Help Wanted

I need a secretary. This is funnier than you know. See I just did my taxes and took a loss on my little biz. I spend more than I make apparently. Easily done with some office renos and well my serious fabric habit. Not a huge problem at this point in our lives since thankfully I am not the bread winner around here! But I have this desperate need to contribute. This is the point where you think "is she crazy! of course she contributes! the cooking, the cleaning (i'm kinda not good at that one- especially the ironing! hate to iron- sorry back to your thoughts "the cooking, cleaning, caring for the children 24/7/365". All true, while I am no June Cleaver, I am a dedicated housewife. I mean for goodness sake I cook three meals a day- poptarts totally count for breakfast once in a while. I know that I contribute in a huge way but I feel a tug that I think every stay at home mom feels to do more. I could totally go off here about how our society has warped our views of the value of staying home to raise children, but I'll refrain. And please don't read into this that I think all moms should stay home. I am in total awe of moms who work outside the home and still manage to do all the things they need to do! But back to the topic at hand, I could sooooo use a secretary. For one thing, if you haven't noticed yet, my spelling and grammar are atrocious (did I spell that right?). Despite Mrs. Farrells continued attempts to correct my habit of writing in passive voice, I think I still do, even though I really don't know what that is. A secretary could edit my blog, answer my emails, handle phone conversations, fill out craft fair apps, manage my life, and maybe I could pay her extra to do the ironing?? But there's the rub- she would probably expect to be paid. And she would have to respond to all issues just exactly as I would personally, of course. Just think of the extra sewing I could get done if someone else handled customer service calls to paypal. I've been having a minor issue with a sale on ebay and I've spent some quaility time with friendly paypal people. They tried to get me to "chat" with virtual Sarah- seriously. If I'm going to blow my lid at a customer service rep. I would prefer they understand the tone of my voice.
I think what it boils down to is that I truly love what I do- being here with my children while they are young, sewing while everyone else sleeps (I'd be up anyway) , and yes even the ironing (just kidding). And for the time being no one else can do what I do the way that I do it.
I often read through Proverbs 31 about super woman. At least that's how I think of her. She and I kind of have a love/hate relationship. She likes good fabric so we could be great friends, but she likes to get up early so I'm thinking we'd have to be friends over lunch. Seriously, what a good model for us strong women who are crazy enough to try to run a business from home. She managed it with style, why can't I? I think my daughter might have given me the answer.
Several days ago she wanted me to pick her up but I was cleaning up clutter and told her my arms were full. She said "mommy you need more arms". At the time I thought how true! But I've thought about that conversation and I think I've realized in my life, I simply hold on to too much stuff that is NOT important and that sure makes it hard to hold on to what is!
That being said, if you know of a good secretary who will work for peanuts, or raisins, or stale cheerios, send her my way. :)