Edit: Nevermind, I'm not sure if they can take writers outside the US...

work from home and at more flexible hours for a source of income

I used to work freelance for demand studios (ehow, about.com, etc) in high school. I haven't done it for a while and I don't know what changes the system has undergone, but it used to be 15$/article, and everything done from home. It's very formulaic and you don't get much creative licence so it's only marginally more exciting than data entry, but it was very flexible, payments were prompt, and it wasn't not too challenging to churn out articles fast enough to beat minimum wage by a large margin.

All of the above is old information though - a lot has changed. Still might be worth looking into.