A day as a SAHM!

Im suppose to be a WAHM (Work at home mom), but there are days, like today, when I cant work and those are the days that I become a SAHM (Stay at home mom)...

A lot of people wonder how is it that I can work at home, take care of the girls (which also means spend time with them, play with them, read to them, etc), do my part of the chores, cook, help Gaby with her homework, and still have time to spend with hubby everyday...

Well, my secret is LACK OF ELECTRICITY! Yes, that is... If there is a reader from this country, they know what Im talking about... For those of you living outside of the "jungle" and have no idea what Im talking about here is what happens: There is a deficiency in the electric area, and mostly everyday I spend at least 10 minutes without electricity.. That is on the good days of course... There are days like today, when they decided to make a maintenance on the electric lines, that we spent 8 hours WITHOUT electricity!! Yes, that is right, EIGHT!!

Everyday, I know the electricity will go out at some point and I try to work while there is electricity.. As I never know how long it would be, I cant even take a nap, because what about if I nap while there is electricity, and just at the second I decide to start working, the electricity goes off for several hours??

So, that is my secret... At the second the electricity goes off, I run to do the chores.. I do this, here and there... Im grateful that I dont live in a hot house... The windows are open, and the girls can play without complaining for the lack of the fan. I do hate to cook without electricity, but I open the kitchen door and windows, and it is totally Ok... There are days where Im blessed with electricity the whole day, and I get to make my chores with electricity, but normally those days I try to work more on my business and less in the house...

I also try to do stuff with the girls everyday, even though I confess I hardly take them to the backyard... But, in days like today I spend MORE time with them than usual.. Of course, we LOVE it. Today I even did something for them that I have been wanting to do since the other day: A tin meal (I will talk more about it on Friday.. On the next Purple Lunchbox).

We got to play more than usual and we talk a lot.. Today I realized how much urge of learning how to read Camila has... Probably she is going to be like me.. I adores books since I was a little girl... Since I learned how to read and until I was around 12 or so, I used to hide a little lamp inside of my bedroom.. My mom will send me to bed and minutes later, I used to turn on the lamp under my sheets and READ and READ and READ for hours and hours... Needles to say, 3 or so years after I started doing that, I was precribed with GLASSES... It was because of the poor lighting. As an adult, my mom confessed that she knew about it, but how do you tell a child not to love reading!!


At one point I was trying to get a cute photo of Mimi with her cloth diapers but she couldnt stay still in the position that I wanted her to be...
Another thing that I did was more chores than what I get to do in a regular day, so GO ME! :) It was a fun way to show that you dont need electricity to have fun, which is why I wanted to post about this: To remember it!!!

Gaby wants THAT theme....

Just a short post cause I dont want to forget about this.... I think that Gaby seriously wants to have a birthday party each month... Every time she sees me designing a birthday invitation, she gets excited about the theme and she NEEDS to have a party with THAT theme...

It is sooo funny, cause she starts planning to putting the party together... She tells me where we will do the party, who we will invite, the colors of the balloons, the colors of the decoration, the flavor of the cake.. Everything... And that is having in mind that sometimes (like today) she has seen me working with 5 different themes, and she has planned party with them ALL!!!!!!!!!!

I think that is just very cute, and I hope not to forget about it with the years...

Day at school

I had to miss my last day of work because Gaby was sick, so I promised I was going to make up that day as it was the day that I was going to clear out my desk, all backups, keys, USB Memory and all that stuff.

So, today I got to go back to the school and spent my last day of work. I was happy and relief to have handed in everything because the feeling that I had because they were "waiting" for me, wasnt nice.

It was nice to be there, and see the kids and coworkers, but Im glad to be able to go back home knowing that I didnt had to come back at the next day... I really DONT miss the morning rush in this house, to get ready FIVE people. Those two extra hours of sleep in the morning PAYS off... I still wake up early (at 7+ am), but I dont have to wake up at 5am anymore.

Missing hubby…

You guys will think Im crazy but since hubby started working in the same school I was working -back in August-, we have hardly been apart. We were going to work together, come back home togehter, going to the Supermarket together, going out and about together...

When I was home during the weekends or on holidays, hubby was around too... So, now, being at home WITHOUT hubby feels WEIRD!!! It feels weird that I have nobody to call if I forget the towel outside of the bathroom.... I have nobody to call if Im on the phone and Mimi starts crying... I have nobody to call if Im working on something very focused, and somebody starts knocking on the door... I have nobody to call to scracth my back ... I have nobody to call if I run out of toilet paper while in the bathroom.... and the list could go on and on.

Now, it feels like Im counting down the minutes for hubby to get here after work... Cute, I know, but oh boy, how I miss him.

Back to being a WAHM

Today was supposed to be my last day at school, but Gaby was soo sick that I stayed home with her.

It is only my first day at home after almost a year of being working in the school, and being at home simply feels right. Im sure I will need to get used to being home again, but I bet within a couple of weeks, I wont even remember I wasnt home all the time for the past year.

Im sure Sassy (our pup) will be the happiest one with this change and she wont be alone anymore..

BIG Changes!!

Im not very good with changes, and I prefer things just to remain just the way they are. I have been home taking care of my girls since I was pregnant with Camila. As my regular readers know, a few months ago I decided to start working outside the house in a school. I have been doing good with my business, but I was needing some adult interaction, plus I loved the oportunity to give my girls the change to interact with kids their own age.

Even though we think it was a good decision at that moment, we decided it was time to rethink and make some changes. I honestly hate when my girls are sick and I have to call in sick. They miss school and I miss my job. I simply hate having to ask for permissions and permissions, but of course, my girls are more important than anything else so I HAVE to.

Everybody from this country keep telling me: Get a maid for your house, so when your girls are sick, they can stay with the maid. That is VERY normal in this country, and people think we are nuts because we decided NOT to have a maid. We decided my girls doesnt need a maid, but they do need their mom. And they need a mom that is happy staying home with them, and not a mom that feels guilty because she has to call in to miss work again. I honestly HATE the feeling of feeling that Im doing something wrong, when Im actually doing something to take care of my daughters...

I know Im just rambling, but I bet you guys already got my point. So, the decision is made. Im going to go back home full time. Gaby and Mia will continue attending their school normally, and I will pick them up at noon. Mimi will stay home with me, and I will try to take her from time to time to some kind of program where she will be able to spend a few hours and interact with other kids.

I will continue to do stuff for the school like the yearbook and some other design projects, but everything will be done from my home and at my own schedule like Im used to. When my girls are sick, they will stay home with me as long as they need to be ready again to go back to school. I know I will miss talking to adults in "real life", but this is worth it.

Mini Banner

I havent update the first mini banner that I did, and I think I will just leave it as it is....

Sooooooooooo, if you want to advertise my site, feel free to use this "mini banner" for the side of blogs....

If you do, please let me know (just out of curiosity, LOL)....

THANKS GIRLS!!!

3 Little Flowers is UP & RUNNING!!

Im really happy to announce that my web site for my photo cards is done!! It still has some things that needs to be done, but the most important things are working!! Im also offering a new product: Mommy Cards!! So, ORDER AWAY!!!

The link is: _______________ , so tell it to the world!!! Spread the word!!!

I did a mini banner to post on blogs if somebody wanted to do it, but I will make some changes to it, and I will post it tomorrow.

Edited because my link changed to www.3littleflowersshop.com.

Hello all!!

I have been wanting to start this LONG time ago but I thouhg it was going to be impossible to keep on with, but let's see.

Im 26 years old, married with three beautiful girls: Gabriela Michele (Gaby) 4 years old, Camila Nicole (Mia) 1 year old, and little surprise Amelia Isabele (Mimi) born May 07. We have been living in my birth country: Dominican Republic since almost 3 years ago, and we are planning to go back to Jersey when the girls are over with preschool.

Im a WAHM, and I spend long hours designing all type of cards, web pages, and anything that involves any type of design. I found most of my costumers online, and most of them are from different boards from Baby Center. Im planning to start working for this country too soon.

Life have been pretty busy lately because we just moved from Punta Cana to Santo Domingo from a micro small apartment to a 2 floor house, plus my mother in law, sister in law and her husband are here visiting from Jersey. Between the girls, the moving, the visits, and work, I think I will end up CRAZY.

Thanks for reading, if somebody is actually reading.....