Mommy Life

Now that I have been devoting most of my "work time" to blogging I have found I really don't have that much time in a day to blog. I mentioned in my SuperMom Life blog that I now consider 9-5 my "day job". I had to do this because my life was become consumed by the Internet. I was trying so hard to work as much as I could but my family was suffering for it.
So even though I know my mommy life ob doesn't really end at 5pm, it has helped me to stay focused.

Time To Budget

I am really excited about my Time To Budget blog. Right now I have a PR4 and my Alexa rank is improving. I am hoping that this blog will keep improving in popularity. I have been recieving a lot of encouraging words from other bloggers. My other blogs are doing good too. I think I have narrowed it down to three blogs that I will be devoting most of my energy toward.

Moms Opportunity Network Forum Temperarily Disabled

I am very sorry to say that I couldn't figure out how to upgrade the forum software for the Moms Opportunity Network forum and I had to disable it because of all the spam we have been getting. I didn't want to have to do it but I think for right now it's the best thing. I am hoping that I will be able to figure out the upgrading process but to be honest I wasn't really a very good admin. I have only a limited amount of time and most of my online work is now spent on blogging. I really enjoyed chatting with all the regulars to the boards and will miss that.
I hope you all understand the decision I had to make.

Car Repairs

It was bound to happen. It was only a matter of time that our commuter car would need repair. Just the other day it finally died on my husband as he was driving to work. So after $700 we will be getting our car back.
Since we are trying to stick to our no borrowing money convictions we have to pay with cash. This means that we may not have money to pay for our mortgage. I believe God will provide for us so I am trying not to worry about it. Maybe I should be fully trusting Him instead of saying "trying not to worry about it" but I am human and I worry sometimes.
Maybe if I practice saying it I will actually believe it :). I trust that God will provide for our needs :)

My Vacationing Dreams

My hope this summer is to visit my sister in Georgia. Not sure it's going to happen because we don't exactly have the money to do it. But my dream is still there. I haven't seen my sister in years and she has never seen my youngest daughter which was named after her.
I don't know how things will be this summer but I am hoping. Our family doesn't vacation very often. It's usually the same old story of not enough money. Not sure that story will change any time soon. I am trying very hard to be patient and not get all stress about it. I think this post may sound a little stressed :).
There are so many places I would like to visit. I would love to be able to take my kids to places other than the few states we have traveled around us.
There are many beautiful resorts that would just be a blast to visit.

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My Time To Budget Blog has a PR4!

I just discovered that I was checking my page rank all wrong on my Time To Budget blog. I thought I had a PR of 0 but turns out it is a 4. I am so excited. I can't tell you how happy this makes me. My mistake was checking the PR like this > http://www.timetobudget.com when I was supposed to be checking it like this > http://timetobudget.com. Not sure why but I am just trilled with the news.
I do feel kind of silly though. I have been complaining to everyone who would listen that I was sick of having a PR 0. So all is good now. I also found out that may Horse Approved blog has a PR3. Yippy!!!!

Working At Home Has Been Nearly Impossible

About a month ago I decided I was going to set hours for myself. I decided that the things I do in the day with my kids and house chores would be my "day job". I scheduled my day job hours to end at 5:00pm.
Ok I realize this may sound crazy because every mom knows their responsibilities don't end at 5:00pm. What this really did for me was to keep me from getting online and doing work until after 5:00 pm. I wrote about this more on my SuperMom Life blog.
My family life has been much better now that I don't get on the computer until evening but the problem is that I don't really have much time to work. Some days I have to skip it completely. Since the type of work I do is very flexible I don't have pressures except for the ones I place upon myself.
This has reflected on how much money I have been making though. Before I started this schedule I was making from $400 - $600 a month. Now I am not making nearly that much. But money isn't everything. I had to think about my family and how all the time on the computer was affecting them.
I am now trying to get back into the swing of things and balance work and home life. We will see how I manage.