Tips for WAHMS

Hi all you moms out there. Thanks for dropping by Tips 4 WAHMs. I know you are all busy, and if you are anything like me, you can use a good laugh. So, today I'm bringing you a few "Funnies for Moms." I think you'll enjoy them. Grab a cup of coffee (or your beverage of choice), sit back, get ready to laugh, and enjoy!!!

Hello again moms and thanks for stopping by Tips 4 WAHMs again. I hope you're ready for another great quick tip of the day for WAHMs.

Today I want to talk about your desk. When you are a work at home mom, chances are you spend quite a bit of time at your desk, especially if you work online. Unfortunately, half the time your desk may be hard to find, buried under papers, books, and more.

Clean your desk. It's one of the best tips I can give you. You'll be surprised how much better you'll be able to work with a clean desk. First of all, you'll actually be able to find things instead of digging through the piles for them. Also, studies have shown that people accomplish more when working at a clean desk.

One of the main reasons we work at home moms don't clean our desk is because it looks like a task that will take forever. In reality, the job probably won't be as hard as you think. Usually 15-20 minutes is all you'll need to get that desk clean. Those minutes will definitely be worth your time when you find out how much more you get done once it's clean.

So, take a break today and clean off your desk. You'll be surprised at how fast it goes and then at how productive you become when it's clean. Then, work on keeping it clean. Never let your desk come in the way of making money again…lol.

Hi there moms. I promised you last week that I'd be having my husband come on and give some tips for your husbands. Well, here it is. I think you'll enjoy what he has to say and you'll probably want to send this on to your husbands. Lol. Enjoy!


Well hello all of readers out there this is Mr. Burgess lol, and I have been asked to address the men of work at home moms and maybe give them a few tips about how to take care of their own WAHM’s. The reason this is important is because I have learned that if mom ain't happy then ain't nobody happy.

However I will tell you guys that this is not very complicated you just need to use your good sense and watch her body language. Besides all of that, she is the one that takes care of you and the kids, as well as works, and working at home makes being a WAHM a full time job…seriously. So what do you think? Should we get started?

Tip #1) Every morning never forget to say good morning, give her a kiss, and tell her that you love her. Not only is this the right way to treat someone you love, it is a very nice way to start the day. I’m sure she would like it and appreciate it to.

Tip #2) If you are gone all day or out taking care of business make sure to call her occasionally and when you do tell her you miss her. She will like the fact that she is important to you and is missed.

Tip #3) If you have to do the shopping make sure that she gives you a list. This is important for a couple of reasons. First of all, it is especially important for people like me who have low impulse control, because the list will help you to purchase what you need and not what you want, which can be a sore point and helps to control deficit spending. The second reason is that she usually runs the house and knows what you need to get anyway.

Tip #4) Never break a promise you have made her. Your relationship with your WHAM is built on trust and once you break her trust it is hard to earn it back. The last thing she needs to do is worry about whether you will break that trust again.

Tip #5) Never lie to your WAHM. This is important for the same reason as tip #4. In addition to that you would not like to be lied to either. No one that I know likes a liar or for that matter respects them either. Respect, like trust, is earned not given.

Tip #6) Even if you work away from the home, help out at home as best as you can. This is important because it will help to lighten up her day a little bit as well as making things go quicker and smoother so the family can spend more time together. Spending time together as a family keeps the clan strong.

Tip #7) Find the time to get her out of the house. This is very important to her sanity as well as your own. A WAHM with cabin fever is no fun to be around. Besides that she probably needs the break by the time you get her out and a little adult conversation with you will not only help you solve the parental and home problems, but will give her a little more elbow room to express herself and her feelings. She will also feel like your equal, which she is.

Tip #8) When you do get her out of the house go someplace nice, or fun, or both. Take her to lunch or dinner at her favorite place or try a new one she may have mentioned. If she likes movies go to the movies. You might even take her shopping for something she wants or likes. New clothes or shoes will work wonders for her self esteem and will work wonders for you too. After all, I want my WAHM to look good. Besides she deserves the best she can have after being super woman for a few days.

Tip #9) Definitely make time for the both of you to be intimate with each other. This is important for the both of you, because this is how you express your affection and desire for each other. Consider getting her some lingerie to wear or a piece of jewelry for her to show off. It is definitely good for her and you when she feels sexy.

What I am saying is basically that you need to be there for her whenever she needs you because chances are she will be there for you when you need her most. The only other piece of advice I might give you is to never put her work down, because it is how she contributes to the financial well being of the household as well as contributing to her sense of equal importance in you relationship.

That is all the advice I can give you guys for now and it is very good advice. The difference between me and most husbands is that I work at home to, so it is easier for me to accomplish these tips. Besides it is important for me to feel the same things that I want her to feel in our relationship also. I hope you all have a great life and I might be back again…Vaya Con Dios!

When you are a work at home mom, things can get kinda hectic. So, it's important that you learn how to survive. Here are some tips from one work at home mom to another that will help you to preserve your sanity.

Tip #1 - Learn Quick Cooking - Learn how to come up with quick meals for your family. This could include looking for quick recipes or even making extras a few nights a month so you have some meals frozen to pop out when you get particularly overwhelmed with work.

Tip #2 - Try to Help Other People - Work on helping others. When you do so, it makes you feel better and also reminds you that your problems and challenges aren't all that bad.

Tip #3 - Keep Yourself Healthy - It can be easy to forget about staying healthy when you work at home. So, take some time out to go for a walk, go to the gym, or play outside with your kids to burn off some calories and improve your health.

Tip #4 - Stay Organized - If you stay organized, you'll save a huge amount of time. Clear your desk, organize your email, and come up with innovative ways that you can stay organized and save more time. Remember, time is money.

Tip #5 - Use Great Time Management - Time management is imperative. Make sure that you prioritize your time to get important tasks done. Remember, you want to spend as much time as you can with your family, so manage your time accordingly.

Tip #6 - Take Time for the Family - Take time for your family - your kids and your husband. Take time for games, meals together, and special time for you and your husband.

Tip #7 - Laugh Every Single Day - Laughing is so important and it will help you keep your sanity as a work at home mom. Look at cartoons, read something funny, or just find something to stimulate that laughter. It is healthy for you and you'll feel better for the rest of the day.

Confession #1 - I hate getting up early, I just pretend to like it.

Confession #2 - It's not as easy as it looks.

Confession #3 - Sometimes I just want to take the day off and go to the beach.

Confession #4 - I occasionally forget there is a real world out there.

Confession #5 - I don't really like washing dishes.

Confession #6 - I should have invested in the earplugs.

Confession #7 - Yes, I procrastinate from time to time. (Usually it's to do laundry or go grocery shopping)

Confession #8 - Sometimes I work all day and never get any work done.

Confession #9 - I've decided cleaning is exercise.

Confession #10 - I feel guilty when I tell people no.

Confession #11 - Occasionally I lose my cool.

Confession #12 - I love school....I mean the kids going to school.

If you're like me, most of you other work at home moms probably love finding a way to save money! No matter how much you're making from home, you're probably feeling a bit of a crunch right now, with gas prices soaring and food prices not to far behind them. In fact, within the past few weeks I've seen general grocery merchandise take a quick leap in price that's been making grocery shopping more like a brain teaser than a Saturday afternoon run to the store.

Since I'm pretty sure you are feeling the same way, I'd love to share with you how I have learned to take about 30 minutes and save $100 each week. It may sound small, but it's $400 or more a month, and $5200 each year, so listen up.

I'm always very busy with my job, kids, and a husband, so it's really tempting to just run to the store without a thought to get that grocery shopping done, but when I go I want to make sure that I get good deals. I want my family to eat well while spending the least amount possible.

So, what I do every Friday night is sit down with my husband and we go through all the local fliers from grocery stores, take stock of what we have, what we need, and then we plan a menu and make a grocery list. It takes about 30 minutes or so, but it's so worth it. We look at the deals, and try to plan meals around them. If you begin to do this, I can just about promise you that you'll begin to save about $100 a week, or maybe even more.

When I go grocery shopping, I have a list already with me for ever store I plan to visit, and usually I already know about what I'm going to spend. When I walk out of the store, my receipts show me that I've saved 30%, 40%, 50%, and a few times I've saved more than 60% in a store. All this by taking time to go over the best deals and planning out a good menu.

We eat amazing meals each evening, from Shrimp fettuccini, to Ravioli with Meat Sauce, Blackened Pork Chops, and a variety of great veggies as well, including corn on the cob, fresh broccoli and cauliflower, tomatoes, squash and zucchini, asparagus, peas, carrots, red potatoes, and more. Our diet is much healthier when we shop this way, and the great part is that we save a minimum of $100 a week.

Saving money is important, so I just wanted to share with you a way that I'm able to save an extra $100 every single week, just by taking about 30 minutes of time. It's definitely worth it!

Ever notice how most people get sick days? Me too! I've been noticing lately that in working at home I'm missing sick days, personal days, vacation days, and more. Sure, I get time off to watch my favorite dance show if I want to, but I don't get to call in sick and I definitely don't get sick pay.

This is just one thing that work at home moms are dealing with all the time - the absence of the sick day. Who knew the ability to call off sick could be so important. LOL.

So, today instead of staying in bed, here I am working at my computer, dreaming of my pillow as I type and imagining what my family would do if I gave them a call.... "Hi honey, I'm calling off sick today..."

Hmmm....something tells me it's not happening...but so goes another day in the life of a work at home mom. I've gotta admit though, in the end, it's all worth it, even without the sick days. (we'll have to work on getting those as work at home moms!!!)

Ever had those days when you felt like you were SOOOOOO busy but nothing got done? Yeah, that was my day. I got out of bed and was instantly busy, but somehow I never really did start getting serious about working today until after 10 pm tonight.

It was get up, shower, deal with the kids (who are here all the time since it's summer), start dinner preparations so we actually eat at a decent time tonight, and then I get sidetracked by the mail. Actually, it was the electric bill that got my attention - almost $300 for this months' electric! After I came to...lol...I stared at the bill in disbelief, then ranted and raved to my husband about how horrible it was that they would charge so much.

Of course you have to understand, where I live in Arizona, we've been dealing with heat over 110F and sometimes going over 115F, which is insane. The house never even gets cool. Last months' bill was a killer so, we cut back the air a little, and the bill is even worse, not to mention we've been living in misery.........but I digress....lol....

After recovering from the bill, I finally got one piece of work done, and then I had to run out to the store. Came home, and by that time it was dinner time, so I'm finishing dinner, looking mournfully at my computer and wishing I would have done a little more work by this time. Once dinner is over, it's time to start getting the kiddies ready for bed, making sure they get showers and all that good stuff......and here it is now, 10:46 pm, and I'm just starting on the work I need to get done today. I was so busy, and I really didn't even accomplish much.

I must say, this is one of the most frustrating things that happens when you work on home. You work and run around all day long, but you never get to the work you're supposed to be doing. So, now that I'm exhausted after a long day...it's off to work. Anyone feeling me out there???????

After my share of frustrating moments as a work at home mom, I decided that there have got to be other mothers out there dealing with the same exact thing. If you're reading this, you probably know what I mean...the people who always think you have an endless amount of time since you work at home and that you do nothing by take naps and watch Soaps all day long. (rightttttttt)

Most of you know that being a mom and working at home isn't always so easy - in fact, it's usually downright hectic. So, I decided to create my own blog where I can vent and hopefully meet a whole lot of other "Mums" out there who also "embrace" the work at home mom title.

So, here's the place to vent, get a laugh, share your stories, and even find some tips that will help you out. After all, we "Mums" need to stick together right.......