A Fresh Spring Day

The first day of springing forward. A fresh day for a fresh new blog. The entire family is still asleep and I am snuggled under a blanket with the dog on my feet and a nice warm laptop on my, well... my lap. The dog irritates me. The laptop I love.
This is a new blog for me. I have an older one but I don't know how to incorporate it here. Perhaps I'll figure it out.
The goal for me on this blog is to vent, mentor, listen and learn. The name came to me because I needed a way to meld my two worlds together. The world of my family and my business. My family, and this includes my immediate family as well as my mom and dad, have a tradition of making a family sandwich. I'm sure your family does it too, but it is one of those fun, quirky traditions that help define us and our humor. The parents are the bread and the children are the filling. We all climb in bed on a lazy Sunday morning and build a sandwich together. Sunday mornings are more difficult now as that is when I do my shows and by the time everyone is up and ready to roll, I'm half way out the door. The bodies are bigger too which makes it tough, but we can still pull it off occasionally.
I sling bling for a living. That is, I sell a line of jewelry called Cookie Lee. I love the jewelry and I do love the flexibility of my job. I love that I can make money making my own hours and still attend baseball/basketball/football/golf practice and games. I have three young boys, two of whom play every sport there is to play. My oldest child has decided that he does not want to play football this coming year and is still trying to decide what exactly it is he does want to do. My buiness allows me to still be at home with them when my husband travels and work when he is home to take over parenting duties.
These are tough times to be sure. My income is more important than ever for us to continue to live the way we live and support everything our kids want to do. I feel very grateful that I have this under my belt. That for over 3 years my business had paid for every extra activity our kids have wanted to participate in, as well as two all expenses paid trips for me and the Bling Daddy.
I'm looking forward to my future and the rest of the perks that come with being a Bling Mommy.