As March 17th quickly approaches, I have been thinking more about Irish heritage. I read somewhere that the Irish identity is “hard as diamond and as fluid as water – it goes everywhere, endures everything and becomes everyone.” I think back to my family and all that they endured over the years to become who we are today. Sometimes I smile. Other times I weep. The Hidden Struggles of Ancestors There are things as an adult that I have learned about my ancestors; about my famil

Take a trip back to the 2017 New Year. While your goals may be a little different, we think this advice is true to date! The ball drop is just a mere memory, the champagne has long since been toasted, you’ve come to terms that 2016 is over, and you hit 2017 head on! But what does that mean? New diet, exercising daily, and joining a gym only to abandon it all after a couple of months or even weeks. By mid-February, you totally forgot you even made those promises to yourself. I

It’s the second full week after the holidays. Am I the only one struggling to get back into a grove? While I would love to say that the transition has been easy, I’d be lying. So here’s the truth, the sick bug has hit my house, I have had a childcare hiatus, and to be honest, felt less than motivated in general. Getting out of the holiday slump has been a real struggle! Hmmmm, what to do, what to do… Let’s see if we can’t break this down into bite size pieces so we can both b

1. New to your company? Check to make sure you know what the proper protocol is for Halloween. Your last job may have been a House of Horrors on Halloween with tons of participation but that may not be the case or policy of your current office. Check with your boss or a human resource representative to see what the guidelines are for the spooky holiday! 2. Check yourself at the door – your house door that is! Yes, Halloween is fun and a time to slip back into being a kid an

Thanksgiving offers us the opportunity to give thanks. It’s a wonderful time to express your gratitude to family, friends, pets, co-workers, and anyone/anything that touches our lives. We asked our team of virtual assistants what they are thankful for and here is what they said. What We Are Thankful For Melanie K.-  I give thanks to all of the contractors and clients that are part of the Milrich Family! I am thankful for each and every one of you for being a part of my dream

Halloween has passed and we are well into November and it’s time to start thinking about the Holidays.  For many people, holiday stress can be a real big issue. The holidays have become commercialized and that leaves us feeling stressed out and maxed out in regards to both time and money.  That’s really when we need to look around and open our eyes to see all of the wonderful things to be grateful for! Tough Times I’ve just had my third baby and had made the decision not to g

The holiday season is a time for giving.  Giving to family, friends, employees, and charitable donations.  It is a time when retail businesses seem to boom, but in the world of businesses outside of retail, a lot of things get put on hold until the new year.  Those businesses are trying to tie up loose ends before the fiscal year comes to a close and are focusing on what the new year will bring. So how do you boost sales? There are ways that you can keep the focus on maintain

The holidays are a crazy time for everyone. Hiring a virtual assistant to help you through this crazy time is a great answer to relieving your holiday stress! Even if you are double-checking your list you probably still find yourself running into a Target, Walgreens, or Walmart grabbing a gift card that you somehow forgot to get. Forgetting to add little Timmy’s holiday play to your calendar is another issue. So why not treat yourself this year to an early present? However, y

Travel can be fun, exciting, and a way to get away from the stress of the day to day grind. One thing that it shouldn’t be is a headache, especially with the holidays coming up. Regardless if you are traveling for business, holiday, or leisure, you want your trip planning to be easy and help you make the most of your time away. In the world of “there’s an app for that” I’ve found the best apps to make travel planning a breeze. 1. TripIt TripIt has managed to get its travel pl

The ball drop is just a mere memory, the champagne has long since been toasted, you’ve come to terms that 2016 is over, and you hit 2017 head on! But what does that mean? New diet, exercising daily, and joining a gym only to abandon it all after a couple of months or even weeks. By mid-February, you totally forgot you even made those promises to yourself. If you are finding it hard to keep up with the resolutions that you’ve made maybe it’s time to try something different. Be

The ball drop is just a mere memory, the champagne has long since been toasted, you’ve come to terms that 2016 is over, and you hit 2017 head on! But what does that mean? New diet, exercising daily, and joining a gym only to abandon it all after a couple of months or even weeks. By mid-February, you totally forgot you even made those promises to yourself. If you are finding it hard to keep up with the resolutions that you’ve made maybe it’s time to try something different. Be

Trying to find my muse in a muse”less” day but I’ve assured my PR Manager a blog post by tonight so here it is. Hmmm, I guess one place to start is with one of my Christmas gifts. I know, I know, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. But then I tend to get all my shopping done early. And then since it is just Ben and me, we exchange them as they come in. I try to order gifts from Foundations and smaller companies to save on the gift wrap, the dogs peeing on them and of course my co