Follow Your Heart! My Work From Home Journey

Recently I have had many friends ask how to do what I do and work from home. I decided I would write a personal post to give you all a little insight into my journey to "follow my heart." You can work from home. It is not easy but you can do it! I started this blog in January 2010 as a way to help me save money, share my money saving tips, search for and share deals and get my life financially … [Read more...]

Tailoring a Business Around Family: Schedule, Space & Situation (Working From Home)

Earlier this week I shared with you the fabulous book from Amber Carter, Money-Makin’ Mama: How to Generate a Steady Income as a Stay-at-Home Mom . I told you how much I loved her tips on organizing and prioritizing. So I am so excited to share this guest post with you from Amber. She is sharing more ideas on how to make being a work at home mom WORK! When you are done be sure to go enter to win … [Read more...]

How to Use Ebay : How to Make Money On Kids’ Old Clothes Part One

Ideas for making money from old kids clothing Part One How to Use Ebay to sell kids clothing I start Spring Cleaning early! I start in January! After all the new clothes and toys are unpacked from Christmas I always go through and clean out the old clothes. I always have bags full of clothing. I used to bag them and put them in the garage for "giving away." The problem is I never gave them away. … [Read more...]

I’m A Mom Smiling Though Tears As Kindergarten Nears

I can not believe it is true! Monday morning we start a new chapter in our lives. My oldest child, my little girl, starts kindergarten. I just can not believe that 5 years have past and the big day is almost here. This is just one of the many 1st we will experience in her life but wow it is a biggie for this mom! How did we get here? Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the first smile, … [Read more...]

A Fun & Free Way To Help Kids With Chores and Get Rewarded! (My Job Chart)

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If you are a busy parent like we then you are likely always looking for ways to make life a little easier! What if you could make your life and your kids chore assignments easier? No more sticker charts, chalkboards and all the other neat things I have  tried. They always fail because they end up taking up to much time or the kids are not excited about them. BUT now there is an awesome FREE … [Read more...]

Tobacco Consumers Can Earn Money (Accepting Apps Now)

Normally I do not promote things that may not apply to me. I have not signed up for this because of that. But this opportunity may be for you so I wanted to share.It is a nice chance to earn rewards or make extra money from home! Consumers can participate in tobacco-related consumer research and earn rewards for providing their opinions on the products they use with the tobacco opinion … [Read more...]

I joined MyLikes- Make money just tweeting and liking!

I just joined a new site MyLikes. Have you joined? If so what do you think of it? If you are new to MyLikes here is more information on how it works.MyLikes is a word-of-mouth advertising platform that allows the long tail of influencers on the web to create endorsements for products and services they like. We are attempting to change the way brand and discovery advertising is done on social media … [Read more...]

Traveling Through Thursday 12/30

Welcome to the Traveling Through Thursday Blog Hop 12/23/10 hosted by Living on Love and Cents, Mom On Dealz, Our Kids Mom , and Belly Charms (The Blog).   This week's Spotlight is Lisa from Raising Future Leaders . Raising Future Leaders is a fabulous blog that I love to visit! She is #5 on this weeks linky. She had some fun things to share with us.When did you start blogging? I … [Read more...]

Being a Work at Home Mom vs Work Outside the Home Mom – What is your opinion?

Being a Work at Home Mom vs Work Outside the Home Mom - What is your opinion?

I am having a serious pulling on my heart strings right now. I currently work outside the home. I do accounting. It is a great job that I love. BUT...I am not happy with my kids being in daycare. My 4 year old has been in 4 daycares in her little life. Every time something would happen that I did not want my child anywhere near I would move her. Since baby J was born last year they have been in … [Read more...]