My WAHM Wish Granted…..

I was telling you earlier about Kellys amazing program for WAHM wishes and how we can help here on MomDot for one wish to come true.

What I didn’t tell you was that I entered as well. As most of you know by now, I have a work at home mom business. Its actually the business that “pays” the bills. I am overwhelmed with orders that have to be out by Monday, so my personal posts have slowed a bit. I have 10 orders left (including 2 customs)….so I am getting there. Its nuts! Each bow holder takes about 2-3 hours from start to out the door, so that’s not really a walk in the park for me the next three days, but its nothing compared to the 28 hours I worked last Sat/Sunday.

The blog and other projects are not *fulltime* paid projects, but rather “for fun” projects that I spend 45 hours a week doing. HA! Altogether, I probably work 80 hours a week. But my other business is actually my ‘real life’  job.

Like so many work at home moms, I have to have office equipment, buy supplies, create product, send it out, advertise…I am a one woman show-bang. I have been working with my own online store for over a year now and have been blessed. Some months too blessed it seems, and others, scraping by. Much like the economy, it just comes and goes. I am so lucky to have 100s of repeat and referral customers over the past year and 3 months that have stuck with me through shut downs, moves, a fire, product changes, and more.

I am also one of those people that keeps things till they die. I think we learned that with my shoe stories. And you all see my videos around here….and hear the clicking sound in the background. I once had someone ask me if that was a typewriter clicking…nope, its the crappy camera.  I use a camera SO SO much, but the most important thing I use it for (after my daughter of course,) is my business. I have to take pictures of products and get them up. My camera has went from bad….to worse. The sad part is I just bought it in January this year, so its just under a year old!   See there to the right..this is what is going on. Like camera shake….but its not camera shake. I could obviously never share product pictures like this.

I also haven’t shown that many Disney shots because so many were fuzzy. For some reason, it just stopped focusing correctly and for every 15 shots, 1 is workable. Outside shots work 60% of the time, so lots of my photos are outdoors. Its not heartbreaking when its some shots your taking of your family, but its terrible when your taking pictures for products for your store. I also did a review  for the blog recently, and I probably took 25 pictures of Charlotte just to get a few workable ones for the review (not up yet).

So, I decided to send in a wish for  a working camera.

2 days ago I opened my email to find an email telling me my wish had been granted and a camera was on its way to me. I am just amazed and humbled by the outpouring of love with random strangers towards my (and others) requests for our businesses this season.

I would like to thank Kelly for making my work at home job a little easier and a little less expensive to grow and to all the donaters that made it possible for us to receive ‘wishes’ this year:

• Lauren Haugh, My WAHM Blog
• Anne Goodrich, Goodrich Design
• Tara Burner, Affordable Mineral Makeup
• April Jones, Advantage Virtual Assistant
• Arika Liddiard, Yummy PLR
• Sharon McMillan, New Urban Mom
• Dan Reinhold, WAHumor
• Tishia Lee, Tishia Saves Time
• Regina Smola, Briefcase Diva
• Melissa Ingold, Earn With Content
• Alaina Frederick, Dinker and Giggles
• Linda Hinkle, High School Stuff
• Danielle Chonody, Pet Sitting Business Coach
• Cindy Morus, Mend Your Money
• Melanie Rogers, Little Patch of Sunshine
• Beverly Mahone, Boomer Diva Nation
• Marya Miller, Marya Miller
• Nancy Jacobs, Basket Master Weavings
• Lisa Wood, Best Website Tips
• Adriana Copaceanu, Baby’s First Year
• Cara Mirabella, The Household Helper
• Robin Lemon, Pillows of Lavendar
• Cynthia Powell, Chicks & Cubs
• Kim Monaco, Learn Crafts Online
• Barbara Ryan, Cherish Collages
• Annette Yen, Direct Sellers University
• Tara Brown, Cherish Bound
• Heather Bixler, Girly Blog Designz
• Reba Collins, Internet Marketing Boomer
• Teresa Hall, Write About Everything
• Sheila Pendrod
• Nanette Gomez, Premium VA
• Tracy Zdelar, Hall of Fame Affiliates
• Diane Penna, Crazy Moms Journal
• Debra Conrad

Thank you to all of you. I am grateful and humbled and hope that I can continue to pass on Christmas/Holiday spirit to those around me like you have done for me.

~Trisha