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KatyLee
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Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers

05/04/07 11:02 AM

I have alot of mixed opinions on this one. I have been a SAHM for over 10 years. I love it! However I do have a home based business that I have had for 9 years. There is no way possible for me to get a full time job and make the money that I do now. However, I have often felt guilty about not having a "career". I've tossed around going back to school or going to get a part-time job. But nothing seems to fit my lifestyle. I don't have to call a boss if one of my kids are sick. I don't have to choose to go into work or leave the kiddos home. I have a teenager and she has gotten her first job. I get to drive her back and forth and spend alot of time with her. In fact my D's 10 & 9 are going to visit their Dad this weekend. I kept them at home today to spend some time with them and get them ready to go. If I worked outside the home I could never do that. Money does get tight sometimes however, I don't feel the need to spend extra money on the girls to make up for time lost with them. I figure when they are grown women they will not even remember they didn't have clothes from the best stores or a new car to drive every couple of years. They will remember hanging out with mom, dancing in the livingroom, and waking up in the middle of the night to eat cereal. I can also pick up on the drop of a hat in the summers and take off for the week to go visit family members. The girls have asked before why I don't have a real job. Then I let them know how long I would be gone everyday and they alwasy choose for me to be home.

Some days I think I would like the adult conversations that I'm sure I miss out on. Maybe my life would have been different if I chose to have a career. I don't know. What I know is I love my job at home and I love being here when the kids get off the bus. Some things a person just can't ever replace.
~Katy
PS.....Of course right this minute they are both having a fit cause I'm on the computer. This is REAL fun having 2 little girls stand behind me "Mmmmoooommmmm.......hurry up I NEEEDDDDD YOU"!! LOL......Gotta love it.....:)

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Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	leegirl	05/04/07 10:01 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Runswithscissors	05/05/07 11:03 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	focusedon2	05/04/07 10:01 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	supermansdaisy	05/04/07 06:58 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Gecko	05/04/07 09:52 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	KatyLee	05/04/07 08:14 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Gecko	05/04/07 01:20 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	youngatheart	05/04/07 12:49 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	PhoenixRising	05/04/07 01:08 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	RJ1	05/04/07 12:23 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Avaya	05/04/07 12:37 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Debbie_L	05/04/07 12:37 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 01:16 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 01:30 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 01:23 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Avaya	05/04/07 01:28 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 01:34 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	elliesmom	05/04/07 12:52 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	rschiller	05/04/07 01:09 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Debbie_L	05/04/07 01:02 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	RJ1	05/04/07 01:12 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	matart1	05/04/07 11:46 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	PhoenixRising	05/04/07 12:08 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Gecko	05/04/07 01:37 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	KatyLee	05/04/07 12:15 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	elliesmom	05/04/07 12:13 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	PhoenixRising	05/04/07 12:44 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	KatyLee	05/04/07 12:06 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Avaya	05/04/07 12:01 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	jeffnjaclyn	05/04/07 11:28 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	KatyLee	05/04/07 11:02 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	onerose	05/04/07 10:44 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 11:11 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 01:26 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 02:11 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 03:30 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 03:43 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 03:31 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 03:46 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	onerose	05/04/07 03:51 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 03:56 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	onerose	05/04/07 03:58 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	onerose	05/04/07 03:35 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 03:48 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 03:40 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 03:42 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Gecko	05/04/07 01:51 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 01:56 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	sassyisme	05/04/07 01:39 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 01:57 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 03:48 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 03:53 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 02:12 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 02:15 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 02:18 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Gecko	05/04/07 02:45 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 02:54 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 02:56 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 02:59 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 03:09 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 03:27 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Avaya	05/04/07 04:00 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	joym525	05/04/07 04:02 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 03:32 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 02:33 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 02:45 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 02:54 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	KrazyKat	05/04/07 03:30 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Debbie_L	05/04/07 01:52 PM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	preemiemom	05/04/07 11:30 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 11:24 AM
LOL nrv	BeckaLeigh	05/04/07 11:58 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Debi	05/04/07 10:30 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Witch23	05/04/07 10:21 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	Avaya	05/04/07 10:30 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	elliesmom	05/04/07 10:55 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	sassyisme	05/04/07 10:38 AM
Re: Stay at Home vs Work Outside Home Mothers	nrvouswrk	05/04/07 10:20 AM

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