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20:57:11 |
host_Susie |
OFFICIAL START OF THE WAHM CHAT!
WELCOME! MY NAME IS Susie AND I AM YOUR
HOSTESS TODAY! THIS CHAT IS TRANSCRIPTED
AND POSTED ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THIS
CHAT...PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN
POSTING TO THIS CHAT. THANK YOU! :) |
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20:57:15 |
host_Susie |
k there! |
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20:57:19 |
host_Susie |
so how are yall today? |
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20:57:51 |
host_Susie |
anybody here? |
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21:00:48 |
host_melissa |
Hi everyone! |
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21:01:04 |
host_Susie |
hi melissa :) |
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21:01:09 |
Jodi |
hi ladies |
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21:01:09 |
Webmama_Tina |
hiya! |
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21:01:12 |
host_melissa |
Hi Suse :) |
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21:01:20 |
host_melissa |
So first off, what is everyone's
business? |
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21:01:20 |
host_Susie |
hi tina and jodi! |
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21:01:44 |
Webmama_Tina |
um, this one, LOL!!! |
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21:01:48 |
host_melissa |
I own Diaper Decisions with Susie, Susie
owns Lucy Luvs and just recently
acquired Jewels of Denial |
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21:01:55 |
host_melissa |
LOL Tina :) |
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21:02:16 |
Jodi |
I am an Ind. Consultant with Usborne
Books at Home ( a Direct Sales company) |
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21:02:28 |
Webmama_Tina |
i also have www.fresnofamily.com and
www.tinasmagiccottage.com |
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21:02:44 |
host_melissa |
Everyone pretty happy where they are at
in their Biz? Wanting to expand? |
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21:02:51 |
host_Susie |
welllll |
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21:02:57 |
host_Susie |
just kidding LOL |
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21:03:06 |
host_Susie |
i am very happy with my bizzy biz'z |
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21:03:10 |
Jodi |
I am , I do mine part time right now |
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21:03:23 |
host_Susie |
what type of volume do you have jodi? |
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21:03:30 |
host_melissa |
We have been open a year in August and
have found that our best laid plans are
taking quite a bit longer to go from
dream to fruition.. |
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21:03:58 |
host_Susie |
maybe we should intro us first, mel |
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21:04:06 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'm happy, just can't find time to do
what i need to do!!! |
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21:04:07 |
host_melissa |
Go ahead |
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21:04:13 |
host_Susie |
i will go first... i am susie, mom to 3,
wife to adan |
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21:04:16 |
host_Susie |
we are military |
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21:04:18 |
Jodi |
what do you mean susie? |
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21:04:20 |
Webmama_Tina |
very hard with 3 biz's and a 4mo and a
5yo |
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21:04:28 |
host_melissa |
Yeah I talked Susie into doing a jewel"
called "I have enough hours in the
day!"" |
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21:04:57 |
host_Susie |
and i own lucy luvs, jewels of denial,
and co-own diaper decisions. I moderate
the diaper hunt... and have been in
business for myself for nearly 2 years
now |
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21:05:06 |
host_Susie |
k your turn melissa |
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21:05:41 |
host_melissa |
Okay I am Melissa, I am Mom to 4 right
now, expecting #5 in June, and also in
the process of adopting my two nieces.
We live in New Mexico and just recently
got out of the military. My only
business is Diaper Decisions, which
keeps my *mind* occupied to a point I
couldn't handle anything else :) |
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21:05:58 |
host_melissa |
I spend too much time online too LOL |
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21:06:07 |
host_Susie |
:D |
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21:06:10 |
Jodi |
hehe |
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21:06:21 |
Webmama_Tina |
met three |
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21:06:23 |
Webmama_Tina |
i mean |
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21:06:25 |
host_melissa |
You know Susie is in the same boat
having more than one and she came up
with something to give each biz
attention |
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21:06:28 |
host_Susie |
okay so what is everyone finding as
their biggest challenge in operating a
business |
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21:06:29 |
Webmama_Tina |
me three (me too) |
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21:06:32 |
Webmama_Tina |
too much time online |
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21:07:08 |
host_melissa |
I think Jen is gonna say local people
sucking, right Jen?? |
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21:07:55 |
host_Susie |
well my biggest challenge is finding
time to actually pay attention to each
business |
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21:07:55 |
rooster4381 |
i am a mother of 3 boys, owner Hold Me
Close baby carriers, homebirth doula |
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21:08:16 |
host_Susie |
hi rooster4381! |
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21:08:16 |
krizzy2003 |
hi |
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21:08:21 |
Webmama_Tina |
i second that susie!!! |
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21:08:39 |
rooster4381 |
hello, my name is jen so it is easier to
type |
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21:08:41 |
host_Susie |
i find myself constanty distracted so if
i am working on lucy luvs i am thinking
about the other LOL |
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21:08:47 |
host_Susie |
:) jen :) |
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21:08:48 |
Webmama_Tina |
right now mommy chats gets my primary
attention because its the most lucrative
and it isn't really something i can put
off and the other 2 i can |
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21:09:00 |
Webmama_Tina |
i have to stay on top of things or
things fizzle |
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21:09:06 |
host_melissa |
Susie has a problem that if she puts of
DD I will beat her up LOL |
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21:09:06 |
Jodi |
hi Jen and Krizzy |
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21:09:24 |
host_Susie |
what i have done is set up a schedule
that i work on dd on mondays, ll on
tuesdays etc. |
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21:09:32 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol melissa |
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21:09:36 |
Webmama_Tina |
i should probably have a partner |
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21:09:40 |
Webmama_Tina |
i have a sidekick :) |
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21:09:42 |
host_Susie |
and it has worked out pretty well...
well it works great when i am doing the
diaper hunt stuff LOL |
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21:09:58 |
Webmama_Tina |
she helps me out, but not as much as i
need because she's due to have a baby
any second |
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21:10:01 |
host_Susie |
sidekicks are nice :) |
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21:10:11 |
host_Susie |
do they have a cool side kick name like
chatgirl? |
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21:10:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
yeah, my right hand mama"" |
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21:10:27 |
host_melissa |
The Diaper Hunt is a huge
undertaking..kind of like giving birth
LOL, you didn't knw what you were
getting into when uh..making the baby
and then your stuck with having to go
through the birth |
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21:10:30 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol |
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21:10:37 |
host_Susie |
lol oh yeah |
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21:10:47 |
Jodi |
lol |
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21:10:48 |
abs559 |
:)) |
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21:11:13 |
abs559 |
lol |
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21:11:14 |
host_Susie |
at least once you do it (give birth) you
know what to expect the next time LOL |
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21:11:19 |
host_melissa |
Here's how our business works...I call
Susie and say I have this idea..how
bout?" She says "cool" and then gets to
work on fleshing it out while I sit back
and wonder how the heck she does half of
what she does" |
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21:11:40 |
host_Susie |
LOL melissa is the big thinker :) i do
the dirty details |
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21:11:43 |
host_melissa |
Then she gives me the grunt boring work,
that I actually really love to do...so
it works well |
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21:11:48 |
host_Susie |
LOL |
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21:11:49 |
Webmama_Tina |
susie i need to do a schedule like
you...my problem is that i set schedules
and always peter out |
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21:12:08 |
host_Susie |
yeah... i also homeschool so it set it
in a prominant place |
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21:12:16 |
host_melissa |
I hate schedules too, but if I know i
just have to do one thing on Mondays,
wihtout assigning a time I do well |
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21:12:30 |
Jodi |
same here tina.. not great at sticking
with a schedule |
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21:12:32 |
host_melissa |
My family is too crazy right now to be
too strict |
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21:12:39 |
host_Susie |
and then i have to do it... i am
flexible though... so if we have a cool
playdate or something ocme up.. i don't
kill myself over it |
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21:13:07 |
host_Susie |
i think that once you do it for a
month.. it becomes habit |
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21:13:10 |
host_melissa |
Kind of like a diet, sticking to for the
most part, but never passing up your
favorite desert if it presents itself to
you ha! |
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21:13:13 |
host_Susie |
so i try everything for a month |
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21:13:22 |
Jodi |
thats one thing homeschooling teaches us
isn't it susie.. to be flexible LOL |
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21:13:37 |
Webmama_Tina |
that's what they say |
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21:13:42 |
Webmama_Tina |
but darned if i can do it for a month |
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21:13:45 |
host_Susie |
oh yeah... if i could just figure out
what curriculum would work for the
oldest boy |
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21:13:46 |
host_melissa |
I read a cool illustartion the other day |
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21:14:02 |
host_Susie |
LOL yeah it sucks.. for me the hardest
thing is getting up in the am |
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21:14:14 |
host_melissa |
It said to take a glass jar and have
your kiddos fill it with sand |
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21:14:28 |
host_melissa |
Then have them try to put in three or
four walnuts into the jar...they won't
fit |
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21:14:34 |
host_Susie |
but after a month.. of dragging my a$$
outta bed then i just wake up and its
not hard |
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21:14:42 |
host_melissa |
Then have them re-do by putting in the
walnuts first, and THEN pouring the sand
in |
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21:14:49 |
Webmama_Tina |
i have no problem in the am...have a
baby that gets me up, lol! |
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21:14:56 |
host_Susie |
so i am doing a gradual plan... at first
i woke up at 8:30 instead of 99 |
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21:15:00 |
host_melissa |
Point being that if we take the time to
get the big things out of the way, the
fillers wont monopolize our time |
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21:15:00 |
host_Susie |
9:00 i mean |
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21:15:07 |
host_Susie |
and now i am up to 7:30 |
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21:15:15 |
host_Susie |
so i say do a gradual schedule |
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21:15:31 |
host_Susie |
LOL can yall figure it out with us both
talking at the same time? LOL |
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21:15:38 |
host_melissa |
sorry LOL |
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21:15:39 |
Webmama_Tina |
good illustration |
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21:15:48 |
host_Susie |
LOL no sorry... we both are good talkers
LOL |
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21:15:57 |
host_melissa |
It's really true, if I don't turn on the
puter until I have my biggies done, I
magically get those thigns done |
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21:16:01 |
host_Susie |
yeah i hate waking up and my kids sleep
so it was awful |
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21:16:06 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'm following fine :) |
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21:16:11 |
host_melissa |
if I turn it on too soon, it takes so
much of my time |
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21:16:15 |
host_Susie |
and if we got up at 9 then nothing got
done at all |
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21:16:28 |
Webmama_Tina |
you know what melissa, that's actually a
good idea i may just have to try' |
