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New firm: Moms for hire
As a mom, Dixie McDaniel Andrade wanted to work from home in a business that would give her flexibility to keep on eye on her kids, maybe even take them to the park midday. She found the ideal match as the new regional owner of Mom Corps Miami. From her home office, Andrade spends her days calling on companies, explaining how using a mom to fill a gap in their employment needs will benefit them. "It's low cost,...read more...// //Where to go for Halloween
There is so much scary fun to be had in South Florida this time of year, it's hard to choose which events to hit. Here is a rundown of some the big ones. See more posted by readers in our Local Events forum. And share your favorite trick-or-treat haunts in our Creative Holidays forum. For complete listings of adult fun, visit Miami.com . Deering Estate Ghost Tours The League of Paranormal...read more...// //Three moms & a business
Broward moms Sheryl Rosenthal and Rebecca Joseph are on the verge of taking their home business to a new level. Their company, Free to Be Studio, designs and sells T-shirts for special events. "We were friends who started thinking, 'What can we do together?' We didn't like sitting home, but we didn't want to work in an office,'' Rosenthal said. BY CINDY KRISCHER...read more...// //'Wild Things' film no cozy tale
Spike Jonze recalls how Maurice Sendak urged him to make the movie version of Where the Wild Things Are as dangerous as the book was when the children's classic came out in 1963. The question now is whether Jonze made it too dangerous. The film arrives in theaters Oct. 16, a year later than originally planned by distributor Warner Bros. The studio was queasy over the dark,...read more...// //Autism charter school opens
Susan Leon spent years trying to find the right school for her autistic son, Reno. The public schools didn't have the right tools to teach children with autism, she said. And the specialized private schools were too costly. So Leon, a paralegal from Kendall, convened a group of parents and experts to create the region's first charter school exclusively for autistic children. The...read more...// //WAHM success: Purse sales
Kelly Warfel had been scanning the booths at a business expo in April when she stumbled upon a product she knew could sell - a purse with interchangeable handles and materials. While she isn't making gobs of money yet, Warfel has managed to create a work-from-home business selling the unique purses. She has made back her initial investment and says she has laid the groundwork for earning a...read more...// //Meet 'Graceling' author
The heroine of Kristin Cashore's second novel, Fire , is named for the color of her hair -- a prismatic red that mixes shades of "sunrise, copper, poppy, fuchsia, and flame'' into a mane so dazzling she keeps it covered with a scarf to detract attention. That same word -- dazzling -- sums up Cashore's entry into publishing. BY SUE CORBETT For more on what the kids are reading -- or...read more...// //Avoid work-at-home scams
For a parent, it sounds like the best of both worlds: working from home so you can make money AND spend more time with your kids. The lure of work-at-home companies is especially enticing at a time when many moms can't afford not to work any more and some may even need a second source of income. BY JULIE LANDRY LAVIOLETTE. Read Julie's money-saving blog, Talk About Cheap, here . Follow...read more...DIY Halloween guide
Remember how easy it was to do Halloween when you were a kid? Throw an old white sheet over your head, call yourself a ghost and head out trick-or-treating. Well those do-it-yourself days are creeping back, as parents are just saying no to high-priced specialty store kids costumes and relying on their own ingenuity to outfit trick-or-treaters. Arlana Kemplin of Lighthouse Point said she and her husband, Jeff Manresa,...read more...
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