Times are tough and the economy is sucking the life out of my business.  Don’t get me wrong, I have work – just not enough of it to care for my family of six.  I was fine until March & April, when a couple of my clients went from a monthly retainer to a per-hour basis – killed my checkbook, for sure.

I do web hosting, am a webmaster, do desktop publishing, online advertising sales, have a number of my own websites that I work with … and my husband helps me with audio and video files.  There’s just not enough money filtering down from the top for folks to hire me!

So, I’ve started assisting a restaurant in town with their catering jobs.  It’s not a lot of work, but to me – any paid work is better than none.  And I worked in food service or a bar for 10 years before marrying, so I’m well-suited to the job and the owner is wonderful to work with (we share the same derm, so she even knows and works around my skin allergies).  The work is mainly during my coveted nap time and weekend evenings – I will just have to work smarter so I can get a decent night’s sleep … so I can live without the nap, I guess!

Gotta do what you gotta do, to survive!