Here's my youngest, sitting in the doorway watching his sisters play outside.
Today was a glorious, beautiful Spring day. Well, at least it was beautiful here in the Midwest. I enjoyed a morning of work (at home, ’cause that’s what I do) & then the kiddos & I played outside for a bit. I was able to get quite a bit of laundry done (which is saying a lot for me), I cleaned the kitchen, and I started this new blog (well, that’s what I’m doing now). Oh, the design probably won’t stay the same very long, but I do have high hopes and aspirations for this blog. [side note: My original idea was to do a fun freehand illustrated design, but the pen for my tablet broke and I'm just not getting the same desired look from using the mouse. So I ordered a new pen from eBay today (with 8% cashback from Bing!) - as it is apparent I need the pen for my business and for this blog design ( I threw together the design you're seeing now pretty quickly today).] ps – you’ll probably see a lot of side notes in this blog as it progresses because I write like I talk, & I’m constantly going off on other tangents as I think/talk/write.
Okay, so my hopes and aspirations for this blog. First of all, I want it to be a personal blog – where I can share the things going on in my life – not that anyone reading really cares about those things, but it’s good for me to have a “place” to vent. Yes, I already had a personal blog, but I wasn’t very good at maintaining it and it had no direction. It just existed. Plus, I had to think of a name at the time (as I had originally used a blog’s name that was already in existence – yea, she didn’t own the domain, but I ended up selling it to her at cost and moving on), so I came up with Momtastrophe. It sounded good at the time, because that is what I felt like. A mom of three, under 3 yrs., that felt like she was a chicken running around with her head cut off (most of the time that is). Not to say that I still don’t feel like that, because I do have my moments. However, I’m trying to improve upon this, become more organized, better at home-y things & such. I felt like Momtastrophe had a negative connotation with it & I wanted to move in a positive direction.
Upon reading a book for work-at-home mothers, I felt lead to start a blog that follows my work-at-home journey. I’ve been a work-at-home mother for a couple of years now (my first business attempt was not a fit for me & therefore a bust – but more on that later), but I’ve treated it more as a hobby. I’ve started making plans to treat my business as a real business & call myself a work-at-home mom (instead of referring to myself as a stay-at-home mom that also runs a business). I felt that through my experience and what I am learning (and will learn), I could help other parents become work-at-home parents. Yes for SEO (search engine optimization) sake, I should have named my blog something along the lines of work-from-home, or similar keywords. But I decided to go with something that fits my personality a little bit better. I have a huge sweet tooth & my husband calls me Sweets. Plus, I’ve been trying to lose some of this baby weight (with some success) & read an article about how a daily dose of sugar is needed to meet your nutritional requirements. So, a daily dose of sugar popped in my head. I googled it and nothing came up (which I should have done with my very very first blog idea), so a daily dose of sugar was born.
So what is my home business? If you haven’t already figured it out, I’m a graphic & web designer (hence the references to the design of this blog and SEO). My business is bellafaith graphic & web design studio. I have a passion for design & actually have to pull myself away from work to clean around the house [which is hard for this naturally messy, clutter-prone kleptomaniac (which is definitely something I’m working on). I’ll indulge you more about my business later on (and how I started it), but I’ve taken up enough time today with this chatter-post.
