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🏠 Networking Mama — Blog Home 👈 · 🔥 Today's Deals 👈 · 💛 Start Here — All My Links 👈 #ad I earn commission on qualifying purchases. Quick roundup for my work-from-home mamas — between calls today I found six deals too good not to share. Tap here for today's full deals list on the deals blog 👈 🛒 BUGANI Open Ear Headphones with Bluetooth 5.4 and 60H Playtime — $19.99 (was $95.99) 👈 🛒 Paper Mate InkJoy 300RT Retractable Ballpoint Pens 24-Count — $4.89 (was $16.77) 👈 🛒 DOOPAI Men's Leather Ratchet Belt — $9.95 (was $32.99) 👈 🛒 Rebecca Minkoff Perfume for Women 3.4-Oz — $30.48 (was $100.00) 👈 🛒 Lacoste Heritage 100% Supima Cotton Hand Towel 16" x 30" — $8.99 (was $26.00) 👈 🛒 Fruit of the Loom Eversoft Fleece Elastic Bottom Sweatpants with Pockets — $7.44 (was $18.99) 👈 See all 60 of today's deals on the deals blog 👈 🏠 Networking Mama — Blog Home 👈 · 🔥 Today's Deals 👈 · 💛 Start Here — All My Links 👈

🏠 Networking Mama home · 🔥 Today's Deals — the full daily list · 💛 Start Here — all my links Saturday is Dollar General day, mamas — it's the ONE day of the week the $5 off $25 store digital works, and when you stack it with the product digitals already sitting in the DG app, whole baskets ring up for pocket change. This week I did the math on 12 baskets for you — every item, every coupon, every total — so all you have to do is clip, grab, and go. 💛 ⚠️ Everything in this post expires Saturday night (October 17). The ad week ends, the instant savings end, and the Saturday $5 off $25 is gone until next week. Prices can vary a little by store — check your shelf tags as you shop. 🏆 If you only run ONE basket, run one of these 🛒 Soap & Smile Stock-Up — $4.95 for 7 items (hello, soap + dish restock) — Basket #28 below 🛒 Soap, Toothpaste & Batteries — $4.75 for 6 items — the cheapest basket in the post 🛒 Household Cleaning Run — $21.90 for 7 everyday i...

🏠 Networking Mama home · 🔥 Today's Deals · 💛 Start Here — all my links #ad — This post contains my Mavely affiliate links. If you shop through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It helps keep this mama's lights (and heater) on. 💛 Fall showed up in Nixa this week, and it did not knock first. I work from home — QuickBooks through Working Solutions, TurboTax through Omni — and my "office" is a little corner of our home. It's cozy, it's mine, and when the weather turns, there is a cool breeze that finds its way in and goes straight for me while I'm on calls. So this morning, shivering through a shift in a too-light sweater, I did what I do now: I put my Muse AI agent to work. "Find me a heavier, comfy cardigan," I told it. "The kind I can live in all winter." And somewhere in the middle of that very reasonable request, my imagination took the wheel — because if we're upgrading the sweater, why not dr...

🏠 Networking Mama home · 🔥 Today's Deals · 💛 Start Here There was a season of my life when my car basically belonged to the delivery apps. I delivered for DoorDash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats — I knew which restaurants were fast, which apartment complexes were a maze, and exactly what a good tip looked like from the driver's seat. If you'd told me back then that one day I'd be on the other side of the app, ordering from my desk while somebody else made the drive, I'd have laughed. But here we are. These days I work from home, on the phone back-to-back, raising six kids in the cracks of a schedule that does not pause because somebody needs snacks. And I'll say it plainly: this stuff saves me while I'm working. The apps I used to earn with are now how dinner, snacks, and last-minute essentials get to my door without me leaving my desk. I've been on both sides of the app — and because I have, I know exactly how to make the customer side pay. Let me show ...

🏠 Networking Mama home · 🔥 Today's Deals · 💛 Start Here Once upon a time, I was a serious couponer. I'm talking a binder, a plan, and carts full of groceries that rang up for almost nothing. Then life got loud: I work from home now, on the phone back-to-back most of the day, raising six kids in the pockets of time between calls. Store trips across town with a coupon binder? That version of me does not exist anymore — and for a long time, I figured couponing had died right along with my free time. It hadn't. It just had to move. These days I coupon from my desk, in the little two-to-five-minute pockets between calls, and everything I “shop” either gets delivered to my door or shows up in the mail. No store runs. No binder. No Sunday-morning coupon inserts spread across a table I don't have. If you're working from home and your schedule is as packed as mine, this is the version of couponing that can actually survive your real life — because it's built out o...

🏠 Networking Mama home · 🔥 Today's Deals · 💛 Start Here — all my links Quick roundup for my work-from-home mamas — between calls today I found six deals too good not to share. The full list of 39 is on the deals blog: 🔥 Today's Full Deals List 👈 👉 TAP HERE for today's FULL deals list with every link: 🔥 Today's Full Deals List 🛒 NEATEST Mini Bag Sealer — $5.99 (was $19.99, 70% off) → see it in the full post 🛒 Covergirl Clean Fresh Yummy Plumper Lip Gloss, 740 Blingtastic — $4.44 (was $12.99, 66% off) → see it in the full post 🛒 Lacoste Men's Elite Active Sneakers — $51.99 (was $150.00, 65% off) → see it in the full post 🛒 Juicy Couture Plush Backrest Pillow — $35.00 (was $100.00, 65% off) → see it in the full post 🛒 OdoBan Disinfectant Spray 3-Pack, 32 oz, Eucalyptus — $10.14 (was $27.24, 63% off) → see it in the full post 🛒 Guess Who? Bluey Edition Game — $12.12 (was $24.99, 52% off) → see it in the full post Full daily deals post: 🔥 To...

🏠 Networking Mama home · 🔥 Today's Deals · 💛 Start Here — all my links When I got my first work-from-home contract in October 2024, I almost talked myself out of it because of three little words I didn't fully understand: "independent contractor." I thought it was just paperwork language. It is not. Whether you're a W-2 employee or a 1099 contractor changes your taxes, your benefits, your paycheck rhythm, and your rights — and nobody at these platforms sits you down and explains it. So here's the plain-English version I wish someone had handed me before I started, from two years of actually living it. The one-sentence difference A W-2 employee works for a company that withholds taxes from every paycheck, pays half your Social Security and Medicare tax, and usually offers some benefits. A 1099 independent contractor — which is what I am at Working Solutions, Omni, and Arise — is technically running a tiny business (you), selling services to a clien...

🏠 Networking Mama home · 🔥 Today's Deals · 💛 Start Here — all my links People ask me all the time how I actually work from home with six kids in the house. Not the Pinterest version — the real one, with a preschooler who leaves for school at 11:45, big kids with chess club and conferences, and a work schedule that has to bend around all of it without breaking. I've been doing contract work-from-home jobs since October 2024, and this is the honest breakdown of what my days look like and the systems that keep it working. Why contract work fits my life (when a regular job wouldn't) A traditional job with set shifts in an office was never going to work for our family. My partner has serious health issues, my youngest is four, and somebody has to be the adult who can drop everything for a sick kid, a school call, or a doctor run. Contract platforms like Working Solutions, Omni, and Arise let me pick up programs and schedule hours in blocks. I started at Working Soluti...

#ad — This post contains affiliate links. I earn commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting this mama of 6! 💛 Quick roundup for my work-from-home mamas: building income is only half the game — keeping money matters too, and I refuse to pay full price for anything I can help. Between calls today I found six deals too good not to share. Each one links to today's full deals post on my deals blog, where all the shopping links live: ✨ Michael Kors Jet Set Crossbody — $49.99 (was $234.00) 79% OFF a designer crossbody — these go FAST every single time! See it in today's full deals post 👉 🍳 Astercook 15-Pc Kitchen Knife Set — $33.97 (was $199.99) 83% OFF — the deepest discount of the day, and holiday cooking just got cheaper. See it in today's full deals post 👉 🧹 Tineco LiteVak Cordless Stick Vac — $79.99 (was $299.99) A $300 stick vac for under $80 — RUN! See it in today's full deals post 👉 🎧 Yoto Mini (2024) — Walma...

#ad — This post contains my referral/apply links. If you apply through them, I may earn a referral bonus at no extra cost to you. Pay, hours, and program availability vary by client and season — always check the current listing before you apply. Thank you for supporting this mama's work-from-home hustle! QuickBooks vs. TurboTax vs. Seasonal Gigs: Which Work-From-Home Job Actually Fits Your Life? If you've ever scrolled work-from-home listings at midnight thinking, "Okay, but which one would actually work for MY life?" — friend, I've been there. I'm a work-from-home mama of six, and I don't do just one gig. I stack them: QuickBooks is my anchor, TurboTax fills the tax-season rush, and seasonal retail fills the gaps. Here's my honest breakdown so you can pick your fit — or layer them like I do. 1. QuickBooks Support — The Steady Anchor How I do it: Through Working Solutions, as a 1099 independent contractor. I started with Working Solutions back in Octo...