My First Posting!

I guess I should start by introducing myself - I am a SAHM of two from Wisconsin.  I also am a Scentsy Independent Consultant and created this blog to share my experience as a consultant as well as a SAHM. 

I would like to start at the beginning as to why I am a SAHM.  I never imagined myself as being able to stay at home with my children.  I was was raised in a household where both of my parents needed to work - they never had the choice.  My brother and I never seemed to mine but we also didn't know any different.  My husband on the other hand was able to stay at home with his mom and two sisters.  He wanted me to at least be home part-time, which I considered. 

I have a BA in Communications and a MA in Management in Leadership so staying at home with my degrees was really the last idea on my mine.  Then while I was pregnant in 2007 with our DD my position was eliminated due to company cut backs.  It was right at the start to the economy going down hill.  With my experience and education I could not fine anything!  I applied for a part-time admin assistant position and found out so had 250 others!  I was one of the lucky ones to get an interview but declined the job because of the pay and how far I would have to travel - it just didn't make sense.  I was then lucky enough to find a job working for a Management and Leadership consultant (whom I still work for from home very part time). 

My daughter was born and decided to stay with the part time job and I worked out of the home 2 days a week and then 1 day from home.  This worked great until my DH company also started laying off workers.  At that point he found a wonderful job but we had to move - of course this was at the start of the housing crash.  So for 9 long months we lived apart.

Now to the present - I still work for the Management Consultant from home but only a few hours a week (his business is also slow).  I have occasionally looked for other jobs but the thought of someone else watching my kids every day kinda makes me sick.  I love being with them, most of the time:)  I recently became a Scentsy Independent Consultant and love it!  I have something to look forward to, something that makes me feel accomplish, something that is MINE!