Vacation time

June 10, 2010

How does a business owner take a vacation in the thick of things?  Not easily…
We were able to take a few fun and leisurely trips so far on our first vacation of the year.  Here is one of our favorites so far.
The best NW Bed and Breakfast in Selah Washington close to the Wine Country.  [...]

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Overwhelmed

May 18, 2010

I hear this word  from women entrepreneurs all the time.   When I meet new clients or am in a networking situation, I am always hearing “OVERWHELMED” over and over?  Then I think am I overwhelmed too?  Heck yes!  I am the queen of overwhelmed.
How do I handle overwhelm? I have recognized why I am [...]

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Mastermind Group

April 25, 2010

Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich” suggests that all Entrepreneurs belong to a Mastermind Group.  I belong to a group in Duvall that started with 3 members and has grown in just one year.  We meet every Wednesday morning at 9am -10am.   Sometimes we do not have a full group but most of the [...]

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Mainstreetmusic.com

April 13, 2010

Our first business was called Main Street Music.  My husband and I opened our store in our hometown May 1999.  After a year of online research and planning I opened with much success!  Our kids were in high school so this was a perfect family business.  We offered all sorts of music for our small [...]

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Women owned businesses

March 15, 2010

Ovaleye is owned and operated by women, meaning myself and my daughter Jenn.  My daughter Jenn
joined Ovaleye shortly after she graduated College.  We have worked the past two years together to plan our future and help our clients.  Last August we looked down the list of our clients and noticed 90% of them were women.  [...]

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Duvall’s Chic Essentials

February 28, 2010

I visited Chic Essentials a couple weeks ago in downtown Duvall.  I needed some fun gifts so I visited our client Monna Maddy.  Whenever I go into her cute store she always greets me at the door and usually her customers say hi too.  It’s such a warm and happy place to shop.  I of [...]

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I love what I do..

February 19, 2010

I actually love everything about our business.  Ovaleye’s job is to build an online presence for each of our clients.   As our business grows I am very lucky to be able to meet small businesses from all over the country.  Not only small businesses, but organizations, associations, mommy bloggers, hobby forums and you name it.  [...]

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Rose the Quickbooks Goddess

February 15, 2010

Rose my Quickbooks advisor is one of the best partners I could have found. She is a local Quickbooks Advisor I met through our Chamber of Commerce. She has helped the Chamber for three years and runs her business from her home. I am so happy I found her! It’s important [...]

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My youngest

February 7, 2010

I work with my daughter and husband daily. I enjoy every minute with them. I also have a son that I am very proud of.   So.. I would like to dedicate a blog post to Kenny since I spend many days talking with him on skype (the best way to communicate long [...]

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Gluten Free 1 year!

February 2, 2010

I have been Gluten Free for one year now.  I am very happy that I have made this choice.  Of course I have had some trial and errors.  This is a milestone for me!  One year ago I was so sick and in lots of pain and was afraid to eat anything. [...]

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