New Business Venture

Sunday morning...

Been up for a couple of hours now.
Salvation Army cleared out the non-selling garage sale stuff from last weeks sale.
Out went the baby girl clothes.
Thank you to the soon to be Nana that bought almost every piece of maternity clothing that I had put out. The chances that I was going to sell any of it I had heard would be slim. I am normally a size 2...but I had some really cute stuff.
Wear it well and happy, healthy pregnancy to you!

I have to admit I cried a little. I would gladly have one more (#6) if it weren't for my age( I was 42 when I had Jackson in June) and I am in much better shape now than when I had my first at 27. Having said that, though, we must also realize that there is a cost to raising a child.
In today's economy, many people are finding themselves in difficult situations financially.
My husband and I had decided almost 7 years ago that I would stay at home to raise our then 2 children and care for my sick mother.
Now, with his career part of the automotive industry, we have found ourselves pulling our hair out month to month this last 2 years.
When we decided to bring my mother back from Wisconsin to her network in Ohio, my husband left a job he loved to let her live on her own closer to people she knew.
In full disclosure, he was offered a very handsome package by a company that he had worked for 20 years prior. His chest heaved with pride. I was a bit more skeptical, having heard rumors about the owner.
Less than a year after we had moved, he won an all expense paid trip to Maui... for doing such a good job. six months later we took the trip. Still doing a good job. One month after the return, July was not as good and they informed him he was on the fence. Three weeks later he was let go.
Never had this even been remotely considered a possibility in his career before.
He is a very trusting person and assumes the best in people.
So the story goes...blah blah blah
Here we are now...
Blah blah blah
I am updating my resume and seeing if I can start a business on my own while he considers the possibility of another field since the automotive industry stinks right now.
We would love to go back to Wisconsin, each have our own business and raise the kids close to their cousins..
But now I still need a new furnace and in this market I don't think we could give our house away!

Entrepreneurial Mom

O.k.
We are the soccer mom's(in my case it's crew), chauffeurs, home managers, disciplinarians,psychologists and doctor when necessary...

Can we really have it all?
I hope we can.

After paying the bills this month and since my stock for a local company has decided to re-issue(so much for supporting the local guy!), I need to start a new venture.
I do believe my passion is photography. People other than family have remarked that they can see that I have a knack for taking photographs of children.
With that said, I do think family's photo's should be affordable.
Oprahhttp://www.2oprah.com says to find your passion or your aha moment.
I think this is mine.