D.G.
Hi Denise-
I actually posted the same question on this site several months ago trying to find something I could do from home as well after the birth of my daughter (so I didn't have to go back to my corporate job in advertising). Unfortunately, it didn't seem like there were many jobs like that out there and I wasn't interested in selling anything.
Then a couple of weeks ago Good Morning America aired a segment on jobs moms seeking home employment could aquire. They talked about the usual medical transcription jobs and insurance coding (which they didn't go into detail about but seemed good). The job that most interested me was handling customer service calls for Fortune 500 companies. Apparently many companies are bringing their call centers or customer service departments back to the US from other countries due to the demand of people wanting to work from home. You work for one of the companies that they outsource this to and they send you calls. It's completely legit and pays decent. You have to have some basic stuff like a home computer, headset, high speed internet, landline,quiet work space, etc but other than that there are no set-up fees or anything which is a huge plus.
The process to land the job is a bit lengthy but would be worth it in the end (computer skills test, phone interview, training online, etc). I'm in the process of applying with one of the companies so I can work evenings when my husband gets home. You can pick the daypart you'd most like to work. The clients that you'd be taking calls for seem good too(they'd basically let you pick or assign you to one--J Crew, AAA, Virgin Airlines plus many others).
Here is the link to the article on the GMA website that talked about the segment that aired plus the links to the companies they listed who handle this:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/CareerManagement/story?id=23718...
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2378167&page=1
www.willowcsn.com
www.liveopps.com
www.alpineaccess.com
www.vipdesk.com
Good luck!
D.