One Door Shuts ...

It is so true that when one door shuts, another opens. The past few months I have had a job on a 3rd party hiring forum called oDesk. I have answered questions for Ask.com, but this week my contract was terminated after some shady business. I assure you, I did nothing wrong. While I am very frustrated with the firing, my family is not sad to see it go. For one, I have severely neglected MY blog and MY family because the deadlines were so rushed and there was not much work. I have had a few other "eggs" in the works during down times at the oDesk company anyway. One of those eggs has been a delight to work on. This evening, I got the email that my first HUGE project with the new company was accepted and it got a 5 star review. I am in love!


Being a freelance writer, I am having to re-learn how to divide my time between my children and my work. Some days I do better than others. I home school my children and it isn't something I can just do while they are at school. One of the problems I ran into with the oDesk job was that I didn't feel like I had time to give my kids the proper education, keep my house kept, and be a wife ... let alone work on my own business. I have not touched things that I enjoy, such as sewing or cross-stitch, in days.

I am looking forward to moving on with my life and the changes that are coming with my business. I am excited about my daughter's first birthday in a few short weeks and my 10 year anniversary in May. Followed by a huge family fun weekend at Crown Center with KC Jiggle Jam.

So, if you are a work at home mother and home school (or have children at home all day) ... what are things you do to divide up your time?