Recently the much awaited Shriver Report has gotten alot of attention. It seems to be serving as a wake up call to what us working women already knew. The game has changed! In large part because of women & our changing rolls. If you are a women this day in age, especially a working mom I [...]

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Next week is one of my most beloved holidays. My definition of celebrating Halloween is based on one thing……CHOCOLATE! ohh yeah mama it’s those giant bags of mini chocolate bars that really get me going! I also love to play dress up & am and always will be a child at heart. I work pretty [...]

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I came across a wheel chart that I found to be interesting the other day. Probably created by a very well balanced man with no children!
 
 

I don’t know about you but mine looks a lot different. Well maybe it looks like this but cut out the me time & friend time & well every part [...]

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As a stay at home mom that has to pony up a pay check as well, I have had to make some adjustments this past year to make ends meet. The Business that has brought me income  for the past 5 years has finally felt the wave of recession. I had all my eggs in [...]

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I have a boy going into school this fall & with all the activities, schedules and, volunteer work I am finding less, and less time to get my work done. I still work from home & have found that I am often up at 1am finishing my weekly projects. I feel like this may only [...]

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OK I am gonna do it….I am taking a vacation. I cannot afford to go anywhere so I am staying home. But as a work from home mom, I feel like I never leave my job. So I am clearing my schedule for a week, and pretending that I am just a mother & wife. [...]

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I have heard of lots of people getting scammed these days. These low lifes are getting more and more safisticated, and it may be harder to spot them. Don’t think you can’t be fooled. It happened to me last year. The desire to stay at home with my family was so great, that after [...]

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Lately I have found myself feeling like I live at my office…ok I do live at my office! I mean, I feel like my work is always there, I get no break. Working from home can be a big challenge, particularly with a family. When you are the one taking care of the house, the [...]

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When my daughter turned 12 mos old and I decided it was time to return to work, I knew exactly what I wanted: little or no commute, part-time hours (either a few mornings or a couple days a week), a job doing something I loved and was good at and that offered a reasonable salary.
I [...]

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I just started back to work after spending the entire first year of my baby’s life home with her full-time.
The good news is I’m working from home–yippeee! It’s only 20 hours a week and the hours are pretty flexible.
The bad news is my daughter rarely sleeps, so finding time to do the work is difficult. [...]

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