How do you suppliment your families income in the hard economy?

United States
July 11, 2009 10:13am CST
As a stay at home mom of 4 (ages 11-4). I am finding that the hard economy is taking a toll on use even more that it was before. I have a disabled child (Osteogenesis Imperfecta ~ brittle bone disease) so I have not been working for the last 4 years as her medical care demands a lot of my time. I am going back to school in August when the kids start back, but I would like to suppliment my husbands income as much as possible to help him out. I am a Designer with Celebrating Home (www.CelebratingHome.com/sites/4882827) and still have customers and a downline of 1, but sales are not what they have been. I would like to hear from the rest of you as to what works for you Lorraine
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• Philippines
12 Jul 09
I have work at a company that deals with client marketing need and contacts for new leads. plus, they even handle marketing strategies for other companies, and that makes my head go spinning all the time. that's part of my job but i have no complain, and no problem with this economy so far because the salary is fine, despite of 30% decrease in benefits.better than getting laid off or fired..
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• India
12 Jul 09
Hello all4mykids this is checkmail and also able to do supplement my family in hard it economic times.Generally such time is most scarce in life of mine.Though we do have an good economic time, I prefer to prepare for the worst if possible.Not exactly I can fulfil all of the demands in the hard economy, but concentrate on requirements mostly.I do some Holiday jobs and also try to save max out of my pocket money.So that I can available some cash balance to my family in hard economic times.It just eases out some pressure to an extent.Well saving is the best source availbale for us to, in various ways.As even if we start doing jobs the expenses also increase with it.And on online income opportunities most of them are scam and consume a lot of time.Mine also more time was consumed by scam internet jobs(DTP).Staying away from scamming sites do also helps in accumulating cash for future needs.The reason for supplimenting my family in hard hit economy is that I feel that I am a part of the family and is related with some perfect bonding to it.I basically love to suppliment my family, but prefer to avoid such days as max as possible. GoodLuck.
• United States
11 Jul 09
Hi all4my4kids, I think I know what you might be going true with economy being so bad. I have two kids one is 11 and the other one is one and I am curently unemployed and so is my husband well my manager tells me that I'm still hired at the company but that I can't work at the moment because he those not hours to give me but that to me sounds like I do not have a job. My husband will go out almost everyday loockig for a job but no luck and he would also ask around to see if there is naythig he can do to work. Some of his frinds have had some side jobs and they would give him a job for a day or to at 60 to 80 dollars a day but is not every day so we are not getting enough to pay bills and food. So I am also online evreyday looking for jobs and also stuff I can do online to get any money. Good luck in finding something that would help you for me I guess I have to keep looking and posting hear at mylot.