<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still figuring it out.]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BETY!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a82c0fb-09b5-4110-893d-586eb8ec203a_633x633.png</url><title>Diary of a WFH Mom</title><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:54:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Calli]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[diaryofaworkfromhomemom@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[diaryofaworkfromhomemom@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[diaryofaworkfromhomemom@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[diaryofaworkfromhomemom@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Calli's Friday Photo Dump 📸]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #17]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/callis-friday-photo-dump-676</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/callis-friday-photo-dump-676</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:31:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LypS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7986cd6-9e85-4283-8a2c-173d2e88c40d_2316x3088.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>The Weekend &#128587;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</h1><p>Well we did it, didn&#8217;t we? (OK I know we just started this post, but I can&#8217;t say &#8220;We did it&#8221; without <em>immediately</em> thinking of <em>Dora the Explorer</em>. I love being a Mom but if I could erase several cartoons from my brain, that&#8217;d be great, okay? <em>Ohmygod</em> now I have that map song stuck in my head. <em>Grrrrr</em>.)</p><p>Where were we? Oh, Friday! FRIDAY! I&#8217;m keeping it low key this weekend as it&#8217;s back to school time and it&#8217;s responsibility season. This is good news as the summer schedule can get a little loose and I&#8217;ll tend to sleep in rather than get my booty into the gym. So on the negative side, early AF wakeups (so tired), but on the positive side, BOOTY GAINS FALL IS COMING! &#127825;&#128170;</p><h1>Coming, Soon? &#128538;</h1><p>If you know anything about me from my month on Substack, you know I love a mediocre sexual innuendo. I&#8217;ve got Mom Jokes For Days over here!</p><p>But today&#8217;s post is a mega-gallery of Calli Friday Dumps Coming Soon!</p><p><em><strong>Lingerie, Crop Tops, Bikinis - OH MY!</strong></em></p><p>Consider it a <em>sneak peak</em> of future posts - though of course Monday and Wednesday will still be my random daily mirror selfies and work fits. The casual stuff!</p><h1>Calli Here, Calli There, Calli (Most Everywhere) &#128517;</h1><p><strong>OnlyLinks: </strong><a href="https://onlylinks.com/calli">All the other places you can find me</a>, ya know, besides behind a computer hustling for the man!</p><p>And an all-caps HUGE THANKS to the crazy kind gifts on <a href="http://buymeacoffee.com/ohheyimcalli">Buy Me a Coffee</a> and <a href="https://throne.com/itsmecalli">Throne</a>. I was gifted a <em>beautiful </em>dress this week that I can&#8217;t wait to get (on the way) and show off on this page (my gift is your gain!).</p><h1>Calli&#8217;s Friday Photo Dump! &#128248;&#128293;</h1><p><strong>FREE SUBS: </strong>Enjoy the 3-pack of cute pics! &#128587;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</p><p><strong>PAID SUBS: </strong>Enjoy the 9-pack of <em>extra</em> cute pics - 12 total wheeee! These are some of my favorite pics that I shot while away on a little personal weekend retreat! Remember, these <em>only</em> show up automatically if you&#8217;re a paid part of Club Calli.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Upgrade&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This post has bonus content for paid subscribers. Upgrade to get full access.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Upgrade"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who's That Girl? 🤷🏻‍♀️]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #16]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/whos-that-girl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/whos-that-girl</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:31:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!as-E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6a65a9f-fa16-4236-83c8-221918703695_1242x2208.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Hump Day! &#127825;</h1><p>Well, a funny-<em>ish </em>thing happened as I was wrapping up my work day late last night. I got a notification that someone on Substack was impersonating me. They took my profile pic, grabbed one of my notes, followed a bunch of my followers and started DM&#8217;ing them. </p><p>They say that imitation is the <em>greatest</em> form of flattery, but it really does fight the spirit of why I signed up for Substack in the first place. I came here to do random mom brain dumps, share some thoughts, do something fun for 30 minutes when I had a free moment, talk a bit about my fitness journey, write random stories, and yes, have a little bit of fun posting cute pics. All of the above, when I want, and how I want. Like a sexy Burger King, I&#8217;m here to have it my way. (I know, super current pop culture reference.)</p><p>As I shared in my <a href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom?r=8r57xy">original post</a> when I signed up, finding my own voice hasn&#8217;t always been organic to me, so I came here to mess around with that. Like when a teen finds a journal for a first time or picks up a camera for the first time and just starts creating. Just for fun. It either goes somewhere. Or it doesn&#8217;t. It&#8217;s not optimized for an algorithm or designed to chase traffic, it&#8217;s something I just picked up and said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s try a thing.&#8221;</p><p>I had zero idea that after a month on Substack I&#8217;d be approaching 850 followers. In fact, I thought it was much more likely that I would have zero followers. I&#8217;m an anonymous (at least for now) what the kids would call an &#8220;e-girlie.&#8221;</p><p>I certainly didn&#8217;t think anyone would pay for it or that I&#8217;d spend time above some of <em>my</em> favorite authors on the rising publications chart and land as high as number <a href="https://substack.com/leaderboard/284/rising">2 on that list</a>. (<em>Squee!</em> Sorry Jane Green!)</p><p>I doubt that yesterday will be the last time someone tries to impersonate me here. I understand that &#8220;that&#8217;s how it goes&#8221; but it&#8217;s worth knowing that the only places you can currently find me are right here on Substack AND my <a href="https://onlylinks.com/calli">OnlyLinks </a>where I have <a href="http://buymeacoffee.com/ohheyimcalli">Buy Me a Coffee</a> and <a href="https://throne.com/itsmecalli">Throne</a>.</p><p>Funny enough, I had been considering adding another link to the mix this week where you&#8217;d be able to buy additional photo galleries from me (platform TBD) since that unsurprisingly has been the largest DM request I&#8217;ve gotten, especially over the last two weeks. But yesterday threw me off my game enough that I&#8217;m still debating the if, when, and where of it all.</p><p>Lastly, I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m doing on this platform except for this: I&#8217;m just trying to be a human and share a little slice of life with other humans. Substack is one of the few places I&#8217;ve found on the internet I&#8217;ve found where I feel like I can be a super authentic version of me and the connection with others has been very nice. It still feels like a somewhat undiscovered corner of the internet at a time when the world feels louder than ever and unless I&#8217;m mistaken (and after yesterday, I might be), I feel like the community of people who have shown up to support me have largely been super respectful but also been here for the same reason:</p><p>My posts seem to make your day a little brighter. Your comments make my day a little brighter.</p><h1>Subscriptions!</h1><p><strong>FREE SUBS: </strong>4 pics today!</p><p><strong>PAID SUBS: </strong>6 pics today! (<em>As a reminder, if you&#8217;re a Paid Sub, the extra pics show up automatically in this post to Substack Magic!</em>)</p><p>If you haven&#8217;t joined Club Calli as a Paid Sub yet, please consider joining as it helps me justify my weird Substack addiction I&#8217;m developing! &#129315; </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><strong>SOCIALS: </strong>Want to see more? 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&#128248;</h1><p>Thank you - as always - for joining me on my Substack journey! I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed what you&#8217;ve been seeing while you&#8217;ve been poking around! &#129321; (Get it, poking? Because I&#8217;m not weari&#8212; oh, okay, I guess you got the point(s). &#128580;</p><h1>Bonus Booty! &#127825;</h1><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Upgrade&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This post has bonus content for paid subscribers. 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But suddenly, it's a thought.]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-pleasure-of-my-company-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-pleasure-of-my-company-part-3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:31:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0e3ac4c1-70a9-4c00-8f2b-9283aa236acb_1199x630.gif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vk-J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9160235b-6ed7-4870-b3cb-dac1a3ef5393_1199x630.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Reader discretion is advised. </em>&#9786;&#65039;</p><p><em><strong>This is Part 3 of an ongoing series. You can read Part 1 <a href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-pleasure-of-my-company-part-1?r=8r57xy">here</a> and Part 2 <a href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-pleasure-of-my-company-part-2?r=8r57xy">here</a>. </strong></em></p><p>I don&#8217;t really overthink my messages that much. I type a message, I hit send, I move on with my day. Or night. Or whatever the hell time it is when I finish my work day.</p><p>I don&#8217;t chronically look at read receipts and I most certainly don&#8217;t stare at my phone looking at the &#128172; while someone is responding to me.</p><p>But this message is a bit different. </p><p>OK, fine, it&#8217;s a <em>LOT</em> different.</p><p>Some dude in my DMs just said he&#8217;d apparently spend $25,000 to have &#8220;a night with me&#8221; and I wrote back. I WROTE BACK!</p><p><em>Hi! 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Frowny face! &#128577; I just wrapped my morning scroll, fired off <a href="https://substack.com/@callistacks/note/c-311971916?r=8r57xy&amp;utm_source=notes-share-action&amp;utm_medium=web">this cute pic</a> and now I&#8217;m back at it. The dreaded Monday morning desk sit down. <em>Ughhhhhhhhh. </em></p><p>(***Opens Excel begrudgingly***)</p><p>Tremendously grateful for a nice weekend though! I made it to the movies - twice! I saw the new <em>Spider-Man</em> movie and also the BDSM sex comedy (a sentence I&#8217;ve never written before &#129300;) <em>I Want Your Sex</em>. The super hot Olivia Wilde stars in the latter and while the movie wasn&#8217;t great, she looked awesome in latex so there&#8217;s a silver lining I guess.</p><p>Worked out! Snuck in a pool day! Bought <a href="https://substack.com/@callistacks/note/c-311312997?r=8r57xy&amp;utm_source=notes-share-action&amp;utm_medium=web">groceries</a>! 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Last weekend was a bit of a loss because we had a teeny bit of sickness in the family, so while I made the best of it (and hadn&#8217;t mentioned it here either), I&#8217;m hoping that this weekend is a little more inspiring than the last one! More R&amp;R, less ibuproffen. (Please!)</p><p>As promised (and teased) over my last handful of posts, I&#8217;d like to think this is my best Friday Photo Dump yet! (I&#8217;ll let you be the judge!) As I mentioned on Wednesday, I did some storage space cleanup this weekend and found some gems, both old and new!</p><h1>Week in Review &#128517;</h1><p>We certainly had a busy week, <em>didn&#8217;t we</em>? Mostly as a challenge to myself, I decided to write five posts this week (was it five?) just to see if I could successfully Write, Mom, and not burn myself <em>all the way out</em>. Truth be told, I did it for a more specific reason. 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As mentioned in my first post about the subject, of all the things I&#8217;m kind of self-conscious about, this <em>isn&#8217;t</em> really one of them. If you&#8217;ve seen me in a bikini or my note from Monday, you know I love a thong. And if that&#8217;s thong, I don&#8217;t want to be right. (Ugh, coffee hasn&#8217;t kicked in yet. If only there were a button to delete a bad joke. &#129315;)</p><p>Like a lot of women in their 40&#8217;s, the butt does start to go at a certain point, so I&#8217;ve made a pretty hardcore squat routine a mandatory part of my workout to make sure I both <em>build</em> and <em>hang on</em> to whatever muscle I can back there to keep that peach peachin.&#8217; &#127825;</p><h1>Subscriptions!</h1><p><strong>FREE SUBS: </strong>Wednesdays are currently my one free photo gallery of the week where every subscriber gets every pic. All caps THANK YOU for being here and making. me part of your daily scroll. 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You can always keep up with the latest of me <a href="https://onlylinks.com/calli">here</a>, where I&#8217;ll be updating throughout the week.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic" width="318" height="423.9271978021978" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:318,&quot;bytes&quot;:1777482,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://callicarrera.substack.com/i/209701336?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGoy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb495989-4761-4fd8-a5e7-6db1365f97f8_2316x3088.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>Ms. New Booty &#127825;</h1><p>Last thought on my butt. It was decidedly NOT always this round. I stumbled across some old pics. Even I&#8217;ll admit, I think the work has paid off.</p><p>Remember to subscribe to get the gallery whole gallery FREE!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Calli's Substack is a reader-supported publication. 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Reader discretion is advised. </em>&#9786;&#65039;</p><p><em><strong>This is Part 2 of an ongoing series. You can read Part 1 <a href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-pleasure-of-my-company-part-1?r=8r57xy">here</a>.</strong></em></p><p>I get a lot of DMs. Many of them - how do I put it politely - are pretty <em>unserious</em>.</p><p>I respect the hustle and guys taking their shot, but in-between work and cooking what seems like my thousandth chicken nugget of the week, I don&#8217;t have a lot of time to get lost in my messages.</p><p>And in all honesty, I don&#8217;t even know why this one stood out. Maybe it was my sexy Spidey sense tingling, or maybe it was the clarity and directness of his message ringing in my ears again. </p><p><em>One night. $25,000</em><span>. </span><em>You in?</em></p><p>Ringing in my ears?</p><p><em>Who am I kidding, my panties are fucking soaking wet.</em></p><p>My hands hover over the keyboard.</p><p>I&#8217;ve clicked accept&#8230;but how do I respond?</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Calli's Substack is a reader-supported publication. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Vibes Only 🥰]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #12]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/good-vibes-only</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/good-vibes-only</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OOoM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1c3ee78-b3a7-4a06-b2aa-fbe3cccff789_1242x2208.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Back at the Desk &#128187;</h1><p>Happy Monday! Is that a thing people still say? Do people actually say &#8220;Happy Monday?!&#8221; When I worked into an office, I felt like that was a thing people said. Like, kind of in an ironic way. Like, I am fundamentally happy that I woke up this morning, but I am less happy that before I even had a cup of coffee this morning, I had a sea of emails asking me to fix other people&#8217;s problems.</p><p>(<em>Have I mentioned that I actually like my job?</em> &#129315;)</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Calli's Substack is a reader-supported publication. 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(It&#8217;s a picture of my butt in a thong.)</p><p>Come for the sexy pics, stay for the eye-roll worthy innuendos! (I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;re good enough to be called jokes. &#129335;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</p><p>If you&#8217;re interested in finding me on more socials, you can, in fact buy me a coffee or if you&#8217;re curious what I&#8217;d look like if you played dress up with me, I&#8217;ve been adding to my Throne link. More socials coming soon, if I can bring myself to ever figure out any other platforms (jury is still out on this one)! You can find <a href="https://onlylinks.com/calli">those links here</a>!</p><h1>Thank You &#128591;</h1><p>Lastly, a resounding <em><strong>thank you</strong></em> to all of you who have subscribed thus far, either free or paid. I remain overwhelmed by the support and to those of you who have let me know that I brighten your day in some way, shape, or form. </p><p>Since the outset I&#8217;ve shared that this is just meant to be a little messy corner of the internet for me to share some words, post some pics, and just be me. I&#8217;m happy that it has resonated with so many of you that it somehow has become the <a href="https://substack.com/leaderboard/284/rising">#2 Rising Substack in Fiction</a>.</p><p>That is so cool and beyond unexpected.</p><p>I try to end these posts with a bit of positivity, so I hope that wherever you are this week, you take the time to get some sunshine (if available), smile, say hello to a stranger, take a minute to be yourself, get in a walk, or just do something that makes you <em>you</em>. A lot of you have allowed me to do that in this space and I hope you take a minute to yourself to that for you. &#128573;</p><p>Wishing you all the most beautiful of weeks!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Calli's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday Bikini Photo Dump 📸 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #11]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/sunday-bikini-photo-dump-taking-back</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/sunday-bikini-photo-dump-taking-back</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:32:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HpJ-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F226a2d15-e749-4c3a-ad89-2af0be823a5c_2316x3088.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Taking Back Sunday &#129318;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</h1><p>If you&#8217;re anything like me, you&#8217;re looking at the clock, realizing it&#8217;s Sunday night and those dreaded <em>Sunday Scaries </em>are settling in. Then you wonder if &#8220;scaries&#8221; is even a word because it&#8217;s showing up with a red underline under it. Then you Google.</p><p>Confirmed. Scaries is a word. Sunday Scaries are definitely a thing.</p><p>I am a pretty positive person, but the end of the weekend, does, in fact, bum me all the way out. The weekend was great. I got back on track with my fitness routine. I met up with friends. I went shopping. I did fun things!</p><p>Tomorrow? Well, let&#8217;s just keep that tomorrow&#8217;s problem, okay?! </p><h1>Bikini Pics! &#128089;</h1><p>Because <em>anything</em> is better than thinking about what&#8217;s on my plate for tomorrow, I wanted to brighten up your evening with a Sunday photo gallery. I mean, what&#8217;s better than a Friday Photo Dump than ALSO GETTING A SUNDAY PHOTO DUMP! &#129327;</p><p>As always, a reminder paid subscribers get more! </p><p><strong>Free Subs</strong>: This adorable photo below! (Aw, look at my smile!) &#128515;</p><p><strong>Paid Subs:</strong> Another 9 more photos just like this one but different! &#128573; (Reminder that thanks to the magic of Substack, if you&#8217;re paid, these bonus photos <em><strong>automatically</strong></em> show up! I have gotten some questions about this.)</p><p>Jokes aside, these are some of my favorite photos. Super smiley, and I love the sunlight and the way this bikini, uh, fits? I&#8217;m a big proponent of sideboob and underboob, and this pink little number didn&#8217;t disappoint. Funny enough, I didn&#8217;t wear bright colors for the longest time (I was more of a pattern girl) but once I got this one it was hard to take off (not literally, it&#8217;s a freakin&#8217; string bikini. They&#8217;re quite easy to remove. &#129335;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;)</p><p>Wishing you the most beautiful Sunday night. 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&#128573;</h1><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Upgrade&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This post has bonus content for paid subscribers. 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calli's Friday Photo Dump 📸]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #10]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/callis-friday-photo-dump</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/callis-friday-photo-dump</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:32:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>The Weekend &#128587;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</h1><p>I&#8217;m getting this post done <em>early</em> because it&#8217;s so damn hot this week and I&#8217;m so damn busy and I need to get to my weekend - stat! I&#8217;m ready to pour myself a drink (or two) and do what I do best on the weekend - relax by the pool in a bikini.</p><p>I don&#8217;t get into the specifics of my day job very much, but I more or less have like three jobs in one for a brief stretch (at least I hope it&#8217;s brief?) and I&#8217;m looking forward to this summer sprint wrapping up some time after Labor Day. (I hope?)</p><p>I do have one more fun trip planned this summer, so while it has mostly been hard work, there&#8217;s still a bit of play on the horizon!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png" width="214" height="384.2067510548523" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:851,&quot;width&quot;:474,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:214,&quot;bytes&quot;:664046,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://callicarrera.substack.com/i/209038643?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljss!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0459afa9-1649-423b-ba4a-704c7037d2c9_474x851.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Pictured: My weekend plans!</figcaption></figure></div><h1>Thank you! &#128591;</h1><p>I turned on paid subscriptions this week and I can&#8217;t thank ya&#8217;ll enough for the generous support. I can&#8217;t say I knew what to expect, but I&#8217;m super grateful to all of you who showed up and smashed that subscribe button. </p><p>Back when I started this Substack a few week ago I knew it was going to be a messy little corner of the internet for me to share random thoughts, musings, small slices of daily life, and show off a bit. I didn&#8217;t know who would come (though according to my DMs, it seems that several of you have &#129315;) but I&#8217;m grateful to those of you who have subscribed or taken the time to restack, share, or comment. Having a little Substack fan base has been quite flattering and convinced a chick in her 40&#8217;s that she has still got it. </p><h1>Calli Here, Calli There, Calli Everywhere &#128573;</h1><p>If you enjoy supporting or seeing my content, each week I&#8217;ll be sharing where you can find me and if you so choose, support my content / bikini addiction in some way. Full disclosure, Substack is my most active platform these days, so while you can wander off site if you choose to, this is probably the spot where you want to be on a daily-ish basis.</p><p>But for now, a partial list of where you can find me:</p><h3><em><strong>Subscribe to Substack</strong></em></h3><p><strong>Next week&#8217;s schedule includes:</strong></p><p><strong>Free</strong>: Hump Day Journal + Photo Gallery</p><p><strong>Paid</strong>: Part 2 of my Sexy Fiction Story, and my <em><strong>hottest</strong></em> Friday Photo Dump Yet!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><h3><em><strong>Only&#8230; &#8230; &#8230; Links. </strong></em><strong>&#128279; &#129327;</strong></h3><p>Sorry if I got you excited, but you can follow along with my growing list of socials on the very cleverly named <a href="https://onlylinks.com/calli">OnlyLinks</a>. I&#8217;ll be adding to the roster of places to find me in the coming weeks, but for now I&#8217;ve added the popular tipping platform Buy Me a Coffee (I changed it to Bikini because as much as I love coffee, I <em>really</em> love Bikinis) and if you want to see what kind of lingerie or dresses I&#8217;d like to add my collection, then there&#8217;s a Throne link.</p><h1>Oh right, pictures! &#129318;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039; &#128248;</h1><p>Fine, fine, I know why you&#8217;re all here! It&#8217;s the complaints about the heat!</p><p>It&#8217;s not that? Oh. Ok. <em>Fine.</em> </p><p>Today&#8217;s photo gallery is a two-parter.</p><p>Free subscribers? 4 pics! &#128293;</p><p>Paid subscribers? 4 bonus pics! &#129327;</p><p>(That&#8217;s 8 total if you&#8217;re scoring at home.)</p><p>OK, I lied, <strong>there&#8217;s 6 bonus pics for paid subscribers</strong>. I found more that I liked LOL. &#128514;</p><p>(That&#8217;s 10 total if you&#8217;re scoring at home.)</p><p>Enjoy the free stuff&#8230;or subscribe if you want to <em>see a little more</em>. &#128538;</p><p>And as always, wishing you a safe and healthy weekend!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Upgrade&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This post has bonus content for paid subscribers. Upgrade to get full access.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Upgrade"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hump Day Delay 🤦🏻‍♀️🍑 / It's About Time ⏰]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #9]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-hump-day-delay-its-about-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-hump-day-delay-its-about-time</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:31:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KAh3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc64fb78-54dd-4f2c-b8cb-e6b702c71803_1242x2208.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Mom Brain! &#129335;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</h1><p><em><strong>Whoops! </strong></em>I got too ambitious with my Substack this week and I couldn&#8217;t even keep track of my own intended posting schedule, but when you&#8217;re juggling all the things and you suddenly see a dentist appointment that you forgot about until the night before, it&#8217;s hard to prioritize dropping butt pics on the timeline. <em>What can ya do?</em></p><p>So it&#8217;s hump day - one day late! &#127825; (I can&#8217;t imagine there will be many complaints!) If you enjoyed last week&#8217;s post, I think you&#8217;ll enjoy this one just as much! (*Blush noises*)</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KAh3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc64fb78-54dd-4f2c-b8cb-e6b702c71803_1242x2208.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KAh3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc64fb78-54dd-4f2c-b8cb-e6b702c71803_1242x2208.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KAh3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc64fb78-54dd-4f2c-b8cb-e6b702c71803_1242x2208.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" 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If you enjoy what I&#8217;m doing here, it&#8217;d mean a lot to me if you&#8217;d consider subscribing. I&#8217;m still organizing in my head <em>exactly</em> what the paid tier will entail, but it is where I&#8217;ll be continuing my original writing series <em>The Pleasure of My Company</em> and I suspect I&#8217;ll move my Friday Photo Dump there as well.</p><p>I know a lot of folks are running at peak subscription fatigue, and I totally understand that. I can&#8217;t count the number of things I&#8217;ve cancelled this year simply because I don&#8217;t get enough value out of them on a consistent basis. And not to get too deep about it, I know there&#8217;s a particular amount of fatigue and erosion in consumer trust that comes with the sexy internet girls crowd.</p><p>My hope is that I can still provide something for everyone. Free sexy pics on the TL, occasional posts like this. </p><p>And if you look forward to the part of the day where I drop into your inbox with a little <em>more</em>, then there will be space for that too.</p><p>Ultimately, it&#8217;s about time. If you know anything about a mom in her 40&#8217;s, you know there&#8217;s a million things rattling around in our progressively deteriorating brain.</p><p>Enough that sometimes you forget to post the butt pics. &#129335;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</p><h1>Booty Booty Booty Booty Everywhere &#127825;</h1><p>I love a workout fit and I love how my body feels after a workout. It&#8217;s probably when I feel most like myself - in those moments that I get an hour (or two!) to just push my body to it&#8217;s physical limits. This is probably when I actually enjoy showing off the most, when I feel like I&#8217;m at my physical best, cooling off after dripping in sweat!</p><p> Remember to subscribe to get the gallery whole gallery FREE!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Calli's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Calli's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pleasure of My Company: Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[A DM from a Stranger. A generous offer.]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-pleasure-of-my-company-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/the-pleasure-of-my-company-part-1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:31:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ec49ef42-1560-4fd7-9706-eaa53afc585d_1199x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mcdA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72260448-aa81-4462-83e8-5e0130eeb1a7_1199x630.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Reader discretion is advised. </em>&#9786;&#65039;</p><p>Truth be told, I&#8217;m not sure what I&#8217;m doing, or if I should even be doing it. But I&#8217;ve always been impulsive and a rush of wetness hit my inner thighs when the DM showed up from a stranger.</p><p><em>One night. $25,000</em>. <em>You in?</em></p><p>The subject line, &#8220;The Pleasure of Your Company.&#8221;</p><p>Like a lot of girls in their 40&#8217;s we&#8217;ve grown up with movies that make you think about your boundaries. <em>Pretty Woman</em>. <em>Indecent Proposal</em>. &#8220;Moral&#8221; pushing stories that make you think twice and ask yourself:</p><p><em>What would you do&#8230;?</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Calli's Substack is a reader-supported publication. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back to the grind... 😽]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #8]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/back-to-the-grind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/back-to-the-grind</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:31:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UP6f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7fabe55-6d37-418b-a984-3b990dcc6a13_1242x2208.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>We&#8217;re back! &#128075;</h1><p>As many of ya&#8217;ll noticed in my last post, I took a few days out of town over the weekend to recharge. Or maybe you missed that part, because, ya know, it was my best Substack photo gallery&#8230;<em><strong>yet</strong></em>!</p><p>I appreciate all of you who snuck into my DMs making sure I was OK. I&#8217;m 100% all good. </p><p><em>I was just topless by a pool.</em> </p><p>(Sorry, no pics - but it did happen!)</p><p>Now, I&#8217;m back to real life and hustling away at the day job. I escaped home for a bit because as I&#8217;ve mentioned I&#8217;m in the middle of a super busy stretch. No complaints (at least no more than just regular ones!), just working hard to balance <em>all the things</em>. We&#8217;re also in prime back-to-school mode so I needed a breather before all the days of 7am wakeups and homemade lunches that go uneaten are upon me.</p><p>Today is one of my favorite photo galleries to date, and I&#8217;ve got a great hump day one planned as well if you&#8217;ve already enjoyed catching me with my pants down. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UP6f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7fabe55-6d37-418b-a984-3b990dcc6a13_1242x2208.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UP6f!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7fabe55-6d37-418b-a984-3b990dcc6a13_1242x2208.jpeg 424w, 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I don&#8217;t even know how! Shocked, but grateful that so many of you need a little Daily Cup of Calli in your life!</p><p>While I&#8217;m sure most of ya&#8217;ll are here for the pics, there&#8217;s been a nice outpouring support from those of you who appreciate my cheery disposition and random musings about my day. That&#8217;s me! Delightful, weird, and in a crop/tank top.</p><p>I was planning on turning on paid subscriptions this week but since my content skews to the spicier side (I guess? &#129335;&#127995;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;) there&#8217;s a bit of a lack of clarity for me what I can and can&#8217;t do on here. I had been planning on posting some erotic fiction and making that a fun little paid series for anyone interested, but even that seems to be on the border of the rules. Still researching that.</p><p>And as for the pics, Substack is likely to remain a PG-13 ish look into my day-to-day life. Some combo of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue/Maxim/Victoria&#8217;s Secret catalog, which are all super current pop culture references but the ones that came to my head so that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re stuck with. &#129315;</p><p>One of those most unique things about an experience like this is having fans that are all interested in different &#8220;fan&#8221; experiences. Some of ya&#8217;ll want more pics, there&#8217;s a lot of chat requests, and there&#8217;s been a surprising volume of messages hoping I&#8217;ll stop talking about and start posting sexy stories. </p><p>What I&#8217;ve enjoyed about Substack so far is that it is a place where I can just be a bit messy. There&#8217;s no rules really and I&#8217;ve just been able to show up here and be me and maybe that&#8217;s why I like it. That seems to be an increasingly rare experience (maybe) in an online culture.</p><p>For those curious, I sit down, write for about 30 minutes and pick some photos to include. Some new, some old, depending on how I&#8217;m feeling each day.</p><h1>Oh right, pics! &#128248;</h1><p>Friendly reminder that via the power of Substack magic, if you subscribe, you automatically see extra photos in each of my posts at the bottom in a fun little photo gallery. If you haven&#8217;t subscribed yet, smash that button below and watch the magic unfold.</p><p>Today it&#8217;s a tiny AF crop top that&#8217;s one of my favorites. (I think you&#8217;ll agree!)</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friday Photo Dump 📸 / The Freakin' Weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #7]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/friday-photo-dump-the-freakin-weekend</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/friday-photo-dump-the-freakin-weekend</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BETY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a82c0fb-09b5-4110-893d-586eb8ec203a_633x633.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>We Did It!</h1><p>It&#8217;s Friday! Friday! (Gotta get down on Friday!) </p><p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m ready for the week to be <strong>DONE</strong>. It&#8217;s been so busy and so hot, and I&#8217;m ready to spend my weekend getting busy and being hot! &#129315; (Weekend goals!)</p><p>I&#8217;m actually getting out of town for the weekend, so in addition to being quiet on here, I&#8217;m hoping to shut my brain off for the first time in a couple of months. Thank gawwwwwwwddddd! </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png" width="289" height="377.57187993680884" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:827,&quot;width&quot;:633,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:289,&quot;bytes&quot;:741474,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://callicarrera.substack.com/i/208236599?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HkD4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe37cbcbc-d647-4880-8c27-99426c1eedaa_633x827.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">It&#8217;s Friday babes!</figcaption></figure></div><h1>Thank You! &#128591;</h1><p>I am blown away by the support that you&#8217;ve all shown so far. Even though I haven&#8217;t turned on paid subscriptions, so many of you already have pledged your support for when/if I do. </p><p>When you do something that takes time, even if it&#8217;s for fun, it&#8217;s really nice when people show that kind of support to your content.</p><p>So as much as I hope I&#8217;m bringing a bit of a smile to your day, thank you for taking the time to do the same for me by showing that kind of support.</p><h1>Reminder &#128161;</h1><p>If you like my pics, please remember that subscribers always get more! If you&#8217;re subscribed, a photo gallery automatically shows up at the bottom of this post.</p><p>If you&#8217;re not subscribed yet? &#11015;&#65039; &#11015;&#65039; &#11015;&#65039;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h1>Friday Photo Dump! &#128248;</h1><p>That&#8217;s all for words this week! I&#8217;ve got a lot of miscellaneous photos clogging up my hard drive, cloud storage, and external drives, so I wanted to drop a fun Friday Photo Dump. </p><p>Will I make this a recurring feature? Might depend on what the Substack algo thinks of me! But you&#8217;ve caught me at a loss for words (and clothes) and a love for sharing pics, so it&#8217;s a win/win for at least this week.</p><p>Wishing you all the VERY best of weekends! &#128573;</p><p style="text-align: center;">Subscribe if you want the good stuff! &#129321;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Hump Day 🍑 (A/K/A Booty Day)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a WFH Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #6]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/happy-hump-day-aka-booty-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/happy-hump-day-aka-booty-day</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:12:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Hump Day! &#127825;</h1><p>I do love Wednesdays because it always feels like the turning point in the week. I&#8217;m pretty laser focused on my day job most of the time and it really has been one of the busiest stretches that I&#8217;ve had this year. I enjoy what I do and I&#8217;m grateful to work with an amazing team, but the hours are definitely long, and at the height of summer, I definitely value my down time more than ever. Less work, more bikinis please!</p><p>I&#8217;m super appreciative of the positive reaction to my FAQ yesterday. More than anything, it&#8217;s awesome that so many of you have understood that this is a fun way for me to mess around, show off, and just write down what&#8217;s on mind.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg" width="284" height="484.9951690821256" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2121,&quot;width&quot;:1242,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:284,&quot;bytes&quot;:471865,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://callicarrera.substack.com/i/208090962?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd27d136a-42c1-4258-8486-e899358b52d6_1242x2208.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNBI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9b82d17-7a1b-49ac-a023-8721b8df6a20_1242x2121.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Hi! &#129321;</figcaption></figure></div><h1>&#8220;Coming&#8221; Soon? &#129300;</h1><p>I&#8217;ve also gotten a fair amount of feedback asking what else I&#8217;m going to be doing in this space. I actually wrote my first piece of sexy fiction that I have tucked away in the drafts folder, probably until next week or so. I kind of want to take some new photos to go with it and I haven&#8217;t had the time. Maybe something more artistic or black and white? </p><p>Until then, I&#8217;m going to keep posting my WFH fits whenever I have time! I know so many of us are powering away at a desk all day and I think it&#8217;s fun to have a little community of folks who just need a smile while grinding out their work day. I hope I&#8217;m making your day a bit brighter. &#128538;</p><p>If you&#8217;re not a free subscriber, please smash that button below. Followers just see one photo, subscribers see another 2-5.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h1>Butt wait&#8230; &#128293;&#127825;</h1><p>I&#8217;ve gotten a fair amount of booty requests, and I will confess, I love showing it off. Squats are my love language and I&#8217;ve worked really hard to build up a pretty, round ass. We&#8217;ll see if this becomes a regular feature around here, but for now, enjoy a little hump day show! &#128573;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAQ: Are you AI?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diary of a Work From Home Mom: Photo Gallery + Journal #5]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/faq-fckable-asian-questions-are-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/faq-fckable-asian-questions-are-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I started this Substack, I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of DMs. Truthfully, I have not had a lot of time to look at them because I&#8217;m usually cramming in a workout, some kid drop off/pickup, meal prep, and then well, a work day, in addition to sneaking some Substackin&#8217; into my lunch break, as I do enjoy reading/responding to comments when I can.</p><p>I am both grateful that my content has resonated with you in a way that you want to message, but also well, busy.</p><p>I haven&#8217;t shared a lot about me personally to date, but my lack of messaging is pretty much a historical precedence I&#8217;ve set. I&#8217;m NOT good at texting. Like, genuinely awful at it. Not a good hang in the DMs TBH. Whereas my Substack is kind of like a free-flowing-top-of-my-head-partially-clothed-party, my ability to message is kind of all-time bad. We all have our weaknesses, so there&#8217;s mine.</p><p><strong>Strengths</strong>: Cute smile, looks good in a crop top.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg" width="250" height="444.44444444444446" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2208,&quot;width&quot;:1242,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:250,&quot;bytes&quot;:448794,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://callicarrera.substack.com/i/207849215?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99f3433c-22f2-4ac4-b139-1ea573a9c337_1242x2208.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mfZd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aaeecb1-5317-45c1-9986-4efc3b882e34_1242x2208.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">A cropped photo in a crop top. How meta.</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Weakness</strong>: Messaging.</p><p>I might respond to a DM in the future, I might turn them off completely, or I might enable whatever the heck subscriber chat is, if I can figure out how it works.</p><p>In the meantime, I clicked through my messages very quickly I figured I&#8217;d answer what I&#8217;m going to call &#8220;F*ckable Asian Questions&#8221; since uh, there seems to be a common theme in the DMs.</p><h1>FAQ</h1><p><strong>Are you AI?</strong></p><p>Nope, decidedly not. I use AI for work things, but not these. This is a space to be messy, so I assume you&#8217;ll catch some combo of spelling mistakes and general mom-brain as I go on this journey. I wouldn&#8217;t ask AI to generate a messy mirror.</p><p><strong>Is Calli short for something?</strong></p><p>Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.</p><p>JKs. Again, I haven&#8217;t gotten into much on the personal side, but you&#8217;re welcome to make a geography-based guessed for an answer here.</p><p><strong>You can&#8217;t possibly be in your 40&#8217;s!</strong></p><p>As a woman who, yes in fact is in her 40s, I can assure you this is literally the last thing that we&#8217;d lie about. Mid-40&#8217;s even.</p><p><strong>Are you </strong><em><strong>actually</strong></em><strong> Asian?</strong></p><p>I am! I get this a lot, but a lot of folks seem to doubt it. I know the phone doesn&#8217;t help my argument and at first glance, I look a little less Asian as I&#8217;ve aged, but yes I am, 50% to be exact.</p><p><strong>Can we see more of your pretty little face?</strong></p><p>We&#8217;ll see. Unsurprisingly this is the most common question/request besides for me to drop my panties to the floor. The M in Milf - like being in my 40&#8217;s and Asian is also true, so I&#8217;m being both public and private at the same time. Truthfully, I&#8217;m not particularly shy or embarrassed to show more face, but I am considering other factors. Frankly, the more respectful people are, both in the comments and DMs, the more likely I am to open up more on Substack. </p><h1>PICS! (A/K/A What you&#8217;re here for. &#129315;)</h1><p>As always, paid subscribers get a little bit extra, so remember to become a subscriber if you already haven&#8217;t if you want to see today&#8217;s photos!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of a Work From Home Mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo Gallery + Journal #4: Taking Back Monday]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom-ec5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom-ec5</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:02:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tnyt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe327c4d9-2f35-49c0-88f8-21b52c8288d5_633x633.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Case of the Mondays</h1><p>We&#8217;ll just lead off with a picture today! It&#8217;s Monday, we all need a little pep in our step, right? Sometimes I describe myself as a &#8220;sexy Garfield&#8221; in that I too, hate Mondays. I have a mountain of work in front of me this week, but hey, I&#8217;m still smiling in the picture!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VLK_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9e87de1-73ed-4283-a222-1942b7fd12db_3213x5712.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VLK_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9e87de1-73ed-4283-a222-1942b7fd12db_3213x5712.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VLK_!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9e87de1-73ed-4283-a222-1942b7fd12db_3213x5712.heic 848w, 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Each of my posts includes a photo, but subscribers typically see another 2-5 photos, depending how many selfies I&#8217;m inclined to fire off in my dirty mirror. &#129315;</p><h1>Pleasure&#8230;</h1><p>I&#8217;m so grateful to all of you for showing up and supporting me, so I&#8217;d love to hear more of what you&#8217;d like to see. For now, I&#8217;m truly just having some fun exploring and being creative, but I&#8217;d love for you to leave a comment or vote in my poll below about what content speaks to you the most. Honestly, I&#8217;m still learning what feels best for me and what my creative boundaries are, but I will confess, the attention has been empowering, and the kind words about my desire to &#8220;show off&#8221; on here has reinforced my decision to play around on Substack.</p><div class="poll-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:825366}" data-component-name="PollToDOM"></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h1>Oh right, pics&#8230;</h1><p>Definitely one of my more NSFW batches that I&#8217;ve posted so far, and there were two photos I <em>almost</em> posted. But yeah, not there yet. &#128573;</p><p>Remember to subscribe if you want extra pics!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of a Work From Home Mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo Gallery + Journal #3: Pool Day]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom-e65</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom-e65</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:01:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tqYH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa33cb0ca-6377-4109-9938-33c714517177_1242x2208.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Boring stuff first, then Bikini Pics</h1><p>I hope you&#8217;re having a wonderful weekend! I had a great day by the pool yesterday (more on that in a bit!) but first I wanted to answer a question that came up a bunch after my last post!</p><p>So, a lot of questions about my last photo set and how to access it. Sooooo, I&#8217;m not a Substack expert at all but I basically have this set it up this way:</p><p>If you&#8217;re reading this post <strong>without</strong> being a subscriber, you&#8217;ll only see <strong>1 photo in this post</strong>. &#128293;</p><p>If you&#8217;re reading this post and you are a <strong>free subscriber</strong>, <strong>you&#8217;ll see 3 photos</strong>. &#128293;&#128293;&#128293;</p><p>This is some type of Substack wizardry I don&#8217;t quite understand, but I really enjoy sending out the newsletters so I wanted to provide you some extra, uh, <em>incentive </em>to smash that sub button.</p><p>Yeah, this button! &#11015;&#65039; &#11015;&#65039; &#11015;&#65039;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>I think I&#8217;m going to try and post <strong>my biggest photo set yet tomorrow</strong>, so I just thought you might like to know so you don&#8217;t have FOMO or whatever it is that the kids call it these days.</p><h1>On with the Show</h1><p>I had an amazing day by the pool yesterday! It was such a beautiful day after a really hot and humid week, just perfect. Drinks by the pool, fun hanging out with some new girlfriends, and a lot of laughs.</p><p>I&#8217;m really appreciative when I connect with people who make me feel comfortable in my own skin. As I mentioned last time around, that hasn&#8217;t always been my default setting IRL, so hanging with some girlfriends who are cool and have their stuff together is just such a great vibe.</p><p>I actually didn&#8217;t snap as many pics as I was hoping. TBH, I actually wasn&#8217;t feeling my best physically. Work has been taking too much out of me to get in the exercise hustle that my body actually wants, but I actually have a big workout planned for this AM.</p><p>I hope these pretty random thoughts and entries brighten your day, but maybe it&#8217;s just the photos. Hopefully both LOL!</p><p>Wishing you the best day and I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow ! &#128538;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tqYH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa33cb0ca-6377-4109-9938-33c714517177_1242x2208.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tqYH!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa33cb0ca-6377-4109-9938-33c714517177_1242x2208.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tqYH!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa33cb0ca-6377-4109-9938-33c714517177_1242x2208.jpeg 848w, 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of a Work From Home Mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo Gallery + Journal #2: TGIF]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom-216</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom-216</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:31:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/31364a0f-fed2-47e7-b6e5-ca91caab404c_1242x2208.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m super appreciative of everyone who has subscribed and followed my journey on here so far. One of the weird things about writing on Substack is finding my voice and what I want to talk about. Finding my voice hasn&#8217;t always been the easiest thing to do, but I really do enjoy figuring out how to best express myself on here. </p><p>This space (I think? &#129300;) is mostly a place for me to just have some fun and show off a bit, but I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve always been the most comfortable doing that, at least in public fashion. Like a lot of folks, I come from a background where &#8220;showing off&#8221; was frowned upon, and to that end, I feel like I&#8217;ve always held myself back a little bit. I understand now that I&#8217;m older that being told to not &#8220;show off&#8221; was actually more of a reflection of those around me, projecting their insecurities on me.</p><p>I&#8217;ve learned as I&#8217;ve gotten older that I&#8217;m the author of my own journey, and that allowing others to hold me back hurts me more than anyone else and that you can &#8220;show off&#8221; and still be all the other things in life that you want to be.</p><p>I wasn&#8217;t expecting to get so deep on a Friday, but here we are! Truly wishing you all the best weekend. I&#8217;m looking forward to a day by the pool tomorrow, where based on the poll that I&#8217;m currently running, you&#8217;d all like to see some bikini pics.</p><p>If this post resonnated with you at all, I'd love to hear something that you&#8217;ve learned about yourself or life as you&#8217;ve gotten older, or even an insecurity that you&#8217;ve personally overcome.</p><p><strong>If you haven&#8217;t become a paid subscriber yet, please join if you&#8217;d like to see today&#8217;s photo gallery. You might just catch me with my pants down</strong>. &#128573;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GzZx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d2ecfe3-96e4-4faf-911e-805f8368b730_1242x2208.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GzZx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d2ecfe3-96e4-4faf-911e-805f8368b730_1242x2208.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GzZx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d2ecfe3-96e4-4faf-911e-805f8368b730_1242x2208.jpeg 848w, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of a Work From Home Mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo Gallery + Journal #1: Another Day, Another Crop Top]]></description><link>https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/p/diary-of-a-work-from-home-mom</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli | The Mom Next Door]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:14:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vyEO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e8e5a05-a4d7-47ae-9698-4eaa2914c6fb_4284x5712.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the highlights of working from home? Wearing whatever I want to work! As a long-time lover of crop tops and an active disdain for wearing bras, it&#8217;s a big perk to wear whatever-the-fuck-I-want while grinding away at the day job. (Hopefully you can see the perk! &#128538;)</p><p>I&#8217;ve always been a free-spirit, so the freedom to not be constricted by a work outfit always makes me feel better about my day, especially when it&#8217;s the height of summer and my work days are very long as of late.</p><p>A cute start to the day though? Yes please!</p><p>I&#8217;m new to Substack and still learning how this all works, but if you like what you see I&#8217;d love for you to become a subscriber and follow along my journey.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4e8e5a05-a4d7-47ae-9698-4eaa2914c6fb_4284x5712.heic&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9b5c3d53-a9b8-4ea8-8eda-11cc9c7eb4fd_4284x5712.heic&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3d372473-ecc9-4c74-8431-862f4c7c418a_4284x5712.heic&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fc9268b6-b847-40e4-b9f7-8304c32921c7_3368x4490.heic&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9fdcca09-1612-4b06-8ebb-b93e029d38a3_3368x4491.heic&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Felt Cute, Won't Delete Later&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/71791e4d-8002-4dc0-9b48-be930b58c7d8_1456x1210.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://diaryofaworkfromhomemom.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Calli's Substack! 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