This summer is VERY different from any summer with my girls yet. Since we moved from NY to California, the routine we used to have is void.

Now 8, they are much more independent than before, but sometimes their special needs to inhibit what they can do. They still have summer school, but only a half day, and only for a month. There isn’t really a camp that we’ve found that suitable, so we will be really winging it.

But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a plan… like others, we have a chore chart, give them free time, and daily exercise (swimming for them). And I am carefully planning my summer months with outsourcing more, reducing to only necessities – and pre-automating as much as I can (blog posts, email, social media, etc).

If I can still make money for 4+ months during my cross country move and settling in with a plan, summer *should* be easier because I have more time!

I started my online business efforts when he was 11. I was working full time and being single – that meant no ‘tag teaming’ with a hubby – except when he went for his every other weekend visit.

I worked almost non stop while he was at his Dad’s – I wanted to get everything I could possibly do done while he was away. Then on the weekends when he stayed with me, I would put business out of mind as much as possible.

Later when I was fully self employed AND homeschooling Sean – we had a home office set up with both of our desks in it. I worked on my stuff while he worked on his classes. We’d take turns choosing music… which was sometimes crazy – but fun.

The greatest asset of our lives were our friends! Sean would spend a day every week with a couple of buddies from church – doing guys things. I’d work a long day while he was away, so the next day when he was home, I could be more relaxed and not have to constantly tell him ‘Later’.