Tying Business with Pleasure

This is the first thing I have ever blogged....I've read lots of them and it seems like fun. Anyway, here goes...

I'm a runner and a stay-at-home mom. I have two BEAUTIFUL boys. I started running distance races in November 2007. My first race was the OBX half in North Carolina. I credit my friend Sue with that idea :) I was INSTANTLY hooked... Since then I have run 4 more half-marathons and am training for my 3rd full, which will be the OBX race in November. I can't wait!

As I said, I am a stay-at-home mom. My boys are 7 and 3. My littlest guy, Sutton, started pre-school this year. The plan all along has been for me to head back to work when he started school. So I need to plan...now. I'm a teacher by trade; not at all a bad job to have when raising kids. But it is overwhelming during the school year! I know..I taught until my eldest, Britton, turned 2. There's very little time left to run, much less train for any races. Everytime I think of REALLY going back full-time, I break out in hives.....could be psycholgical.....

So I have just started working on Plan B. If it works out, I can ease back into teaching at my own pace. I can keep up my running, be here for my kids, and work with something for which I have a passion. So here's the idea I came up with...I started a commemorative jewelry business. I am stamping silver discs that say RUN and 13.1 or 26.2. I thought that I had a really unique idea..I hadn't seen products like it out there. BOY WAS I WRONG! At the Rock-and-Roll Half Marathon in VA Beach this weekend, I came across a product nearly identical to mine. What a let down. But I will press on anyway and see what happens.

So this blog will cover my running and my journey into trying to start up an at-home business. I have to keep up a pace with both!!!!