Please introduce yourself FIRST!
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This where I would like EVERYONE to introduce themselves.
If we are going to connect, encourage and support we need to know a bit more about you and what you what to bring to the table.
I will start and you can go from there! :0)
Hello WAHM's my name is Cheryl Hill. I am a former elementary teacher but several years back decided and felt a need to be home with my first baby girl.
At first as a WAHM I cleaned motel rooms, tutored, and babysat, but that really didn't give me the time to be HOME where I wanted to be.
It was then that I found my Home Business and have never looked back. It gives me the freedom to be ME but at home with the girls and help out financially!
I have a passion for helping other moms reach their dreams and be at home too and I am drawn to the computer and out and about to connect with other moms. I guess as a teacher being a team leader is also a passion and one that I enjoy as well!
Ted and I have been married for 10 years and have two beautiful girls who are 5 and 2. So life, business, girls, and my husband keep me busy but something I LOVE doing and enjoy life!
I also like to READ, GARDEN, and BE OUTSIDE! I look forward to connecting and meeting all of you.
Cheryl Hill
www.Simple-Home-Candle-Business.com
If we are going to connect, encourage and support we need to know a bit more about you and what you what to bring to the table.
I will start and you can go from there! :0)
Hello WAHM's my name is Cheryl Hill. I am a former elementary teacher but several years back decided and felt a need to be home with my first baby girl.
At first as a WAHM I cleaned motel rooms, tutored, and babysat, but that really didn't give me the time to be HOME where I wanted to be.
It was then that I found my Home Business and have never looked back. It gives me the freedom to be ME but at home with the girls and help out financially!
I have a passion for helping other moms reach their dreams and be at home too and I am drawn to the computer and out and about to connect with other moms. I guess as a teacher being a team leader is also a passion and one that I enjoy as well!
Ted and I have been married for 10 years and have two beautiful girls who are 5 and 2. So life, business, girls, and my husband keep me busy but something I LOVE doing and enjoy life!
I also like to READ, GARDEN, and BE OUTSIDE! I look forward to connecting and meeting all of you.
Cheryl Hill
www.Simple-Home-Candle-Business.com
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Jen Hinton on -
Hello ya'll,
I'm a 25 year old wife and mother of a lil baby boy, Boston. Pre-baby I was a Finance Manager for an insurance company...thank goodness I stay home now!!!
I love meeting great woman that are going through the same things I am...baby(kids), hubby, household, and new business.
I love making jewelry and just opened my shoppe...wwww.nolameadows.com It's new so I hope things pick up soon!
And that's me!
Keep It Classy, Jen
www.poshpointofview.com
www.keepitclassyjen.blogspot.com
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Permalink Reply by Pamela M. Kramer on -
It's me Pamela Kramer and I have worked out my home for a few years now doing all sort of different things. It has it's pros and cons.
I'm glad there is support because lord knows I need it. lol
I've got 3 kids at home but I'm mom to 5. My kids are plastered all over my blog. For the past year I have been running Happy Panda and tagless baby clothing line for bigger babies. I'm tired. lol
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Permalink Reply by Annette Yen on -
I'm a happy WAHM and homeschooling mom of 2 beautiful daughters. I've been working from home since the day I gave birth to my oldest daughter! I had been working for our church at the time and continued on as a VA (we didn't know the term back then - I'm old) for a few years when my girls were little.
I discovered direct sales soon after and was hooked and have since been dabbling on getting some internet income as well which has been fun.
I love helping other direct sales moms make the most of their businesses and have a few websites toward that end - the first on being DirectSalesTools.com a Squidoo lens focused on various tools to help be successful. I do some one on one mentoring as well and am working on a website for that too. It's a blast.
Thanks for starting this group!
Annette
KidsPartyBusiness.com
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Permalink Reply by Laurie Mapp on -
Hi everyone! I'm Laurie, I'm a mom of 3 boys and I just recently started my work at home, virtual assistant business. I formerly worked as a legal assistant and paralegal, but the birth of my third child last year gave me the push I needed to find a way to work from home so I could have a more flexible working life and be home with my boys! My oldest is in grade one (he's almost 7) and the middle boy is 4 and my baby is almost 10 months old.
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Permalink Reply by JennK on -
Hi, everyone! It's been interesting reading everyone's introductions -- each of us works from home, but in such a wide range of fields!
I'm Jenn, homeschooling my 12yo boy/girl twins (who're soon to become teenagers, yikes!). I work from home as a writer. I write books on software applications, graphics, and web design for several major publishers -- the huge tomes you find in the Computers section at the bookstore. I also write contemporary romance novels.
My career allows me a lot of scheduling flexibility, which works well with homeschooling. I never have to work at a specific time and only rarely have meetings or even phone calls. Most of my communication with my editors is via e-mail. On the other hand, I'm almost always under deadline, and trying to juggle everything means I don't get a lot of downtime to just curl up with a book or work on a craft project. Right now, I'm working on a book under a tight production schedule, so I've been pulling a lot of all-niters. I'm starting to feel like a vampire!
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Permalink Reply by HeatherCPST on -
Hi all. I'm Heather. I'm 30, I work from home on a farm in Kansas where I live with my 7-year-old daughter and husband of 8 years. Before I transitioned to WAHM life I was a full-time journalist. I work in the same field now.
I don't seem to have as much spare time as I'd like these days, but when I do, I enjoy quilting, reading, outdoorsy stuff and scuba diving with my husband.
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Permalink Reply by Dawn Orbeck on -
Hi there!
I am a forty-something mom of two teenagers. Formerly an engineer with a Fortune 500 chemical company, I quit 12 years ago when my second child was born.
Since that time, I've worked from home in a variety of capacities. Like many, I started with an eBay business (beanie babies, pokemon cards!). Eventually, I was liquidating QVC customer returns on eBay and then through a private website. Things changed...and I moved into direct sales. I am now a distributor with Send Out Cards. I really love it!
My main challenge is lack of support from my family. I struggle with the balance of it all. If I take care of the household, my work suffers and vice versa. Getting dinner on the table is a huge challenge especially with two busy teens.
I am looking forward to new ideas and support and encouragement from all of you and will do my best to reciprocate.
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Permalink Reply by Traci on -
Hi everyone
I'm Traci and have worked from home running my web design business for the past 10 years. I am in the process of changing my business focus a bit more toward internet & affiliate marketing and SEO than strictly web design and some other niche market business ventures. So all that keeps me quite busy and I love it!
On a personal note, I am married to Mark and have six children; three of whom are married & no longer at home, I also have one grandbaby and another due in April 2004. My three remaining children at home are ages 9, 8 & 6 and I homeschool them. I also graduated my 22 year old from homeschool in 2004; so am a veteran to homeschooling.
Between my work, homeschooling and my six dogs (and two cats), my life is very busy and rewarding.
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Permalink Reply by Christine on -
Hi everyone. My name is Christine, I'm 36, have two boys ages 14 (will be 15 next month) and 12 almost 13, both have been homeschooled their entire lives. I've been a single mom for the last 10+ years, living with my mom and eldest sister to help out with homeschooling and finances. last year we moved to Las Vegas, and I started working from home. Two months ago I started my own company in the Transportation industry, and now I am also doing a lot of blogging and writing. If anyone's read the Secular Homeschooling Magazine, you can see an article I wrote in their 2nd issue, and will have another article in an upcoming issue. I'm trying to also write a book... but as I am like most of you, I have too many fires burning and not enough time in a single day to get through it all.
It's great to see so many moms gathering here, this is really a great site!
If you want to see some of my websites:
Best Homeschool Place is my main Blog
Mercury Permit Services is the company I started recently.
Bluewinds my craft site
Law of Attraction & Weightloss is my newest blog on using the Law of Attraction to lose weight and get healthy.
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Permalink Reply by Anna Maria on -
My name is Anna Maria and I have 2 boys who are 8 and 5. I've been a Creative Memories scrapbooking consultant for the past 4 years and I'm really enjoying it. It's been a great way for me to stay at home with my kids and be home when they get off the bus.
My husband is very supportive of my business but I still have a difficult time balancing work and family. There's always so much to do! I've recently gone back to school to work on my certification as a Child Life Specialist.
I also write a scrapbooking blog for our local newspaper. I just started doing this during the summer and it's been fun.
I'm looking forward to learning from other WAHM's about how to handle work and family.
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Permalink Reply by chel on -
Hey everyone,
I'm a 33 year old jewelry designer living in Southwest Florida. Before Gracie came I had a really busy jewelry business (selling both online and in local shops) but since she's arrived, I have been finding it VERY difficult to balance being a mom, a wife, and working.
I dreamed my whole life of being a self-supporting artist and finally built my business up over the last eight years. I love what I do. Now that Gracie's in primary @ Montessori, I have more time to work, but am unable to find my "groove". I'm struggling right now to figure out how to balance everything. I have a small art studio in my house which I work out of (another dream of mine I was able to fulfill), but it's been very hard to find long stretches of time to get in there and work.
I am hoping to find some inspiration here :)
Hope everyone is well today!
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Chel
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Permalink Reply by Robin on -
Hi!
I'm a part-time-when-I-can-get-it WAHM. I do Software QA Contracting, but as that work isn't' steady, I have a "day" job at a local publishing company 1/2 days. I keep their email lists up to date for their weekly e-newsletters, help edit the html to get the newsletters out, etc. I keep this job because it's steady work, pays for the Karate and Gymnastics classes for my 8 and 10 yr old, and they don't mind if I occasionally bring 1 or both kids in to the office with me. My husband works for IBM, and some days he can telecommute, which was great for the summer months.
My dilemma is this: because the 'day' job is guaranteed income, I often have to turn down short-term QA jobs because they require 9-5 hours, or they want me in their office full day. I'm not going to give up a sure thing for a 5 day then done job.
Ideal for me would be someone who's looking for 1/2 days of QA work (I actually found 1 company that hired me to do this for a year - but they got bought out.) or at least flexible hours - 4 in the afternoon, and 2-4 in the evening. I have no problem working after dinner, as long as I get to choose the times. I've even offered to travel to the clients office for 1/2 days 1 or 2 days a week, but really I'd prefer to do the bulk of the work from my home office. For the right job, I'd give up my safety net job, but I still want the flexibility to be home when the kids get home from school.
Am I kidding myself?
