Category Archives: Small Business Owner

Copycats in business

Posted on September 12, 2012 by perlgurl

They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Feels more like someone can’t come up with their own ideas to me, but I guess I should take it as I have some good ideas.

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First week back to classes

Posted on September 7, 2012 by perlgurl

Last night was my first night of my journey into adding Pilates and core exercises into my regular class routine in my “Stretch and Tone” class. I went to sleep last night thinking I would be sore today and my … Continue reading →

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Rough summer budget

Posted on September 4, 2012 by perlgurl

First I miss a car payment, later on another, then I fall behind on the credit card, my payment to become certifiable fails and I get an NSF fee on my account from paypal? Damn this was a hard summer … Continue reading →

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Certifiable Certifications

Posted on September 4, 2012 by perlgurl

It maybe considered the easiest of the certs available in the exercise circuit, but I just signed up for both the FiTOUR® Core & Functional Certification Course and FiTOUR® Primary Pilates Certification & Study Material.

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Reboot V3

Posted on August 24, 2012 by perlgurl

So, after figuring out that the way to ADD inventory into the system was through “Enter Purchase Orders” and not through “Enter Payables” it seemed like i had figured out how to update my inventory. But then figuring out that … Continue reading →

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And then there were payables.

Posted on August 22, 2012 by perlgurl

Day two of accounting 101 with “Bookkeeper” software. Figured out how to enter old inventory from previous year end yesterday. Today I have been entering “Payables” from my invoices and then entering the method of payment for each of these … Continue reading →

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Data entry for new way of bookkeeping

Posted on August 21, 2012 by perlgurl

Just finished entering the end of year inventory for 2011 into Bookkeeper. There goes four hours! This also made me really realize how long some of the stick I have at the studio has been sitting there. I’ll be having … Continue reading →

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Golden Days are exhausting

Posted on July 21, 2012 by perlgurl

Saw Red Green at the parade this morning, transformed my dance room into a spare room for Artemis’ upcoming stay and finally planted my seed potatoes. This does not seem like a lot written out, but the day sure flew … Continue reading →

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Eloquence from Samira Sharuk

Posted on May 2, 2012 by perlgurl

“Many hobbyists do it “for the love of the applause” (although they use the word “dance” instead of “applause”)… most contractors are still at least trying to make it profitable. ” WORD UP Samira!

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August Update, part 1

Posted on August 25, 2009 by perlgurl

Sunday marked one year since we arrived in Fairbanks. We have bought a house, and really made Fairbanks our home. (click here for more photos of our home )The only other place I could want to be would be Colorado, … Continue reading →

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