the behind the scenes Archives

#LifeAtATen

so, i know that when i die and go to heaven – my version of heaven will be me in a super cute cafe, with headphones on, in front of a laptop learning some new software, using it to do…

my ‘top 5’ to do list items for the day.

try as i might to use online task management tools (i’ve tried them all – google keep, wrike, basecamp, evernote, even the notes app on my phone) it just never sticks. i’m an old fashioned paper and pen gal. to…

booking my 10spot® usa tour!

i’m double vaxxed baby! which means – i can travel again!!! what what!!! first up – visiting all of the bars in the states that have opened in the last few months that i’ve never even been to – that’s…

getting to be on tv, thanks to the ontario lockdown that never ends.

i”ve gotten to be on tv a bunch of times now due to the never ending ontario lockdown. the beauty / personal care industry has been forced to be closed over 300 days now as of today and we’re not…

the disciple of waking up at 5am. [family core value: hard to kill]

the pandemic has f’ed with my sleep schedule. i used to be a die hard 5 am’er – in fact, because i had a dope ass alarm clock app that listened to you sleep and had you wake up when…

from fired to founder to franchisor. (aka THE TEN SPOT® story)

i was 24 years old and i had just been fired – for the SECOND time. those are two very fun stories – which i sadly don’t have time to get into right now but bottom line was, i was…