Motivated Single Mommy

I have been struggling with the idea of not seeing my son while I work full time and go to school full time, so I have truly found my motivation. I have been working all week at my job, but also working all week at my online income. It has been hard at times, but then I think about being able to watch my son grow up. Spending a week and a half with him showed me exactly what I have been missing since I have been working non stop. I have to figure it out!

Motivation is a real key to success. I have thought about so many things that I want to do with my son, and I am trying to get it together so that I can. I am motivated to make an income from home, and I believe that I will. If nothing else I want to start working part time while I go to school. I just can't miss out on so much of his life. I know that single moms do it all the time, but I am working on an alternative to killing myself so that he can have the best. I still want him to have the best, but I want to do it in a different way.

I posted on my other blog about things that I am doing to earn more of an income online so check it out if you would like.

my at Home Income Blog

It is Time to get My Health in Order

My baby boy will be a year old June 10th and recently I have realized that I have put myself last with everything in my life. I really should have realized it a while back, but I had a veil over my eyes. Before I got pregnant with my son I had lost more than 50 pounds by working hard. I started at 210 and went down to almost 150. My highest weight during my pregnancy was 205. Once my baby was born I lost 30 pounds. Some how I have been putting weight on a little at a time and I now weigh 186 pounds. This is affecting my health and my body.

In December I had a knee injury and I kept putting things off as far as getting back into shape. Thursday I had to go to the hospital with stomach problems and found out I have cysts on my ovaries as well as a few other problems. This has really given me a wake up call. If I could just lose 20 pound it could dramatically decrease my knee pain and my stomach issues. These problems are really affecting my life. I am now on pain pills for these issues. I hate taking any medicine, especially with a toddler running around the house.

It is time for this single mommy to get her health in order. I have put together a plan to make some serious changes in my diet. I want to lose a total of 50 pounds. The last time I did this in five months, so I know that it is very achievable. I am very motivated at the moment and I want this change. My health and my self esteem has been jeopardized by my lack of taking care of myself.

All moms need to remember that if we do not remember to take care of ourselves, we will not be able to take care of our children. It's funny how big of a difference it can make in there lives if we are healthy. I do not want my son to have to take care of me when he gets older. I want to be able to go on adventures with him when he is older.

Cafe Press

I have been looking into Cafepress for a little while now, and I have finally decided to open up a shop. I called the shop Single Mommy Shop. I know it is not original, but I think it fits well with my blog and my life. I chose to do just a small markup unlike a lot of shops I have noticed. I am not looking to get rich, i just wanted something to help a little with my boy. I am actually having fun trying to come up with ideas for different items for the mommy and the baby. I am hoping that after a couple of weeks I will have a pretty large selection of items that mommy's will be interested in. I will also be putting together a section just for work at home moms. I would like to get some unique items so keep looking if you are interested.

Cafepress seems to be a great place for single mommy's to make some money from home. If you are looking for ways you should check into it.
Come visit my store on CafePress!

My Goal for 2012

I have finally sat down and made my goals for the year of 2012. As a single mommy I had to make sure that everything I plan will make my sons life better. It took me a while because I have had so much going on, but this is something I had to do to make my sons life better, as well as my own.

I recently signed up for classes at Pikes Peak Community College and that was one of my biggest goals for 2012. I still have to register for classes and get some final things finished, but it was a huge goal for me to go back to school.

My next big goal is to make an income from home so that I will be able to spend more time with my son while I am going to school. I have been making a small income from home for the last couple of years, but I want to push myself even further. I feel that I will be able to make enough of an income so that I will be able to  work exclusively from home by the time school starts in August. Even though I love my job, my son always comes first.

I have other small goals, but these are the most important to me. I am hoping that I can keep the same motivation that I have today. I know that doing all of this is going to be hard, but it is going to be worth every bit of effort that I have.

Adjusting to Working Full Time and Being a Full Time Single Mommy

Wow things are so different this week. It is my first week to return to work full time and try to still be a full time mommy to my son. I am working evenings so I am missing putting him to bed, but I get up with him early in the morning to make sure that he has his mommy time. My family took him to an Indian festival in a town near hear yesterday and they got a lot of pictures of him with the Indians and even wolves. I know I am going to miss a lot of these things as he gets older. I know that I have to make sure he is taken care of, and no one else is going to do it. I am blessed with my Mom, she has been taking care of him for me while I work and I appreciate it more than she can ever imagine. Life is a struggle at the moment with working, being a single mommy, trying to make sure my sisters kids are taken care of, and making sure everything else in our lives is OK. These struggles will get easier and hopefully eventually go away once I get everything together.

The New Single Mommy Blog

I am a 31 year old soon to be first time mommy, and single. I was with the father of my child for 6 years, but things have not worked out very well. I will be doing this on my own. The only help I have is my mom and sister, and I am very thankful for them. I work part time for minimum wage, so I do not make a lot of money. My baby boy is due June 9th, and I am mentally ready but not quite financially ready. I do have a few hundred dollars put away, but as of now I will only be able to take 4 weeks of maternity leave if I do not have to use that money for other bills before the baby is due.

I have been blogging about things from working online and personal finance, but I wanted to share my mommy experience with others. In this blog I will share things about saving money on child and mommy, websites that I think others may find helpful, product reviews, and much much more. This will be a great ways for me to share my experience, help others, and hopefully make a little extra money to care for my child.