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Pink Think: "My husband gave up all his work to stay at home with the kids, and we split all the duties at home. I do all the boring stuff - like pay the bills, and he does all the exercising for both of us, which I'm very grateful for... I thank him for it regularly." - Erika Slezak, American actress
I am a stay-at-home mom.
Yesterday, this was my schedule:
10:30 Turn-out the horses
10:45 Drive 45 minutes to deliver cookies for daughter's entry to State Fair
11:30 Stand in line while smelling wonderful aroma of bread and getting hungry
12:00 Eat lunch in car; drive back
12:50 Take horses back to their stalls
1:00 Piano lesson
1:45 Be home for two younger kids
2:15 Send son to cub scouts
2:20 Pick up daughter from junior high
3:15 Take son to soccer practice
4:15 Go to cub scouts (I am a wolf den leader)
5:40 Call cub's mom to see if she is picking up her son
5:45 Call oldest daughter to make sure kids are eating dinner
5:50 Arrive home in panic because youngest is not dressed for soccer yet, but fed, thankfully; thank oldest daughter profusely for her help
6:00 Take oldest to Young Women's and youngest to soccer game
Stay-at-home indeed.
***
My husband drove straight to the soccer game from work. I told him I took the cookies in for Sierra. "Gosh, it was a busy day," I said, collapsing in the camp chair.
And my sweet darling husband, whose hard work makes it possible for me to be a stay-at-home mom, said, "Oh? Other than delivering the cookies, what else did you do?"
I had to laugh.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
"Stay" At Home
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What a fun blog you have. I thoroughly enjoy your style of writing. :)
Hubby's at work, one daughter's at seminary, the other daughters have been asleep, and I've been having fun just sitting here reading your blog!
I'll have to read more posts later, and will be putting your blog in my favorites. :)
Amen! It's crazy that people think if you're a stay at home mom that you don't work...and that you actually get to stay at home! I did it until a few years ago and wouldn't change it for the world. Home raising you kids is the best place to be.
Thanks for the comment. I took the photo for that header on Diamond Mountain.
You are so blessed to be a "stay at home" mom. I so get what you're saying!
Enjoyed peeking at your blog!
Tammy: Glad you enjoy the posts. And thanks for adding me.
Barb: Wow, YOU took the photo? Good job. That's great you got to stay home, too.
Kim: Yes, it's been a blessing (for both me and the family).
It drives me absolutely batty when my husband walks in at the end of his day and asks "So, what did you do all day?" GRRRRR
If he only KNEW!
Wow, that sounds like a lot more I could handle in a day. My wife and I both work outside the home, but she is telling me I can quit if I wish and write full-time.
It's a little scary but she believes in me and fortunately, we'd be okay for a while if I did take that leap.
Pink, you forgot to add that you still have to try to find time to WRITE, too!
What a day! Loved your description of it.
I noticed two-point-five minutes unaccounted for. Most likely this means you need more children.
To help you make more productive use of all this excess free time.
Great point -- I'm a BAHM, Busy at home mom! You sound like one too (I work 20 hours a week pt and have a home business too). Thanks for stopping by my blog -- I'll be back to yours!
Wendy: I can just picture the scene :-).
Prince: I left out writing, didn't? I usually write earlier in the day, before bedlam breaks loose.
What a wonderful wife! You are lucky.
But you know, speaking from personal experience, having "free" time to write during the day is not all that it's cut up to be. I find myself frittering it away on non-writing things. In some ways, I function best when I only have a couple of hours of intense writing time, and then have a life outside of that. Then again, if you have the discipline for it, writing full-time is so much easier then writing on the brain power and energy left from working full-time!
Ann: Thanks!
BPV: 2.5 minutes? Mmm. I could have been flossing then. :-)
Susie: BAHM...that's a fitting name. Feels like it some days, too :-). Thanks for the visit.
I hope not every one of your days is like that. Unless you're already insane, in which case it can't get much worse, can it? :-)
The "what did you do today" question always kills me. It's so great to see a time line of what gobbles up all the time.
Q: Fortunately, it's mostly my Wednesdays that are crazy like that. And yes, it can't get much worse :-).
Kristi: Thanks for stopping by. I normally don't do a sked (when I do, it's all on post-it notes which I promptly lose), but I literally lifted most of that schedule from a page on my planner.
Awwww! So cute! Have fun have fun! I love how you think of pink! Me too! Me too!
I wanna read more!
Celeste
I was off work for a few weeks between jobs last fall and I loved it, but then I don't have as many responsibilities as you do.
LOL Men! I am a SAHM also, though I prefer to think of myself as a domestic goddess. ;)
Love this. I totally relate...sometimes you've just got to laugh! Have you seen this article http://my-m-spot.blogspot.com/2009/01/so-what-is-it-you-do-all-day.html
Oh how many of us can relate?! We just don't do nuttin' do we? Here's to appreciating all you do for your family PInky!!!
Yep, I can SO relate. A few of my family members have been asking me for the past 18 years what I do all day, for crying out loud.
Even now with more down time than ever before I still don't find myself at loose ends - there's plenty to do during the day before the kids get home from school.
ha ha so true I have often thought of making a detailed list of what I do for my husband so he can see
Lol - I know all too well those responses from my Hubster. I used to be a SAHM but now I work again. When I was at home I was just as busy "outside" the house as I am now.
That is so true! You never really get to "stay at home" and when you do there is always a ton of work to do. Then most people I have found think you just sit at home eating bon bons and watching soaps.
I'm a SAHM who is not often home. People leave messages on the answering machine sounding puzzled and saying, "oh I thought I'd just ask a quick question, but I guess you're not in...". Don't count on me being here unless the weather is bad. I don't like driving on icy roads.
~~Meredith from SITS
http://www.maggiesuedesigns.com
Oh, I am with you here!! My husband often asks what I did all day. He thinks he's just making conversation, I consider it more like an interrogation.
They really don't understand do they?
I like to go out of town every now and then so he gets to see what happens whenever doesn't magically occur.
Love this post - Stay at home indeed. I am also a horse lover.
Happy, happy SITS day!
Stay-at-home indeed! Ha!
My schedule isn't so bad ...but my sister-in-law's schedule makes me dizzy!
Some days are just like that, right?? This stay at home mom business is hard work! lol
Yeah, stay at home indeed! There are days when it's manageable..but when flag football, t-ball, or basketball is in season...that's when everything breaks loose!
I have really enjoyed reading your blog.
I am a sahm as well.
sometimes i long for a "real" job..right because stayin at home is so not real..lol
Ah yes, the wonders of how the day gets filled!
So true...I wish more people would read this!
What did you do? You were a mom! Great post! More people need to realize that being a SAHM is hard work.
Happy SITS day!
I can relate to this, some days I think going to work everyday would be less busy!
Oh yeah, that's how I stay home too. I'm pretty sure I log more time in the car most days than my husband does with his 30 minute commute to work. It's all worth it though!
They just truly have no idea.
So on target!! Congrats on your SITS feature!!!
Hahahahah!!! That's a good one! So many people think that SAH moms have it easy. It is so far from that, isn't it?
3 active kids plus horses...yeah, you need a raise :)
Currently I'm a SAHM too...recently, well not so recently anymore (7 months now) my hubby lost his job..restructure of his department...so hubby has been home for 7 months...he knows better than to say...What did you do all day?...he's had a taste of life at home..and it's not all gumdrops and daisies.
Haha...that was great. Happy SITS day!
Have a great SITS day!
I've never understood the term SAHM.
It should be DACM (drive around creation mom)
You rock! I'm grateful that I don't "work" either...I don't know what I'd do if I had to have a paying job outside of my schedule now!!
If they only knew...it is always so much work! He doesn't understand why I have to "work" on my photography after the kids go to bed instead of while they are up and running a muck during the day.
I am thinking you were busy. I looked at your list and thought you did a lot of running around.
My sister thinks I just sit home all day on my butt. Great.
Enjoy your SITS Day!
hahahahaha... That was great.
Men never get it, do they? Even when they're the ones to stay at home, it's just not the same. I'm so enjoying your blog and plan to visit regularly. Thanks so much for sharing these great family stories.
I worked way less at my "real" jobs where I got paid, than I do for free here at home.
Husbands never get it do they? lol
This post was great!! Happy SITS Day!
This is so perfect.... men just don't ever get it... my hubby says... well what did you do all day? You just stay at home!!!! Ya right!!! LOL...
Oh yes, I know that feeling. I'm apparently such a lady of leisure as a SAHM that my husband doesn't understand how on earth I haven't been able to get over for a hair cut (as I've been saying I need to do) for over a week now. I tell him I'm too busy eating bonbons and watching my soap operas. HA.
:)
Happy SITS day! Cheers!
Love your blog!
Stopping by from Sits. Such a true post!
Some reason this post makes me crave burritos! I agree stay at home moms get no credit. It's a job, a tough one too.
Being a stay at home mom is so thankless!
how do u do it? wow i admire u :)
You have my undying admiration. Cus Scouts...geez. You should have some serious rewards for that!
Gosh, what are you complaining about? Just kidding. Moms deserve more praise!
I remember my mom driving me around from school to home for a snack, then off to ballet, then to Young Women's while I ate dinner in the car, then home for homework, and on and on. Enjoy it!
This is such a great post..you are so right.. what part of "staying at home" is accurate!
I have long been tempted to post my daily schedule. It's nuts to be a "stay at home," and no one understands how busy the day can be...
Ain't that the truth- thing is they will never get it unless they do it for themselves for a week or so.
Yup. That about sums it up. You have horses, that's awesome!
Hubbies are great for all the laughter they bring to our lives! LOL But a bon bon does sound good right about now. Happy SITS day.
I can so totally relate to this post! I have one day a week that I actually am at home for part of the day. The rest of the week I'm in and out and all over the place....Stay at home mom...maybe one day!
I do work outside of my home, and I feel like my days off are more hectic than the days I actually do go to work!
This is the kind of thing that gets the over the eye glasses look from me with a dash of one raised eyebrow.
What did I do? Do you enjoy having underware in the morning? 'Cause I can make it go away...
My sister's sister-in-law once said she would get bored being a sahm. My sister had to bite her tongue!
I too am a stay-at-home mom, which I love so,so, much. But I know my shift never ends, my husband works super hard don't get me wrong, but I work 24/7. Sometimes I wish I didn't need sleep. It seems there is always a zillion things to do. But ya know I wouldn't trade it for anything!:)
I so know what you mean, stay at home indeed.
Oh how I just love those 'stay-at-home' days and when the hubs wants to come home and make a comment...ooo, it'd be all over, hehe.
LOL. My mom is a "SAHM" mom and I was a "SAH" nanny for years...neither of us stayed home much at all! Too funny :)
:) I think that is so funny! I go back and forth thinking about if I'd really want to be a stay at home mom or not... we'll see what happens, One thing I know for sure is it's NOT as easy as it may seem.
I never really had the option to be a stay-at-home mom. But I'm sure my life would have been as busy as yours and many other stay-at-home mom's. In my situation, I'm a single mom. So, I have to be both... the person who brings home the bacon and the person who bought it, cooked it, served it, and cleaned up afterwards.
It's a blessing to be able to stay home, but sometimes, they just don't "get" it.
Husbands! They really have no idea what it is us Stay-at-home-moms do! :) Enjoyed reading your blog. Congrats on your Sits day!
Oh I hear ya loud and clear as that sounds like a typical topic around here.
Great blog!! I also "stay" home all day...eating bon-bons : )
Happy SITS day!
That's so true; there really is very little stay at home time.
Happy SITs Day! Sometimes my husband will ask what I did today and sometimes I can't even remember, it was so busy.
I hail you for being the wolf den leader. I'm Primary Secretary and we all admire the dedication it takes to be in cub scouts!
hahaha that is hilarious. I cant wait to be a SAHM even if it means crazy days like you had.
You have to laugh in order to keep from crying!
Yes, it's very true. Being a stay-at-home mom does not mean you get to stay home. It's almost the opposite.
HA HA! Sounds like my 24hrs post on my blog...I am soo a SAHM, Yeah right only late at night..LOL Therapy 3xWK plus other outside errands just for 1 child, never mind the other 3 and me...I shall rest in the next life.
Sounds SOOOO familiar! I have some friends who work outside the home, and sometimes by the "favors" they ask me to do for them during the day because they "have to work", I swear they think all stay at home moms do all day is sit around with nothing better to do than every body elses errands!
Not complaining though - I wouldn't trade it for the world. And my heart goes out to those mothers who would like to stay home, but aren't able to.
I know, we should totally be called WEATT Moms (Work Everywhere All The Time) instead of SAHM! Happy SITS day!
Ohhhh... the busy lives of mommies. I am home a couple days a week and those days are just as busy if not busier than when I'm at my office. Only other mommies can understand that!!
:)
~Tabitha~
freshmommyblog.com
I am right there with you about the stay at home. Loved that post.
I suspected you were LDS when you talked of cub scouts and den leader! But the Young Women confirmed it all for me! Hope you had a great day!
Happy SITS Day! I've stayed at home and gone to work. Stay at home is far more exhausting!
Cute post!
They will never understand.
Hugs and Mocha,
Stesha
Oh, the "What did you do?" question. Aaargh.
I dread hearing that from anyone...including myself! Because, no matter how you try to stack up the busy, busy hours, it's nearly impossible to account for them all.
I think aching feet and a ponytail should be enough to prove: I've not stopped all.day. So leave the details be, tickle my back, and tell me I'm your queen.
I've been a "stay-at-home"=mom for almost two years... some days it seems I'm busier now than I was when I was working at a job!
I do about 100 great things all day long and just before my husbands gets off work to come home my little "treasures" awake from their naps only to disintegrate the house into total chaos and mayhem - within 20 minutes no less! - which then prompts my husband to come in and sit down and say.... "so what did you do all day?"
Gotta love it.
My best, Lynn
I used to fantasize about my mini van having a microwave.
Ha! Obviously we all sit around eating bonbons and watching Oprah, right? What else is there to do after all, with all this FREE time?
oh my gosh, I used to HATE that when I stayed home! I had an infant and the cooking and cleaning, yet every day he would act like I had done nothing while he was working. Pshaw. As if!
Stopping by from SiTs- hope you enjoy your FB day!
Great post it is funny to hear what others think stay at home moms do, personally I sit around watching soaps and eating junk food ( NOT!)
Men.. really! It's amazing how they can't seem to understand what a day is really like.
When my hubby stays home.. NOTHING gets done.. and it solidifes his belief that "staying at home" is easy!
what a fun and pretty blog! Here from SITS. I was an at-home-mom for only 2 years and it was the hardest job I ever had! I am blessed now to have a career that allows me to office out of my home but working for a corporation doesn't compare to the work of being an at home mom! Blessings and grace to you!
Yep, that's about right alright! It's amazing where the days go. Way cool on the amount of stuff you do. And I promise not to mention how jealous I am of the horse stuff. *sigh*
Enjoyed reading this post. It's true that being a stay at home mom means doing quite a bit.
I often think to myself, "At least when I worked I had a lunch hour all. to. myself. Aaaahhhh . . . the luxury.
Loved this post. But, I do believe you've just scared me out of having kids. hehe just kidding. But wow! busy lady! :-)
Sing it SITSsta! My hubs works hard, but somehow doesn't see how staying home (or not!) with kids could possibly be construed as work or be at all tiring.
I think more stay at home mom's should post their schedules of what they did that week, so their husbands can check it out. It would be a nice eye opener for the men! We do a whole lot more than sit on the couch all day!
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