by Suzanne Brown | Jun 29, 2016 | family-travel, Uncategorized
Online travel tools for research and planning are incredibly important for travel, so I wanted to devote a blog to give you ideas on some websites you might not know about. According to 2014 Google study on travel, 88% of leisure travelers used the internet for...
by Suzanne Brown | Jun 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Memorial Day Weekend has come and gone and summer is here, the biggest travel season of the year. Hopefully, you have plans to get away or even just to take time off for a staycation. (Check out the previous blogs on the importance of taking time off, staycations, and...
by Suzanne Brown | May 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
We’ve already talked about gifts for teachers (yay gift cards), so what about how you present teacher gifts. I have spent hours on Pinterest over the years to come up with ideas for creative cards for teachers as room mom. Mainly, I’m looking for ideas where kids can...
by Suzanne Brown | May 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
I try to give an update on interviews or share things I’m learning from interviews about this time each month. Recently, I interviewed a mom about her experience. I’ve known her since grad school – 14 years – but I didn’t know her story about moving to part-time until...
by Suzanne Brown | May 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
In celebration of Small Business Week, which was last week in the US, I wanted to share some statistics on small businesses. There are 28.8 million small businesses or about 99.7% of US businesses, according to a 2016 report from the Small Business Administration....
by Suzanne Brown | May 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
I had a conversation with a good friend recently on a day that started with a tough morning for me and it was the day after a not fun day as a mommy for her. And, we commiserated about motherhood not necessarily being a confidence booster. Motherhood can be hard....
by Suzanne Brown | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Looking for tips on adding something new into your life as a part-time working mom? How do you add something new when you’re already strapped for time? Most of us are focused on dealing with work, spending time with and taking care of our families, trying to maintain...
by Suzanne Brown | Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Organizing is a topic that can be overwhelming for part-time working moms, including me, so I figured it deserves some attention. Why talk about organizing? Spring time often brings up the topic of spring cleaning and organizing. And being organized is also advice...
by Suzanne Brown | Apr 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s spring time – a time of new beginnings. As moms, we experience all sorts of new things with our kids. And, even as professionals, we probably have our share of new experiences. It seems to me that something we should get better at over time is make new friends....
by Suzanne Brown | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
We came back from being away for 11 days and that was 2 weeks ago. I’m still feeling the positive effects of vacation, even though I’m tired from the usual goings-on of life. I loved the change of scenery and I feel recharged after looking at new things and even...
