Category Archives: Miscellaneous

5 ways to hold on to your sanity when you work at home

Welcome back! I truly value my regular readers and if you have any questions or comments let me know!When most people start contemplating the idea of working at home, they envision living without the stress and hectic pace we’ve become used to when we work in Cubicle World. (I can hear the laughter coming from [...]

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Be open to opportunities

As I write this, I’m sitting here listening to my boyfriend play his guitar which would normally be a pretty unremarkable event. (Not that he’s an unremarkable guitar player, it’s just that he plays guitar all the time so it’s nothing out of the ordinary for him to be doing it now.)
What’s remarkable about it [...]

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Why I switched from GoDaddy to Name.com

If you’ve visited AprilTara.com over the past week or so, you probably saw nothing but an ad-cluttered page courtesy of GoDaddy. If I’d known transferring my domain from them would be such a hassle, I would have posted a warning here.
Transferring domains is a lot more of a pain than I thought it would be. [...]

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Refocusing

I took a couple of months off from blogging – not just here but on all of my blogs – to regain my sense of direction after some health issues and personal issues forced me to reevaluate things.
Now that I’m back on track, I’ll be posting more often and I’ll be doing some guest blogging [...]

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happy09

You may have noticed on Twitter over the past few days that a lot of people have been using this hashtag #happy09. If you’ve been participating then you already know what it is but if you haven’t, here’s my version of what #happy09 is all about. #happy09 is about connecting with people. Now I know [...]

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The Secret to Finally Paying Debt Quickly

One of the most common resolutions made at the beginning of a new year is to get control of your finances and get out of debt. But that’s easier said than done, especially during tough economic times like these.
If you’ve struggled with debt for any amount of time, you know how it can feel like [...]

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‘Tis the Season for lots of great deals

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I am just overwhelmed with deals to share with you! Some of my friends and colleagues have some specials going on that I have to tell you about.
First, I have to say “Happy Birthday!” to Lynette Chandler and tell you about her birthday wish. She recently launched the Blog Energizer program and, of [...]

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Just a quick update

I’m in the process of redeveloping my business and taking on some new opportunities which means that over the next week or so, I’ll be making some changes to both my services and my websites, Advantage Virtual Assistant and AprilTara.
Stay tuned for updates!

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