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It’s actually my Blog’s Birthday…3 years. I know it’s only 3 months since I started blogging regularly, but I needed a reason to celebrate!

I love looking through old photographs and journals. It’s interesting to see “how things were” at a given point in time, and to compare how things are now.

Here’s my first post at Mom Coming Home (my how things have changed):

November 6, 2004: “Beginnings”

Welcome! The purpose of this blog is for me to have a webspace to record my thoughts about becoming a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) or possibly a WAHM (work-at-home-mom).

Over the past thirteen years, I have worked outside the home. Some years full-time, some years part-time, and some lean years self-employed. As of November 4, 2004 I have worked two consecutive years full-time. Before that I was self-employed for four years as a network engineer. Networking, as in “LAN/WAN” not the marketing variety.

To sum things up, I work outside the home while my self-employed husband is at home with our five children. We are both completely ready for a role reversal….or would that be a role re-reversal? Anyway, my goal is to be AT HOME next year.

Stay tuned for more details on how I’m getting there.

Wow. 3 years ago, I worked full-time outside of the home and dreamed of the day when I could quit my job. Now I work at home for that same company. And with the addition of Baby A we have six kids! It’s funny how things work out.

To celebrate my birthday, I’m holding my first blog contest for the month of November.

The Contest is about “Your First Blog Post”

Each comment left on this post will count as an entry. To receive an additional two entries, write a post on your blog about your first blog post and link back to Mom Coming Home…I would love to read about how things have changed for you over the months or years.

To show my appreciation, I will post a list of participants each week linking to both your main blog page and your specific blog entry (if you wrote a post).

The Prizes:

On November 30, 2007 - Three random participants will win a $20 gift certificate to Amazon!

Mom’s Rules:

• The three prize winners will be selected at random and receive their $20 Amazon Gift Certificate via e-mail, so please provide a valid e-mail address.
• My kids read my blog, so please keep it clean.
• Let me know you’ve entered the contest via my Contact page
• All entries must be posted no later than Thursday, November 29th.

Have fun reminiscing and thanks for celebrating with me!

~Maura

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October was an amazing month for me.  Here are some of the highlights:

First the “Bloggy Stuff”

• Mom Coming Home hit an all-time record of traffic this month, and I hope that November and December do even better!
• I know the big “G” slapped many of the “big” people…but my little blog went up to PR 2. 
• My new blog design was put in place and it puts a smile on my face! ←Rhyme intended!
• Not only did Liz from Successful-Blog name me a S.O.B. she also held
  a magnificent birthday party in honor of her blog’s 2nd Birthday and I had a blast!  Thank you Liz!
• YC from Internet Marketing Mind wrote a great two-part article that you must check out: 
  Make Money Online - Excuses Part 1 and Make Money Online - Excuses Part 2 
  His articles motivated me to start on a website project that I’ve neglected for over a year.  I’m making good progress on writing the content and hope to share results soon.  Thank you YC
  for the kick this mom badly needed!

October was a month of great work accomplishment

My team completed a work project that’s been in the making for almost five years (seriously).  Due to a number of issues, mainly budget cuts, this project was always put on the backburner…until this year. 

I derive deep satisfaction from knowing it’s done and seeing the many ways our company will benefit from it.

We kicked the Starbucks Habit!

Last month, I wrote about the Starbucks breakup and as promised here is the update on how we’re doing.
In 28 days, we went twice.  We saved $230 this past month by breaking the daily foo-foo coffee habit!  WOW!

Dad and I are examining other areas of spending to see where else we can cut back.

November is promising to be a great month!

My workload will be heavy as another big project gets underway, but I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and spending time with family.  I hope everyone reading can take time this month to spend with their loved ones.

What are you looking forward to?

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Well…here it is!

I am thrilled to welcome you to the new Mom Coming Home design.

When I recently re-dedicated myself to blogging, I decided I needed a new look…something fresh and different, and not an “out of the box” template.  Something that reflects MY personality.  Seeing as I do not have talent for design, I knew I required help to get the look I was after.

After much research, I found E.Webscapes Blog Design Studio and was paired with Joni Ang.  Joni is an amazing and talented designer!  I am so thankful she took my sad little blah blog and transformed it into this fun and vibrant nook on the web.

Joni is a delight to work with.  She truly took the time to understand what I wanted for my blog design.  She also handled the conversion from Movable Type to WordPress…whew!  That alone makes this busy mama skip with satisfaction!

If you’re looking for a blog or website designer, be sure to check out Joni and E.Webscapes.  I know Dad and I will be using them for our future web design needs!

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