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[tonys_sunrise]

Alright moms come here everyday looking for help right? Just let me give you some back ground on me then I'll ask my questions.

Okay I am 24 and have 3 boys under 5. I had my first when I was only 19 and they just seem to pop out now about every 2-3 years. Right now my hubby and I are flat broke. its really bad. Insurance has lapsed and my Mini Van is in desperate need of some work. I have never had a "grown up" job and it makes it really hard to try and get a job making squat. I mean it would be no prob gettign a job making $6 an hour but thats really not worth my time. I mean after paying for gas and daycare I would really jsut be paying to work. I am thinking of doing some at home college classes for something. Thats my problem. I have no idea what the hell I want to do with the rest of my life. I would love to do something in family law or forensics. Doing realestate wouldn't be that bad either. It would be a dream though to be able to do something form home. Transcription seems to be the way to go. Despite how it seems on here I type great. I average 65 WPM with 95% accuacey. But everyone wants you to have like 3 years experiance. How can you get experiancce with out a chance to prove yourself. I mean truely.

Now my questions:

Do you have a stay at home job? If so what?

Have any of you went to an online college? Which one? How did finacial aid work?

What about real estate, are any of you realtors? I think it would be so cool to own my real estate office and sell celebrities vacation homes in my area. Tommy Lee Jones is among a few who already vacation here. I've seen him in person a few times at local restruants. People jsut say hi and go about thier buisiness.

I guess this was one of those rambling posts huh. Well talk to yall later this week.

[mamaseita]

May. 12, 2007 at 11:55 AM

i am 43 years old . i am in the midst of a second family. i ask myself the same questions you are almost daily. with my first family i stayed home and my husband worked. i was fortunate enough to be fiancially comfortable for most of the years NOT to work but towards the end of our marriage i worked a part time job. let me back up . my dream has alwasy been to be an artist. since i was old enough to talk it is my life long dream. when i got marriad at 20 and had 3 kids over the next 7 years i didnt see my dreams anymore because of the hubbub of kids and life and a miserable marriage.

now i am remarriad and starting over with 2 more kids they are now 5 and 6 and my husband stays home wiht the kids becaseu daycare is so high and we chose not to pay someone to raise our kids. we have made a lot of sacrifices to stay home with them and have lived way below the standard of most. but here we are the youngest going on kindergarten and my husband will be going back to work. i have supported the family working as a nurses aide. working grueling hours . i work four 24 hours shift in a row away from home.  i miss my kids and my husband so much sometimes it hurts. but what i miss most is my life. and the choices i have made so far  have been for eveyone else. now once again i am 43 now . i have lived my whole life serving and growing up 2 families.

i still ask my self ........when will i go back to school and do what i want..... without feeling guilty and without feeling like i am letting someone down in the family becasue i am doing something i have dreamed of my whole life. eveyone says i should go to school to be a nurse, i am a natural you see. i love caring for others and nursing is the field right now to go into..lots of work and money. but my heart still tells me i need to go for art.  so i am stuck. so my family suffers fiancially becasue i go to school to be an ARTIST .... who does that anymore right? or i do the logical thing and go to be a nurse.... some have even said do both and be an art therepist..... but i jsut want to go home to my studio and paint..or throw some pottery. so am i selfish? ....i dont know. did i help you in your quest for truth...probably not. what i can say is follow your dreams young. you have more time. i am not old in any sense of the word. trust me , i care for the elderly and i know old. but now i think of things like retirement and how will i make it on an artist's salary. especially if no one likes my work and never buys it.... follow you  your heart. that is what i am going to do ..... no matter the age.

[lradant]

May. 12, 2007 at 11:57 AM

Maybe take some aptitude tests at a local college or tech to see what you're likely to do well in. Then get the classes you need. It will take time to finish and actually to earn an income. You'll also have financing the education to think about and loans to pay after, All worth it though if it's what you want to do.

I do work from home but having a home business is work too! The money doesn;t happen overnight. But there are pros to it like setting your own hours and even deciding what you want the monthly check to be and earning it. No waiting for a promotion or "raise".  I use to work full time and missed so much when my boys were young. Wish I had found what I do sooner.

Good luck whatever route you go. If you want my story and the mistakes I made looking for a home biz, just let me know! Would love to save you some headaches...and money!  Above all, follow your heart and you can;t go wrong!

Linda

[classicgirl]

May. 12, 2007 at 6:05 PM i have a few suggestions, first would be cocktail... i know it kinda sucks but you could work around your hubby's schedule and make bank! the other is apply at one of the school's as a teacher's aide and they pay usually around $10 an hour. hope that helps with some ideas. i also just started avon so i'll let you know how that goes.

[penguinsrock]

May. 14, 2007 at 10:19 AM Good luck. I have no clue where to tell you to start. Please keep us updated!!! *hugs*