Welcome to my insanity.

The main question that people ask me when they find out I have become a mompreneur is -- where do you find the time. I wish I could say I owned a time machine that allowed me to extend the number of hours in a day, but the truth is following your dream becomes a give and a take. I am currently taking away the hours of sleep I get each night but I am getting a sense of accomplishment that I haven't experienced since my early years in the workforce.

Don't get me wrong, being a mom is a rewarding experience, but sometimes you just need to take off the mom hat.

I am trying to do all of this while keeping my full time (aka the one that pays the mortgage) job as a financial analyst. So my day typically goes like this (on the days my husband isn't on shift)

• Midnight to 6:45 - attempt to get as much sleep in as the kids will allow. My two love bugs frequently get up at least once a night. By the time the alarm clock rings I can almost guarantee that the population sleeping in my bed has grown sometime during the night.
• 7 - 7:30 - mad dash to get dressed and get out the door and feed the kids if necessary.
• 7:45 - 8:30 - the commute to work in Toronto traffic and hoping I am not late...again.
• 8:30 - 12:30 - paying job
• 12:30 - 1:30 - mompreneur job (whatever can be done on the sly on the computer in my very exposed cubby)
• 1:30 - 5:00 - paying job
• 5:00 - 6:00 - the commute home
• 6:00 - 8:00 - family time -- dinner, play, bath, books, cuddle, bed etc.
• 8:30 - 11:30 - mompreneur job

I have been trying to put this business together for almost 6 months now, but we have officially been online for 3. This company is still in its infant stage....and like most infants they require far more attention then you can possibly imagine. Hopefully I can keep this up...