Monday, September 18, 2006

the down side

Okay, I am on my third week of stay at home mom-hood. I have a terrible confession to make. I am getting really bored. I am sure that fate if going to kick me in the butt for saying this (probably on or about November 7th), but it is true. I have finished some major household duties. Some things I want to do, I cannot because of my delicate state (delicate my left elbow!) and have to wait for my dear husband to help me with. My house is cleaner than it has been in ages, I make the beds every day, and plan and cook good healthy meals for supper. I have arranged weekly play dates with my neufie neighbor who has 2 kids close in age to Abby. I also have arranged to be at story time once a week at the library. I have caught up on all of my phone calls and paper work stuff. What do I do now????

Do I have to start canning vegetables?
Do I circle the best deals in flyers and spend all day doing grocery shopping at 17 different stores to get good deals and "save money"?
Do I pester everyone I know to buy Discovery Toys from me? (Actually I might just do that - the toys are really cool, and I love doing all of the paperwork involved in putting peoples orders together. Watch your mailbox for a catalogue coming soon!)

AHHHH! What do stay at home moms do all day long???

the down side

Okay, I am on my third week of stay at home mom-hood. I have a terrible confession to make. I am getting really bored. I am sure that fate if going to kick me in the butt for saying this (probably on or about November 7th), but it is true. I have finished some major household duties. Some things I want to do, I cannot because of my delicate state (delicate my left elbow!) and have to wait for my dear husband to help me with. My house is cleaner than it has been in ages, I make the beds every day, and plan and cook good healthy meals for supper. I have arranged weekly play dates with my neufie neighbor who has 2 kids close in age to Abby. I also have arranged to be at story time once a week at the library. I have caught up on all of my phone calls and paper work stuff. What do I do now????

Do I have to start canning vegetables?
Do I circle the best deals in flyers and spend all day doing grocery shopping at 17 different stores to get good deals and "save money"?
Do I pester everyone I know to buy Discovery Toys from me? (Actually I might just do that - the toys are really cool, and I love doing all of the paperwork involved in putting peoples orders together. Watch your mailbox for a catalogue coming soon!)

AHHHH! What do stay at home moms do all day long???

Friday, September 08, 2006

Stay at Home MOM!

I have been a stay at home mom for a whole week! I love it so much. I am a much better mother. I have more patience, I relate to Abby better, and my house is so much cleaner. Today I cleaned out the fridge, not just throwing away the rotten things as usual, but taking out the drawers and shelves and scrubbing. I also soaked the kitchen garbage with bleach. I have a daily and weekly lists, and everything is getting crossed off! I had abandoned the list making behaviour (which is genetically programmed in me), because it was too depressing not to have time to do the things on it. This week I painted the living room, and as soon as I find Keith's tape measure, I am going to hang the pictures that I enlarged and framed. These are all things that working full time moms do not get to do. Really. We have been living here for a year now, and do not have any framed photos on the walls. And my husband is a professional photographer!!! It was ridiculous and embarassing. Abby and I even made our beds today, which I have never in my life done. Also embarassing.

I do need to remember to schedule some me time though. Today at lunch, I cut the crusts off of my own sandwich. (Abby does not like the crust because she does not like the colour brown.)

My big news for the week is that I have enrolled in a program where I get to have this new baby in a hospital with a midwife!! I am so thankful that I got in, it was really last minute, but someone had cancelled about 10 minutes before I called. I am really looking forward to a natural birth experience, without drugs (as much as I like drugs), and fancy interventions that cause me more pain and suffering. I refuse to have another birth experience like last time! No, I am not turning into an "earth mother" type completley, we are not setting up a pool in the living room or anything like that, but I really am looking forward to a more normal and healthy experience. I am not nervous about it anymore. I am actually looking forward to it. I feel like I have won the lottery.