Looking for a Home – Based Job?

While some home – based professionals decide to go the route of owning and operating their own home – based businesses, the road to home – based success for others involves finding a great home – based job. There are great home – based jobs out there just waiting to be filled by the right people. Of course, you will have to investigate each opportunity thoroughly to ensure that it is legitimate, but the time and effort that you spend doing that research until you find just the right home – based job is well worth it. The original job … Continue reading

Home Business Spotlight: Copywriting

The world of writing encompasses many different avenues. There is no shortage of job opportunities when it comes to writing. So if you are just starting out, you may be surprised at the different types that are available. One of the more potentially lucrative writing careers is found with copywriting. Copywriting is almost like an art form, as you are responsible for producing words that will effectively sell and promote a particular service, product or company. Copyrighters produce advertisements and content that can be found in newspapers, magazines, radio ads, commercials, billboards, flyers, catalogs, coupons, brochures, pamphlets and so much … Continue reading

Have You Seen the Modern Homemaker Line?

I am a homemaker myself. I made that choice when I decided to have kids. But, the term “homemaker” has always sounded old-fashioned to me. Anyone else feel this way? Well, whether or not it sounds old-fashioned, when we make the choice to stay home with our kids and be Moms, and give up careers, or other interests, we are in fact, making homes…right? Well, there is a line of scrapbooking papers and embellishments that I have to admit caught my eye. It is called Modern Homemaker by October Afternoon. This line is one that I want to add to … Continue reading

Unique Home-Based Businesses

Lately, I have been educating myself about the variety of home-based businesses that are out there. Today, I would like to point out that having a successful home-based business does not have to involve having a cookie-cutter career. In fact, people who choose to blaze their own trails as home-based business owners have a great deal of freedom in choosing what they will do for work. Their creativity is limited only by what the market will support. The internet plays a large role in enabling many unique and different home-based businesses to succeed. It provides instant, inexpensive access to potential … Continue reading

I’ll Be Staying Home on Black Friday

I have been sufficiently barraged by advertisements and am well aware of the upcoming sales on Black Friday. Sure, the thought of $3.00 toasters and blender from Target, and sweater dresses from Kohl’s are very appealing, I am not swayed enough to leave my home on Black Friday. Sure, there will be lots of sales that I won’t be able to get my hands on later, but the chance of actually being able to get my hands on those items is slim to none. “There are some caveats. Included in the fine print amongst the Black Friday advertisements and circulars … Continue reading

The Smelly Home Conspiracy

There is a huge market out there for home fragrance products, all of them vying for your hard earned money. The advertisements seems to tell you that if you don’t buy all of this stuff, your home will smell and you won’t have any friends. If your child’s room doesn’t smell like the scent of pineapple or a summer breeze, then you must be a bad parent. And only dirty housekeepers don’t have a home that smells like a fresh lemon or a spring day. Out of the good of their hearts, they will even give their little machines away, … Continue reading

Tips for Home schooling Multi-Aged Children: Printable Worksheets for Preschoolers

There are numerous times during the day, when you simply have to work individually with your older children and cannot include the little ones. For me, these are also the times when my preschooler just HAS to have my attention. Preschoolers, with their inquisitive minds and insatiable appetite for getting into things, are many home school moms’ biggest challenge. In an effort to try and figure out how to keep my 3 year old occupied without needing my help, I developed a folder of resources and worksheets that I got free from the internet. When all else fails, she has … Continue reading

Earn Money with Your iPad or Tablet

Take advantage of your iPad or Tablet to earn money. With the iPad or Tablets capabilities, you can pad your bank account with some extra cash. Here is how. Selling Books Grab your iPad or tablet and head to the nearest thrift store. Using apps, you can scan promising looking books and find out exactly how much they are worth in the resell market. This means that books you can purchase for 50 cents or a dollar could be worth much, much, more. Don’t forget to hit yard sales as well, where you may be able to pick up an … Continue reading

What Do You Want To Do

Working from home is realistic for many people, however if you are looking to get rich quick you might be in for a surprise. No one is really making $1,000 a week stuffing envelopes, if they were, no one would work outside the home and we would have an excess of stuffed envelopes. There are many opportunities to work from home. Just do a Google search for work at home or home based business and you will find more information than you can possibly read. There’s a lot of garbage in there, companies that will help you replace your income, … Continue reading

How Was Your Black Friday?

Yesterday, my husband and I went out shopping for Black Friday. We did not leave the house until almost noon, but we were okay with that. My husband actually went out twice; the first outing was a spur of the moment trip with his brother on Thursday night around ten. His brother had never done the Black Friday thing before, and they had found a couple of items that they were interested in while they were checking out the ads after Thanksgiving dinner. I was still awake, doing my writing work when my husband returned home with just a couple … Continue reading