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WORK AT HOME IDEAS
- Handmade and Ebay Selling
  
  Handmade and Ebay Selling If you don’t have a great flair for sewing/baking/jewellery design/knitting/painting – just don’t do it. Selling handmade goods is the most competitive niche around and there...
- Professional Blogging and Af...
  
  Professional Blogging and Affiliate Marketing If you’ve got a supercharged blog, filled with original and popular content, a constant stream of highly engaged visitors, inbound links up the wazoo and...
- Become a Marriage Celebrant
  
  Become a Marriage Celebrant It used to be a quick and easy option for WAHMs but nowadays there’s a Certificate IV qualification involved and there’s a lot more competition out...
- Online Competitions
  
  Online Competitions I’m sure many people have watched one of those TV shows where a person earns their living simply from entering competitions. It sounds like a fantastic idea, doesn’t...
- Making Money From Home
  
  Making Money from Home Are you wanting to bring in a few extra dollars but don't want the committment of a home business or job? Want to be able to...
- Work at Home Job Scams
  
  Work at Home Job Scams There are thousands of work at home (WAH) jobs out there, ranging from party plan to transcription to data entry to freelance writing or photography...
HEALTH
- Teeth Whitening At Home Reme...
  
  Teeth Whitening At Home Remedies We all want whiter teeth, but in most cases going to the dentist to have it done is out of the question. Procedures like that...
- Foods for When You're Sick
  
  If you're under the weather, recovering from surgery or just not feeling that great, a huge meal is just not going to cut it! Here are some Foods for When...
- Dairy Intolerance
  
  Dairy Intolerance Dairy intolerance is something I never really knew too much about – I know my little sister had dairy allergies when she was younger but that was really...
- Pap Smears - The Good, Bad a...
  
  Pap Smears - The Good, Bad and Ugly I don't know a woman alive who doesn't cringe or go a little pale and quiet when they hear the word "pap...
- Beat Strong My Beating Heart
  
  Beat Strong My Beating Heart Beat. Heart. Beat. I am 34 years old and I am worried about having a heart attack. Worried that I will suddenly die, without warning...
- Why Taking Antibiotics Prope...
  
  Why Taking Antibiotics Properly Can Save the World Antibiotics are designed to do one thing – to help those that are suffering from a bacterial infection. Antibiotics can only be...
STRESS
- What do Stay at Home Mums Do...
  
  What Do Stay at Home Mums Do All Day I received an email from Steve today - and thought I'd share his words so we can all help poor Steve...
- Simple at Home Stress Reliev...
  
  Simple at Home Stress Relievers Apparently Cleaning is a Stress Reliever....As nice as it is to be at home with the kids, it can certainly be very stressful. The noise never...
- Mummy Boredom
  
  Mummy Boredom What to do When Boredom Sets In? Motherhood is indeed a blessing and that special bond you and your child share is certainly something you will never think...
- Feel Good About Yourself
  
  Feel Good About Yourself Being a Mummy can often be a thankless job. From the moment your woken up (MUMMY - I need to do a POOOOOOO.....) until the minute...
- What's the Best Job in...
  
  What's the Best Job in the World? So we all agree that being a mum is the best job in the world or we wouldn’t be using this website lol...
- Baby Brain
  
  Baby Brain I am a Stay at Home Mum and I suffer from Baby Brain. Since I have given birth my mind is totally gone - I'd love to find...
WEDDINGS
- Getting Married on a Budget
  
  The latest figures show that in Australia the AVERAGE wedding costs $47,000.00. That's INSANITY!!! Especially seeing more than half are...... well you know the rest. But that's the last...
- Wedding Dress on a Budget
  
  Wedding Dress on a Budget When that big day arrives, your wedding dress needs to say it all. Here's a woman with class, style, good taste, and just the right...
- Become a Marriage Celebrant
  
  Become a Marriage Celebrant It used to be a quick and easy option for WAHMs but nowadays there’s a Certificate IV qualification involved and there’s a lot more competition out...
- Wedding Cake Savings
  
  A wedding cake should be a thing of beauty, a beautiful representation of the couple's style and tastes. As the wedding cake is one of the main centrepieces for your wedding reception,...
- Surprise Wedding
  
  Today's question was asked by M - she wished to remain totally anonymous! "My partner and I have been engaged for over a year. We also have a son who...
- Budget Wedding Favours
  
  Budget Wedding Favours When you're planning a wedding on a tight budget, you're definitely going to run into some hurdles along the way. Traditional weddings these days are more expensive...
RELATIONSHIPS
- Household Workloads - What's...
  
  Household Workloads - What's Normal? Dear Stay at Home Mum, I am a new full-time SAHM to two little boys with #3 on the way. My husband has been working...
- How to Prevent Financial Fig...
  
  One of the most common reasons couples fight is over money. If you and your partner have different values regarding money and different spending habits it is only a matter...
- The Fly In Fly Out Wife
  
  The Fly In Fly Out Wife FIFO...I have been doing this for 13 years. Thirteen years. Sounds along time when you say it like that but its gone as quick...
- Strengthening Your Relations...
  
  Strengthening Your Relationship Strengthening your relationship becomes even more important as your family grows. For years it was just you and your partner. You probably enjoyed long leisurely dinners, late movie...
- Divorce and Exit Strategies
  
  Divorce and Exit Strategies When husband I decided to work FIFO (fly in fly out) we declared that there was no secrets. None. That everything must be talked about and...
- Getting Back on the Horse
  
  Getting Back on the Horse So it's been a few years since I became a single mother. And I am now being asked why I haven’t found anyone else…. Are...
FRUGAL ARTICLES
- Essential Pantry Staples
  
  Essential Pantry Staples This is a general list of basics - if you have these items in your pantry - you will never go hungry! Cans: Crushed Tomates, Tomato Soup,...
- Getting Married on a Budget
  
  The latest figures show that in Australia the AVERAGE wedding costs $47,000.00. That's INSANITY!!! Especially seeing more than half are...... well you know the rest. But that's the last...
- Frugal Living
  
  Frugal Living What image do you conjure up when you hear the words 'Frugal Living'..... I must admit at first I imagined a hairy under-armed hippy living in a shipping...
- The Difference Between Fruga...
  
  The Difference Between Frugal and Cheap We use the word frugal quite a bit here on SAHM, but how do you know if your frugality is really just you being...
- Are Drinks Draining Your Bud...
  
  Are Drinks Draining Your Budget Are Drinks Draining Your Budget? Can't survive without a Latte or Flat White first thing? Have a couple of cans of Coke per day? Drinks...
- Reuse and Recycle
  
  Reuse and Recycle Before you throw it out - think about it - does it have an alternative use? Back in our Nanna's days - they were natural recyclers -...