Interview with Happy Mommy

Happy Mommy

The Internet has become a very important tool in learning. Happy Mommy is a home business that began with the aid of the Internet and Social Networking. Here, we interview Happy Mommy to ask about her inspirations and how the Internet has been helpful.

 

What made you start Happy Mommy?

I started Happy Mommy when I realized how baking makes me happy. I started baking cheesecakes since it’s my all time favorite dessert.

Since when where you into baking?

I only had the chance to bake when I left my work and decided to be a full time mom to my kids.

Why the name Happy Mommy?

I wanted two words that sounded a like.

Where did you get the inspiration to pursue this? 

I have always gotten my inspiration from my kids.

Were there any doubts or hesitations in the beginning?

None. My husband was very confident about my home baked goodies and it helped motivate me to go on with it.

What was the reaction of your family and friends with this? How supportive are they?

Everyone in the family’s very supportive and I couldn’t be more thankful for that. It gave me the courage to keep doing what I love everyday!

How was the 1st year of Happy Mommy? Was it easy? Hard?

It was pure love & joy of baking! It’s a great gift to do what you love everyday and see how you inspire others to do the same.

How do you balance [work], being a mom, and baking?

I force myself to practice time management everyday (laughs). Because I have no choice but to balance and juggle everything everyday. I wake up to prepare breakfast, I ready myself for work (from home), look after the kids, cook lunch and dinner, bath the kids, and after work, I bake at night to prepare my customer’s orders. There are times that I cannot believe that I’m able to do all these but focusing and prioritizing what you need to do is the big key.

Layered cakes for happy customers

What is your favorite goodie to bake?

It would have to be my Blueberry Cheesecake because it’s my favorite dessert.

What is the hardest order you’ve baked?

It wasn’t a customer’s order but it was for our daughter’s birthday. I made her pink ombre cake and it frustrated me a lot because I wanted it to become perfect (laughs).

How do you stay in shape even when you’re surrounded with all that sweets?

I guess working from home, doing all chores, two kids and baking helped me keep my shape (smiles). But seriously, I have always been a skinny person ever since I was a kid. I only gained weight when I got pregnant with our first daughter then, went back again to being skinny.

What are you, your husband, and your kids’ favorite Happy Mommy product?

We all love Happy Mommy’s Cheesecakes.

What is your most-ordered product?

My most ordered products would be blueberry cheesecakes and red velvet cakes my customers’ all time favorite!

What character traits are important if someone will go into a similar business?

I always believe in the saying “Do what you love and love what you do”. Just do what makes you happy and be grateful everyday. And it’s a fact that you can learn the basics in baking just by reading & watching tutorials online.

How important is social networking for your business?

My husband did all the effort in marketing and branding my home business. Facebook is a big, big tool in promoting my home business in public.

Happy Mommy’s first TV guesting

How did you get that TV interview you had a few months ago?

I was invited by a friend of mine who works for the TV show. They got interested with the fact that I’m a full time mom who works from home and who learned baking through the use of the internet.

What was the feeling? Did it become more surreal?

Yes! And it was a milestone for Happy Mommy. All questions they had for me were perfect for my answers (laughs). I enjoyed my first TV guesting and I’m really looking forward for more TV guesting.

Do you have repeating customers? What do you do to make them come back?

Yes I do. And I’m very happy for having loyal customers. I just make sure I give a quality product that will make them come back.

What advice can you give to those who wish to start a home business?

“Just do it” has always been the best words to everyone who wants to start something. If you want to do something and you know you’d be happy about it, today is the best time to start.

 

You can visit their Facebook page: facebook.com/sweetsbyhappymommy

Colorful cupcakes to entice kids.

Me holding my favorite Happy Mommy’s Red Velvet Cake

 

Why Monday Has Become My Favorite Day

Most people “dread” Monday for reasons that could go on and on and on. When I was in high school, I was one of them. I did not look forward to seeing my teachers who loved patronizing students. Waking up very early in the morning was too much of a chore for me. Seeing my annoying classmates was something I’d like to have skipped back then. Fast forward to a decade later, I fucking love Monday. 

Workout. My rest days from workout are on the weekend. My body has been accustomed to exercise that I feel very lazy on Saturday and Sunday. Going out on those days is not interesting to me anymore. There’s an amazing supply of energy weekdays give me because of my morning workout. Knowing I’ll be stepping foot in the gym on Monday makes me excited. I’m a junkie for that post-workout high. I miss the Romanian dumbbell deadlifts every weekend. I long for the smell of sweat and “tears” produced in the gym. Monday solves all of that.

Work. Believe it or not I look forward to work. Sure I get my dose of computer games and other forms of leisure during the weekend. My brain wants to do the kind of processing only my work can give (I’m a software developer). No rusting must happen for it. Work puts a satisfactory stress to the brain it gives more benefits than disadvantages. The free AC in the office does not hurt too.

Zombies! AMC’s The Walking Dead airs on Sunday in the US which means we get it on Monday in the Philippines. No TV show at the moment is like The Walking Dead. Us viewers love the zombies but the post-apocalyptic dimension and characters draw me more to the show. I’m not disgusted with the show’s gore. It’s the kind of gore I can stomach. Hell I can eat frankfurter for dinner while viewing an episode. Nom. Crunch. Munch. I secretly confess I like Andrea. I’m still waiting for her redemption.

Perhaps deep inside I treat Monday as a gate for starting over. All sins become washed away as soon as the Monday sun hits the ground. All goals are reset and there’s something to look forward to and to do. Too much play makes Jack lazy so two days for that shall suffice. Everyone gets back to their routines and I can browse through the mall with fewer people. It makes me feel like I own a peaceful piece of the world.

Things That No Longer Have Meaning

Time is a patient adviser. Experience is a cruel teacher. Awareness is an ignored friend. There are things that no longer have meaning to me.

1. The sentence “I’m busy.”
2. The filler “Uhmmm…”
3. The word “Sorry”
4. Excuses
5. The question “What’s up?”
6. Facebook like
7. IM status “Available”
8. “Happy birthday”
9. The cliche “I miss you”

The Secret To Connecting With People

Reblogged from Thought Catalog:

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. ~ Ernest Hemingway

For a long time I didn’t feel like I had a lot of people to relate to. Being shy, I didn’t find myself in a lot of conversations with people I didn’t know, and when I did, I was uncomfortable. Bonds did form, deep ones sometimes, but it was always a product of circumstance.

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This is worth reblogging. I feel the same way.

The Rotary Phone

When I was a kid, I’d go to one of the nearest stores in our street. I’d pay the owner five pesos to use their rotary phone to call one of my elementary classmates. I’d get the “your time is up, pay more to call more” look from the keen eyes of the owner. If I had an extra coin, I’d pay more. I just wanted to talk to my friend, keep our friendship alive outside the school. The topic in the conversation was not really important.

Fast forward to a few decades later, we have smart phones, e-mail, Twitter, Facebook and countless social networking tools to bridge the gap between us and another. Why is there still difficulty in communicating with other people? 

I guess we have been relegated to a contact entry. Our names divided into two boxes of first and last. Our numbers not limited to one: home, office, mobile, iPhone. Our faces boxed into a grid of Friends or a list of Following. Our existence acknowledged through a plethora of Likes. Our pixelated small picture frames change their contents every once in a while to show signs of life. But the bridge remains broken. The other ship has not reciprocated our Morse code. We are invisible.

The words “I miss you” have lost their meaning. No matter how many times thought they remain insignificant. What is it about reaching a small box and tapping fingers on the screen that repels people from saying a quick Hi or Hello? I remember writing letters on colored and sometimes scented papers to send to my classmates I’ve just seen a few weeks ago. I remember licking the envelope close and pasting stamps. I never fussed about handwriting, spelling or grammar. I remember the anticipation of a return letter. I remember the gleeful surprise of having someone asking for you from a wired phone. I remember the postman bringing letters instead of bills and notices.

The postman has been relegated to a signal. The scent has been transformed into the stench of fingertips. The rotary phone has been relegated to a museum artifact. Maybe I’d go visit a museum and see if I can call my old classmates from there. The picture frames there, have more life in them.

Do You Like Roller Coasters?

They say life is a roller coaster. Well, I couldn’t agree more.

Life is a roller coaster.

When I visit a theme park for the first time, it is always the rides especially the roller coaster rides I look forward to. They’re scary but fun. There is a sense of accomplishment after you have braved one.

What fun will a roller coaster be without its riders? The train can run on the tracks but it’s the screams and yells of the passengers that give life to a roller coaster. It’s cool to watch people on the roller coaster but it’s much better if we’re riding it instead of watching. The rush riders will get after the course can never be explained to spectators. You got to be there to know.

A trip to a theme park is incomplete without taking on the giant mammoth among the rides. You may never come back on the same theme park, you know? If you do, good for you. You can take on that giant again without the fear like the first time. So seize the moment. Enjoy – not on the side lines but on the roller coaster itself.

How to: Do Bastards

Reblogged from Rees Fitness Coaching - Movement & Variety:

Name:  Bastards

Also known as:  (If you know these by any other name, please leave a comment below).

Main muscles used:  Legs, chest, shoulders, arms, heart.

Other muscles used:  Everything else.

Top tips:

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This is my current favorite exercise.