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10 Hardest Things About The Work-At-Home Mom Life (And How I’m Attempting To Solve Them), Part Two

Read part one if you missed it here. 7. Always feeling like I'm "on." As a work-at-home mom whose business revolves primarily around social media, it's hard for me to truly rest because my clients have needs 24/7. When I wake up in the morning and I have a slew of Facebook posts to respond to, it makes me feel bad, even though I know my clients don't expect me to be up answering customers' … [Continue reading...]

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2012: The Year We ALL Rise Together

So I've been plotting and thinking and planning and prepping for 2012. I got laid off at the end of 2010, so 2011 was a year of "yes" to anything and everything to make sure I could pay my bills and provide for my kids. I learned a lot of lessons, business and otherwise, and I'm looking forward to putting them into practice this year. My biggest lesson is that no one has all the answers … [Continue reading...]

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Giveaway: College money for your kids!

I just finished my first semester of grad school and I'm tired. Beat down mentally. But I'm pushing forward because I know getting that degree will so worth it in the end. (Plus, I get to learn about all the research that policy makers depend on, so we can all get more family-friend policies and programs.) I think we all agree that education is important. Not just our education but our kids' … [Continue reading...]

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Doing What You Can To Get By – Have You Ever Been On Government Assistance?

I read an interesting post about welfare over at Mommy Glow (it's an excellent blog, by the way - please check it out). In it, she talked about welfare's original purpose - providing benefits for war widows - and how it has evolved today. I have never received any type of government assistance, but only because I didn't qualify. I was stuck in that weird limbo zone where I made too much money … [Continue reading...]

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What To Wear As A Young Preggo

Every single day I get web hits from someone searching for "cute maternity clothes for young moms." EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. Now, I've done a couple posts on it in the past, but nothing to make me the expert in maternity clothes options for the 20something (or younger) mama. So I figured it's time to revisit that topic (sexy maternity clothes) with an updated look around the 'net to see what I can … [Continue reading...]

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the list

So my husband has been on this quest to buy a pool table. He's got his man cave set up in the basement and the only thing he wants to make it complete is a pool table. You know, for when his friends come over. Never mind the fact that his friends never come over. So I humored him. Took him to the store so we could scout pool tables and check out prices. Now, maybe we went to the wrong … [Continue reading...]

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How Much Money Do You Need To Be A Mom?

On Twitter a few days ago, one of my buddies asked the question, "How much money do you need to have a baby?" Really, there is no real answer to that question. You could say you need to be making six figures or you could say that with a bit of budgeting, it's possible for a family of three to make it work with $25,000. My gut reaction was to tell her the raw, honest truth. I hate when people … [Continue reading...]

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What’s A Mom To Do If She Actually Likes To Work?

 I like to work. There. I said it. I like working on a project, seeing it to completion, getting big kudos and tackling the next one. I like putting this degree to use. I love to write. If I didn't write, I would die. On the other hand, I do love my kids. Love 'em more than anything. I know we could get by on just one income. We really could, even with this new mortgage. But I worry … [Continue reading...]

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