Home Based Business Mom

I feel like a loser.
Here I sit, trying to watch shows I’ve taped all week while I work on my laptop as well.
Yes….that’s a loser thing to do. I am not just surfing or checking family email. I am actually trying to work.
Working while you’re trying to chill and watch your favorite shows….not cool.
Therefore….this post will be short and sweet.
My fellow ‘work at homers’ — take a break. Don’t feel guilty just laying down on the couch and watching American Idol or Desperate Housewives or whatever….
Everybody else clocked out for the day….you can too.
It’s a hard thing to do…”walk away from work” when it’s right there IN your house – but ya gotta!
Otherwise you’ll get crabby and crusty and grouchy and fussy…
You don’t want that in your house, do ya??
No way!
So come on….lets go watch ‘Modern Family’ and have some ice cream!

As a work at home mom….you’re constantly being torn between domestic work, child rearing and job-work.
Do you throw in a load of laundry, start fixing dinner, try and write a blog post or help someone with their homework?
It’s a constant mix of work….work…..and work. I’m not saying it’s bad…..but I am saying it’s exhausting.

Now….don’t get all bent if you work outside the home and feel just as much pressure. I got that. I do. But if you were
working at home….you’d find yourself pulled in a lot more directions. Even when I was on-air in radio with a huge

board in front of me, CD players stacked high….maybe guests in the studio, the phone ringing, contests to prep for….a show to prep for….I did not feel as pulled. That was cake compared to being a work at home mom.

So….here I sit….11:30PM and I’m tired. I’ve not really had any down time to speak of today and I really need to get to “work”. Just like this post….what am I going to write about? I don’t have any ideas. I feel to tired to research something or to try and be witty. The kids have been home for weeks on Christmas break and now they’ve been home all week for snow. I’m getting “twitchy” and easily annoyed. I was startled today by a dust bunny in the corner of the stairs. I swear I thought it was a rat….a BIG rat. Nope….just cat hair, dog hair, people hair, dust….dirt. Yuck. Do I stop what I’m doing to drag out the vac and get it? But wait…I need to fix dinner….or maybe feed the dog…..or the cats…kids….get groceries….the toilet is plugged up. Damn….the battery in the car is dead?? Dentist appointments in the morning….don’t forget that poster board for the history project your daughter is doing……blah blah blah blah blah…..

Yep…I’m tired. I can’t think anymore.
So good night.

Sleep well.
Even you dust bunny.

I haven’t been feeling like blogging.
I’m still trying to get my bearings  now that the kids are back in school.
Summer is over…and maybe I’m a little blue about that.
I had fun with the kids this summer.

Maybe I’m feeling off because after SIX more months of the house being on the market….it’s resulted in only two showings. Now I have the task of listing it myself  – something I really don’t want to do even though I have a real estate license. But….hey, I’m in control now and can market it like a demon!

Maybe I’m down because I know summer is coming to an end – even though FALL is my favorite month….I dread winters anymore. Not sure why….used to be a huge fan….now…not so much.

Maybe I just have so much work on my damn plate with keeping MoneyMakingMommy.com current, re-doing the MoneyMakingMommy.com forum, re-doing ScrappersAnonymous.com (that I just bought over the summer), my Avon business, my StampinUp business, TheWAHMConnection.com website, my weekly work at home newsletter….
I’m just feeling a little fried.

So today…I will just muddle through. Muddling is all I have to offer. And ya know what…..for us work at home moms….that’s ok on some days.