Time Balancing?

Prime example: As I type this, I've got supper on the stove, clothes in the dryer, and my 2 year old and 5 year old are doing flips on my sofa while I pull up my "inbox" from work. I work part-time from home and am constantly torn between wanting to perform brain-intensive tasks and knowing I should be reviewing sight words with my daughter or pulling my 7 year-old away from his PlayStation (these things are evil; NEVER buy one). Of course, don't even add my husband into the equation because when he's home I feel like I'm having an affair with my laptop as I feel the need to sneak peaks at my email from the corner of my eye lest he discover he's not the center of my universe as he tells me about his day of QA software testing (yes, it pays the bills but my eyes roll into the back of my head every time he starts mentioning "gooeys"???)

Anybody have any suggestions, or at least some really good justifications for me to sometimes ignore my family in search of mo' money?

Louise

Hello!

Welcome to my blog. As anyone reading this can undoubtedly tell, this is my first attempt at blogging so bear with me and hopefully you'll occasionally find a nugget here you enjoy reading.

I can't say this blog will focus on a particular theme; I hope it will be as varied and unpredictable as its creator: me.

In brief, I'll be posting and commenting on the issues important to me (and I suspect many others): women's issues, children's issues,marriage,religion (Catholic), and the competition of personal vs. private life.

I would also love to hear what you think on these topics and would welcome info on links relevant to these subject areas. Looking forward to some interesting discussions!

Enjoy!

Louise