Work it on out

I try to work out every week as diligently as possible. Life get's in the way sometimes but I do what I need to do. I was, however, inspired the other day as I decided to push myself a bit further into figure competing. I came across this website: http://www.bodybuilding.com. It has the ability to create a profile and post your results and progress and link up with other people trying to achieve the same thing! The great thing is, it isn't just muscle jacked men (I'm not saying that's the worst thing in the world to look at) but other moms...and boy are they some hot mamas! I thought to myself, if they have time to look that, than I do to. The great thing is it isn't a midnight infomercial trying to sell you things you don't need and showcasing single women with nothing better to do than work out all day. Real women, real lives, true inspiration. So I say to fellow moms...go take a look...sign up...hook up...and work it out.

"Me time"

The one thing that working moms miss out on the most is "me time." Between the kids and work and everything else, us moms never get the time we need to just pick up the puzzle peices of our minds and put ourselves back together. The two hours a day of commute time is hardly a day at the spa.
I think that it's important that we remember that we are people too not machines, although it appears that we pride ourselves on the keep-it-moving attitude. Alot of moms I know purposefully miss out their time to themselves either because they're guilty or they give it to their husbands/significant others instead (hey, they can sacrifice a little bit too ladies.)

So although this post is sweet and short, please moms, remember to give yourself that time alone to be alone and happy about it. Now, it's time for MY "me time"

Working Moms...Still Rare?

I grew up with a mom who worked...maybe a little too much. She was a hard worker, an RN. She worked hard to find the balance between work and home and managing my older brother and I. I had friends who's moms worked just as much as mine did. Rarely, did I come across this foreign creature known as a "stay-at-home" mom. That was the idea that I had up until I had my own child and realized there is a huge community of stay-at-homes. And, surprisingly enough, activities for young children STILL fit the stay-at-home mom's schedule best.

When my daughter began nursery school I found it frustrating. The hours of the program were 9am to 12pm and with hours like those I couldn't drop her off and I couldn't pick her up. The fun events were scheduled during the work week in the most difficult time. I had to pick and choose which events and field trips mattered the most so I could take off from work to be there. Moms from the school would often get together after the school was out to take their kids to the playground. Many times they invited me until they realized..."oh...she WORKS..." and then that ended from there.

Society still has this image of the availability of moms to take their children to events during the middle of the day...school, sports, events, activities. Then on Saturdays when it's our day to shine, we run marathons all weekend to get something accomplished with our children.

So I put forth the question, are we working moms still a rare breed or has the times just not caught up to what works with the rest of us?

It's only the beginning

My name is Coralyn (Cory to all my closest friends and fam) and I'm 25 year old  full time graphic designer and marketing coordinator working mom of one rambunctious five year girl and one American Bulldog Pup. I'm the real deal ( I've been interrupted five times in the first paragraph.)

I think we young working moms need a shoulder of support in our lives: resources we can depend on and a group that we can lean on. That's what I hope to bring you here...advice, reviews of things I dig, and to build a community of the toughest broads I know.

So come on in ladies, kick those shoes off your aching feet, grab your ear plugs, and enjoy.