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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