Productivity

You are asked to chair your son’s school library fundraiser for the third year in a row. The principal tells you that no other mother is as organized or has raised as much money as you have and [...]

I love spring. I have so much energy. I’m motivated. It’s also the time I go crazy cleaning everything. This year I had two spring cleaning goals: clean my garage and get my kitchen [...]

  Happy New Year! This year marks the beginning of the new lunar calendar celebrated throught the Asian diaspora. I’ve been fascinated with the Chinese zodiac ever since I was a young [...]

I have a number of working mothers in my marketing department and several have arranged flexible work schedules to accommodate their changing work/life demands. Flexible work schedules are [...]

I’m taking a couple of weeks off to get some much needed R&R and visit family in my home state of California. Boss Mom will return in late July. Until then, here’s to the kick off [...]

Happy first day of summer! Here in North Carolina our summer seems to have started early — we’ve had 90 degree plus temperatures for a couple of weeks now. These hot days always [...]

This weekend we are in Wilmington, North Carolina which is not only home to beautiful beaches but is the site of a Civil War battle site, Fort Fisher, and a POW memorial from the Vietnam Era. [...]

This week is our spring break so we are taking a brief holiday. We’ll be back on Monday, May 2nd. Wishing you a productive and joyous week! Yours, Portia (aka Boss Mom)

The booze! The backstabbing! The illicit affairs and tawdry hookups! No, I’m not talking about my last family reunion. I’m talking about the brilliant drama Mad Men. Season 4 just [...]