Comments on: Becoming a Work-At-Home Mom: In the Beginning… (Part 1)

By: jason

jason — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:11:20 +0000

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By: Tammy

Tammy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:26:50 +0000

Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us. My hours have recently been cut in half at work and I hope to give more time to my blog. I would love to be able to work part time from home in order to make up for money lost from hours being cut. Again thank you for the time you are taking to help us all. My blog site is http://savingwithtammy.blogspot.com

By: Jen Olson

Jen Olson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:44:28 +0000

For certified teachers in many states, there are lots of options for teaching online from home. It’s easier if you’re certified in secondary ed, but there are options for elem students too. A few virtual schools (elem and sec) – Connections Academy, K12 inc, Sylvan, Knowledge Learning Corporation. You can search on job search engines for virtual school, online school, virtual teacher, etc. If you search virtual schools on Wikipedia, they have a list by state, though it doesn’t include all the schools out there. Generally you have to live and be certified in the state where positions are open. I am in the process of interviewing with an AZ school and am excited about the possibility of working from home!

By: Jenica

Jenica — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:49:08 +0000

Great series! I have stayed home since my almost thre year old daughter was born. Now with two kids, I try to find ways to supplement our income as well. I am lucky to have a bachelors degree and have been able to pick up a little work here and there in the field I worked in before. I've also just signed up to do some substitute teaching. I sell some on Ebay. I also have been blessed to have many crafty talents. I've started an online children's shop on Etsy: http://pumpkinsboutique.etsy.com Its hard to get it going, but slowly it is getting there! I love to craft and hope to find even more ways to make money with my skills. I do have one question: How do you make money with a blog? I've started one: http://growingupcarlley.blogspot.com and right now its a mixture of personal, business and random stuff. How might I use it in other ways? Thanks so much for the series and can't wait to read more!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0000

I love your site! I too work at home managing a company my husband and I own but with the economy the way it is I am always looking for other sources of income.
I have just started my own blog because so many of my friends and family are always asking about the great deals I get, So I thought I’d put them all in one spot, I call it Saving, Surviving & Thriving
Thanks again for all the inspiration,
Melissa
http://savingsurvivingthriving.blogspot.com/

By: Katelyn Thomas

Katelyn Thomas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:24 +0000

I work from home as a freelance writer and blogger. I also sometimes still substitute at the library.

By: Domestic Contessa

Domestic Contessa — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:52:51 +0000

My husband is wanting to go back to school for his engineering degree in the next year or so. We have two kiddos under the age of 2 – I am keeping my eye out for ideas to help supplement our income which will probably be decreasing quite a bit from home! I’ve made several $1000 over the past few years with mystery shopping. Having the two kids has cut back on my ability to do that quite a bit.

As we enter this new season of our lives, I’m constantly needing to remind myself that God is in control and He WILL provide as we seek to follow Him!

I’ve just started blogging, too – http://www.domesticcontessa.blogspot.com

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:22:08 +0000

I love this series you have started and look forward to reading each one... I am a stay at home wife (Lord willing one day a Mom) and I love making things. My problem is I am not good at selling. In the past I tried to sell Creative Memories and ended up selling everything to myself instead of building any type of customer base. I now make cards and other things and really enjoy it however I am not a good sales person... I have a website http://zizziecards.com/ and I am starting to use etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6197951 but if I really sit down and look at the overall picture... I do this more as a hobby and not really get any income out of it.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:18:16 +0000

This is a fabulous series, Crystal! Thank you for sharing your story and ideas with us!

I have been blessed to be able to put my administrative skills to work the last few years as a Virtual assistant (http://www.divineva.com/blog).

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:25:47 +0000

Prior to having children, I had a brief encounter with direct sales, and my husband & I gave MLM (multi-level marketing) a try. We learned a lot & made great friends, but neither turned out to be an income vehicle for us & left us with debt. Shortly after our first daughter was born, I dabbled in a different type of direct sales. However, I was a much better “shopper” than a “seller” & just increased our debt load. I took a short break from business ideas, but after our second daughter was born, it became apparent that if we ever wanted to get out of debt, we needed more income.

After praying over it, I started a graphic & web design business last year (I have a background in graphic design and advertising). Shortly after I launched my business, I found out I was pregnant with #3. While I was pregnant [& now that I have 3 kids (under 3 yrs.)], I am only able to give part-time hours to my business (most of which is done at night). However, God has blessed my business and for the first time, I have a profitable business! God is Good!

By: Deby Malan

Deby Malan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:17:06 +0000

Beth….what is medical coding? Everything I type comes back with no results. I must be wording it wrong. Do you have a web site or a starting point you could send my way? Thanks, A California friend, Debi

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:03:22 +0000

My husband and I have been married for 3 years and have a son who just turned 2 last month. Before our son was born I was a second grade teacher in one of our public schools here in CA. However, as much as I loved teaching, when my son was born I knew it would just kill me to leave him everyday.

Fortunately, a huge blessing came into our lives and a family friend knew of a friend who was working primarily from home as a teacher with a public charter school. I looked into this, submitted an application, and was offered a K-8 Teaching position.

This past August I started my third year with California Virtual Academies. Most of the time I work from home and then every 9 weeks I meet with all of my students and their parents for a conference over a period of 2 weeks. I usually schedule myself for 3-4 hours at a time for a total of 5 days. Another blessing is that I can leave my son with my mom who lives near by.

It hasn’t always been easy and I still have days when I would love to temporarily “retire,” but most days I count my blessings to be bringing in a steady salary with full medical benefits and to be home with my son.

My husband will finish his teaching credential in May so God willing he receives a high school teaching position I am planning to take some time off from teaching until our son (and future children) are much older.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:24:17 +0000

I have been wanting to start my own house cleaning business. I still have a 3 year old at home that only goes to school twice a week for half a day and I’m not sure if this is something I should wait to do until after he’s in kindergarten. If someone else is doing this with a child at home any advice would be helpful. I was also thinking of going back to school on line to become a translator spanish/english so if anyone is doing this too I would like to hear any feed back.Thanks so much Crystal for this wonderful opportunity to share our dreams of being a stay at home/working mom.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:42:33 +0000

Challice, I too have thyroid issues and was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. It wasn’t until I was diagnosed with MS that we decided to turn to a holistic MD for help. I have found a lot of natural ways to find the energy to keep up with my three year old son. The bills aren’t cheap though. I sympathize with you!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:36:54 +0000

I’m anxious to read more! I have been a stay at home mom for three years now and I’ve tried a couple side businesses, but they never produce real income for me. I need to find something I can do to contribute financially. I’d love to hear more about how people are making money blogging??? That sounds like something I could do!

By: Janna

Janna — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:16:04 +0000

Hi I’m a long time reader of your blog…love it very much. I, too, am a work at home mama of three kids (2-10). I’ve worn many hats in the scrapbook industry over the last 8 years, but am changing gears a bit now. I was putting in too many hours, burned out, overwhlemed and my family was suffering…which was just absolutely no good. The key to working at home is “balance.” –which I’m trying much harder to find and keep now. But going in a new direction…it’s a little scary. Luckily though…like you said, I worked all these years to get to this point and have a great network built up through my crafting gigs.

So, I’ve switched gears…refocused. I’m taking a leap and faith and opening an online shoppe to sell my Whimsy wares– handmade goods…I know God will provide for me, provide what I need. I just have to continue to work, keep my priorities straight and go for it! Stop in and see me sometime…opening soon…
http://www.whimsyshoppe.com

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:33:14 +0000

I can’t wait to read the rest of this! I love hearing other ideas about how to create revenue streams from home!

I am very blessed to be a WAHM. I work as the Show Manager/Conference Coorindator for Apologia – the creation-based science curriculum. I love what I do! I help put on a conference to encourage homeschool moms spiritually. I get to work with the speakers and the attendees. I really enjoy it (did I mention that already). This is a link to what I do: http://www.Apologia.com/LIVE

I have a mommy helper who comes 9 hours/week while I work. My other work is done during naptimes. I work a total of 20 hours/week.

I am also in the process of starting a web business, but it is going to include me learning about some web programming, so we’ll see how it goes. =)

Thanks for all the encouragement and ideas!!

By: Dawn @ Finding My Way at Home

Dawn @ Finding My Way at Home — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:57:32 +0000

I have been home for over a year now and am just trying to figure out ways to earn money from home. I recently started blogging and while it obviously isn’t earning much I am enjoying writing and am slowly building some readership. If nothing else it is giving me some creative outlet and stretching my brain muscles. I have no desire to return to ‘corporate america’ which booted me out after 20 years. I would love to do more with my blog, do some freelance writing and find other avenues to earn additional income from home. I’m very interested to see the rest of your series Crystal.

By: Madeline

Madeline — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:42:38 +0000

I am a lawyer and dream of working from home, so I can’t wait to continue reading this series! I currently have a Blogger template design business (http://www.madebymadeline.com) that could bring in enough to cover my student loan payments (which are huge!!!) but that is as far as I have gotten….

By: tina b

tina b — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:07:15 +0000

Hi!! I’ve been a stay-at-home wife for a little over six months now, and we are expecting our first little one in March! So, I’ll soon add “mom” to that title I hadn’t been working through the summer and early fall, but God brought an opportunity to my door a few weeks ago. So, now I work part time (about 20 hours/week) out of my home for my pastor and church as the secretary/administrative assistant. I have officially worked for the church for only about three weeks, but it has been such a blessing to, like you said, still be able to take care of my family first and take time off if I need to, but still be able to make some income and serve the Lord with my abilities!