My first recruit!

I am proud to announce that I have finally signed on my first Tupperware recruit! YAY! After all of these months, paying for booths, sending out emails, maintaining my website, and plugging my business where ever I could, I am now locked into staying with this. How could I back out now?

I still battle with the whole praying and timing of prayers heard issue. I am not sure why I have to fight the results and the obvious that prayers are always answered, and it's not just coincidence. For years, I felt that things would always just fall into place, and they never quite did as easily as they have since I have come back to the Church. All I can think is that this is God, the Holy Spirit, reaching out to prove His point. It's that "duh!" sort of point being made. I don't just pray when I need something. I have been very grateful for what I have and what I have to look forward to, given the opportunities that open up constantly before me. So, why can't I just accept that which is spelled out plainly?

I ask this because, over the past several months that I have been "working" at this business thing, I have prayed that something happen if this is what I am supposed to be doing. Is this what I should be doing instead of going out for a part-time job at the pharmacy, hospital, or wherever? Am I directing my attention, time and money toward a venture that will never pay out? The only money I have made so far has been from very supportive friends and family. However, I can't expect them all to support a pet project that will never grow! So, while the waters and wind have been near-dead, I have asked that I be pointed in the direction that I should be heading. That is one thing that hasn't been as obvious (maybe too much clutter and noise in my busy brain?).

Here I am: prayer answered. I have a recruit! Now, here's my reasoning regarding this milestone: In order for me to earn anything from my downline, I must have at least 3 active recruits. Although I have just one, this is the beginning! I only have to have 2 more! Is this not one step WAY closer to having a business that can support me? This may be an over-reaction to such a simple event, however, I can't look at it that way. I have to let this take me to the next level of an avalanche of growth. I have to believe that this is the first trickle of what is going to become an overwhelming change in my life and that of my family's, right? Otherwise, why pray? Why ask for that sign if I'm going to run from it? He knows what I can handle, and if this is what He's going to give to me, I accept with open, gracious arms!

Oh, and Merry Christmas to me!

I have my first party date!

I am so utterly excited that I now have my first party dating. Yes, I am selling Tupperware, and I am pretty proud of it. The products are good. They last forever, practically. The warranties on the products are excellent. And, the parties can be so fun!

If you or anyone you know is interested in hosting a Tupperware party, here are some ideas of what we can do:

- bachelorette party (cash in on healthy, economical kitchen products to start your family)
- baby shower (all children's products are BPA-free, I plan on working on the rest)
- house warming party (excellent for first time homeowners)
- divorce party (get a clean fresh start with new kitchen gadgets)
- anniversary party (a good time to update your kitchen wares)
- Girls Night Out party
- Moms Night Out party
- fundraisers (40% of sales go towards your organization)
- online party (for those who have friends and relatives all over the place)
- catalog party (simply hand out catalogs, collect orders and money, and reap the host benefits)

There are so many ideas, reasons and options to have Tupperware parties. Heck, why not have a before the holidays party to stock up on good gifts to give family and friends. Secret Santa programs would go well with Tupperware. Who doesn't love kitchen gadgets?

Anyhow, I just had to share my excitement. This party should be a good, healthy kick-off to more parties and leads, and I am so grateful to my dear friend for being so kind to host it. Hopefully, I'll post in a couple of weeks, with exasperation that I am soooo busy with my Tupperware business. Ha! We'll see.

Here's a new ad-venture for ya!

Okay, so I'm looking at all these bills that repeatedly make a grand entrance every month. I'm also looking at my wish list of things I'd like to complete around the house (wood floors, finish the basement, build bookshelves, etc.). And then there's the big, fat wish list of books I'd like to acquire for our home school library. Who couldn't use more books?! For some reason, all of this seems to out-weigh the amount that is being brought in by the lonesome breadwinner of our family. So, I have possibly found an opportunity where I can make that little extra dough to make my projected ends meet: Tupperware.

Yes, I said Tupperware. This is such a nice idea for me on so many levels. I will just have to list those many points, just so I can come back at a later date and refresh my craziness.

1. I love kitchen gadgets. I can use more *FREE* kitchen gadgets any day.
2. I need to get used to public speaking, especially since I am now a La Leche League Leader.
3. I need to meet more people in my community. I had a nice big family when I was employed, before children, but that is 28 miles away. Being a SAHM puts you into a whole different category of friends.
4. Tupperware sells itself.
5. Did I mention that I love kitchen gadgets?
6. I need more money, and the compensation program this company offers is more than ideal. Not to mention the ongoing bonuses and benefits.
7. This gives me something to do, alone, outside of the home, at least once a week.
   
8. It's money that I am earning, and I feel better about spending it.

Okay, so that's a start of why this is such an appropriate thing for me to do. I've been forwarded job listings for blogging, of which I am most inconsistent. I've been forwarded all sorts of WAHM opportunities, and by far, this is the best one that fits me. Really, I have been waiting for a Tupperware party to hit around here for such a long time. I've had stuff I wanted to buy, and now I can make money, get free stuff, and then some. I just hope it all works.

So, how am I to find the time to do this? I figure that if I can devote just an hour online, or on the phone, a day, and try to shoot for one party a week, I should do pretty well. That's just the beginning. Surely, I would hope that things would pick up from there. I will definitely not be one of those high pressure sales people, talking some poor saps into buying junk they don't need. There are some gadgets that I would not recommend unless someone were going to be making money using the product. However, there are more products put out by this company that would and can make people's lives so much easier, more efficient, and save money. Yay!

Okay, so I am now off to find places to put my name and website. If you, dear reader, find that you are in need of some Tupperware products, may be slightly interested in selling some yourself, or would possibly like to host a Tupperware party (assuming you live within a reasonable distance from me), PLEASE take a look at my website and contact me. Please have patience, as I am learning all about the different products and offers through the company. Like, I didn't know this one: they have a lifetime warranty on just about every product. Lifetime! That's awesome. So, yes, take a look around, and give me a nudge if you see something you like.

www.my2.tupperware.com/captola

What is my job title again?

Stay-at-home mom.

Sounds pretty simple, right? One would assume, as I did when I was still working but pregnant, that a SAHM is simply one of those frilly homemakers with some silly apron, who tends to their family with a smile. I'm not even sure how I came up with that picture, as my own mom, once a SAHM, was not that way at all.

I am currently looking at a possible internet job that focuses on the scope of being a SAHM. Since looking at that job posting, I've been scrambling my brain about what in the world would be my focus.

Just for kicks, I'll give a run-down of my "job description", and this is not to be compared to working mothers, housewives with no children, working women with no children, etc. I'm just exploring my world.

Matron Murphy's job description:

• wife - caretaker of Mr. Murphy,


• mother - caretaker of 2 children,


• cook - prepare meals for anyone present in the house to eat, keep up grocery stock


• maid - clean entire house, top to bottom, take out trash, make sure cans go out on trash night,


• launderer - keep all clothing clean and presentable, mend as needed,


• CFO - maintain all finances, pay bills, balance checkbook, budget expenses,


• landscaper - maintain lawn, maintain gardens, keep driveway clean


• house doctor - try to keep all family healthy, and treat as necessary when sick, keep up stock of medicine cabinet,


• appliance repair tech. - maintain all appliances in household and repair as necessary,


• teacher - educate my children to the best of my ability, give them as many experiences as possible, keep up-to-date with the world so to make learning current.


• La Leche League Leader - lead and support our local group and mothers in breastfeeding and parenthood,


• Girl Scout Leader - plan and lead my daughter's Daisy troop

Okay, I think I've said enough. Not trying to toot my own horn that I have some big job, or that I'm trying to justify that I really do stay busy. I do have days when I sit down and wonder what the heck I actually did all day. What did I complete or accomplish? Should I, could I, have done more in one area? Did I even give the children enough attention? Scales, scales, scales!!! It's difficult not to weigh accomplishments, needs, wants and priorities. Now, where is an application for that? I would be afraid to see a pie chart designed to show how much time is placed in certain areas and where it may be needed in others. That's not in my area of expertise, for sure!

It's times like this when I start to get all stressed out. You know, dear husband comes home, worn out and tired, and reminds me that, one day, I will have to be the bread-maker of the family, and HE will get to retire. Have I really retired? Am I on some big vacation? I thought a vacation was when you stay somewhere that you don't have to clean your own sheets, or even change them. Well, in retirement you still have to do those things. But retirement is getting R&R, going outside to tend the garden because there is nothing else to do. Retirement is also when there are no children to take care of because they've all flown the coop! Ha, I'm not retired. But then again, it scares the daylights out of me to think of any other way. I certainly don't want to give this up to go work somewhere out of the home. I really miss the adult interaction, conversation, and even eye-level, but not enough to get back out there. Whew!

So, here I sit, hoping that I have what it takes to be considered an authority on being a SAHM. I fret over having sufficient experience and stories to share. Then again, I simply look at my two little angels and fret no more. They've plenty of stories to create for me, every single moment of the day. I can just sit back, spectate, and report. Thank God I love words! Maybe some day soon, I will add "Published Writer" to my list of titles above. But for now, I'll hop, skip and jump from title to title, as necessary, and love the life I'm living and the family I'm living it with.
My little SAHM-in-training