Today I am working.  I have really mixed feelings about it because I would rather be home with the kids, but need the income and time away from home so this works out for us.  My schedule is really flexible because I am a substitute teacher.  I only work on days when it is convenient for me and the kids are not sick.  I get called every day to work, but usually only work 2 days per week.  This week however I am working 3 days--it is always busy near the end of the school year.  The pay is really pretty good since I have a teaching license--yes it would be better if I worked full time, but right now I feel the need to stay home and homeschool and raise the family.  God would literally have to place a job in my lap in order for me to work all the time away from my family.

Hubby is home today--rained out from his job.  He is working on the new Indy airport terminal.  His boss called at 4:30 this AM to tell him to stay home--so he is with the kids.  My mom will go by the house and pick up the baby so the older girls can play and have fun.  This is a good set up for us with me having a flexible schedule.  My mom watches the kids while I work and then we do school in the evening on those days.  That is what I love about HS.  It is SO flexible and just wonderful!

I have been a consultant for about a month now with Usborne Books.  I have a few home shows scheduled.  I really hope to get this business off the ground, so that next year, I won't have to substitute--the books will be my main source of income.  I will do shows in the evening when hubby is home with the kids.  Plus they have a really good program if you become an educational consultant which is what I have done.  Now I can sell books to schools and libraries.  Since there are no active consultants in my area, it is wide open.  There are tons of schools and libraries--now all I have to do is set up appointments with them and let them know what services I can offer them.  We can sell books directly to them or we can do fund raisers--book fairs and read-a-thons.  The cool thing about the read-a-thon is that schools get 110% of the money raised in books--50% goes to the actual students to take home and 60% goes to the school for educational uses.  That is so awesome about this business.  Pray for me that I will be able to get into schools and libraries easily.  I sometimes am afraid to ask for appointments so I really need to get my courage worked up because I really need this to work.

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