Adventures Of A Work @ Home Mom

So 8 days after my last blog entry, we found out we are expecting a FOURTH child!

Oh boy...

Just one baby this time! I've had the doctor check every time he does an ultrasound, LOL!

The kids are very excited, and on Christmas Eve, during our family get together, my mom found a wrapped gift on the porch, said it was from Santa, to the whole family. We let DS5 open it and DS7 read it.. it was an envelope from the hospital, and inside on a piece of paper it says "Baby appears to be a GIRL!" YAY!!!! Two boys, Two girls... Couldnt be happier!

Hubby has been working on building 2 bedrooms in the attic for the boys to move into, and the girls will share a bedroom until the rest of the house has been finished, then they will each get their own room.

Shortly after finding out I was pregnant, I began to come down with every illness known to man, I swear! Colds, Flus, Sinus infections, Chest infections, all of which lead to a pulled muscle in the back, then vision loss that lead me to the ER then to my eye doctor, to find out Ive got Migraines (Interesting ones too...).

September and October I spent pretty much laid up on the couch steady. Towards the end of October things started getting better and I was able to open the store (Twice Loved Boutique) back up on November 1st. Things have been ok out there, though it hasn't been open every day because of course, Thanksgiving goes by, then one kid has the flu, another kid comes down with chicken pox, and then every week since then SOMEONE else has had the flu or some other illness, and then Christmas... Hoping things will settle down now!

Been working on paperwork... getting everything ready for income taxes and what not... been having some car troubles, so hoping to get enough back to put towards a "new" used car.

The kids are settling down, things are getting to be fairly routine with them these days, and its nice... MOST days go by without major incident, though DD (who turns 2 in a couple days) has discovered an attitude... as most kids do at this age!

I have been working on the website for Twice Loved Boutique and have made a number of improvements and have begun selling online more than I was before, I love the way the site is looking, and have been very excited about doing more with it!

Well, I suppose, baby isn't happy with me sitting here at the computer and is kicking and squirming and hurting my back (23 weeks down, 17 to go!) gotta love it... Glad this is the last one LOL!

Will update you all very soon :)

Jess

I love my kids, but WOW, lol... I am DEFINITELY ready for them to go back to school. This summer hasn't felt as LONG as last summer, but there have been some days that just didn't seem to want to END!

Then again, I don't think I know a single parent out there who DOESN'T want School to start back up, hehe.

It's been hard work, running the store 7 days a week, dealing with 3 kids, doctors appointments, driving my honey back and forth to work, etc. I tell you what, a girl could get burned out!

I'm running on Coffee these days, LOL!

I can't complain too badly though, my store is doing amazing, I have customers coming in regularly and a lot of them are coming back and bringing friends! It's really giving me a chance to be creative and just DIVE right into things, and I can do it MY way, I don't have to clear my ideas with someone else first (well, occasionally I'll have to clear them with Mike, but only cause hes my built in handy man, lol), I am just having a blast with it. I couldn't be happier with any other job I don't think!

The store is really starting to look good too (I don't have any pics on this computer to put up, but you can see them at http://twicelovedboutique.com)

I am also doing really well on ChaCha! I have made over $91.00! $9 more and I will get paid, hehe!

Things are just going really well all around... I got my license finally, my store is doing well, I'm making some money online finally, the kids behaviors are getting better, My relationship with Mike is amazing as always, We have been living together more than a year now and well, still never had a fight.. I don't know how we do it, LOL!

Anyway, just thought I would post and update everyone on how things are going, would love to hear from you all!

Yep, I've said it before and I will say it again, and again, and again. I am the SELF PROCLAIMED QUEEN of making money online, LOL! I have found yet ANOTHER way to make money online, hehe.

I have been enjoying this one so much that I have nearly stopped ALL of my other online activities! Can you imagine?!?!?!

I thought I was doing SO great on Yuwie, and I can't say it's been bad, I really enjoy Yuwie and Yeah, Ive made about $20 on there, not bad for just screwing around like I would have been doing on Myspace for Free! lol. Ive made some friends I never would have made on Myspace, because everyone on Myspace are stuckup and wont add you unless they know you, lol. I have also made a good deal on Clixsense (about $30 -$40 -- I kinda slacked off some while getting the store going, but been working on it a little more since), and FINALLY got paid by bux.to (first payment was just over $10, waiting on $119 now, took awhile but they DID pay so I'm ecstatic about that!).

But yeah, this new venture I have is called ChaCha, and basically users can use their cell phones to text in, call from any phone, or go to the site and input questions right there, and user questions are assigned to Guides that are logged in and available (that would be Me, a Guide), and then the Guide who gets your question would go online and find the information for you and send it back. Typically in 3 minutes or less! (I have had just a few that have taken longer, but I am getting even better).

I have only been doing this seriously for about 3 business days (when you combine the time I have spent... I didn't work it much over the weekend), and have already earned about $30!

I am very excited about this, it's a LOT of fun, cause I LOVE learning new things (and wow, the things I have learned lol... ), and they also like their Guides to put some of their personality into their answers so the users arent getting just a "textbook" answer. We get to have fun with it! Gives me a chance to be a smart ass (to a certain degree) and get PAID for it LOL!

Anyway, If any of you are interested, in either using the service or applying as a guide (I warn you it is kind of hard to get hired... you have to pass four tests!), then here you go!

To use the service as an InfoSeeker text your questions to ChaCha (242242) or visit http://chacha.com and you can put your questions in right there on the website. Or you can call to leave a voice message with your question as well.

To apply to be a Guide, visit http://chacha.com and at the bottom of the page click the button that says Become A Guide. Fill out the application on that page and IF you would be so kind, please put in the email address "chacha @ twicelovedboutique.com" - with no spaces lol - as the guide that told you about the ChaCha opportunity, this will add you to my team (we are allowed to refer 20 new guides each), and then I can help you out with getting started and if you ever get stuck or need any information.

Especially those of you in and around Waldo County and the Coastal regions!

I have been working on the site for my store Twice Loved Boutique and am going absolutely NUTS trying to find local sites to exchange links with!

They don't have to be business sites, I just really want to exchange links with local sites because my primary audience would be locals! I think it would be a great way for us to help promote each other and get traffic to each others sites!

SO... If youre interested, go to my site at http://twicelovedboutique.com click on the words Link Directory on the right hand side of the page, and then right about the middle of the page where it says "If you would like to have your website listed in one of the below categories click here", well, then do like it says and "Click there" lol! That will give you all the info you need to submit your site to my link directory - Let me know you joined my link directory because of my blog post and Ill put your link at the top of the page with a * to mark it as a special listing! If your site doesnt fit into any of the categories I have listed, let me know what category you think it would fit better into and Ill add it if I think your site is appropriate!

Im not looking to exchange links with pharmacies, or adult sites or anything inappropriate, as my site is VERY family friendly...

Thanks!