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I am 41 years old, and I am a WAHM with two teenagers, a grade-schooler, and a toddler. I juggle cooking, writing, PTA, diapers and design on a daily basis. I work for a pittance and I never get a day off. Crazy? Yes! Rewarding? Absolutely! Challenging? All the time. Would I trade it for anything in the world? No thanks...
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What Mompreneur Really Means

According to Wisegeek, http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mompreneur.htm , mompreneur is a newly coined term for women who establish businesses at home while also acting as the full time parent of their children. The mompreneur movement is one steadily growing in the US as mothers try to find ways to make money, express their creativity or business acumen, and also to parent their children.
This is my secretary, sporting the latest fashion... Panty Hats.
Ok, so cut the crap... What mompreneur really means is that you get up at the butt-crack of dawn, wake up disgruntled, sleep deprived children, and hopefully get them off to school with their teeth brushed and hair combed, wearing clean clothes. You have your toddler hanging off your boob while you try to type an article, all the while avoiding flailing feet that are trying to drum on your keyboard. When home, your teenager comes in the office (which happens to be a corner of the laundy room) every five minutes because you just have to see this Slipknot video on YouTube. You check your email. You discover your article has been rejected because you used the word boob in an article about breastfeeding. You see another article has been approved, and rejoice at the $1.99 that has been deposited into your PayPal account! WooHoo, get that breastfeeding one approved and you may have enough money for a frappachino from Starbuck's. You express your creativity by venting about your family on your blog, and practice your business acumen by trying to keep your grocery budget down to under $500 a month for a family of five, including diapers! You parent your children by turning on Yo Gabba Gabba for the toddler, and keeping a 4-pack of Monsters in the fridge to help the teenager stay awake and get his homework done. Your true business hours are between Top Chef and 3 am in the morning, which is when you have the least amount of distractions. Crazy? Yes! Rewarding? Absoulutely! Challenging? All the time. Would I trade it for anything in the world? No thanks... I have worked for someone else since I was 14 years old, and I love being my own boss, being able to do PTA (yea, they actually let me do that.. who knew?), be home when the kids are home from school, and listen to whatever music I want while I work!

Workin' Mom Sunday

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Thank God it's football season!  Now, that may not normally be something you would hear come out of my mouth.  I mean, I like football.  I like the food, I like having company over to watch the games... heck, I even like watching the games in small doses.  However, what I like the most about NFL Football is Sunday.  The guys are busy and out of my hair all day!  I can work with virtually no interruption.

At our house, Sunday is my morning to cook pancakes.  It is my gift to everyone, and helps get things off to a good start.  This morning, I made Apple Cinnamon pancakes that were absolutely scrumptious.  These are pretty easy, and make you appear to be some sort of Goddess in the kitchen. I start with Bisquick, and whatever quantity of mix the recipe calls for, I substitute half with muffin mix.  Today, I chose to do a bran and apple cinnamon mixture.  Muffin mix tends to make you batter thicker, so I increase the milk to make my pancake batter thin enough so I don't end up with muffin high pancakes.

Now, everyone is full and happy, and I can sit back and work in peace.  Today, my project is to wrap up the football program.  I am over halfway finished, and should knock it out today, at least enough for the initial proof.  I was up late last night, going onto MaxPreps to find the players roster, since the client didn't have the players photos labeled with jersey numbers or names.  It is a bit of a pain in the butt to have to do this, but I would rather get the players laid out in the program now, instead of waiting for my client to get the coach to do it.
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