Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 10, 2012, 4:00 am
The lovely holiday of Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and we at 8 Women Dream wanted to offer you an opportunity to give some love to your dream. Watching the calendar turn over to February lit the fire under my butt. My product launch dreams are well under way, but where did January go?
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 9, 2012, 5:59 pm
Today’s Positive Thursday message comes from Compendium — a Seattle-based company that creates and distributes a fresh, design-rich line of inspiring gift products. Based on the book, The 5 Book by Dan Zadra, the founder of Compedndium, the following video begs to ask you what you are planning t...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Feb 8, 2012, 12:04 pm
I’m obsessed with my skin. It’s kind of a love-hate relationship at this point. I’m not talking about the skin on my body, I am fine with it for the most part. What I am obsessed with is the skin on my face. Years ago I purchased this mirror that cost 75 friggin’ dollars (yeahShare and Enjoy...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 8, 2012, 6:00 am
Hello Top Photographers! This week’s Wordless Wednesday inspiration came from spending time in a beautiful, scenic place with over 5o people inspired for the same reason.  Below are some of my images from that outing – a meetup event to the San Francisco Bay Area on a beautiful February afterno...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 7, 2012, 5:00 am
The sign said, "Hazardous Cliff." I stepped closer to read the finer print. The ground may break off at any time without warning, it cautioned, causing "serious injury or death." "Stay back from the edge!" it warned.
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Feb 6, 2012, 7:20 pm
Yes I found the Fitbit thingy. A thank you to you Catholics who asked St. Anthony to find it for me. It worked. My friend Heather had this great idea for finding the Fitbit by suggesting that I plug the Fitbit base into a laptop and walk around and see if the Fitbit website automaticallyShare and En...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 6, 2012, 6:00 am
Every year over the Superbowl Weekend, I latch onto a ski trip. It's perfect because usually the snow has had time to accumulate into a nice base below my skis and you can still find "off-season" rates for rentals in some places. This year, I found myself in the middle of nowhere surrounded on all f...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 5, 2012, 11:34 pm
I’m having too much fun watching the Super Bowl with my son so this week’s blog post is going to be by Scott Rosenberg, Salon co-founder and author of Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming, and Why It Matters. In this video Scott offers his list of the top 10 myths about blogg...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 5, 2012, 2:57 pm
Our pillow talk/coffee chat this fine February morning focused on pigment development in our red wines and how we could achieve greater color by a longer cold soak of the pinot noir at harvest prior to introduction of yeast and primary fermentation. Cold soaking helps lend a helping red and purple p...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 4, 2012, 6:00 am
It’s a little early to be talking about Valentines Day – still about ten days away. But I can’t help it, Dreamers. I’ve been inundated with hearts and flowers in every retail outlet since the day after New Year’s. Okay, I give! Let’s talk about dollars, cents, and valentines. The folks a...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Feb 4, 2012, 2:40 am
Each Friday I am going to search for something to post here that I hope will make you laugh out loud. In the early 90′s I used to watch the British television show Absolutely Fabulous with friends from work and laugh so hard my feet would hurt. The opening scene to the video below isShare and Enjo...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 3, 2012, 4:00 am
As entrepreneurs we have a tendency to focus. Laser focus on whatever our latest product launch dream we are working on can make us miss the people around us. You remember. Those people that pick up kids, occasionally make sure you eat and are truly there to support our vision. Countdown to Romance ...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 2, 2012, 4:27 pm
Sometimes life can get in the way of our dreams and it is important to care for ourselves when we are working our way through rough times. This week my Positive Thursday message is about dealing with pain and sadness. Here’s my 10 Tips for Those Struggling with Pain & Sadness – 1. Talk to
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Feb 1, 2012, 1:50 pm
Cold weather bugs the crap out of me. I am fine with snow, rain and hail, but our foggy, freezing Northern California winter cold bugs me. My feet stay cold all day and if my teenage son takes “that tone” with me I like to place my cold toes on his arm to watch himShare and Enjoy • Face...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Feb 1, 2012, 6:00 am
Hello Top Photographers! A recent trip out with the members of the Sonoma County Photography Group prompted me to write this post.  (and here is the link to read about the group and to see our various photo albums). Here are 10 beginners tips for successful night shoot photos 1.  Make sure you hav...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 31, 2012, 5:00 am
On Tuesday, while you are reading this blog post, I will be hiking the famous Na Pali coast cliffside trail in Kauai, Hawai'i. The 11-mile trail is famously rugged and steep and, I'm told, offers some of the world's most dazzling views.
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Jan 31, 2012, 1:55 am
Today’s post is suppose to be about tracking yourself. You see, I have a Fitbit Tracker, this new bobby -pin of a device (OK it is bigger than a bobby-pin … it actually resembles a small plastic tampon, sprayed black). It’s this kind of cool, electronic, techy, tracking gadget, but it does sor...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 30, 2012, 6:00 am
The results from my wine country travel poll are in. I asked you which American wine country region I should travel to first in my quest to visit various American appellations. I started with the popular and well-known California wine regions in my first poll-the-audience question about my dream. In...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 30, 2012, 2:39 am
When you set out to achieve your dream you will most certainly make mistakes. I know, I’ve made them when it comes to blogging. You dream may grow and change as you grow and change with it. Few people understand that when you blog, you not only become a published author, but you also become
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 29, 2012, 2:35 pm
  Being prepared for anything is an important part of living the American dream. As I have always told my little children, “There are two ways to learn something; the hard way and the easy way.” The weather here in Oregon and specifically well know to me, Willamette Valley, can change so very ...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 28, 2012, 10:01 am
Watch out, Dreamers, I’ve got my thinking cap on again. Today’s topic: Price is an imperfect indicator. It’s often the “logical” way to make buying decisions, but it’s hardly ever the best way, all by itself. What I mean by that is, it’s tempting and even compelling to purchase based o...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Jan 28, 2012, 1:58 am
Let’s be honest. Being diagnosed with something sucks. Better yet, you get to hear it from a man who has probably seen you naked in a paper gown that makes you look like a decorated door. Your toenail paint was probably chipping and you had dry heels.  You probably felt like crap. Then you are
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 27, 2012, 2:00 pm
  This news makes me kick my own butt. Yes, I know a ton of entrepreneurs that are planning and working toward getting into a market as big as Walmart. But are they ready? I know I’m not. Would you be ready? Regardless of your opinion of Walmart as a big-box store, they are the
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 27, 2012, 4:00 am
You’ve probably heard this statement before: You don’t know what you don’t know. January has opened my eyes to several things I don’t know. The good news, is that I can learn pretty quick! You may remember at the start of this already almost-month-old year I posted about the need to kick my ...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 26, 2012, 5:00 am
Valentine’s Day ready skin that is a touch of smoothness Not to gross you out, but I have an new interesting issue this winter. In addition to the dry skin from the cold and living in recycled air, my ongoing 60+ pound weight loss has me sagging and wrinkling in new places. Yuck. I’ve done
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Jan 25, 2012, 7:38 pm
Hi. My name is Catherine and I have Hashimotos disease. I think this is where you say, “Hello Catherine.” I used to be afraid to say that I have Hasimotos disease online, afraid that companies wouldn’t hire me or take me seriously if they knew that I have “Hahimotos.”  What’s that?  A ...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 25, 2012, 6:00 am
Fisheye lenses are popular for some photographers for the wide panoramic image they create. Fisheye lenses were created to to study cloud formation and were called, "whole-sky lenses." The resulting image presentation creates an effect that mimics the curve of the Earth. I think it rather looks lik...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 24, 2012, 5:00 am
It was our own private cove in paradise, a little half-moon of sand, an indentation in the coastline separated from the rest of the stretch of beach by lava rocks on the left and wind-swept trees on the right. We'd hiked for more than twenty minutes along a path of red earth bordered by tall grasses...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 23, 2012, 6:00 am
Valentine's Day is less than a month away. It's a holiday we usually don't associate with travel, so why not think differently this Valentine's Day? Why not travel somewhere or gift yourself, your girlfriends or your special someone with a chance to explore?
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 23, 2012, 1:18 am
I don’t know how to describe it really — that moment when you get up and begin living your dream. Sometimes it sneaks up on you like a cold breeze on a spring day that slaps you awake. Your dream goes from daydream into reality and you find yourself living your dream. It’s like all
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jan 22, 2012, 5:00 am
In the film,  “Gone With the Wind” Melanie Hamilton says to Rhett Butler, “The best days are when babies come.” I saw and fell in love with this movie when I was a young girl, and I completely agreed with Miss Mellie. As a little girl, many of my days and nights were spent dreaming
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Nov 2, 2011, 7:00 am
Dreamers, it’s Wordless Wednesday. By design, I’ve already written too many words. Every once in a while, I’ll post a series of shots highlighting a day on my path to becoming a top photographer.  Armed today with only my cell phone camera, I captured a very rare day outside my own office as ...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Nov 1, 2011, 6:00 am
White-knuckled, I gripped the steering wheel tight, praying aloud to talk myself down. There seemed to be no end in sight to the blinding snow, whirling at the car in psychedelic patterns, big fat flakes swirling at me fast, and the road slippery beneath me....
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 31, 2011, 6:18 am
For Halloween, I thought I would blog about something that sounds a little shocking, maybe even frightening at first - Arizona wineries. At first, I didn't believe it either. But then I remembered what one of my college friends, the "Cabernet King of California," told me: He said that all 50 states...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 30, 2011, 7:50 pm
When you bring another person into your dream achievement goal, you have a better chance at realizing your dream. Sharing your dream progress with others holds you accountable to the promises you make to yourself.  Without accountability, you will procrastinate, change direction over and over, or s...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 30, 2011, 8:00 am
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and “snap” the job’s a game. And every task you undertake becomes a piece of cake, a lark, a spree it’s very clear to see. I love Mary Poppins. Her style, her way with children and the message
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 30, 2011, 7:33 am
One of the most challenging tasks for my nutritionist was figuring out what I actually liked to eat. What I would eat. The look on her face said it all. “What kind of fish do you like?” she asked sweetly. “I won’t really eat fish,” I answered truthfully. “But I love shrimp and crab!” �...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 29, 2011, 7:00 am
Now that I have decided to start disciplining myself to save money, I’m confronted with a problem. See if you can help me with it. Is the phrase “middle class savings” an oxymoron? Or how about this: can you even have a middle class without savings? If we in the middle class can’t afford sav...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 28, 2011, 5:00 am
As your resident product launch dreamer I want you to expand your horizons and consider a new perspective on your product launch this week. Baby Boomers Kate Forgach is a Baby Boomer consumer specialist for Kinoli Inc. She has written about senior issues for 11 years as a Cooperative Extension speci...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 27, 2011, 11:26 am
Hi friends! Hope all is well in your lovely worlds. Last week, I vowed to make conscious decision to not let others impressions of me affect the way I live life. Is it just me, or is it easy to get bogged down by what other people think? We get so pressured to live within
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 26, 2011, 7:00 am
Hello Top Photographer Dreamers! I thought that I would do a little something different this week, and post an image collection of my favorite fall photos from Northern California’s Wine Country. I’m always inspired by color and texture and the simple beauty of earth. First off…Yes, it’s me....
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 25, 2011, 6:00 am
Two years ago, my best friend Stephanie asked me if I'd consider sharing my story at the local Take Back the Night march for victims of sexual assault here in Troy, New York. I had already committed to writing my book. I had already landed this blogging gig at 8womendream. I love public speaking, an...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 24, 2011, 7:00 am
I love fall. In fact, I love it so much that I rarely travel during this time of year. I’m an admitted fall traditionalist and romantic. Growing up in the Midwest, my version of fall is similar to the mass media images that sell cable-knit sweaters and caramel apples. To me, I stay put to
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 24, 2011, 1:21 am
New York Times best-selling author Jackie Collins granted me an interview for her latest novel, Goddess of Vengeance.  I have to be honest with you and say that I was very nervous when I called her phone number.  I mean come on — she has now written 28 novels and 27 of them have appeared
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 23, 2011, 11:51 am
In late September through much of October, the morning sounds I wake up to are like those of the celebrations and clamor of our country’s 4th of July  holiday.  These “rockets” do not glare red, though, as they are propane cannons and flare guns blasting away in the direction of starlings t...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Oct 23, 2011, 7:33 am
For most of my life, what got me fat, then kept me fat, was salty savory crackers and caffeinated drinks. Say, you’re hungry. Maybe it’s breakfast time. But you’re in a hurry. What would be easier – getting out the skillet and whipping up some eggs and washing it down with orange juice, or g...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on A Week In The Life Of A Redhead - Aug 4, 2011, 10:07 pm
On the 8 Women Dream website it reads, “Catherine’s dream is to be a motivator and published writer. She is testing her theories on motivation with this blog and the seven other women who have volunteered to be a part of her dream project. Catherine also writes about her life as a mom at the
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jul 14, 2011, 9:00 am
Tweet>>>Good morning fellow dreamers! Hope you’re having a great day. Today, I’m going to share a post from my good friend Catherine. I am blessed to know Catherine on a professional and personal level and I’m so excited to share her post with you – she is here to remind you to not be disco...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jul 13, 2011, 5:00 am
Are you up for a smaller photography challenge? Last week's post, Top Photographer Dreams of Winning the Sony World Photography Awards highlighted the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards - with the thought that any dreamer with a passion to shoot, no matter what your experience, skill, equipm...
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Catherine Hughes posted an article on 8 Women Dream - Jul 12, 2011, 12:30 pm
I'll be honest. I spent the first half of 2011 working on lots of other inspiring projects and initiatives in my life, and thinking about how I was going to get this book done. Without really, well, working on it much. My big, beautiful 476-page manuscript has adorned my coffee table for a while now...
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