Showing posts with label bored. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bored. Show all posts

Monday, July 20, 2015

My home business - lavender products

**I'm so excited to announce that I've started a youtube channel discussing everything home making. My channel name is Surviving As Mom.  Check it out!! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrj6ilyMI5G2hnraXRWpEQ


Being home all day with my kids is a blessing.  I know how lucky I am to have the opportunity to be home with them rather than work a full time job.  However, it can get a bit dull.  I don't know about you, but I get very antsy not earning any money.  I've been working since I was 14 years old.  Before that, I'd have yard sales, lemonade stands, take polaroid pictures at the beach, and anything else I could think of to earn a buck.  To me, it was magical to have money handed to me for my services.  I've never gotten rid of the itch to make money for myself.  Even when I was working full time, I was always looking for ways to earn cash directly for my services.

Since I was a kid, I've tried many things.  Now, as a stay-at-home-mom, I'm back to finding creative ways to earn a buck.  Not that I need to, but I LIKE to.  I've done everything from selling adult "toys" at home parties, cleaning services, face painting to my latest of lavender spa and beauty products.  The problem is I lose patience and get discouraged easily.  I have big dreams of success but no patience to give success a chance.  I'm gonna try to be patient this time.  I have some stuff made and I'm gonna just wait to see if it sells.  If it sells, I'll make more and go from there.

So my latest venture is making lavender spa and beauty products.  I have lots of lavender plants that I never know what to do with when I harvest the flowers, so I did some research and found some fun recipes for making beauty products.  I've already made a bunch of stuff, so I'm just trying to sell it.  I have a Facebook business page and an etsy.com store.  I'll keep an eye out too for local craft fairs and flea markets.  I don't expect to get rich, but it will be nice to have cash in my hands in exchange for my work.

Here's the info if you're interested...

LavenderbyMeri.etsy.com



Monday, March 3, 2014

Bored out of my mind as a SAHM

**I'm so excited to announce that I've started a youtube channel discussing everything home making. My channel name is Surviving As Mom.  Check it out!! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrj6ilyMI5G2hnraXRWpEQ

I am forever thankful for the ability to be a SAHM and be with my children every minute of every day.  However, I am SOO bored on a daily basis, I feel like I'm gonna lose my mind!  If there is a SAHM out there who says she isn't bored with the monotony of caring for small children and maintaining a home, she is lying ...or maybe just completely insane!

I love that I can witness all of the "firsts", that I can go to every event, I control everything my children eat, experience, learn and so on.  It's nice to not have to leave to go to work when I'd rather spend the day with the most important little people in my life.  I love that they rely on my completely for everything.

Unfortunately, I also find my daily tasks to be extremely boring and I long for mental stimulation beyond cooking, cleaning, laundry, organizing, changing diapers, feedings, wiping boogers, breaking up fights, and all the other duties that belong to MOM.  I'm not saying I have nothing to do.  In fact, I'm exhausted from nonstop work that I do daily.  It takes an endless amount of energy to care for 3 small boys while maintaining a clean and organized home (plus a large dog).  By the middle of the day, I am ready to claw my eyes out from boredom!  I find myself walking around aimlessly trying desperately to entertain my brain with something other than what I do every single day.  By the evening, after all the kids are in bed, I feel terribly anxious from the boredom. I try to relax and enjoy my regular tv shows with my husband, but that is only a temporary fix.

Every day is the same.  I Drag myself out of bed, make breakfast for everyone,  brush my teeth and change from my pj's to my house clothes (sweats, t-shirt and sports bra), change diaper and entertain the kids for a few hours.  Then 12:00 is nap time for the baby while I do some misc housework.  The baby wakes up around 2:00, which means I have to entertain everyone for a few more hours.  Then I start dinner, then baths and bed.  Occasionally there's an appointment thrown in here and there.  The winter is the worst because we are all stuck in the house.  At least in the summer, we can sit in the back yard and play.  About once a week, I muster up the courage and energy to bring everyone to the park for a few hours.  Every day is the same.  Boring, tedious, monotonous!

I love my children more than anything, and I know how lucky I am to be home with them.  I love to be home with them, but a little mental stimulation would be nice.  Some social interaction wouldn't hurt either.




Thursday, October 10, 2013

"What DO you do all day?"

**I'm so excited to announce that I've started a youtube channel discussing everything home making. My channel name is Surviving As Mom.  Check it out!! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrj6ilyMI5G2hnraXRWpEQ

I love this blog.  Had to share:

http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/10/09/youre-a-stay-at-home-mom-what-do-you-do-all-day/comment-page-18/#comment-39760