Avondale Spider

Check out the size of this Avondale Spider that we found sitting on our BBQ. I had no idea that we could get spiders this big here in NZ. We put the spider into one of those short fat "Old El Paso" salsa jars.

Kept it in the jar for a few days. It had HUGE eyes.

Then I released it into a bush area at the local school. Watching it run up a tree, I didnt really feel scared of it.

But I was so scared of it when we first got it.

Bruce put it in the jar, he was very brave...for a little while. After he had scooped it into the jar he screamed "wheres the lid Fran, where's the lid?" It was so funny, I wish I had got that on video camera!

WAHM is a Juggling Act

Someone said to me the other day "PS How on earth do you juggle/find the energy for the business and a newborn and an older one?! Makes us one trick ponies feel quite inferior! "

I never thought about it from that perspective before. I just function. I have to really else we wouldnt have enough income to survive. Some days are auto pilot!

It does help now that my older son (4 years) goes to Preschool for 3 days a week. That is when i get most work done, do website work and accounts, and arrange appointments for visitors that come to my shop.

My baby is still a baby, so he sits with me here in the office and I chat to him about work. I'm teaching the 6 month old HTML coding and SEO haha...

By setting up a home business, our original goal was for me to stay home with the children and generate a little extra "pocket money" - that was 4 years ago now. But now that the home business has grown and become successful, it takes more time away from my children. Kind of ironic really.

Its a juggling act, thats for sure.

(and I am sharing a couple of photos of my boys - note their Ugly Monsters in the background that I made the other day )

You are welcome to check out our home business via our web store: http://www.breastmates.co.nz