Are you a stay-at-home mom? Yes If so, a) what age was your child(ren) when you began to stay home with them? since birth. I graduated nsg school 6 days before she was born but I've never put it to use YET why do you chose to stay home with your children? I find being at home keeps me very busy & fulfilled. I've never understood SAHM who claim they are bored. I have 1 daughter, 3 dogs, a home & my husband's business I do much of the work for plus I made sure to start involving myself & my daughter in school & plenty of activities. Gosh if I never have to work I would be so happy BUT chances are that when the last of my kids is in fulltme school I'll at last work part-time. are you financially secure enough to be home and not work? Like everyone else we could always use the extra $. We don't have a retirement a/c set up, we have to buy our own very expensive health ins., we havn't been on a great vacation in several yrs, we no longer go to fancy dinners, our home could use allot more remodeling, our cars are old but in good condition & paid for & I am always comparison shopping BUT we have no debt despite every month praising when we've paid the last bills. Our daughter is in private school & already takes 4 sets of lessons at age 3 & when we have our day trips or do happen to go out we truly go all out & enjoy, plus since I have no family help at all I have been lucky enough to be able to pay for a mothers helper or sitter for those times I need to catch up on the home, errands or the business paperwork or go to my many medical appts (I was diagnosed with MS a yr ago). All in all I'm happy, but my husband is self employed & he'd like to make a switch right now & he can't b/c we don't have enough $ in the bank nor another income. I had a stay at home Mom when I grew up & feel there is nothing better. I think that while kids are young I prefer being aorund for safety & to be involved in all the firsts, then they start activities & who else is going to chaperone them everywhere & then later on I want to be around so they have support & hopefully I can prevent them from making some bad choices that they might make had they not had any parent at home during the day after school. what are the ages and gender of your kids? daughter age 3 & working on #2 Michie

I don't know if this one that I am linking is the one you are thinking of, but this beeswax for soapstone and butcher block has been recommended on the Kitchens Forum for many years. The woman who sells it is an artist. She also sells the beeswax on eBay. Here is a link that might be useful: Wooden Wonders Beeswax

Hi, i'm a stay at home mom on a very strict budget who loves to garden and especially take care of house plants. I'm just looking for anyone who possibly has any cuttings or anything they would be willing to share. I lost a huge chunk of my collection a few years ago when there was a freak early frost while I was out of town and I've really been looking to work on my collection again. Looking for anything but preferably house plants that can be in hanging baskets due to having two kids, a cat who gets into everything and a dog who does the same. Examples of what would be perfect, burro's (donkey) tail, spider plants, philodendron, passion flower, hoya, pothos, and anything else similar. i would also LOVE any jade that anyone might have and want to share. I would be happy to pay shipping for any cuttings if we don't live close enough to meet up anywhere. Thank you!

My MIL decided to enter a nursing home when her RA became so advanced that she needed assistance just to turn in bed. She improved within weeks, largely because she was no longer isolated in her apartment. I don't think she even realized she'd been prescribed a mild antidepressant, but that helped too. (We were ALL helped by the change.)