The wedding service and vows, your attire, the location of the service and reception, and decorations: if your big day is coming up, start planning for these four items at the very beginning. This will help reduce the stress because, like most brides, you're probably planning a wedding on top of dealing with a full-time job, interacting with family and in-laws, organizing travel arrangements, anticipating special needs for seniors or children, finding ethical rings, deciding on vendors, and fitting everything into your budget.

For most people, the nostalgia built around the family togetherness of the holiday season is enough to bring a smile to the face and a warm flush of joy to the heart; but the prospect of spending hours or even days trapped in a car with the entire family on a holiday road trip induces nothing short of panic.  And when you really start to consider the high stresses brought on by being crammed into a car with the kids or a house with your in-laws, you might be starting to wish you’d booked a solo trip to Timbuktu.  However, there are ways to get around the petty squabbles and ages-old grudges that seem to come up every year.  Here are just a few tips to help you get through your holiday travels with less stress and more warm-and-fuzzies.

When it comes to promoting your business, it may behoove you to wine and dine clients, prospective clients, and even the press if you want to get your name out there and increase your earning potential.  But you probably have a couple of competing goals in mind.  While you certainly want to impress your guests and make the evening unforgettable, you don’t want to blow your entire marketing budget on just one night.  So you need to try to get the most bang for your buck.  Here are just a few areas you’ll have to cover, and how to get a lot of value out of the money you do end up spending.

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." 
- Albert Einstein

The bad news is, the tax code is so complicated Albert Einstein can’t understand it. The good news is you don’t have to be Einstein to cut your taxes. You just have to know how the system works for you – your business, your investments, and your family. As a woman entrepreneur, you have many strategies available to do just that. Before you get started, it helps to have a common understanding of how the tax system works:

For most women, planning a wedding is both a stressful and enjoyable time in their lives. But how, in a 9-5 world, can you keep your wedding from taking over your life? For those of us with a full time job, other than wedding planning, the task can be quite daunting. You can plan a fabulous wedding with many of your own personal touches, even while working long hours.

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