’t come to dinner because the dog was sick? Or, the time you hid your new dress in the back of your closet so your husband wouldn’t see that you’d been shopping on-line, again. Harmless?
How about the ones we tell “keep from hurting other’s feelings”: “Oh what a beautiful baby.” “No, I can’t even tell you have 3 cats in your house.” Funny?
But in the office, telling lies is usually about self-perservation and can be costly. And, according to a …read more

I think it’s been discussed here on occasion–how working from home can sometimes feel like you’re in a messy black hole; thoughts go through your head about how neat and structured corporate life is compared to this. This is what my to do list looks like today:

Bank
Blog Fabulous
Landscaper
Photo prints
Phone company
Printer
The Pet Set marketing
Dishes|Dinner

I called the landscaper and that turned in to a 30 minute discussion about retainer walls. Meanwhile, I have to get some heavy lifting done in terms of marketing/sales for The Pet Set…or should I post a blog…maybe the dishes…what should I make for dinner tonight…oh, you know …read more