Several years back, I can remember some people asking me, "what do you do?"...My reply was always..."I just stay at home with my kids." I really didn't feel like I "did" anything that was worthy to be noted. It didn't take long for me to change my mind. If any of you have ever stayed home with your kids, you know that doing "nothing" is far far from the truth!
When the kids were younger, I would arrange playdates, trips to the children's museum and fun snack times throughout the day. Now this only occurs during the summer, due to school. Today, my day starts off at 5:30a.m. to get things done for myself like working out, quiet time with God and playing around on facebook :) Then, lunches get made, children wake up, breakfast gets made and clothes get picked out for the day.
After I drop the kids off at school, I come back home and get things started around here. A typical day begins with a load of laundry. While that is going, the clothes that are lying around in different rooms on different floors need to be picked up. Dishwasher gets emptied and another load of dishes goes in. Then it's time to check emails and balance the checkbook. Making sure that all of the bills are up to date and nothing is being overlooked! Need to lay something out for dinner so that it will be ready to go when I'm ready for it.
Appointments need to be made and an errand list needs to be made for the day. Sometime in between all of this, bathrooms need to be spruced up and floors need to be swept. About the time all of this gets finished, it's about time to pick up the kids and get dinner going. After dinner, homework gets done, baths, and nighttime books and off to bed we go. Resting up to get ready to do it all over again the next day.
Keeping a home running smoothly is not as easy as it may look. I have learned not to downplay what I do. I have an important job and I take pride in doing it. I'm not "just a wife and mom"....I am "a woman" and that includes a whole lot of things......leave the "just" out please!
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