http://donnamarie.mumspace.net The ups and downs of working from home Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:31:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted here! Where does the time go? If you've been looking for me, you can find my business tips - updated at least 3 times each week - at http://www.SmallBusinessDiva.wordpress.com This year has really picked up and taken off with a bang for ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2008/02/18/im-still-here-and-managing-my-emails/ 'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the house  Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.  The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste  At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.  When I got on the scales there arose such a number!  When I walked to the ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2008/01/16/twas-the-week-after-christmas/ I've been tagged twice this week - by Melissa and Anne at My Day Off - for the same meme. The Rules: 1.Mention the person who tagged you and create a link back to them. 2.Pick your month of birth. 3.Copy-paste the traits for all the twelve months (see below). 4.Highlight the traits that apply ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2008/01/05/ive-been-tagged-my-first-for-2008/ Welcome to 2008! I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Mine was pretty full on, with Christmas Eve day spent on the Gold Coast with my Dad & Step-Mum, then back to Brisbane that night for Christmas Eve with family (our European celebrations) until the early hours of the ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2008/01/02/happy-new-year/ For the last couple of months I have been working alongside 14 talented Brisbane business owners to create an eBook (digital book) full of helpful tips, ideas and guidance to help others to successfully run a small business. Each business owner wrote an article around the theme of what they ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2007/12/19/what-do-you-wish-you-knew-before-you-started-your-business/ I just posted on my other blog, Small Business Diva, about an issue that's been coming up a lot lately. If you are a WAHM (or Dad), should you advertise the fact or should you give the impression that you work from a 'normal' office or business premises to appear ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2007/12/06/are-you-a-work-at-home-parent/ I have to admit, I'm not usually one for playing computer games but when a friend recently sent me a link to an online puzzle I couldn't help but have a look. Now she did warn me that it's addictive but yet... I HAD to have a go, didn't I? I ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2007/11/22/fun-games/ I need help!!! I'm drowning in emails almost every... single... day! I receive anywhere between 100 and 200 emails every weekday, around 70 each day of a weekend. I'm finding myself spending around 3-4 hours each day just replying to emails and then keeping them filed so I don't start losing ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2007/11/15/how-do-you-handle-your-emails/ I was sent this blessing last week and I think it's just so beautiful. I'd like to pass this blessing on to all of you. As you read it, visualise the words and let the peacefulness envelope you. It's truly magical. Enjoy!  May you be blessed with an amazingly abundant ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2007/11/14/a-prosperity-blessing/ I have had the loveliest day today. Why? Because it's the second Wednesday of the month... Coffee & Chat Club Day. This is one day I really look forward to each month. I get together with several other business women, most of whom work at home... by themselves (not including the ... http://donnamarie.mumspace.net/2007/11/13/get-out-of-the-house/