What seems a million years ago, I worked
part-time. I started when my daughter was 7 months old, and continued even
after my son was born 2 years later. It wasn’t until he was a few months old
that I quit. My boss showed me how torn I was between my job and my
responsibility as a mom; that I didn’t have the same passion for my job, I was
distracted, and that I needed to be home with my children. Before you think my
boss was pretty opinionated, let me state that I worked as the admin for our
church-therefore my boss was also my pastor, and a man of great discernment.
When he’d approached the idea of me staying home with my kids all day, I always
said I needed the adult conversation, and that, being home all day, I would be
bored silly. Ah, little did I know!
I don’t get the “What do you do all day?” question (I think the general public knows better than
to ask that-although some may still harbor the idea that we eat bonbons and
watch soap operas). Some days, as I’m tucking the kids into bed, I think, “Did
I get anything accomplished?” (And by
accomplished I mean items on my to-do list. I realize that being with my
children all day is an
accomplishment.) So I thought that I would write out all that I did one
particular day:
- Had devotions (with interruptions for milk and the Diego DVD from my son).
- Checked email.
- Cleaned up poop in the hallway and pee all over the kitchen floor (we are currently puppy-sitting for my husband’s grandma’s dog).
- Got fresh food and water for above-mentioned puppy.
- Changed food, water, treats, bath water and cage liner for the birds (we’re also bird-sitting!).
- Made breakfast for me and the kids (omelets, muffins, fruit-and-yogurt parfaits).
- Got the kids dressed/washed faces/brushed hair/brushed teeth.
- Stripped kids’ beds of sheets and started a load of laundry.
- Unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher.
- Hand-washed the dishes the dishwasher didn’t get clean.
- Polished the stove top.
- Prepped lunch (tortellini soup-lots of chopping).
- Folded up and put away the laundry in the dryer, so I could put clean clothes from washer in there.
- Made our bed and the guest bed.
- Cooked lunch.
- Organized the kids’ summer clothes.
- Made cookie dough for the freezer.
- Cleaned the kitchen after lunch and cookie dough making.
- Made a cake.
- Logged receipts in the computer.
- Made some forms for our condo association on the computer.
- Photographed items and re-posted some Craigslist items.
- Wrote a blog post.
- Showered (finally-at 3:00!).
- Decorated the cake.
- Gave the kids a bath/got them dressed/brushed hair.
- Unloaded/reloaded the dishwasher.
- Got Joshua’s grandma’s mail from downstairs.
- Helped the kids clean up their room before dinner.
- Put sheets on the kids’ beds.
- Vacuumed the hall after my son smashed a tea cup in the entryway.
- Fixed dinner (fish sticks and black eyed peas, so not too labor-intensive).
- Cleaned the kitchen.
- Went to a social event with the residents of our condo. I planned this, so it involved making coffee, setting out desserts, chasing the kids, then washing dishes, emptying garbage cans, boxing up food and sweeping, then unloading once we got home.
- Read to the kids.
- Filled coffee maker for tomorrow.
- Went to bed.
Yep, this stay at home mom stuff
is bo-ring!
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