Family And Kids

Our families are often the most important thing in our lives. And other days we simply hope we can keep from strangling them. ;-) From setting boundaries to respect your “working time” to fun ways to occupy your kids so that you can get some work done – our goal is to help you learn from our experiences. Have an non supportive spouse or family member? Need to figure out how to occupy your toddler during your calls? Want to find some low cost ideas for your anniversary while your budget is tight? You’ll find that and more in the posts below.

Taking Your Work On The Road

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One of the things that I love about being a WAHM is that I have the ability to work from anywhere, even more so now that I got a broadband hotspot!  As I’ve written before, I also homeschool my son, so we’ve decided that this summer we are going to pick up and go on [...]

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15 Ways To Keep The Kids And You Happy During Summer Break

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While the end of the school year draws close, many of us are frantically trying to come up with our summer schedules filled with activities, camp, carpools and all without chaos. Summer usually means lots more kid time and a lot less work time, it doesn’t have to be a drastic change for your school [...]

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The Importance of Family

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When I started working from home many years ago, I was not yet a Mom. I was just looking for some freedom from the 8-5 grind. Then when I had my daughter seven years ago, the many perks of being there for her really appeared. Recently events in the past year and a half have [...]

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Family Trip to Antelope Canyon Near The Grand Canyon

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In this post I talked about a working vacation I took with my daughter and grandson. As a WAHM it is always tough to decide what to do on family vacations. Below is a review of an all day tour we took from Sedona, AZ to Antelope Canyon in Page, AZ. Our tour started out [...]

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Preparing for Summer as a WAHM

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With only 5 weeks of school left here, it’s time for me to start thinking about what the summer break is going to look like with the kids at home. I got a brief taste of it during Spring Break and am now both excited and worried. Can I keep them busy? Will I be [...]

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Patience Pays Off

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My daughter (Liz), grandson (Alec) and I are on a planned working vacation. One of our affiliate marketing clients is Viator.com, which is a great place to go to book tours when you are on vacation. I let them know we were going to be in the Sedona/Flagstaff area and they arranged for us to [...]

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Let Your Kids Inspire Your Work

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With as many different sites as I write for, people are always asking me how I continue to come up with topics. While some of the technological tools that I use are very important (setting up Google Alerts, monitoring keywords in Twitter, etc), my real inspiration tends to come from my family, my kids in [...]

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Facing Adversity As A Single WAHM

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One of the things that you quickly learn as a single mom is that you need to have determination in the face of adversity, otherwise life can become overwhelming very quickly.  This was recently the case when I decided that I was tired of going to the laundromat because of both the cost and the [...]

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Involving Your Kids in Your Home Based Business

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Are you wondering what to do with your kids during spring break?  Why not get them involved in what you do?  Kids today are so much more advanced technologically than when I was a kid.  I remember when the first Commodore 64 came out!  There are many kids that are getting involved in their parent’s [...]

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Impromptu Vacation and the Work at Home Mom

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Last week my daughter had Mid-winter break from school. I had intended on us staying home for the week, doing the “tourist in our own town” thing. For one my husband started a new job and doesn’t have much vacation time stored up yet. Secondly things have been a bit tight financially around here and [...]

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