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Dana Potocki Most of you know me as “The Pitbull” here on HHC. I have been working with Darla since the beginning (almost three years now!) - I manage all aspects of Happy Housewives Club and cannot imagine a more challenging and fun job – well, with the exception of motherhood, that is! I met my husband online eleven years ago, and moved to Michigan from Montana shortly after. About six months later, I found out I was pregnant – I seriously didn’t think that would happen. This was so life altering to me because I didn’t want children. I was not a “mother” type – I wanted the career, and I wanted my world to be, well, my world. |
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I met my husband, Erik nine years ago in a tennis class and we quickly began meeting up for "tennis dates" outside of class. After two years we were married and looking forward to starting a family together. That family came sooner then expected but we were overjoyed at the idea. It was our plan for me to be a stay-at-home mom, as it was important for me and Erik that I spend as much time as possible with our children in their early years. In order to do that, we have made financial sacrifices in an area where the cost of living is very high. After Aliya was born, I loved that I was lucky enough to be home with her full time but I also wanted something more for myself. I began assisting a family friend/web designer for a few hours a week while my mother watched Aliya. It was a good way for me to get a break and satisfy my creative and technical interests. Micah was born 2 1/2 years later and I took a break from web design to focus on the kids. My husband started a business and I would do what I could to help out with it. |
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Hi everyone! My name is Renee Chapman. On the HHC boards, you know me as mama2gbe – Army wife and proud SAHM to 3 little boys. My husband (my soul mate!) has been an active duty soldier for almost 10 yrs. I married him 1 week after he received his commission and we started our life together, military style. Over the past 10 yrs, we have moved 8 times, across the country and back again. I anticipate at least another 8 moves over the next 10+ yrs. We’ve lived on-post and off and we’ve been renters and home owners. We have 3 amazing sons, ages 7, 5, & 2.5 – each born in a different state. We’ve endured many months of separation due to military schooling, training missions, field time, and deployment. Living the military life really is an adventure! |
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14 years ago, I became pregnant with my first son. His father and I had been dating for four years. We welcomed him into the world and we married a year later. Ten months after we were married, we became parents again to another boy. Unfortunately my marriage wouldn't survive four years. While married, I worked part time and opposite hours of my husband. I never wanted the boys to be in daycare. It took a toll on my marriage and we all paid the price. When I was divorced, I went to work full time, and began going to school full time. I have been blessed with parents who helped out everyday with caring for my boys. It was the toughest, character building, darkest, exuberant, and turbulent time of my life. I learned so much during the time of being a single mother. |
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I began my entrepreneurial path as a freshman in high school in 1994. Over the next 7 years I learned the true power of word-of-mouth marketing. After the birth of my children in 2004, I had a passion for being home with my children, buying them all the new and coolest baby products on the market and finding ways to make money from home. I was 24 at the time and I opened my first home based business, an online baby boutique. Although my business was successful and we were on the verge of opening a retail store, I felt I was missing something and so I sold the business in late 2005. |
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I first heard about Darla and her book in a local newspaper. I remember reading excerpts and laughing out loud. Then, I was shocked to find out she lived in the next town over. What led me to read her book was that I could relate to what she was saying. I had left a career in NY City in the financial world to be a SAHM to our twin boys. I didn’t feel isolated or out-of-sorts making this transition, but I was tired of hearing SAHMs complain and brag about “dumping” their kids in their husbands laps as they walked through the door from work. I wasn’t sure where all this resentment was coming from. My DH and I had worked hard to plan in advance for me to stay home when we started our family. It had meant living beneath our means and stock piling so I would be able to stay home some day. I understood that my job at home wasn’t going to be a cake walk, but neither is his. To “take it out” on him when he walked through the door seemed unimaginable. |
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My husband, Lamont and I met at church dated for 6 months, got engaged and married shortly thereafter. A couple of years into our marriage, DH realized that after 10 years of being a staff accountant at a fast-paced contracting firm, I needed needed a break. Having discovered the Happy Housewives website, I was thrilled to know a |
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My name is Jia and I am the Health contributor here on Happy Housewives Club. Being a housewife has been my ambition my whole life, because I always felt it was the mothers and wives that touched and healed the world. When I married at age 19 I was blessed to have a husband who shared my beliefs regarding my staying home. I wanted to learn how to be a housewife before throwing kids into the mix. I didn't want to have to learn how to budget, manage cleaning and learn how to change diapers all at once. Now that we have been married a few years, I am grateful knowing that I have talents and skills now to provide the emotional, spiritual and loving needs of my family. Being a housewife is a job of service and blessings, but with only my husband to care for, I felt emptiness. I had always been a little closer to the alternative medicine versus western conventional medicine, but when the chance for me to go to college for massage therapy arose, I jumped at the opportunity and surrounded myself with herbs, natural foods, and a knowledge of health that I wanted to share with my fellow housewives. |
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My name is Robyn, and I am happily married to the man of my dreams, Tom. We have two amazing children, Kara 14 and John 5 and live in southern California. I've been fortunate to be able to be a stay at home mother to my kids, and it is the most rewarding job in the world… I wouldn't trade it for anything. Between cooking and cleaning, organizing and planning, playing and working, I have gotten to be the biggest part of my children’s lives. That makes being a mom and a housewife the best job around. My biggest personal passion is anything that involves food. Cooking it, eating it, serving it, writing about it, taking pictures of it, growing it, yes, really--I'm obsessed with it. Becoming the cooking editor at Happy Housewives has been an extension of my passion as well as personally fulfilling. I look forward to helping our readers cook and inspiring housewives to try new recipes for their husbands and children. |
