As far back as I can remember my favorite holiday was Thanksgiving. The comfort of gathering with family and friends around delicious foods often as well as on special occasions and for holidays is something I have always cherished. To me these are the times in our lives when memories are made, love and laughter are shared and those who have passed remembered …all of which are priceless.

I’m super excited to announce that I’m entering a new chapter in my life. I’m proud to say that my sons and I have recently purchased a sweet and savory food manufacturing company with two upscale retail bakeries. Ganache Premium Cakes and Confections is the name of our new business and you can learn more about us by visiting our website www.ganachepremiumcakes.com. While I still hold inspiration in high regard and will continue to seek it out and share it with my online community as well as others, I hope you will come along on with me on my new venture, you will absolutely love our CUPCAKES! We have a cupcake flavor for everyone.

We have lots of dreams and plans for the direction and growth of this company. Although we have plenty of work ahead of us we look forward to the tremendous opportunities owning a family business can bring. As most of you know, I believe that everything happens for a reason and I feel grateful and blessed to be able to have this amazing new chapter of my life unfold with my sons at my side. I hope you do join me on my exciting new adventure and I hope we will be able to help you make your life a little sweeter as well.

Please look for us on Facebook (under Ganache there is a click through tab on the website) as well as other social media locations coming soon! If you or your company have any wholesale needs you can look for Pastry Strudel House in South Windsor CT, this is actually the kitchen where all the sweet and savory magic happens. All of our products are created and baked fresh daily and I know you will love them as much as we do! Thanks for all of your support and here’s to having your cake and eating it too!

With Gratitude,

Nannette Bosh – Ganache Premium Cakes and Confections

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With Gratitude,

Nannette Bosh

P.S. Thank you for reading The Power of Social Media

Unemployment line

I heard a business owner say at the end of everyday 90% of all of his assets walk out the door. He said it is his job to be certain they come back tomorrow and the day after that. What a true statement, without your employees you have no business.

In these tough economic times we must try to prevent the bad from over shadowing the good. I know lots of small business owners who have been making personal sacrifices for their employees and they will continue to do so. Employees appreciate it and I think these business owners should be recognized. It is this “brand” of small business owner that keeps our economy chugging along by simply keeping people from the unemployment line. These small business owners are saving families and even if it doesn’t always provide the lifestyle they would like their souls are surely filled with pride.

Should you find your small business in need of some social media exposure we might be able to help.

With Gratitude,

Nannette Bosh

Thank you for reading Unemployment Line

My Mid-Life Addiction

I thought long and hard about adding the word ‘Strange’ to the title of this post, but decided against it since I don’t eat toilet paper, sleep with blow dryers, or play wife to a man blow-up doll. Is my addiction real? Oh hell yes. Is it strange? Hardly not..

I was raised in the south by a woman who had three daughters. I’m the youngest. As part of our upbringing, we walked with books balanced on our heads because ladies have good posture, ate properly with a knife and fork (even if your food didn’t need to be cut up) because ladies have good table manners, and if we left the house without earrings, we were subject to lose an ear. Because a lady would rather die than get caught without earrings.

Somehow, over the past 39 years, the urge to have a foreign object dangling from my lobes – hoops are my drug of choice…the bigger the better – has spiraled out of control.

I’ve always had the potential to become a heavy user and I got strung out about five or so years ago. I didn’t start off doing the hard stuff. I had enough sense to know that could be deadly. So I’d just throw on a necklace here and there. Then another. And another. Before I knew it, I was mixing and matching and layering every chance I got. I couldn’t step foot out the door without experimenting. I was never a designer kind of girl. I found myself gravitating more toward the recreational, costume stuff.

As I added more poison to the almost fatal concoction, it became harder to function. The only thing I could focus on was my next fix. Everything I did centered around picking the right ring, bangle, and/or cuff. I thought I’d hit rock bottom when I got introduced to scarves and the mere thought of a trendy handbag sends me into a cold sweat.

Then the dealers started playing dirty. The got more creative with how they marketed the goods to defenseless addicts like me. They turned to twitter and Facebook and used giveaways to lure you in.

I refuse to seek treatment though. Either inpatient, outpatient, or otherwise. I can beat this thing. Single handedly. One rhinestone and clutch at a time.

My Mid-Life Addiction was provided courtesy of Nannette Bosh Inc. and written by guest blogger Donna L. Johnson, The Unemployed Entrepreneur®. If you would like to connect with her please visit www.iHiredMe.net To see Donna in video action check her out on video  at the Bangle and Clutch website. If you are interested in  7 Keys to Social Media Success you can get your free report from NannetteBoshInc.com. Looking for some free fashion accessories then you will want to visit the Bangle and Clutch Facebook Fan Page . Thanks to Donna for the inspiration and we hope you enjoyed My Mid-Life Addiction.

What women want and are willing to give

What do women want? Well we simply want a happy life full of laughter and fun with a partner we can cherish always. We want someone who is not only proud of us but proud to be with us. We want a true partnership with someone who is our best friend. Someone who is respectful and wants us to enjoy our life, family and friends. What women want is someone who will love us even when we make mistakes. We want a partner that believes in our abilities who is willing to help make our dreams come true. Someone to cuddle, hold and make passionate love to. Our lover should be wiling to cook and do laundry too so we don’t feel overwhelmed.

What do women want? Someone who loves us so deeply that he can’t wait to grow old with us, let alone arrive home from work. We want a partner who thinks we are smart, sexy, funny and of course beautiful inside and outside. Someone who can over look our bad qualities and celebrate our great ones! Someone to help bring out the best in us and who is willing to take a back seat when it’s our turn to shine. We want a man who can raise us up when we are down as well as be in-tune with all our needs because he listens to what we have to say. He should also be a man of great character, kind, caring and a good father to our children. He should stand up for us and be willing to put our needs before those of his own when necessary.

What women want is a man who can help support the home and who does not manipulate. A lover who is willing to communicate openly and honestly. We want a true partner in every sense of the word, who is strong yet soft. We want someone unafraid of the words “I’m sorry” especially if he’s made the mistake. For this type of a man, women will live in the deepest gratitude until death do us part. Am I right?

Hold on a second…that my dear even if you don’t know it and he won’t admit it is exactly the things he wants and needs from us. We can’t ask or expect what we are not willing to offer. It’s a good idea to head to the mirror before expecting a mate to anti-up a laundry list of things we are not willing to give. So if you catch yourself expecting you better catch yourself giving.

With Gratitude,

Nannette Bosh

Thank you for reading What Do Women Want?

Happiness is taking time for you

I had the opportunity to take a class about getting organized and if you know me at all I needed it. Well actually I am so unorganized I should have splurged for some hypnosis for my problem instead of a class. However I took something away from the class that was far more important than “How to Get Organized”. To me it was more like a lesson on happiness is taking time for you. In class we were given a blank piece of paper with 24 blocks on it representing the 24 hours in a day. We were told that as women we actually schedule ourselves a 37-hour day. I secretly thought to myself “Sure ok, I am busy but this is ridiculous”. We were instructed to fill in the blanks beginning with the hours we sleep. Well I sleep 5-6 hours a night so hey I am already ahead right? We continued to fill the boxes with hours at our jobs, hours for the commute to work, hours for care of our children, meal preparation and other “must dos”, well you get the picture.

If happiness is taking time for you well…. after we all dutifully filled in our squares a few of us had 5 blocks remaining empty, clearly indicating 5 hours left in the day. A majority of the class had only 2 or 3 squares left and I had two. I was in shock! No wonder at times I feel a bit overwhelmed!  What about time with my husband, time with my parents, time with my friends and taking care of my dogs? Hadn’t even factored those in but hey I had 2 hours left. Hold on what about time for me?????? The instructor told us that in order to find time to do the things we love we could shave an hour off of our sleep schedule. I thought there has to be a better way.

After the class I determined that if I cannot survive on less sleep I guess time for me is OUT! Wait a minute many families survive on one income especially in these tough economic times, so I should consider it a blessing that I have the time and energy to be able to work for myself because it truly is for me. Each day I choose to do it, and I love it because I love helping women feel more confident and inspired. We all hold the power to make decisions with regards to our time. I guess it simply comes down to perspective, you choose how to view your life, what is in it and what is not. If happiness is taking time for you then I recommend that you fill in your own 24 blocks and evaluate your own time. A happier you with a fresh outlook makes everyone around you much happier.Your time, your life, and you only have one so make part of it about you and your happiness.

I hope you found this Nannette Bosh Inc. post inspiring.

With gratitude,

Nannette Bosh

P.S. Thank you for taking the time to read Happiness is Taking Time for You.

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You’ll be glad you did!

1) Don’t speak without first taking a moment when you are upset. If you must wait a day or two until you have cooled down then so be it. You don’t want to wind up saying something that you will regret and can’t take back.

2) Don’t harbor resentment for unaddressed or unacknowledged past feelings. Figure out exactly what the argument is about. Is the problem that the ice cube tray didn’t get filled or is it that last week your partner came home late and you were left feeling hurt and worried?

3) Don’t use “YOU ALWAYS” or “YOU NEVER”. Always and never bare negative connotations and automatically put your partner on the defense because they come across as accusatory. Be sure to say “I feel” such and such. Quite frankly your partner doesn’t feel that way, you do.

4) Don’t waste time you and your partner have together. There are things worth arguing about and things you should just let go. Save arguments for the things that are most important to you so issues of importance will hold more weight.

5) Don’t hold your partner accountable for the things your last partner did to you. This is not your previous partner.

6) Don’t fight if you or your partner has had a couple of cocktails. This is a sure way to have a full knock out fight instead of being able to rationally negotiate.

7) Don’t make idol threats. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Should you blurt out “If you do it again I’m leaving you”, then you better be ready to pack otherwise when you speak your words will have NO value.

Don’t fight or argue in public, it’s not cool. Your friends and or family will become uncomfortable, stuck in the middle or worse yet not want to spend time with either of you.

9) Don’t be rude and disrespectful to your partner. If the two of you are best friends then treat each other as such.

10) Don’t assume you know what your partner is thinking. You are not a mind reader. If there is something truly bothering you speak up and be honest, your partner can’t read your mind either.

11) Don’t name call. This is not only childish it is completely unacceptable.

12) Don’t treat your partner in any manner that you yourself would not want to be treated. Hold yourself to the same standard of behavior you are expecting from your partner. Good for the goose is good for the gander.

13) Don’t’ be afraid to be the first one to apologize. Saying you’re sorry for hurting someone is not a sign of weakness it is actually a sign of strength because you were unafraid to go first.

Bonus rule: Don’t be afraid to laugh laughter is the best medicine even if you are laughing at yourself.

I hope you found this Nannette Bosh Inc. post inspiring.

With gratitude,

Nannette Bosh

P.S. Thank you for taking the time to read 13 Rules for Fighting Fair.