Welcome to my blog! For anyone wondering about my blog title…Pajamas, Pacis and Projects completely typifies my life as a Home-Working Mom.
Pajamas refers to those things everyone assumes we wear all day long while we work from home (Okay, it sometimes happens, but hey, they’re just envious that we have that option!), and while the little ones are little it happens WAY more than anyone wants to see, but almost any Mom can attest to that fact!
The Paci part…a paci is…it is an abbreviation for pacifier, another word for binky or Nuk. The infamous tool that allows a Home-Working Mom to become the Supreme Multi-tasker. Working (typing one-handed of course), while calming and caring for baby (paci in mouth!), while talking to client on the phone and hoping client cannot hear baby sucking on paci loudly albeit contentedly. (Think Maggie Simpson!)
Projects of course refers to the work! Crazy deadlines, long hours, balancing work/family, all sounds familiar, right? But becomes even more chaotic when you work where you live. Work hours versus home hours, cell phones in diaper bags, children answering phones (Yup, doesn’t matter they haven’t spoken their first word yet!), all while cranking out the work that keeps this crazy existence in existence! Oh, did I mention the lack of sleep, mommy-brain and lack of sleep? (This was NOT a typo!) Hence the OH MY!
Home-based businesses are storming the business scene. There are more than 35 million home-based businesses in the United States! And the majority of them are being started by women. Many are moms, are expecting, or are planning to become moms in the not too distant future and want to be home with their babies/children.
It’s my intent that Pajamas, Projects and Paci’s – Oh My! provide a little help, provoke thought and deliver humor to the largest growing sector of business within the United States – the Home-Working Mom.
Glad to have you along for the ride!
Gayle McCain said,
May 15, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
Kim,
Great start to a blog. I wish I had had this available 18 years ago. I felt all alone. I remember quite a few months of not enough sleep. And how it affected everything.
I look forward to reading more. And sending this blog address to the few young women I know who are still having children.
Gayle
http://www.gaylemccain.blogspot.com
Suzanne said,
May 15, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
Hey, Kim,
Wow! What a great blog! I love the title and I knew exactly why you called it Pajamas, Pacis, and Projects – OH MY!
I’ll look forward to reading and sharing your posts.
Suzanne Lieurance
The Working Writer’s Coach
http://www.workingwriterscoach.com
“When Your Pen Won’t Budge, Read The Morning Nudge”
Carma Dutra said,
May 15, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Hi Kim,
Wow, what a bright and exciting blog. Very upbeat and I feel the energy. I also knew what a paci is. They had those in the last century with my children too. I look forward to reading more and you are so right about working at home moms.
Congratulations!
Carma
http://carmaswindow.blogspot.com
Lisarenee said,
May 17, 2008 @ 8:28 pm
And just where did you find the time to write this! I love the title and think this is FANTASTIC!!