Hi there, my name’s Emma and this is a blog about the whole “me”, as opposed to the “me” that blogs about my business at www.portfoliodirectors.com.  I guess that the question that you have is why have two blogs ?  Well, firstly, my work blog isn’t just about me, my colleagues blog as well and it pretty much all relates to Portfolio Directors - work and life.  Secondly, I always feel that, like most working Mums, I have a bit of a Portfolio Life with lots of different aspects to it; wife, mum, friend, boss, colleague, entrepreneur and very occasionally a bit of time to just be “me”!  This blog is “me” time - sometimes it will talk about family, sometimes work – but as the mood takes me!

So a bit about me!

I’m based in Somerset and I love it here!!  We are fortunate enough to have amazing scenery, to be near the coast and to be based in a vibrant business community.  I live with my hubby, two sons aged 9 and 7 (hereafter referred to as DS1(dear son 1)  and DS2 (dear son 2)), three dogs called Harvey (the Office Dog), Magic and Mole, a cat called Kitty, 2 cockerels, 16 hens, a goose called George and small numbers of pigs, cows and sheep at various times.

We’re trying to live a greener life and so have what I guess you could call a smallholding – we take small steps forward regularly and the aim for 2011 is to grow more of our own veg - I’ll keep you posted!

I run a business called Portfolio Directors and work with a fabulous team, we’ve just chucked my husband and his tractor out of his garage and converted it to office/family space, so I’m also lucky enough to have a home-based office.  I’m out and about with clients a lot of the time, but one of our key business ethics is that you should never feel guilty about needing to take time to do something with your family – and that works well for all of us – we get the work done and no accompanying guilt trips – yay!!  Our aim in life is to help businesses to grow and we do this through Board level support, training and development – we’re passionate about SME (small to medium) businesses and love what we do.

Anyway – I’m sure that’s given you a good flavour of what I’m about – the rest you’ll get from our blog journey together – happy reading!

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