Starting a Business
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Work Space
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Nora practically runs away from me in her rush to get to school. She is loving the cute little Montessori preschool we found for her in a renovated house, making a bunch of friends, and having such a grand old time she hardly wants to be at home. (Or stop for…
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Business Decisions
As always, I am long overdue for an update on Papoose. I haven’t said much about it since World Breastfeeding Week, largely because World Breastfeeding Week felt like my last-ditch effort to garner some additional support and interest in my goals for supporting Nantucket families. I put my heart and soul into planning and executing…
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Labeling a Life of Work and Family
It seems I’ve forgotten how to blog…and maybe dial the phone, too. Thank goodness for Facebook where I can at least post an occasional status update or photo as a means of reassuring my mother (all the way down in Texas) that, yes, we’re still here and still doing fine. I had realized toward the…
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Officially Introducing…
After more than a month’s work, writing policies and setting prices, designing and developing, I am excited to finally share my web design(+) website. Chris and I have come to realize that no matter how hard I work at Papoose, it is going to be very slow progress to the final realization of my dream.…
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A Very Wordy Wednesday
I thought you all might be interested in this letter I mailed to Vice President Biden: Dear Vice President Biden,I was honored to meet you last Thanksgiving during your trip to Nantucket and thankful for your willingness to pose for a photograph with my daughter, Nora, and me. The picture made a wonderful edition to her baby…
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Facing Failure (and Moving Past It)
It’s been a while since I wrote about Papoose and my desire to support Nantucket families, so I thought I’d take a moment to update everyone on how it’s going: Through the generosity of friends and family, I received $2,715 to put towards opening the store. I am incredibly grateful for the support I received,…
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March!
We’ve already used up two days of March and I still can’t believe it. I know I say it all the time…but where did the time go? I’m always amazed at how short February is, the last full month of winter and now spring is just around the corner. We had (what I’m assuming to…
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Job Skills
One of the arguments against stay-at-home parenting that I hear is what a career killer it is to be out of the workforce for a number of years. Sometimes, it’s said that the impact of SAH parenting is worse for men because it’s unexpected for them to do so, other times it’s said to be…
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Papoose
In case you missed the link in my last post, I want to introduce to you my new website for Papoose, www.papoosenantucket.com. I am really excited about this site, not only because it’s an important step towards getting the funding necessary to get Papoose off the ground, but also because I built (coded!) the site…
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I might not have a lot of money…
I’m sitting here watching the State of the Union, and I can’t help but be inspired. I’ll admit that in many of my adult years I haven’t bothered to watch the State of the Union or if I did, it wasn’t something that really resonated with me. Often times, politics can seem so far away…
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Resolutions
It’s a little late, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been thinking about setting realistic goals for the new year (Simple Mom has a great post on this) and decided just to set three of them: Do better at the Housewife Challenges. Stop being a housewife. Don’t let 2 get in the…
