http://momcominghome.com My Journey from the Corporate World to Working at Home Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/05/21/if-i-had-a-million-dollars-cool-home-office/ 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 ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/05/20/automatically-upgrade-to-wordpress-251/ 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 http://momcominghome.com/2008/05/09/duggar-family-expecting-18/ 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 ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/05/08/cell-phone-usage-the-forbidden-frontier/ Photo by Mike A co-worker shared a story about his previous employer…a story about corporate silliness gone wrong. Apparently, the CEO was into "team-building" and often used the brilliant "bus" analogy from Jim Collins book - Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't "Get the right people on ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/05/01/i-missed-the-bus-you-missed-the-bus-we-all-missed-the-bus/ Jen at Millionaire Mommy Next Door posted a brilliant guest article addressing how to take advantage of the current housing slump and make money through creative house renting and leasing. In our city, there are 16,000 foreclosures for the month of April.  Many of these desperate homeowners attempt to sell before the "Grim Reaper" Bank ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/04/09/renters-take-advantage-of-the-housing-slump/ Avoid Work at Home Scams – Our Story When Dad had his accident in early 2001, our world came crashing down. How could someone in their 20’s who was strong, vibrant, and hard working be struck down so suddenly and told he may never walk normally again? Thankfully, Dad had excellent doctors ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/02/18/avoid-work-at-home-scams/ I normally do a good job on balancing my work responsibilities and home life, but sometimes a heavy workload threatens to tip me off balance.  Here are some great tips on how to manage work and home.  If your starting to feel like your going to crash and burn, check out my for ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/01/15/balancing-work-and-home/ The holidays are over.  My birthday is over.  The kids are back to our school schedule, I am back to my normal work schedule. Reflecting on 2007, I would say it was one of the best years of my life.  I gave birth to Baby A (after two consecutive second trimester ... http://momcominghome.com/2008/01/07/welcoming-2008/ All is well in the world of Mom.  We are incredibly busy right now in the midst of preperations for the Christmas holiday.  Personal tasks combined with my crazy work project, have left me little time to post and read my favorite blogs. I think back to this post: 99 Days ... http://momcominghome.com/2007/12/20/quick-update-and-random-christmas-stuff/