Being unemployed for almost a year, I decided that I should grow some of my own food. But not being a farmer by trade, I underestimated the amount of tomatoes you get from one plant. Being optimistic, I planted not one, not two, but ten plants! I now have tomatoes coming out of my ears! But, on the flip side, I have met more of my neighbors this summer than in all the years I’ve lived here. As I share my bounty with neighbors, they mention that so-and-so down the block likes tomatoes, so off I go with my little basket of sunshine. Next year I won’t put in ten plants, but I will definitely plant enough to share. Today, life is good!

It has been hard getting used to being a stay-at-home mom.  My daughter is 4 months old and for the past five months I have been what would be considered a homemaker.  Before I had my daughter, I worked at a local PetSmart as a manager.  It was a hard transition going from working almost fifty hours a week to sitting around cooped up in the house all day.  It has taken a while but I have finally started finding things to do.  My husband keeps saying he has never seen the house stay this clean.  I am able to do a load or two of laundry at a time instead of waiting and trying to do all the clothes on my days off.  Most importantly, however, I feel it is my calling as a mother to be there to see my daughter grow and change.  I would not miss it for the world.

I’m a Filipina work at home mom to a one and a half year old daughter and wife to a stay at home dad. I live in a pleasantly cold city where most people dream to live one day in the future, so I guess I’m lucky to be living where I am right now. I was a full-time office girl back then, before I got pregnant, but I got tired of the office scene and decided to go freelance instead. Prior to that, I was a consistent university scholar,which I am grateful for because it made paying the school bills so much easier for my mom. I am in my mid-twenties and planning to get another baby when my daughter turns three. I love being a work at home mom, since it allows me to earn while being able to watch my girl grow into the sweet person that I want her to be.