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Work At Home Mom Chat #2-- with Susie and Melissa of Diaper Decisions
1/30/06

4 mamas in attendance

21:21:22 host_melissa We are going to talk about taxes today, unless you two have anything specific you would like to bring up
21:21:33 net hi you found it
21:21:46 Dack Yikes, taxes!
21:21:53 host_melissa First off, what's your business?
21:22:02 net yes taxes could be great but i am from canada
21:22:27 host_melissa :)
21:22:30 host_melissa No problem
21:22:32 host_melissa We are open
21:22:45 host_susie back :)
21:22:48 net oh i see i am not a work at home mom  i don't have a business
21:22:52 host_melissa Last week we talked about time management some more, which can be hard for WAHMs to keep up with home AND Business tasks
21:23:29 Dack I have my own screen printing buisness, and am pregnant now, I plan on working from home once the baby is born
21:23:34 host_melissa Cool
21:23:45 host_melissa Net, are you lookign to have a home business?
21:23:52 net so i guess i should not be here i will just listen in
21:24:11 host_melissa Dack do you have a home office ready now?
21:24:15 net i don't know at this point in time what i would do
21:24:30 host_susie dack are you in Canada too?
21:25:12 Dack Ya, I still work full time in another job right now, but I also work part time screen printing for the last 2 years, so I'm ready to go. I'm from Australia.
21:25:36 host_susie australia, Canada and US talking about taxes... LOL
21:25:48 host_susie probably we should pick a new topic LMBO
21:25:53 Dack Funny eh?
21:25:54 net ya crazy
21:26:08 net like what kind of topic
21:26:15 host_susie hmmm
21:26:30 host_susie we talked about time management last week.  Were you both herE?
21:26:34 net no
21:26:48 Dack Net, maybe you could do some type of crafts? I dunno. Have you been thinking about stuff you might want to do at home?
21:26:48 host_melissa Well Susie, what about the ins and outs of starting up
21:26:49 host_susie i can't remember this morning.. so last week was faaar away LOL
21:27:00 host_susie thats a good idea
21:27:09 host_susie what type of intrests do you have net?
21:27:17 Dack I'm new at this chat thing
21:27:23 host_melissa Susie and I started up and it took us nine full months to get up and running
21:27:26 net do you know  anything about work at home companys
21:27:44 host_susie a few... but being in the US I am not sure which are also in Canada
21:27:57 Dack That could be an option.
21:27:59 host_melissa IT seems regardless of location, the industry for WAHMs making their own homecrafts is really growing
21:28:16 net i have been looking in to like stuffing envelops or something like that
21:28:19 host_melissa From cloth diapers, to handmade soaps, boutique clothing
21:28:20 host_susie can you make soaps? or candles? they both seem bery big right now
21:28:25 host_melissa That stuff is always a scam
21:28:28 host_susie i looked into that too
21:28:33 Dack It just seems the right thing to do with the cost of daycare.
21:28:34 host_melissa We did something once and were totally burned
21:28:36 host_susie yeah run from envelope stuffing
21:28:36 net im not the very crafty type
21:28:56 host_melissa I know that some people have done medical transcription and that can be legimate
21:29:00 host_susie maybe you could start a home daycare?
21:29:11 host_susie i did that for a while and it was lots of fun
21:29:12 net i thought so how can they pay me $10 for every envelop i stuff
21:29:16 Dack My friend does that here. She loves it!
21:29:26 host_susie they do pay you, but you have to find leads
21:29:37 host_susie like you have to advertise in the paper and it can get expensive
21:29:42 host_melissa Not only with the COST of daycare, but the poor quality of most of them, people jump at the chance of an in home arrangment
21:30:05 host_susie i actually made more money than my full-time working spouse when i did it
21:30:09 Dack She only ever had up to 3 extra kids, 5 days a week.
21:30:14 host_melissa Espeically if you are more organized than the average place
21:30:25 net a home daycare would require some schooling unless it was under2 kids and i have two kinds
21:30:26 host_melissa Providing a scheudle of activities, menu plans etc
21:30:28 host_susie yeah.. i had 1 child so i kept 5 kiddos
21:30:54 host_susie but it was really fun, i wanted to do one again here, but i am way too busy now LOL
21:31:05 Dack She liked it because her kids always had someone to play with and she was in the comfort of her own home. Could go on ebay etc.
21:31:20 net i honestly don't think i could handle a bunch off kids i have a new baby
21:31:21 host_susie yeah,, and i was home to cook and stuff
21:31:27 host_melissa I think in today's age tho, wouldn't someone need liability insurance for sure if you were keeping other's children?
21:31:31 host_susie my house was so clean theN LOL
21:31:45 host_susie yes but they offer affordable insurance for that type of thing
21:31:48 net yes you should have insurance
21:31:55 host_susie at least i found it inexpensively
21:32:03 host_melissa My friend and I were talking about how scary it can be, she will not give medications now
21:32:14 host_melissa She will have them give it to them in front of her before the parents leave
21:32:24 host_susie we do live in a litigous society
21:32:29 host_susie or however you spell that
21:32:40 net i really don't want to get into that some parents can be so stick on things
21:32:45 Dack It's okay none of us can spell
21:32:48 host_susie LOL
21:32:48 net sticky
21:32:55 host_susie true...
21:33:23 Dack Why don't you write a novel net?
21:33:23 host_susie i am a consultant for natural family boutique.
21:33:32 host_susie maybe you could do something similiar
21:33:37 host_melissa With any business, there are pros and cons, and that is why for the most part, moms start looking at things that seem easy" but any profitable business will never, never, never be "easy" :)"
21:33:38 host_susie although i believe they are us only
21:33:52 net and how my son talks sometimes and he has a bad temper i wouldn't want it to rub off on anyone else
21:34:05 host_susie how old is your son?
21:34:29 net i think i will really have to sit down and think about this one
21:34:33 net 5
21:34:57 host_melissa I don't really have any advice on that :)
21:34:59 Dack Writing childrens books?
21:34:59 net he will be 5 in feb
21:35:05 host_susie so will mine
21:35:07 host_melissa We are funny about nipping that one in the bud real quick LOL
21:35:09 host_susie what day?
21:35:14 net 23
21:35:25 host_susie my second son turns 5 on the 22nd :D
21:35:29 net cool
21:35:33 host_melissa how funny
21:36:17 host_melissa All 6 of mine are currenlty inhaling popcorn :)
21:36:22 host_melissa it's nice and quiet here
21:36:22 host_susie lol
21:36:25 host_susie mine are in teh tub
21:36:31 net if dack lived here or i lived there i could help here with her business we are sister in laws
21:36:35 host_susie i have locked myself in the office
21:36:38 host_susie cool!
21:36:51 Dack There ya go, net, let's write kids books, you can write them, I'll do the art!
21:36:53 host_melissa Having a partner is a HUGE help
21:36:55 host_susie so how is the relation? whos sibling married who?
21:37:15 host_susie yup i wub my partner :)
21:37:37 host_melissa seriously when you want to give up, the other person is like no way
21:37:37 net yeh we all know i can't draw she is like a proffetional artist you should see some of here stuff
21:38:12 Dack