Being that this is my very first posting on this blog, I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Kara Marie. Yes, that's my first AND middle name, and yes I like to go by both. Some people think that's prestigious. I don't care. I like it better than just plain Kara. I am a proud mother of a two year old little terror. I didn't quite realize what a terror he was until I started staying home with him. He defies me blatantly, throws his toys, colors on the walls, and whines. But, my little guy ALSO says "lub you moommmmmy" and "pee bah" (peanut butter) in the cutest little manner. His smile lights up my life, and he is very protective of me, already. Being a mother is the most fulfilling thing I've ever experienced and I am so blessed to have this little ball of energy around me on a regular basis.
I am also the lucky "life partner" of a very good guy. We say life-partner because, well, that's kind of complicated I guess. We aren't "technically" married. Joe and I have been together for 10 tumultuous years. It's been a roller coaster ride, mostly good, but the bad was really bad. Not necessarily in our relationship, but in our situation. ANYHOW, I love him. As many fights that I initiate for dumb reasons, I know that he's my soul mate. He's the father of my child. He's in astounding shape. He's passionate about his work (die hard health freak and personal trainer...and let's face it, girls, we love our men that have passion!). He's stubborn as all get out. He's faithful. He likes to cook and do laundry. He's uber intelligent, sometimes, TOO intelligent...it gets annoying. AND he's hot! Couldn't leave out that little shred of important info.
So here it is.
Professionally, I've spent most of my working career in various sales positions. From cell phones, to wedding dresses, to gym memberships. It wasn't so much that I was a SALESPERSON because I never felt like I was selling anyone. I've always been a hard worker, and I enjoyed the fact that I could essentially make my own paycheck by putting in more work. While I was in college (college...aka the reason I spent years struggling to get out of debt for absolutely no good reason), I decided that I wanted to make my hobby more of my means of living. I started on the track towards wedding planning by getting my event planning certification. That soon led me to move to Florida to plan weddings for a wonderful company (that a colleague and I basically built from the ground up) run by a very ungrateful, greedy, coward of a woman. Please note, perhaps she's changed for the better, but at that time--no good. Soon after my miracle of a son was born, we made the LONG haul back to Erie and while working a couple of typical jobs, I began starting up my event planning business again. Lavish Events. It's going fabulously. I've also picked up another business venture--Click Chick Images--my photography business.
SO that brings us to the present. I've known for the past several years that my grand goal was to work for myself entirely, but didn't really have the proper time to do that. A certain unsettling series of events at my out-of-the-house job brought me to making the transition to strictly working from home! The first week was tough. I have to say that I MUST praise the stay-at-home mom as it's far, far more work than going to the office all day, in my case anyhow (my next blog will touch on work from home vs. work out of home). It is SO difficult to have no adult interaction all day. Now that it's been a couple of months, I'm so much more fulfilled, productive with my work, and not NEARLY as stressed. I have complete control of my schedule and routine and that makes me smile!
Now to wrap it up (you're saying "it's about TIME, blondie!), I'm a mom, a business owner, a life partner, and a STUBBORN BLONDE.
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