Moms on the Move
We want to support and acknowledge moms. Each of you is making a difference whether you are a stay-at-home mom, working mom, or volunteer mom. When you become a mom, it is often easy to forget the side of you that is also a woman who may have had a career, hobbies, and education before you became a parent. As moms, we spend our days multi-tasking and juggling. We are now the CEO of our households. Our job description includes diapers, dishes, carpooling, and an endless amount of laundry. Over night you go from being a woman with style to someone who is happy to just get a shower. Being a mom is wonderful, but it is also important to have a sense of yourself outside of your family.
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Tips for the Working Mom
- Don't fight change, just plan on rearranging your sleeping and waking schedule to ensure that you get quality time for you (i.e. working out, reading, correspondence etc.)
- Force yourself to get into the habit of cleaning up, moving/folding laundry, preparing lunches, and planning breakfast every night, before you go to bed.
- Prepare extra food on Sundays to use during the week (i.e. chop veggies and large fruits and prepare storable meals).
- Always have crackers or other snacks and water in the car.
- Utilize some of your lunch breaks at work to run errands (grocery shopping and post office), but also reserve some of them to refresh yourself (take a walk or eat with a friend).
- As a working mom, you need to be good at multitasking and staying organized.
- Try to make lunches the night before.
- Pick out kids outfits the night before and
- Make sure to get kids to bed early enough that they get the sleep they need.
- Work as a team with your spouse, Get yourselves ready first in the morning. Wake up kids so that they have enough time to eat, get ready and play a bit before you rush out the door to daycare and school.
- Try to talk about something you will do together that night before you all go in different directions. That way, you start the day on a positive note and have something to look forward to at the end of the day.
Mom in the Spotlight
Lisa Ventrella
Profile: Lisa is an amazing mom, friend, wife and community member. Her committment to her work both professionally and personally are admirable. In addition to volunteer efforts, she has also been a foster parent for international refugees. She is an inspiration and touches the lives of everyone around her.
Volunteer Involvement: I am an avid volunteer in school and in my church. My greatest volunteer efforts come from my involvement with the local for Habitat for Humanity.
Profession: I work full time as a customer service rep for a local company.
Education: I graduated from Boise State in 1996 with a BA in Sociology.
Children: 2 awesome kids! A girl (Haley) who is 12 going on 22, and a boy (Josh) who is 7 and a bundle of energy.
Fun Q & A with our Spotlight Mom:Personal:What phrase or motto do you live by? Stay COOL.
Inspiration: My Family that surrounds me.
If you could teach your kids one thing and have it impact them, what would it be? My goal is to ensure that my kids know to how to listen to both sides of every story.
Greatest Accomplishment: Having 2 kids!
Proudest Moment: Watching my daughter say no (I'm not sure to what, but I know it was bad!)
Wildest Dream: Travel to Greece and live on the beaches there!
Sport/Exercise Program: Walk-Walk-Walk
What would people be surprised to learn about you? That I am a closet addict to Super Mario Brothers!
Where did you grow up: Boise, Idaho.
How many siblings: 1 younger brother.
First Job: Hostess at local Mexican restaurant.
Childhood Ambition: To be a traveling reporter or TV journalist!
Favorites:Favorite Coffee Spot: Starbucks
Favorite Soundtrack/song: Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Favorite TV Show: Lost & Heroes
Retreat: What's that???
Last Book You Read: Twilight - I had to see what the hype was about!
Indulgence: Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Tell us about a product or item that you can't live without as a parent Lysol (especially lately)
Your Perfect Day: Kids wake up happy, breakfast is made, I take them to school, then find time to have a cup of coffee with my husband.
Other:What inspires you to go to work every day? I love my job and feel the service I provide is necessary.
Past profiled mom...About Our Sponsor
Moms Daily Retreat
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Whether you are a single mom, married mom, career mom or an at home mom- moms are the heart of their homes. At Mom's Daily Retreat (MDR) we believe that moms who take the time to care for themselves are providing themselves and their families with the greatest gift...a wonderful you!
Our mission is to provide you with the support and inspiration to become your best.
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