- Ryan smells my hair, smiles at me and says “Mmm…Mummy you smell good”
- Ryan thinks I look like some great looking models who appear on billboard advertisements and TV commercials
- I ring the door chime at the babysitter’s place when picking him up, I can hear him happily exclaim “Mummy!!”
- Ryan says “I love you”
- I hear Ryan laugh heartily and see him enjoying himself
- I watch Ryan sleep like an angel
- Ryan asks for more food
- Ryan wants me to use his new bolster first because he wants my “smell” on it before he uses it
Just when I thought everything’s going great and perfect, my little laptop is giving me some problem. It was fine all day until I turned it on just an hour plus ago and suddenly instead of seeing the nice blue screen when I boot up, I see an ugly striking green screen!
Worst yet, now the colours on the screen are all screwed up and I’m so upset. It’s only a 6 month old baby. The part that disturbs me about having computer problems is the download I may face with no PC if I have to send it in to be fixed. Plus if things have to be reformatted, the downtime I have is even longer to get all my stuff re-installed. Backing up data before the reformat is already time consuming enough.
This is the second time I’m running into screen problems with Acer laptops. My first Acer Aspire had some problems with the monitor after I used it for about 2 years. Then now this Acer Timeline is giving me screen problem too. I wonder if generally Acer has weaken screens or is it my bad luck?
Whatever the problem is, I just hope it can be fixed easily without it having to be reformatted and that my downtime is minimised…
No one?! Really? Mmmm…I did 
Brought Ryan to watch the movie since we promised him another movie since his first one at Shrek recently. This time he reminded us over and over to get him popcorn for movie time.
As usual we went equipped with his little bolster and a small blankie to keep him warm. But as it turned out, we didn’t really need it because it was a full house and so the screening room was pretty cozy with so many warm bodies.
Toy Story 3 was very entertaining. It was funny, it was touching and memorable. At least it was all that for me and honestly, I won’t mind watching it again. But when I asked Ryan if he wanted to watch it again, he said no. Hmm…
Mummy: Ryan, did you like the show?
Ryan: Yes (with a big smile)
Mummy: Did you understand the show?
Ryan: No
Mummy: Do you want to watch it again?
Ryan: No…
But do you know what he’s eyeing to watch next? Karate Kid. No kidding.
Anyway, here’s a shot of Ryan with the Toy Story 3 cast. Can you spot the boy amongst the toys?
Do you agree that these days a lot of ladies, especially after they’ve become mummies, turn to be entrepreneurs? I personally have come across mummies that are work from home mothers and they are very happy doing what they’re setting out to do. Many of them are also very ambitious with their home-based business ventures too.
I find more and more mummies are now taking advantage of the internet as a medium to set up a trading business. Many of the blog shops are run by mothers. From niche baby products to maternity products for other mothers, clothes, accessories and even lingerie, arts and crafts, scrap booking products and even educational books and toys. You name it, some mothers are already doing it and even well received in the market.
Being one myself, I find it a great way to run a business without having to leave home too much in order to run the business. So far I’ve enjoyed doing so and I’m sure other net-preneur mothers are feeling the same. Some may even be looking after their kids and running their shops at the same time. What more could you ask for, right? 
As great as it sounds, I’ve got to admit running a business and doing so from home is not the easiest thing to handle. There are moments of work pressure even when it’s a self-run business. So work-at-home mummies have their down moments too.
Just imagine when you are home-based, you miss out on interacting with friends at work. And when you first start out in business, you’ve got to do everything from the nitty-gritty to the bigger things by yourself. You’ve got to start managing accounts, do the marketing and sales, customer servicing, etc. All these become a 1-person job, no more passing on the duties to fellow colleagues in their specialised departments to run the numbers or do their marketing magic for you. Suddenly, you have to be the expert in every field!
But as with everything, these days you can find just about anything you need on the internet, including solutions. What I have found to complement my needs as well as act as a great resource and support to me is this support group called The Mom Entrepreneur Support Group.
Nowadays support can come from just about anyone, and virtually, so it doesn’t matter that it’s a group that’s not even in the same country I live in. Having said that, I’m sure it’ll be great too if there’s something similar in this country so at least once in a while, some of the support group members can get together. Have you seen, heard or even joined something like this in Malaysia? If you have, do introduce to me, I would love to be a member
So how do I feel after 6 months of being a work at home mum? Great, really. It’s worth taking that risk and going through the initial pain to get to where I want to be in the end. So it is worth it for me. How about the other work at home mums? What are your stories?
Ryan loves watching Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, the show about a little Chinese girl named Kai-Lan and her grandpa and friends. Actually I encourage him to watch it too because the show teaches children some basic Mandarin words one episode at a time. The songs are pretty catchy and fun too and he’s shown quite a bit of interest in learning them and even wants to find Ni Hao, Kai-Lan books to read.
Unfortunately, the show only starts at 10.30am on weekdays on Nickelodeon. It’s a bit too late for him to catch as we have to send him to the babysitter’s place so that we can get on with work. At the babysitter’s place, there’s no Nickelodeon channel for him so he tends to miss this show.
The only solution I thought of is to get him some Ni Hao, Kai-Lan DVDs so that he can watch them anytime he wants. The challenge is that I don’t see this show being sold at shops that offer lots of other children’s educational cartoons.
Anyone knows where to get this show on VCD or DVD in Malaysia? In a desperate attempt, I decided to buy from Amazon.com but upon check out I was informed that those particular items I ordered cannot be sent to Malaysia. How disappointing. So I don’t know where else to find it.
Hopefully someone knows and can share with me here…please leave me your comments here if you have the info. Much, much appreciate Love and thanks from Ryan and us.
