Tag Archives: stay-at-home moms

Finances, Work and Marriage

Who is the main financial planner in your marriage? Is it you or your spouse? According to Nancy Gibbs in her article What Women Want Now, 65% of women cite themselves as being the family’s main financial planner. 71% labeled themselves the ’family accountant.’ Mediamark Research and Intelligence tends to back up those claims saying women in the make 75% of the buying decision in home in the USA. I wonder is it any different in Australia or the U.K. Anyone care to comment? Despite the recession and economic downturn many women have more control over money than ever before. … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: July 30 – August 5

Last week it finally dawned on me that summer vacation is almost over. I headed out to begin stocking up on school supplies and found some great sales. Finding such excellent deals on so many items persuaded me that this was a Good Time to Buy Supplies for the Home Office. Julie Gentry commented on that article and offered another tip, stating: “We also use this time to stock up on supplies to send overseas through AnySoldier.com.” What a terrific idea! *Click here to learn more about AnySoldier. Next, on the list was Building a Deck. We are planning to … Continue reading →

Stay at Home Moms

Whether you work at home running a home business or your home (and family) is your work, you have a lot of responsibility. You deserve a break, a pick me up, a little downtime. While downtime may involve different things for different people, most stay at home moms need to actually get out of the house once in a while. There’s nothing wrong with that, so don’t feel guilty. I used to feel guilty about it. After all, what kind of mom would want to get out and away from her family? The kind that likes her sanity. Getting away … Continue reading →

Staying at Home with the Kids and Working as a Transcriptionist, Part Four

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Missed part three? Check it out here! Otherwise, read on to find out how to bring the ideas listed before all together to work for you. Many mothers use a combination of these techniques: They work after the kids go to sleep for an hour, they work during naptime, they have the kids watch their favorite show in the afternoon and they work during that show, … Continue reading →

Staying at Home with the Kids and Working as a Transcriptionist, Part Three

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Missed part two? Check it out here! Otherwise, read on to find out some ideas on how to deal with children underfoot while working: Close the door and put a sign up, “Mother Working, Disturb ONLY if Blood is Involved.” This requires your children to be old enough to basically police themselves–you would obviously not want to do this with a toddler. Mothers have done this, … Continue reading →

Staying at Home with the Kids and Working as a Transcriptionist, Part Two

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Missed part one? Check it out here! Otherwise, read on to find out some ideas on how to deal with children underfoot while working: Work during the kid’s naps. This is only if your children are young enough to still be taking naps. Many mothers plan on nap time to get stuff done, but many times they don’t know how long their kids will sleep or … Continue reading →

Staying at Home with the Kids and Working as a Transcriptionist, Part One

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. I know that I said that the medical transcription series was done, but I started to think about it, and I realized that I never wrote any blogs about how to deal with children while working as a transcriptionist. We did talk about how most of the medical transcription work done in America is done at home, and did cover the flexibility and the types of … Continue reading →

Why do You Want to Become a Medical Transcriptionist? Part Two

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. We already covered why most people want to become a medical transcriptionist (so they can work at home) and the fact that I personally got into the MT field for this very reason. I thought that listing some good reasons to become an MT, and some bad ones, would be helpful to those who are trying to make this decision for themselves. Good reasons to become … Continue reading →

A Question A Week: Making Minimum Wage

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This is ongoing series where I ask a question a week to my readers. To see the post where this all started, check this out. I have been a part of some of the largest WAHM (work-at-home mom) forums on the ‘net for a long time, and I have seen companies come onto the forums and ask for workers. “We pay $0.25 to do (whatever), it can be done at any time, day or night, and you can do as much as you want to. With the pay rate of $0.25 per item, you should make about $3.00 an hour. … Continue reading →

Stay-at-Home Moms Deserve Raise: Latest Salary.com Survey

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The way I see it, someone owes me money. According to the most recent (May 2, 2007) salary.com survey, stay-at-home moms should rake in just over $138,000 a year. The company surveyed over 40,000 mothers and determined that we perform 10 typical jobs that would equal a salary of $138,095 annually ,if we worked outside the home. This figure was an increase of 3% from the May 2006 survey. The company has been conducting these types of surveys for the past seven years. According to a company press release, Bill Coleman, senior vice-president and chief compensation officer at Salary.com reports … Continue reading →