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I started working at home after I decided not to go back to my surgical assisting job when my oldest daughter was born.  I had done transcription with a local company before who was glad to have me back and so I had that opportunity and went for it.  I couldn't go back to work and leave my daughter as much as I thought I would be able to.

I've loved having the ability to be a mom and a worker all at the same time and I am amazed at the people that do work out of the house.  When I've even considered it I start to think about summer time, vacations from school, sick days and what in the world do I do with my 3 kids.  It would take my paycheck to pay for daycare or afterschool care for them.  I like being able to spend my paychecks for things like, oh, food or electricity. 

I do miss working with people and maybe when I can trust the kids home by themselves I may go back to it again, but this is definitely what I feel I should be doing right now.

Is it the typing that's getting you or the subject matter?  Maybe try general or insurance transcription?  I did secretarial work at home for a while, bookkeeping, typing, resumes, insurance typing, databases, mail merges.  I did mystery shopping, but couldn't make any money at it.

I sold on eBay by going to yard sales in the hot afternoon and offering people $1 a box to haul off their leftovers.  Or go early in the morning so you can snap up the collectibles.  Run an ad in the paper that you're buying certain collectibles.  Estate sales and auctions are good sources of stuff, too.  I once paid $12 for several boxes of junk that I sold for $800.  eBay does get tiring quite often between finding packing materials; finding inventory to sell; answering people's emails because they can't bother to read the auction instructions; nonpaying bidders; blatant liars; driving to the post office every day, etc.

I've done some other WAHM jobs but, again, eBay and transcription make the most money for me from my home.

Giggle. Next you'll be telling us you're qualified as Chief of Staff at the hospital you nurse at and transcribe for.  Chuckle.  (Reminds me of the saying, Jack of all trades, master of none.)  Chuckle.

But outsourcing to India doesn't concern me on iota.  Remember ..... they speak a different language than we do and when doctors here hire them, they get exactly what they pay for, which, when you add all things in, they charge for basically equal pay for a real sloppy job........

Never fear, my dear.....India's a joke......

That's why they'd much rather work call centers and do - more money for less work.  Much easier to speak it - albiet half azz - than transcribe it.

Go to www.whitehouse.gov and on the right hand side there is a like to the BarneyCam.  It's a very cute video Mrs. Bush made to take to the Children's Hospital in DC when she visited the kids.  No matter your political persuasion, it's just too cute and you also get to see the holiday decorations.  My grandkids have had a ball watching it tonight.

I've done that, too, unfortunately - when I was a kid.  Takes the hide right off!

One way or the other. I wouldn't have cats if I had to deal with a stinking litter box. Yuck!

And no comments about how could I possibly like my cats if I let them outdoors, blah, blah, blah.

They've always been outdoor cats. We live in a remote rural area with no traffic. They are healthy, fixed, up-to-date on all shots, vet checked, well fed and well taken care of. We tried to keep them in after hearing all of the horror stories about letting your cats outdoors, but they weren't buying it and kept howling to go out. The eldest is 13 and the younger one is 9. They started out as outdoor cats and apparently are going to stay that way.

My dog will jump on her hind legs and "box" with you by smacking your hands with her front paws.

My cat likes to go berserk inside cardboard boxes.  He also perches on my desk and dips his paws in my betta bowl.  Then he climbs all the way up the screen door and yowls if I'm outside.  Typical cat behavior, I guess, but this is my first kitty so it's funny.  He's a loverboy, too.  He crawls up on me, sticks his head under my hair, chews my hair, bites my neck, purrs and goes to sleep.

My kids did this in kindergarten and I still hang them every year.

It's their handprint on a piece of paper to make it look like a Christmas postcard but with yarn to hand on the tree.  Around the handprint is a poem about something like " you've seen this handprint on the walls, fridge, steering wheel of your car, etc and it goes on to when they grow up.  I'm out of town right now so I can't recite it verbatim (you'd think I'd know it by heart) but it is one of the most sentimental things I have from them.