This blog was created in memory of my lovely mother Agnes Julia Callens Citrowske. She was a stay at home working mom. She never had a job outside the home unless you call gardening a job outside the home. She raised 18 children and birthed 18 children. She was the greatest mom ever and I miss her dearly. This blog is all about raising great children in today's society. The struggles of being a stay at home mom, especially in today's world. I am not a stay at home mom. My children are grown. I did not start my career until my children were in middle and high school. Up until that time I worked part-time cleaning houses. I had lots of fabulous clients, made good money, but hated it. I am a people person and needed to be around people. I currently work full time at a J.O.B. (JUST OVER BROKE) and I work part time building my Arbonne business. I wish I had found my Arbonne business when my children were younger. What a blessing the business is and oh my goodness the money and freedom that can be created! If I didn't work, I didn't have the money to do anything and if I worked I didn't have the time to do what I wanted. With stay at home business like Arbonne you can have both time freedom and the money you need to do what you want to do.
Most importantly, listen to your heart. If you long to be home with your babies then God will open a way for you to be there for them. You may have to do without a few things...but then again maybe not. It is all in your belief and what you believe you can achieve you will! The bible states without a vision the people perish. What is your vision? What is your dream. Believe it and you can achieve it. Peter doubted..and was chastised. Find your dream and believe it. I want to hear from you...
My doctor was shocked to hear that my mother bore 18 children. She never took any hormones either. Must have been the whiskey and hard work that kept her sane. It's a good thing she didn't work outside the home. Were woman meant to work outside the home? I don't think so. But, since we now are required to do that we should at least do something that gives us the flexibility that we need to maintain a happy and sane home.
ReplyDeleteIs gardening considered working outside the home?
ReplyDeleteIs cooking, cleaning, doing the laundry, raising children considered "working in the home"? Much credit to Grandma...I can barely keep up with 3 kids...I probably don't even do as much "outside" the house (gardening & helping farm) that she did. Oh, but I love to stay at home with my little ones...they grow so fast...even if I do go insame some days:) I have a great support network of other stay at home moms!! Love you Auntie Mari, Sheri
ReplyDeletehome on the range with babies...has got to be the best place to be. I am so happy they have you home with you SheriKay
ReplyDeleteMari, I think mom' OUTSIDE gardening JOB' was...OUTSIDE. ahhh.
ReplyDeleteMaby it was her way of escape, working outside...and the farm has some amazing escapes!
Remember picking those beans and peas, and eating most of them ...Mom never cared:)
Yesterday I had the day off my my JOB...you that is an ancrynom for just over broke...I was busy all day. I had my carpets cleaned by Stanley Steemer, Joe Mattera serviced my computers and set up a back up for me, I dropped some Arbonne off for my MIL and visited with them for a short while, I met with a new client that purchased some wonderful weightloss products.... met with a gal on my team for a for stategy session...again...end of day.
ReplyDeleteWhat I didn't get to do was go for a much needed walk in the beautiful sun and 60 degree day...no there is not a degree button on the keyboard. How many people besides myself miss that button?
Now, got to hit the shower and make it a productive day at my just over broke thing that I go to everyday.
My mother was a stay at home mom. She worked from morning until night. She didn't have time to go to a job. She loved to sing and I bet if they had American Idol when she was young she would have tried out for it. I mentioned in an earlier blog that the whiskey got her through the day. I really have to clarify she turned to the booze when I was a high school student and it was for only a short time. She didn't always have it that easy. But, God restored our mother to us and she became a born again Christian. She was healed from alchoholism and we were blessed with 35 more years of a happy and blessed mother that loved Jesus and served God.
off to work...loved to be working my Arbonne business fulltime from home...
ReplyDeleteThat is my goal...
Recently, my sister retired from her teaching career. But now she is busier than ever. I hear folks say that when they retire they get so busy that they are way too busy to work! They will probably live a very long time.
ReplyDeleteWorking from home is such a great thing. The freedom and flexibility that you can have is wonderful. It is a great thing.
My Husband and I are 'semi' retired. What is that? I think it's when you get hit with a semi...and don't know what happened, nor do you remember much.
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November, 2011. Two things I have decided to do this month. One, to be grateful everyday for something. Continue my gratitude journal.
ReplyDeleteTwo, to participate in the 30 days to fit daily eating. So what is the 30 days to fit? Basically, it is eating clean. What? Eating clean? Yes, no garbage..chips, white flour..yes that is you oh wonderful donuts!!No fried foods. Just food prepared as close to it's natural state as possible.
So as I was standing at my kitchen counter eating my seared bone in pork chop, seasoned with garlic, pepper and fennel and my steamed fresh green beans seasoned with salt and pepper and lightly drizzled with garlic olive oil, I realized that I was my mother. That is how my mother cooked! She didn't have time for fancy recipes and elaborate dishes. Everything was baked or quickly seared. Granted she used bacon grease and not grape seed oil as I do, but nothing was every fried. I didn't experience lasagna until I left home. In fact, I didn't taste spaghetti until I was in college and I remembering enjoying the wonderful tastes of the spicy tomato sauce, when a diva next to me said.."Oh, should we be excited because they put canned mushrooms in it?" Huh? Who was I too complain? I loved it!
But, that my friends is another story. Today my epiphany is that eating clean is becoming popular today, but it was long ago started by my mother Agnes Julia.
Speaking on the 30 days to fit. What temptations are the hardest. For me potato chips are harder to resist than a chocolate bar. It is the salt that I crave, just like my mother.
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