The arrival of The Comedian and some new work opportunities has made it imperative that I hire someone to look after the wee babes at least once a week. In fact, in just a few short months I've gotten a nice tidy list of sitters at my beck and call, including one that comes on a regular basis each week. When I set off to work from home two years ago it was all about spending more time with TD and getting a little work done on the side. On the side being nap time, early in the morning and whenever I could grab a moment and compose my thoughts. Now it is nearly impossible to get anything done on a schedule if I don't have someone nearby to corral the tots into that pen, er den of ours, and make them play nice. After the sitter left Monday morning I realized that not only did I feel … [Read more...]
What Would You Do With One Extra Day?
Today should be the last day of the month, but we are in a leap year. Think of tomorrow as our bonus day! For most of us it will be life as usual (wake up, wipe kiddie snot, work, wipe more snot, sleep, repeat), but think of this- If you could have one extra day to do something, anything- what would you do? Would you spend time with family and friends? Would you rather spend the time cleaning the house or tackling projects around your home?Yahoo! polled over 2,000 people and found these results-80% chose doing something fun like hanging out with family/friends, going on some wild excursion or shopping63% said they might work, do some sort of organizing around the house or clean the garage40% would do some online clean up, like cleaning their email box, their many online profiles or back up … [Read more...]