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Recession Equals Bad Haircuts

Mom — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:28:50 +0000

I read a funny post at Wall Street Journal about consumers taking scissors into their own hands in an attempt to save money…sometimes with scary results that end up costing them more in the long run!

I’m no stranger to the DIY home haircut – I found that taking my time and only doing simple cuts works best for me. I leave my daughter’s layered cut to the pros.

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The Sweetest Words

Mom — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:02:14 +0000

“Your daughter’s biopsy is clean”

Thank you Lord! V is finally home from the hospital and feeling much better. She is on heavy duty antibiotics and has been without a fever for 48 hours now.

Things are slowly getting back to normal here at the house…some incredibly kind and generous families from church brought us dinner the past few nights, so I am catching up on cleaning and paying bills.

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Working from the Hospital

Mom — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:42:44 +0000

*sigh*

Another benefit of working at home, is the ability to take your work anywhere. I only need my cell phone, laptop, and decent wireless Internet connection to work.

Unfortunately, I never thought I’d be working from a hospital room. Our 10yo daughter V, was admitted last Saturday with a fever and an extremely swollen lymph node in her neck. She wasn’t responding to antibiotics and her symptoms worsened. V had surgery Friday night to remove the lymph node.

We are awaiting biopsy and pathology results. Please pray for our sweet girl. She has gone through quite an ordeal this past two weeks.

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Here is a House to Rehab!

Mom — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:25:14 +0000

Check out this “gem” of a house in Houston:

See the entire listing and view more pictures HERE.

“Pick up this gem, dust it off, add polish and it will shine”

Seriously?

How about: Condemn this bad boy and bulldoze it to the ground!!!

Work at Home Outside

Mom — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:43:02 +0000

Ah…after a long winter (yes…it was that bad since I’m still talking about it months later) where the color grey dominated everything, the warmth of summer and gorgeous blue skies entice me to spend time outdoors.

On nice days, I like to pack up my laptop and work at home outside.

The change of scenery, healthy doses of fresh air and sunshine, do my soul good.

Here are two of my favorite spots to work outside:

These locations are ideal because they are within reach of a power source. Also, if rain threatens to fall, I can pickup my stuff and head indoors quickly. If the rain is light, I usually stay outside on the veranda, sheltered by the roof overhead.

The patio is also a great place to work and watch the kids play.

How about you? If you work at home, do you have an “outdoor home office” you enjoy?

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We Interrupt this Blogging Break…

Mom — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:34:10 +0000

I didn’t mean to be gone so long…it’s been a busy summer. I’ve completed three major work projects, one which expanded our business and network to Hong Kong. Our oldest daughter moved back home to attend college locally, so we’ve been doing some room re-arranging. Oh, and we just returned from an amazing 2 week vacation in Ireland!

We are looking at purchasing another apartment building (the rental market here is booming!) and I’ve been working on financing options that tie up the least amount of our own money.

I think I finally figured out what I want to do with myself…and it ain’t slaving over Cisco equipment the rest of my days! I started a “niche” info website a few months back and it is finally earning enough money to pay for my hosting fees and then some. I am excited to see my traffic grow every month and I am trying to add a few pages a week.

I love it. I really enjoy building my website and can see myself doing a few more. The best part is that I can work at home in my spare time. It may take me a few years to build up enough income from my sites to be able to quit my “work at home” day job, but I am not going to let that discourage me! I am trying to take it slow (my day job is stressful enough, thank you!) and learn as much as I can about information publishing.

My first site is a guide about Naperville, IL. I know there are other “travel guide” sites on Naperville, but they are just generic directories that lack a personal touch. I want to offer my visitors a taste of what Naperville is like through my personal experiences and photos.

I encourage you to check out my site at: http:\\www.naperville-guide.com

If I Had A Million Dollars – Cool Home Office

Mom — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:00:42 +0000

Dad and I are in the process of finishing the basement. In said basement, will be the ultimate his/her work at home office! Oh…I can’t wait! We are at the hanging drywall stage, and when there is more progress I’ll post pics.

In the meantime, check out this awesome tree fort office! What a gorgeous view!

Automatically Upgrade to Wordpress 2.5.1

Mom — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:14:30 +0000

As some of you know, last year I made the decision to move my blog from Movable Type to Wordpress.

Joni Ang from E.Webscapes did all the hard work for me, as well as create Mom Coming Home’s vibrant design!

So…Wordpress 2.5 came out and to be honest, I let the task to upgrade sit on the back-burner for a while. This was due to my laziness…some days after working “IT” all day, I don’t feel like doing anything techie.

Anyway, I found this amazing Plugin that takes all the guess work out of how to upgrade. After I took a backup of my website, I installed the plugin and the upgrade was complete in less than 2 minutes! It was safe and easy!

Install Instant Upgrade Plugin for Wordpress from Zirona –> Click here to Download
Upload and unzip to you WordPress Plugins folder
Activate the Instant Upgrade plugin from your Admin Panel
Go to the Options tab, Click InstantUpgrade and choose an upgrade method. Pick either FTP or HTTP. I went with HTTP, and it worked with my web host.
Next, the plugin notifies that it’s ready to upgrade. Go to Manage, InstantUpgrade, and start the Wordpress 2.5.1 upgrade process. It installs the 2.5.1 Upgrade in less than 1 minute.
That’s it! Your blog is upgraded to the latest greatest version of WordPress!

A big thank you to Alex at Zirona Open Source Consulting for making my upgrade a breeze! The Instant Upgrade Plugin is free, but please consider donating if you use the plugin so these guys can keep creating excellent code!

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Duggar Family Expecting #18

Mom — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:41:19 +0000

Congratulations to the Duggar Family. Expecting #18 (or maybe #18 and #19 if it’s twins). God Bless them…and I thought my home was full with 6 kids!

Read more about the big announcement on MSNBC:

Michelle Duggar gives her kids a Mother’s Day surprise: ‘We’re expecting!’

Help the Duggars name the newest baby here

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Cell Phone Usage – The Forbidden Frontier

Mom — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:41 +0000

Last night, in honor of our son’s 6th birthday, we went out to his favorite restaurant – Buffalo Wild Wings.

After dinner, I took a trip to the ladies restroom where I encountered rather shocking behavior. In one of the stalls, a woman was talking loudly on her cell phone…while using the restroom!

I understand (well…I really do not) some people live and die by their cell phones. However, chatting on the phone while using the restroom? C’mon! There is nothing so important that you cannot wait a few minutes and call the person back from a more appropriate place.

Besides invading others privacy, these rude cell phone talkers show little regard for the person on the other line. Can you imagine talking to a friend or colleague and being exposed to the sounds of “bathroom business”?

Nothing says I care about you like a loud flush.

How tacky.