Archive of ‘Workplace’ category

Best Working Mom Travel Tips Ever!

https://media.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/content.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/WMM_26_WORKTRAVEL.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Kat and Nic come to you from Las Vegas with a special guest star and fellow road warrior to share our best travel tips ever! Read more…

Is There and Should There Even be Rules for Dressing Professionally?

https://media.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/content.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/WMM_12_WHATNOTTOWEAR.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Before listening you need to know that Kat and Nic hate clothes shopping. In fact, Nic’s mom buys most of her clothes for her (usually from Goodwill). But they still feel like they should weigh in on professional dress. Sigh. Read more…

Good News for the Children of Working Moms

We all know our children do what they see us do, not what we tell them to do.  And usually I think about all the terrible things I do that my kids are probably picking up on and storing away to try out themselves at some point – like my nightly glass of wine, or […] Read more…

Working Moms to Lawmakers: Stop Screwing With Public Schools

I freaking love my children’s school.  As a working mom living within a tight personal budget I am so grateful that I have an amazing public school run by an exceptional principal, a PTO that works their butts off to keep things like the library open and the lights on, and a cadre of volunteers […] Read more…

Don’t Call Me Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, or Young Lady

Do you remember Flo from Mel’s Diner?  If I ordered a greasy breakfast at Mel’s and while taking my order Flo called me “honey” that would be just fine by me.  Because she called everyone honey.  But if I’m at one of the nicest restaurants in town, at a table full of men, at what […] Read more…

Thanks for Blazing That Trail, Joan Rivers!

Let me just get this out of the way:  I am a gigantic, unabashed, unapologetic Joan River’s fan.  Any woman who has so much trouble keeping her mouth shut and saying the right thing that she decided to make a successful career out of it deserves undying devotion. But as amazing a comedic talent as […] Read more…

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