Working Mom
12 Tips to Save Money With Coupons
A growing family stretches the family budget. If you are feeling the strain on the pocketbook, consider couponing as one way to put some pennies back into the bank. 1. Time and money. Realize there is an inverse relation between...
Returning to Work After Maternity Leave
The amount of maternity leave new moms take differs from company to company and state to state, but one thing is for sure: it’s difficult when it ends. While your leave may have been less than restful, it is still difficult to ...
Making a Quality Childcare Choice
p>Finding and keeping quality child care can be challenging. Where do you start?What is Quality Child Care?Child care should support a child's emotional, social, intellectual and physical well-being. Quality child-care is not baby...
The Three D's of Telecommuting: Desire... Diligence... Discipline...
Partnered with the desire to work at home is a very important personality trait: Diligence. You have to go out and find that job! It really won't come knocking on your door. Expect a certain amount of frustration and depression. T...
Making a Work-at-Home Arrangement Work for You
p>Free Agent. Freelancer. Independent Contractor. Independent Professional. Telecommuter. The titles alone sound liberating, powerful, and hip. To parents, they sound particularly alluring. Working at home seems the perfect choice...
Exploring Working at Home
As you might imagine, it's a rare day when I don't receive an e-mail regarding work-at-home prospects. Although stay-at-home parents are generally well-versed in stretching their dollars, sometimes it's helpful to examine options...
Our Mothers, Our Selves
Growing up, I barely remember my mother taking any time for herself. This is perfectly understandable; raising six kids does not afford you the luxury of time. She fed us, clothed us, and healed our boo-boos. She taught me how to ...
The Why, The How and The What
Yes, we all need to take time for ourselves but first let's answer these important questions: Why? Obvious answer is so we don't go insane. We need to re-energize and re-new our resources so we can more efficiently take care of c...
Balanced Woman
"What is a Balanced Woman?" I've asked myself over and over again. I have searched for answers. I have asked others. I have surfed the web. But the answers I've come up with have more to do with what a Balanced Woman is not. Then ...
Making a Quality Childcare Choice
Finding and keeping quality childcare can be challenging. Where do you start?What is Quality Child Care?Childcare should support a child's emotional, social, intellectual and physical well-being. Quality child-care is not babysitt...
How Much Do You Really Make?
If yours is a second income and if you have children, many of you probably work outside the home because you "have to". You'd love to stay home and take care of the kids and the house your way. You may even long to join the PTA, ...
A Day in the Life of SuperWoman aka The Great Balancing Act
Up early, waiting to hear those birds start chirping. They have to wake up, too, don't they? Pounding coffee with extra cream and sugar (for nourishment, of course) while I toil away at my computer. I have, hopefully, at least on...
From Working Mom To Stay At Home Mom
Like many of you, staying at home with my children was a dream and a goal that I had worked toward for a long time, so when that goal was realized, I was elated. In my excitement, I didn’t really take the time to think about the ...
My Source of Inspiration
In the days before I had children, I had the grand illusion that once they came I would take a short maternity leave from my job and return to work full time, content with the idea of my little one in a well researched daycare fac...