Hundreds of unanswered emails and pages of neglected to-do lists finally forced Janice and me to face the truth — we need help managing “5 Minutes for Mom”.
On April 21st we sent out our S.O.S. and we were flooded with applications from so many talented women that choosing the ‘one’ became another enormous task.
But we sifted, sorted, blog visited and consulted our team of writers.
We analyzed our needs and determined that the role would be a 40 hour per week, long term position and thus we required a new team member who would plan to be a part of “5 Minutes for Mom” for a long time.
We chose Amy Mueller and we could not be happier about our decision. Over the last couple of weeks we have seen that we definitely have found a perfect new teammate.
As well as being our Virtual Assistant, Amy is now in charge of “Advertising and Communications” for 5 Minutes for Mom.
Please help us welcome Amy…
Amy Mueller is a small town girl turned Midwestern suburban lady. She has resided in the suburbs of Chicago for just over a decade and claims to have a “love affair” with the windy city. Amy spent a good part of the last ten years working in the corporate world, assuming roles such as executive assistant, recruiter and director of first impressions. In the fall of 2005, she and her husband welcomed the newest member of their family into the world. After laying eyes on their precious daughter, the decision was made that Amy would assume the role of research associate – child development and human relations, aka “stay-at-home-mom”. With her demanding new position, she felt the need to have some sort of creative outlet and that’s when she became…a blogger.
Amy has been actively involved in the online parenting community for several years and is a contributor at the Chicago Moms Blog. In late 2007, she appeared in a segment on the Today Show, as well as was quoted in an article about the power of mommy bloggers in the Daily Herald, a Chicago suburban newspaper. She has participated in a group panel focused on mothers who know tech, which was sponsored by Google and is currently a member of the Yahoo! Mother Board. Because of her influence in the blogging world, Amy recently had the opportunity to visit the CBS studio in New York City and meet with Katie Couric.
Amy is also co-founder of MumsTheWurd, a blog that features unique products and boutiques found around the web and beyond.
In her spare time, Amy can be found enjoying every minute of her life with her husband and little girl. She loves photography, good wine and dreaming about living a peaceful life in the mountains. She is also a complete geek and has to have every tech gadget imaginable.
I love this, thought I’d share …
The Quick Change Baby Crib
Yeah Amy! This is so great!
You are so lucky to snag Amy! Congrats to all of you!
congrats Amy!
Congrats, Amy! Good for you!
It sounds like you made the right decision! What a wealth of knowledge of talent she will bring to the table!
Congratulations, Amy!
I knew you all would find someone who would be perfect for you! I’m so very happy for you all and for Amy – she sounds remarkable! Much love and blessings to you all! Take care and God Bless
Congrats Amy!!! How wonderful!!!
Welcome Amy! You’ll love it here!
Yay for Amy! Looks like she is going to be a wonderful addition to your team!
Looks like a good decision!
Welcome Amy. Congrats.
Amy–you know I’m so happy to be working with you.
That is a gor-geous picture of you!
Welcome! Do you still blog then Amy with everything else you have going on? Geez! Busy lady! Good for you!
You guys made a great choice! Love ya Amy!
((hugs))
Lund
You made the right decision on Amy! Mighty talented and quite a pro in techy stuff and one of the most honest and sweetest person I’ve met in bloglandia! Congratulations Amy!!!
🙂 MJ
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amy is just about the best person i know. i’m so happy for all of you to have this chance to work together. congrats, amy, and congrats, susan and janice for finding the best assistant on the planet!
Congrats Amy and I’m happy you two ladies found someone!
Yay, congrats to y’all!!! So glad that you guys found a perfect match!
Congrats to all of you! Looks like a great team!
Congrats to Amy on the new virtual assistant position with 5 Minutes for Mom! I met her at Camp Baby and she is fabulous! 🙂
I second the gorgeous pic comment, and that goes for all of you. Now if someone could just nudge some gorgeous single moms my direction…! – David (a single dad and new “mom” blogger at Silicon Valley moms blog)
Amy!! How exciting!! I so, so hope that this works out for you guys. Congrats!
Congrats, Amy & congrats Janice & Susan for finding the right fit. 🙂
Congratulatios, Amy.
You guys couldn’t have picked a better person. Amy is one of the nicest, brightest, most beautiful and talented people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I can not say enough good things about this woman. Congrats Amy!!
Good job, good choice and good luck to ALL!
What a fine addition to your group. I’m sure Amy will be fabulous! Congrats all around!
Amy, I am so excited for you! And Susan & Janice, what a great decision you made in bringing Amy on!!
This photo is GORGEOUS of you, too!
Steph
Congrats Amy! Welcome!
Welcome Amy!!
saw Amy mention this on the sv moms email loop and it didn’t even register. I’m such a dork!
way to go Amy! your daughter is beautiful, btw
What a beautiful photo of Amy and her daughter.
Also, her description is so inspiring. So, this is what I should be aspiring to as a work-at-home Mom and writer;)
Thanks for the inspiration, Amy. Congratulations to Any and 5minutesformom for getting her assistance!!!
–Holly Kay
Welcome Amy. And those Chicago burbs, you gotta’ love ’em.
Welcome Amy. Congrats to you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE Amy!! What a fantastic decision… You are very lucky to have her on your team!
You girls are so lucky to have Amy! She rocks! Congrats on new gig Amy!