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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Tracked)
There was a period when my marriage turned upside down and I didn’t know which way it was going to land: back on the happily-ever-after track…
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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Tracked)
“I've been saved ... by a woman/ She won't let me go/ She… Read More »
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by Kerry Rivera (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Tracked)
Reporters, economists, politicians … even a few businesses are starting to hint that the “Great Recession” might be coming to a close. Alleluia! Sure, unemployment is still at record highs, home prices are in the tank and consumer confidence is shaky, but there just might be a recovery on the horizon.
In another time, we might be whipping out the plastic to celebrate, but research companies like DYG believe the American consumer is forever changed. No more frivolous purchases. Say goodbye to living large. Adios to Barney’s and Niemen Marcus, hello Big Lots and Target.
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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Tracked)
Forget about father-son businesses; although that’s the model still ingrained in the American psyche. Mother-daughter businesses are the new black. I have no idea how they do it; honestly, most women I know have such complicated relationships with their mothers without having to worry about ordering, restocking and bookkeeping, it’s a miracle they still talk at all.
But it seems sort of romantic to go into business with someone you love and know so well; who better than a mother, father, sibling or husband to work with? Whenever a big-box chain store threatens to move in to our neighborhood, we tend to rally around the tiny mom-and-pop store that we’ve been shopping at for years. We love mom-and-pop- run businesses — they make up more than 80 percent of the nation’s companies. And although we often see them through rose-colored glasses as the cozy diner on Main Street or the quaint B&B somewhere in Maine, many are Fortune 500 corporations.
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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Track'd)
There’s been a lot of hoopla in the world of mothers and athletes ever since tennis player Kim Clijsters — her husband and 18-month-old…
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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Track'd)
I’m not one of those fatalistic people who are always thinking about their death. In fact, I rarely think about me dying. It’s an…
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by Denise Berger (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Track'd)
Are you feeling kind of grumpy? Maybe a little note of despair? Me too. The economy stinks, but many of us are lucky to have jobs.…
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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Track'd)
There has been a lot of research lately that I’ve found particularly handy in coming to my defense when I’m forgetful or when I’m clearly acting “like a woman.”
It’s nice to be able to blame biology or my brain for whatever failings I may have.
But some recent writings have thrown a new wrinkle into the working mother issue.
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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Track'd)
Amid the hundreds of thousands of people who lost their jobs in recent months, someone I know actually got hired — a 55-year-old sales… Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (10) | Blog
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