Valentine's Day is an expensive day, but you can still celebrate without going over your budget.Knowing that Valentine's Day is around the corner now is the time to think ahead and work out a plan for the special day. You can set aside money now for Valentine's Day so when the day comes, you have the money you need to spend. Being organized and knowing what the plan is will stop you from over spending. Here are some reminders of things that are money "wasters" and suggestions to help you stay within your budget on Valentine's Day. Forget buying flowers especially roses as the prices are marked up for this special occasion. Another option would be to buy a potted plant. Potted flowers may not seem romantic, but they last longer and they can be re-planted into a garden. A heart-shaped box filled with chocolate is another expensive item. Are the chocolates more exquisite and more delicious in a heart-shaped box? You can decorate a regular box of chocolates with ribbon and … [Read more...]
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It is the classic “if this then that” predicament. I find that each.and.every move this short “Hott” mama makes is a culmination of a deal of some sort between me and the kids. Do you find this to be true at your house? In order to achieve results, I feel like I am forced to beg, borrow, steel, and negotiate everything from teeth brushing, trips to the mall or Toys-R-Us, to simple homework. It’s exhausting, isn’t it?For Violet, who somehow manages to occupy a room resembling a tornado zone, we are constantly threatening that “if you don’t clean up that room, then you’re not going to gymnastics tonight!” Although this normally works, well… last night, it.did.not. Needless to say, she went to gymnastics and conveniently forgot to put her laundry away. At one point, I think we lost Levi in the mess.The ultimate con, Levi is the king of “Let’s Make a Deal”! After listening carefully to a conversation between Dan and me discussing the … [Read more...]
TweetFaith and Business 101: Finding Balance
The reality of any life, but especially that of a work from home mom, is that you have a million things to fit into one day. Balance between God time, Family time, Work Time, and You Time is a struggle for every work from home mom I've ever talked to. Working from home means that interruptions, distractions, and way laid plans are plentiful. I hop onto facebook so that I can update the rest of the Leadership Team in the business I work for--only to get distracted for 30 minutes by my friends latest baby pictures and status updates. I hop into email to send off my latest blog information and get sucked into an hour of sorting through the 100 unread messages that have come in overnight. Once I finally get started on writing my column post for Moms of Faith, my daughter knocks her milk over, my son needs a diaper change and I look up to see my hubby walking in the door from work and the rest of my day is then shot. Things like this eat away valuable chunks of the day and can lead to … [Read more...]
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