Work at Home Realistic?

If your husband can get a job, anything, even night stocking at Walmart and delivering pizzas during the day while he waits for his test, it would be helpful, and it would show employers that he remained busy during the downturn of the economy, and he can use his willingness to work no matter the circumstances as a selling point in an interview.

I work at home, though it in no way replaces an income and it can be time consuming.

Perhaps your job can transition you home? I would follow S.H's advice

here are some good tips regardless:
http://www.workathomeinfo.org/legitimate-work-jobs.php

Try free lancing.
There are Free Lancing websites... online. Try doing a Google Search on it.
Since you have computer skills and can build databases/spreadsheets and data development... then, that is a viable skill... which many businesses can use.
ie: universities, accountants, real estate people, schools, Sales people, etc. Places where they need to keep and track data and statistics and develop databases for it.

Make a resume for yourself, focusing on these skills...

good luck,
Susan

A.J.
Congrats on the new baby.
You've got lots of time.
While your hubby is studying for his tests--he needs to be working. Somewhere. Anywhere.
You're already working, obviously, so do you think there are any natural extensions of your current job that you could do at home? That might be a nice option since they already know you and the type of work you're capable of. I work PT and my boss is really flexible about doing some extra work from home on my "off" days.
Best wishes!

Try a company named Alpine Access. They are a customer service co for many different companies. You work from home as a customer service rep. You will have to purchase some hardware abou $200, but it is worth it. My hubby is dealing with constant naseau and it is the only way for him to bring in a paycheck. Look them up on the web. He is a rep for Xbox console. There are other companies they represent. I thought it was too good to be true, but they are an A rated company with the BBB. The only complaints are customer related not worker related and you will always have those. HOpe if works out for you.

Take Care and God Bless!

We run our business from home. It is a JOB, hard work and you must be disciplined. Many companies will not allow you to work with young children in the backgroud.

That said.........it can be done. I would avoid the MLM's, and things that require investment, recruiting and selling unless you are into that line of work.

It sounds like you have some good computer skills. I would focus on that. Freelancing is good, working with a temp company is a possibility. I manage all the data, AP, AR, invoicing, etc and heavy QuickBooks. Even with my work, I still use a bookkeeping service to assit me at times. The company I use has people working from their own homes, personal consulting, etc.

In the meantime. I agree that your husband needs to be working somewhere, doing something to show some consistancy and work ethic. There are a lot of opportunities in TX right now, maybe not an ideal job but will put food on a table.

For now, cut back as much as possible to save so you can enjoy being with that new baby.

Best wishes.

sorry for your situation, I can't really help you with an answer about jobs but I will highly recommend calling WIC (Women Infants and Children) they can help you with some of the other things that you will be needing, food, nursing, or formula, basic vaccinations for the baby, honestly we used only a small portion of all that they can do to help you, but it is my understanding that they do a lot of things to help pregnant women and new moms, and once in the system your children can receive help even if your financial situation changes. (I was on it over 5 years ago so somethings may have changed). you have to be within a certain income bracket/vs number of people in the household and I think you get to count the baby even when you are pregnant, at first I didn't know that you could apply once you became pregnant, so that is very helpful. and if you don't qualify at this time, if you take maternity leave (unpaid or reduced pay) you may qualify at that time. please feel free to message me if you have any questions.

hope this is helpful!