Fullfilling My Mommy Dreams

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Goodness me...things are a bit crazy here. I wanna put it all on here except I have so little time.

Steve has found nothing lately in terms of a job. He had a good lead but so far he hasn't heard anything. It is getting harder for him to be here everyday. I loved the extra help at first with taking Samuel to school. But, now it is hard to be OVERLY busy and he is not.

We have so many big decisions to make. We are considering so many options right now. It is hard to figure out what we should do, ya know? Part of me believes that he lost his job so we could make our big move..like starting a business or whatever. I also feel like now is the worst time for that. We throw ideas around constantly and we are always listening to any ideas people have for us. Steve and I both agree that if the right business idea found us, we would sink half our savings into making it happen.

We have a few good ideas....based on our location (which is a great one by the way for a small business) and based on the people we have close to us that we can trust etc. My friend Kim who I talk to everyday, lives 6 blocks from us and she would help us if we needed her. She is at a point as well where she wants change. I would trust my life with her and people like that are hard to come by.

Covert Creations is still doing very well and has gotten a huge jolt since people saw spring right around the corner. If we do a brick and mortar business, it would at least be in part with photography.

Here are a few loose ideas for places near our house that we could lease:

MY FAVORITE!!! Covert Creations Photography and Creative Services:

I changed "images at the end to services". This would be a place for creativity. We would have a medium room for a photography studio, an office to meet photography clients and to organize all photography jobs. The main part would be a classroom/store. We will sell everything we could that encourages creativity...especially when it comes to children. We would sell kids craft kits...where the mom literally pulls out the supplies and helps the kids make the crafts. Those would be in just plastic bags. We would sell paint, paper, all kinds of glues. The biggest portion of the business, though would be classes, classes, classes. We would have day classes, night classes, Saturday classes. We would have birthday parties there with art classes for kids. We would do photography classes for kids, stamping classes for kids. We would do photo shop classes for adults. Whatever is popular at the time would be what we would teach. I thought a kids scrap booking class was a great idea too. We would also have all night scrap parties for adults with door prizes and demos. Classes usually cost around 10-15 dollars a person and most places book 10-12 people a class. So, that would be around $120 for an hour and a half or so. That is if we booked every class. We would also have all day photo shoots in the studio. We would do Easter Pictures with a live bunny, Santa pictures at Christmas etc.
I thought one of the things we would have is a package called something like Birthday Diva where young girls dress up for a photo shoot with different outfits etc. We could even offer a package where they bring all their girlfriends. They would get the experience and the CD with all their pictures to remember the day. We would never have to worry about having a studio space again.

The other Big idea is a doggie daycare/grooming/portrait business. We would run a doggie daycare but have services for grooming and pet portraits as well. Kim would be our expert on that since she worked in the vet field for so long. She also has great connections to vets in the area and animal services that might be a help in advertising.

But, who quits, who works? I am currently making 30K a year staying home with my kids. It is all just so much to think about. If Steve got a great job, it would work for me to do this. WHO KNOWS!!!

Another thing on my mind....

Then I have issues with not having enough space to accommodate new babies being born into my center. A family in my center wants me to take their baby being born in April but I am full. We are considering going certified and then being able to take 12 kids...with an assistant. Steve might do it but doesn't want to. I am not sure I wanna have 12 kids in my house even with a helper. If I pay someone full time, I end up making the same as now with 6 kids. UGH!!!

So, we have so much going on. My latest thing is needing a helper this summer one day a week. I called a certain blogger to ask her about it but she was NOT HOME or answering her cell. I want to offer it to moms with one child. They would come to my house every Wed (or another day we set up) and go with me to a field trip to the zoo or museum every week. She could bring her child but would need to help me totally while we were out. She also would need to drive a couple kids in her car. Then, after we got home, she would leave. It would be around 5-6 hours every Wed. I would pay her $60 for it but that would also need to go towards their gas. I would pay for parking if we had it. So, that is on my mind too. I have extra kids coming this summer and need to be able to go on field trips as promised. I also need to be able to trust the person. I am certain I can find a mom who is home for the summer who would love to make a little extra money.

Well, thanks for letting me vent all that. It is so poorly written but I don't have time to change it.
CHOW COW!