February 12th is the national Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day.  A day that celebrates the freedom that working at home provides.  This year I’ve decided to take part in it.  Last year I was too new to the wonderful world of working from home to really care about being involved in it.  Now that I’ve had the opportunity to be self employeed for the past year I have new meaning on what that ‘freedom’ really means.

I’ve got my bathrobe all ready to go along with my nice fuzzy warm slippers.  I can’t wait!  In spirit of the day I’ve also sent a press release to my local newspaper.  I was feeling pretty confident about sending it out but now that I’ve sat on the thought for several hours I’m nervous….LOL!  I’m not sure if I’m ready for the possibility of having a story ran in the local paper (if they decide they want to interview me & run a story).  I’m just a small town girl living in the world of working from home, is that really newsworthy?  What would I have to offer in an interview?  What would I say?  And to think I’d have to be in my bathrobe in the pic for the paper - man what was I thinking????  LOL!

I guess there really is no sense in being anxious about the situation because I don’t even know if they will run a story.  I know that one thing I wanted to do this year in terms of goals was to begin stepping outside of my comfort zone and this would definitely meet that goal ;-)  Maybe I’ll get my 15 seconds of fame, we’ll see

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Yesterday I had a bit of a ‘down’ day.  I didn’t feel real hot and I was just unmotivated to do ANYTHING!  So it was kind of a long day but I woke up in a great mood today.  In fact I’ve been grinning from ear to ear and just smiling all day and I’m not sure why…LOL.

I smiled at lots of people today too.  I went to get my nails done and I was smiley, chatty cathy.  To go along with my smiley funky mood I went with a hot pink nail polish :-)  It doesn’t exactly fit the color of winter but I figured I’d ’spice’ it up and give my nails a fun look to go along with my mood.  I’m glad I went with it cause I’m just totally loving it!

It feels so funny to be in such a great mood but not know why…LOL.  I like it and the results that came from it.  I’ll try it more often

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I just finished watching the Dr. Phil show from today and I am still amazed at the lack of respect that the husbands and wives had towards one another.  The first couple on there was just crazy!  She called him a sissy and all sorts of other things.  Another couple on there the girls fiance was so full of himself that it made me wanna thow up.  Egotistical popped into my mind but he said he’s just confident…LOL!  He was in the mirrow dancing telling himself how hot he was and it was just ridiculous.  The fiance was complaining about how she comes home from work and all he talks about is himself and how all these girls hit on him and want to get with him, etc.  And to think that they aren’t even married yet.

Do men and women just not respect each other anymore or what?  I guess when I think about being married and committed I think about loving my husband and mutually respecting one another.  No name calling, no talking about me me me (or vice versa). 

Anyways it was just really disturbing to see the lack of respect that these people that love each other have!  It was so sad. 

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Caleb and I had an awesome night tonight!  We spent a few hours playing games and watching some TV.  We even had a tickle fest, something I haven’t done with him in ages!  It was so great tickling him and just watching his face light up with laughter.  And to see the twinkle in his eyes while playing UNO just reminded me why I wanted to work at home in the first place. 

It’s funny how so many times my work consumes my life and my time with Caleb, totally opposite of what I wanted when I came home to work and I don’t realize it until we have a fun night.  Tonight just reminded me that I’ve got to get my priorities back in line and start spending a few hours of time devoted to just him every night!

Tucking him into bed tonight was priceless.  The smile on his face, that big long bear hug and the “mom you’re the best and I love you so much” is something that I want more of! 

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Besides the fact that I’m not a ‘morning’ person I usually don’t like mornings because Caleb just doesn’t listen to anything I tell him & he has to argue and fight with me about anything!  We go head to head about whether he is going to eat first or get dressed first, you know silly things that a mother & an 8 year old child should not be fighting over!  Well actually we should never be fighting because I’m the mother and he is the child!  Anyways, the point I was making was that this morning was actually somewhat enjoyable!  Caleb wasn’t argumentative with me, he did what he was told when he was told no questions asked.  Weird.  Hello who is this child and where is my son? ;-)  Now if only every morning could be this enjoyable.

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