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Halloween is coming

So, Halloween is tomorrow. Talk about last minute, I just bought costumes for my girls today. I also just bought candy to hand out. But this year, we were prepared to contribute to the haunted house sooner than usual. You see each your our cul-de-sac puts on a haunted house and usually, we procrasinate when it comes to helping out with that. But this year, we're more prepared, we've got some cool things for the room we're responsible for and will begin set up today.

I don't even have a costume yet, but DH has a mask. The kids are all going to wear non-scary outfits. For them it's more of a dress up. I guess in Hawaii we're lucky that it's warm - kids trick-or-treat every year without too much worry about weather. So, I'm interested to see how our room in the haunted house will turn up.

My oldest daughter is probably going on a "business trip" for Halloween. My MIL does a little side business with blinky lights and glow items and they got into the main event over on Maui. They shut down one of the major streets over in Lahaina and just do Halloween stuff. My MIL and family will have a booth there. Turns out that one of the adults that was supposed to go can't make it and my MIL asked if she can take my daughter. My daughter loves working in the booth and is apparently quite good at it. So she's having homework sent home with her so she doesn't fall behind in school work and will be going on a business trip for Halloween. She'll only miss two days of school, so not too bad. I debated on whether or not she should go since she'll miss school, but it's only two days, she can still do the work, and it'll be a learning experience, so I figured what the heck. I'm even a bit jealous - I've heard that you've got to go to this place in Lahaina at least once for Halloween and I've never been, but my daughter is going. Go figure.

My favorite part of business

Now that the pitching clinic I was coordinating is over (see softball blog for details), I can sort of get back to concentrating on business. I'm finding that my favorite part of business is networking with others in softball. I like making new contacts and forming new partnerships small or big. Now that I'm outsourcing some of the "smaller" tasks, I have more time for expanding business or thinking of new ideas. Now that I'm not doing some of the smaller time consuming tasks, I'm finding that I really don't want to go back to doing them. I used to love making new webpages, updating the site, etc, etc, etc, but now the thought of it just makes me feel weighed down. Before, I liked it because I felt like I was "doing" something to further my business and my website, now they feel more like tasks that slow me down because they take away from working on marketing and developing new products or streams of income.

So like I said, the clinic is over and I can come back to focusing 100% on business and where I'm going from here. Find the best ways to utilize the VA's I'm working with AND make the best of the time I now have because I'm not doing the work that they're doing.

Here's to increased productivity!

Double Digits

My oldest daughter is now double digits! Today is her 10th brithday, I can't believe it. She's not some little girl anymore. She's in the 5th grade and will be going to Middle School next year! Wow.

For her birthday we bought her a Roxy shirt and slippers and also a small keychain digital camera from Walmart. She hasn't opened it yet, but will get to either at dinner or after dinner. We're off to CPK tonight. DD has one of those eat free during your birthday month coupons, so we better use it before the month ends. I'm looking forward to a Bar-B-Que Chicken Salad. Mmmmm, and some dessert of course.

This is one expensive week. It was DH's b-day yesterday so we went to dinner for him too. Then he said he wants an X-Box 360. I said that it's too expensive right now, but I can plan to get it for him for Christmas. So then he goes, "If I come up with $200 can you kick in the rest?" Then he promptly hands me two $100 bills. *sigh* So we'll probably get one, but not quite yet. In a few weeks. He's so spoiled...

Shopping Cart Problem

And no, I'm not talking about online shopping carts. I'm talking about an actual shopping cart. My son and I were in Walmart the other day and he wanted to go in the back of the shopping cart. I usually am pretty comfortable with that because, in most shopping carts, there's no way he can fall out unless he's climbing. The sides are high enough to where he can't just flop over.

Well....that's not the case with the Walmart cart we were using. I was walking down and aisle and I stopped to look at something. He must have already been sort of leaning out because once I stopped, he kept going. It was like slow motion. I saw the top part of his body continue to go forward, then I saw his feet lift up, and then I looked to his hands to hopefully see them hanging on to the edge of the cart. But no, his hands were already over the edge, not hanging on to anything. He went head first right into the concrete ground of Walmart. I couldn't believe it. The sound when he hit the ground just made my heart sink. I didn't know what to do. He started crying, but not as hysterically as I was feeling. Then a women suggested that I go to the McDonald's that's inside the Walmart and get some ice.

My son does not like ice on his head. He screamed more when I put the ice on than when he fell. I thought there was going to be a huge lump on his head. I thought he would continue to cry and cry because something else that I couldn't see was hurt. But he seemed okay given what he had just been through. But just to be safe, I took him to the ER. We were there for about 3 1/2 hours total. They said he looked fine. He was acting fine too. The bump on his head was barely noticable if you were across the room. They said to just watch for vomiting or watch if he has trouble walking.

I'm so, so, so glad he's okay. I've never had any of my kids fall out of a shopping cart before. It's quite a scary experience. I carried him quite a bit for the remainder of the day. Thankfully when I told DH about what happened, he was concerned for our son, but he was also concerned about me. He kept asking me if I was okay. That helped me relax for some reason. DH also chose that moment to tell me that he had also fallen on his head when he was younger. But his fall was from a car window. And he turned out just fine right?

Earthquake Scare

Whew - we experienced an earthquake this morning here in Hawaii and that was a scary experience. It wasn't super bad like ones that have hit other parts of the world, including California, but it was still a bit scary. I woke up to my whole house shaking and my kids screaming running into my room.

My first thought was that things here aren't built for handling earthquakes. I'm just glad my family was together and safe. Power did go out across just about the whole state for most of the day. I know the Big Island got hit harder than we did here and we can only hope and pray that the families there are doing okay. As far as I've heard there were no fatalities and no major injuries. I'm just so thankful that my family is safe, our house is in tact, and our power has been restored.

Wishing my SIL luck

I'm wishing my SIL luck because her and her husband have been trying for a baby for a few months and I know she's testing on Saturday to see if this is their month. I can't imagine what it must be like to try and try and try and test every month and nothing. I'm very thankful that conceiving has always been pretty easy for DH and I. I know that is not the case with every couple. Some couples go through so much to bring a new life into this world. And I'm guessing, one thing that has to get to them is the many women out there getting rid of their babies because they'd rather not have them.

An article in Ms. Magazine talked about a petition and how people signed this petition “to save lives and to spare other women the pain of socially imposed guilt.” Their purpose was “to repeal archaic and inhuman [anti-abortion] laws.”

Socially imposed guilt? -First of all, in the situation of pregnancy out of wedlock in which the woman chooses to engage in pre-marital sex, any guilt felt is not "socially imposed" it is entirely "self-imposed." She was in full control of her own series of choices that got her into the situation in which she may experience so called "socially imposed" guilt.

Inhuman anti-abortion laws? And abortions are the complete opposite of inhuman?

As you can see I'm very pro-life. But anyway - that's off the subject....I'm wishing my SIL luck with her home pregnancy test this weekend. I hope she finally gets the result she wants. If not, we'll just have to keep supporting her and her husband in their efforts. I know by now it must be rather trying to continue receiving negatives so we're rooting for a positive result!

Affordable Web Hosting for WAHMs

One of the things many WAHMs ask is "Who should I use for web hosting?"

Well, if you've been to my site www.StacieMahoe.com, you'll see that I have a number of different websites. You know what's cool? I found a web hosting service that allows me to host ALL of those domains for one low, affordable price! All of my sites are hosted by MomWebs. MomWebs is run by a WAHM for WAHMs.

But the thing I love MOST about MomWebs is the unbelievable customer service I get there. Their support department is always quick to answer my inquiries, even on nights and on weekends. So even if I were able to find a cheaper hosting solution for all my domains, I probably wouldn't switch because I know with MomWebs, I have the support I need. I've been with them for over a year and haven't had any problems with server downtime at all.

The other thing I like about Mom Webs Hosting Service is that web stats is included in the package. No more searching for or paying for stat programs to track your sites activity and usage. With MomWebs it's all included. There are a number of different reports you can access at any time.

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Sunday was Hair Cut Day

Here's a picture of my son with his new hair cut. He screamed and yelled the entire time I buzzed his hair. *sigh* - then I buzzed my husbands hair too, so they look alike now. :)

My son wouldn't stay still long enough for me to really clean up the edges and around his ear, but at least I got to trim the sideburns.

My Talk Radio Show Set to Launch

WooHoo! My Fastpitch Talk Radio Show is set to launch on Monday (Oct. 9)! Everything is ready to go and I'm excited, but nervous. I wonder what people will think. Will they continue to listen after this show is over and done? Whoever is listening to my Pre-Launch audios are continuing to listen so they have an idea of what the show will be like, what my voice sounds like, etc. So I guess I shouldn't worry. If they didn't like something, they probably would have stopped listening already. Right?

Anyway - wish me luck!

How to Be a VA

As a WAHM, I am finding VA's (virtual assistants) to be such a blessing. Many other WAHMs use VA's as an integral part of their business too. I know that there are a few WAHMs at Mom Masterminds that are working on a new website that will help VA wannabes learn more about How to Be a Virtual Assistant.

I just saw an article about VA mentoring online. Read it at Business Press World, Online Forum Mentors Women to Earn Six Figures from Home.

Mom Masterminds does business mentoring for all WAHMs or WAHDs who have online businesses, I know it's great. I don't know much about any of the websites listed in the article, but I just thought this article was interesting.

Guest on a "Real" Radio Show

Yesterday I did an interview for a "real" radio show - one that is actually broadcasted over airwaves on an AM station in CA. The show can also be heard at www.AdrenalineRadio.com. I have to say that I really enjoy audio! I have fun working on my own show and I had fun talking with a host on their show.

Right now my "big" project is my e-book. I am working on an outline for it so that I can begin filling in blanks and get on my way to actually getting it written. I really don't know how long it'll take. Maybe I should set a timeline for myself so that I have an actual goal to strive for with this.

On the home front, my girls are now back in school after being on break for the past 3 weeks. One thing I like about them being back in school is that my son gets back on a regular nap schedule. When the girls are home, he's too busy playing with them to take a nap.

Unfortunately right now, all the kids are battling a cold. Actually, my oldest daughter started it and has gotten over it, but now the rest of the kids have sniffles and DH even feels like he has a head cold too. I'm sure sooner or later, the bug will catch me, but I'm hoping my "Mom Super Powers" can stop it. Don't you ever feel, as a mom, like you're just not allowed to get sick? You don't have time for it. KWIM?