It’s Time to Have Fun!

Back in November I took part in 30 Days of Thanks. Since then there has been months for organizing, clearning and wishes. May is the month of fun and I don’t know of a mom or mompreneur who doesn’t  need more fun. It’s easy to get wrapped up in kids, house, hubby and biz. It’s a lot of “biz”-yness and its easy for me to put my fun on hold until everyone else is taken care.

Then mama gets cranky

No one wants to be around me

I feel like a shrew

My business isn’t as fun

I resent the girls (yeah I said that and meant that)

I hate hubby for going out to lunch during the work day and seeing sunlight

So when I read Stacy was doing  31 days of Fun for May I immediately jumped in!

This will remind me to have some fun too.

Not only is it healthy for me, it’s healthy for my family and my business. But like all healthy things it always gets put at the end of the “To Do” list.

I can do this.

I am promising and pledging to myself that I will have fun everyday this month.

No excuses!

To catch ya’ll up on what fun I’ve been having since May 1st…here’s the breakdown:

Saturday- May 1st watched my baby girl’s dance team take Platinum and overall 1st place for their division in regional’s. I had a great time watching her perform and see how much she has grown as a dancer.

Sunday- May 2nd I slept in until 9am. That hasn’t happened since my honeymoon and let me tell you the sandman and I were having a grand ole time!

Monday-May 3rd Going to grab the girls after school and go rollerblading. What else is there to do on a sunny 80 degree California afternoon?
What’s your plan for fun?

The Coolest Feeling….

I keep my business license in a frame on a wall in my office. For no other reason than to remind me that I am the owner of a real business.

Even though I work in sweats and from what is normally the formal dinning room in most homes it’s easy to forget that I’m a “real” business. I mean after all I don’t have a commute, a dress code, an HR department or a boss that I need to answer too. So my business license hangs from the wall reminding me while I may not always think of myself as a “bonafide” business – my city does!

So it was very cool when I inserted this year’s business license in the frame and out fell 4 years worth of business licenses. I felt like I did as kid when I started riding a bike. One minute my dad was holding on the back running along side me and then the next thing I know I’m riding the bike on my own.

It’s the coolest feeling….

It’s the best feeling in the world and one that

Goodbye Corporate World….finally!

I’ve been preaching the wonders of self employment – in particular being a mompreneur. I’ve been out of the corporate world for oh about 10 years (wow that long????) and do not have a desire to go back.

But somewhere in the deep recesses of my walk-in closet lurks remnants of my old corporate life. It didn’t even dawn on me that I was hanging onto them  “just in case” until I read this post about 31 Days of Clearning. My closet was a mess and with the 31 Days of Clearning in mind I tided up.

I came across some skirts, pumps and blazers. I held onto them because well they were expensive and I do love the burgundy pumps….but really? I work in sweats – my “dress up” clothes are skinny jeans and a cute top. When I do go to a conference it’s filled with other solopreneurs and there’s not a “suit” in sight.

With a deep breath I grabbed everything that was “officey” and put it in the donation bag.

That’s the problem with hanging onto stuff…for those “just in case” scenarios…the one item becomes a mountain of stuff and “just in case” never happens. Kinda like all those fears that never seem to materialize.

Fun Friday!

I’ve been a busy busy girl lately. Between working on some great client projects and my usual work , I’ve also added a shopping cart class and joined a book salon based on Cheryl Richardson’s Take Time For Your Life book. It’s the second time I’ve read this book and reading it with other women and discussing ways to implement Cheryl’s suggestions has made it so much better this time around!

I had an epiphany a couple of weekends ago. I realized the girls were playing with friends and Brian was relaxing and I’m running around doing chores! Now it’s not that Brian doesn’t help out. He does in a lot of ways (he does the floors and cleans the bathrooms – the two things I absolutely HATE doing). He has his Saturday morning chore list – but I’ve noticed he is done with his work (usually) by noon and then he does his thing! I found my self tired and running around the house finishing up on stuff when everyone else was doing what you should be doing on a weekend…RELAXING! Then when I was done running around the house it was time to make dinner!

I decided I am taking this weekend off.

Not just work related off – but work and house related stuff off. When I announced to Brian I would be taking the weekend off he chuckled. The girls will be gone this weekend and it would be a good time to do this. As I continued to talk about what I wasn’t going to do this weekend – Brian’s chuckle became more uncertain. I think he was either trying to figure out how serious I am or whether or not he’s  going to have to finally commit me : D

I’m already thinking I can’t because A B and C need to get done. I’ve planned for that and will get done as much as I can today. I’m still nervous as to whether or not I can truly take the weekend off.

I’m not one to sit around. I’m constantly in motion. I did talk Brian into going Cross Country Skiing this weekend. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do and I’m taking advantage of the girls being gone. But other than skiing – I have no plans and no chores – a first for me!

Dreams

My family and I were at Costco on Sunday and I saw a travel brochure. I asked Natalia to grab it for me and as we were walking to the car we talked about Hawaii and how we’d love to go. I’ve been before and have always in the back of my mind held the vision of taking my daughter there one day to snorkel. She loves the water and loves bright colors. I couldn’t think of a more magical experience for her than to snorkel and see all the beautiful fish that live in the ocean. Now that I’ve remarried it seems even more perfect to go with my husband and his daughter.

Natalia asked if we can go and I said “Yes one of these days”.

On the way home it got me thinking about an empty spot on the wall in our living room.  It’s begging for something but I haven’t found anything that has captured me…until now. I thought what a perfect spot for a family vision or dream board. I talked it over with my husband and he agreed that it’s a great idea. I’ve been wanting to do a vision board for my business but I’m really liking the idea of a family board. Plus I think with putting “some day” down on paper in color makes it more real. So Tuesday night we’re going to have pizza and create our dream board. I can’t wait to see what my girls dream of and as a family what we create. It should be fun!