Ideas to help support my family?  Stay at home mommy of 7...?
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Entrepreneur Magazine has a list of Low Cost Startup Businesses that you may want to check out: http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html\n\nSome other home business ideas:\n\nTop 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm\n10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm\n\nThe best home business of course will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs. \n\nThe key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.\n\nDan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:\n\n1. List 5 things you do best\n2. List how others would benefit from what you do best\n3. Find out how to give people what they want\n4. Learn the value of your services to others\n5. Find out who else offers similar services\n6. Learn from the successes of others\n7. Learn from the failures of others\n8. Plan your own success\n9. Make low cost mistakes\n10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it\n\nHe then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:\n\nBest Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills\n- antique restoration\n- auto detail service\n- carpet cleaning business\n- errand/delivery service\n- housecleaning business\n\nBest Service Businesses \n- bed and breakfast operator\n- caregiver\n- catering service\n- senior day care center\n- tutoring service\n\nBest Professional Businesses\n- desktop publisher\n- magazine writer\n- import/export service\n- income tax preparation service\n- event planner\n\n\nYou can also check out the following books:\n\nTurn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness \n The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century \n 121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home \n The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start \n 101 Ways to Make Money at Home
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Have a garage sale.\n\nYou can sell there the following\n\n* all your un-used cloths & used cloths\n* handi crafts, cusion covers, serviettes, table cloths (start making them now)\n* flower pots, plants (if you have them in your garden)\n* Short-eats & soft drinks like faluda etc (ask your mama to \n  prepare some) \n* Gifts that you received earlier and not used for a long time\n\nI think you can earn some big money with the above. I hope it will work out and you will have a nice b'day party.\n\nIf you could not find money please do not be disheartened ok. Just celebrate your b'day peacefully at home with your family members. There are more time to come and when you do a job and have money, you can have a big party.\n\nSo don't worry. I had enough money but never had parties for my b'days as I used to share it with the needy.
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Get to know your kids interests, and if its baseball take them to a game, play catch in the back yard. Try to enjoy their interests with them and show them the ropes on some of your own, lets say you like NASCAR teach them how the cars are designed to go faster. With your wife. Find out what you can do around the house to keep her stress level lower, maybe she just would like help with the dishes or help folding laundry, they arnt chores if you find time to do it together and have a good time joking around in the process. Let her know she can vent to you about her day, and when she has a problem ask her if there is anything you can do to help fix it. if she says no then just take it as she just needed to let off some steam and talk to someone about it. But just cause your asking this makes me think your a good husband and a good dad because you care enough to try to be better :)
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What about a compromise? You admit that outside child care has had upsides for your daughter though she tends to be more exposed to illness which is expected. You also seem to enjoy the fact that you have the ability to be out of the house, working at a job you hopefully enjoy and I'm sure this aspect has left you with a feeling of a more direct contribution to the home in terms of finance. However you do say that now your husband makes more money than when you were a stay-at-home mom before so that wouldn't be an issue.\n\nSo, all things considered and while the money wouldn't be an issue, I think the real question comes down to your mixed emotions about full time mommy and in doing so giving up what's become a sort of escape in having a job outside the home. This is where maybe a compromise might be an alternative. Day care (4) days or so a week and a part time on those days (minus 1). The minus one day could be the day you spend in your home doing the things you both need and enjoy doing to make your home comfortable and clean for you and your family.
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As a stay at home mom who sew's for extra money I tend to push people in that direction who want to make extra money too.\n\nOn our family home page http://www.allysgoodies.com I have a stay at home moms ideas for making money- Nothing spamy or any thing for sale its just some of my ideas.\n\nDepending on the time you have, you might consider:\nCraft Shows\nConsignment in a local store\nEBay\nStarting a website\nContacting local businesses - IE day cares in your area and ask them if you can put some flyer's in their lobby for free.\nDonut Shop- I know it sounds crazy but every donut shop I have been in has a bulletin board for local businesses.\nDepending on the zoning in your area- put a sign up in your yard that you do sewing and murals ( we are not allowed to do that in our area and its a big fine if you do, so check first)\n\nIts really hard quiting your job to go out on your own.  I worked for a large company as a corporate trainer before having the twins.  Going back after was just not an option with the cost of daycare times 2 so I started selling on eBay.\n\nI like eBay, its low risk - only the cost of a listing and you do not have to list any more items than you want to.  When things are stressful at work or home you don't have to list any, but when you need extra money you can list a bunch.\n\nHope this helps- Take care!
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From the article "Top 10 Businesses for Work-at-Home Moms," here are some suggestions:\n\n- Candle Making\n- Antiques and Collectibles Dealer\n- Cut Flower Business\n- Transcription Services (including medical)\n- Handicrafts   \n- Niche Newsletter\n- Home Sewing \n- Herb Farming\n- Party Planner\n- Bookkeeping Business  \n\nThere are many more business ideas on this page, including self publishing, virtual assistant, catering, freelance writer, etc. at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/BizIdeas/bizideas.htm\n\nGood luck
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Lisa, bless you for taking care of your mom!\n\nAre you sure you want to start your diet right before Thanksgiving?  \n\nThere's a lot of exercise, yoga & pilates DVDs you can rent or buy.  You can also dance in the living room or your bedroom -- just move until you sweat, same as running.
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Have you thought about writing articles for people that cant afford to get paid help in for their loved ones? You tell them how to do What ever they need to do and when they need to do it etc. You could make a lot of money working from home teaching others your trade. Here is a great bit of software you can use to help you do this. I hope this helps you.
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I feel very sorry that your family is living this way.  I am putting some links here that should be able to give you a place to start.
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Baby-sitting and paper routes are good and can teach you responsibility.  Maybe you can offer your parents to clean out the basement and hold a garage sale or go around to the elderly in your neighborhood and ask if they need help running errands, etc.\n\nGood luck!
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I know someone that went through the same thing.  She has (4) children and stays home. She started her own home based business.  That keeps her busy, makes excellent money and has time for her and her family.  Have a look at this website.  www.opportunity4more.com.  The couple in the picture is the lady I am speaking about.  She would be great for you to contact and speak with.  She told me that she is much better now with staying home since she started her own home based business.  She  contributes ( a lot)  to the house hold income, feels good about what she is doing, has time for her kids and she also had time to do some personal development.  She has gone through welath creation and personal development courses that she highly recommends to someone like yourself.  Let me tell you she has helped me with my business and my lifestyle.  Take a look and see.
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I don't know your spending limits, but how about a teapot/cup deal in greens & purples?  Maybe with a couple of bags of funky tea.  Be nice, it is your husbands family and it is Christmas...feel the love!
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Tough one...BUT maybe you should try to get two smaller houses or even two apartments in good areas? That way you and your family would be in a good neighborhood but also you'd be able to help your mother.. because if you buy a house for your family only, no matter how good the neighborhood is you would always feel guilty for not helping your mom too... So, talk and figure out a way to help both of you! There has to be a solution. Maybe it would be smaller but in the end you would be happy.
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GIVE HER SPACE ..AND MAKE PLANS TO GO OUT AS A FAMILY AND ONLY YOU AND HER AND IF YOU HAVE KIDS REMEMBER IT NOT THE KIDS FAULT YOU ARE THE ADULT AND YOU NEED TO OPEN UP ...MAKE HER FEEL YOUR THERE IT WILL BE HARD BUT HEY ...THAT HOW YOU START THE BOND ....................AND YES SHE IS PART OF YOUR HUSBAND LIFE SO ...MAKE THEM BOND ALSO SO SHE WONT FEEL YOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM....LET THEM HAVE QUALITY TIME...ALSO...SO IF SHE IS HOME SICK PLAN TO DO THINGS OKAY..AND BE A MOTHER TOOO...OKAY..SHE IS A DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE IS IN YOUR LIFE A HEY 3 WEEKS IS NOTHING ..SO HEY SHE NEEDS TO EAT SO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HER ..OR SIT WITH HER AND TELL HER .....DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND ......HEY SHES JUST 11 ...SHE IS A CHILD..
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congratulations! it takes guts to be a stay at home parent! i was a stay at home parent for 20 years. people asked me when i was going to get a job, like i didnt already have a full time job at home. raising your kids is the most important job you can have in your life. great decision!!!! i applaud you! :)\n\ni cant help with chat rooms, but if you want support, you have my vote!
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Call around to local businesses in your area, my mom works in radio, and she can normally set things like this up in one after noon, businesses will bend over backwards to give stuff away, they get tax breaks for it, just start brainstorming and calling, but i would stick with local businesses though unless you want to run around the corperate world... good luck hun! its awsome your pulling this together!
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my heart is with you!!! i LOVE being stay-at-home mom, nothing can bring more joy in my life and it IS work. if we don't take finances into consideration i wouldn't even think about working. but sadly money rules. yet i'm still at home and want to stay as long as possible