My husband and I are fans of working from home. We enjoy the flexibility it gives us, although in my husband's case, he ends up working well over 40 hours a week as there is always an e-mail to check and phone call to field -- from home. I shut down the computer at 5 p.m. and make it a point to really "be there" for the kids.

Surprisingly -- or maybe not -- as many as 53 percent of telecommuting workers spend less than three hours on work compared to eight hours in the office, according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com. Here is what they focus on rather than work:

Children -- 22 percent
Personal calls and surfing the Internet -- 17 percent
Vegging out: watching TV and/or sleeping -- 15 percent
Personal errands -- 11 percent
Housework -- 9 percent

Still, there was no mention as to whether these employees were productive. Not all jobs require eight simultaneous hours of work a day. I remember filling a lot of my former work days with water-cooler talk and long lunches -- not to mention commuting time that could have been used to work instead.

Being a mom, I have had to learn to manage my time to fit in writing and childcare. But this particular article offered advice as to how to stay motivated when working from home.

Do any of you work from home? How do you break up your time? Do you like the arrangement?

I know we love lists around here so I thought I would share with you a list of the top 10 jobs in science based on growth expectations, according to AOL. They are the following:

These 10 workers are in high demand in the States, according to CareerBuilder.com:

1. Sales representatives

2. Teachers

3. Mechanics

4. Engineering technicians

5. Management/Executives

6. Truck Drivers -- Freight

7. Drivers -- Delivery

8. Accountants

9. Construction Laborers

10. Machine Operators

CareerBuilder listed the qualifications as well as salaries for each of these positions.