Stay At Home Mom's

[PollyannaMom]

Get sucked into the DIS way too much, of course!

Seriously, though, my SAMH days are random (I'm a substitute teacher) so the first one in any given week is usually spent catching up on errands so I won't have to do them on the weekend. The second one, I generally intend to do a lot of housework, but (see above) don't get quite all of it done. If there is a third, I usually plan to do scrapbooking or some such project....but again, see above. - It doesn't always happen.

I really need to work on being more disciplined!!

 

[bettymae1121]

I watch soaps and eat bon bons all day and when my kids get home I make them do all the housework I should have done.

You're living my dream!

 

[tzolkin]

Get sucked into the DIS way too much, of course!

Nevermind that every boy scout/girl scout PTA thing needs you because after all "you're home all day".

Or your extended family... My brother and his wife assumed that I would watch their newborn for free since I "just sit at home all day".


I still have one at home. I honestly think I will get a part time job once he starts school just because I need some more interaction with adults. I would like to be doing something now, but it's really impossible with DH's schedule and I cannot afford childcare.

 

[Dancemom03]

Read the DIS for as long as you want without having to worry about your boss catching you.

If you listen to my DH that's all I do since closing the office and handling clients from home - besides taking naps, watching soaps and eating bon-bons of course...

Today is a special day indeed... I got to go drop off trash at the landfill alone in the pouring rain. Of course, to some, that probably qualifies as a tourist destination...

 

[ilovejack02]

If you listen to my DH that's all I do since closing the office and handling clients from home - besides taking naps, watching soaps and eating bon-bons of course...

Today is a special day indeed... I got to go drop off trash at the landfill alone in the pouring rain. Of course, to some, that probably qualifies as a tourist destination...

Now there are somethings I just will not do, doesnt matter I am SAH.. and going to the landfill is one of them lol

 

[ccgirl]

I will admit...I have not read all of these replies. But, I was a SAHM when I was laid off. I was busier than I thought BUT I still had a DS2 at home while DD7 was at school. Having said that, I would wake up DD7 and get her dressed and breakfast, I would then wake up DS, get them in the car and drive DD to school. I would then go home and feed DS breakfast and get him dressed. I would "try" to clean but that little bugger would just come right behind me and get everything dirty. I would put him down for nap around 11:30 and clean like a bat out of hell for 2 hours. When he woke up, I would give him lunch, color or do a craft a bit and then it was time to pick up DD at school. When she got home, I would do her homework and then SURPRISE..already time to cook dinner. Hubby would get home and ask...what have you been doing all day when the house wasn't spotless. WHAT!!! are you for real? Sorry, I digress. After dinner, it is baths for both of them, a little play time for DS then he went to bed at 7:45pm. I would spend a little alone time with DD and her bedtime is 8:30pm. Then, I get ready for the next day - packing her lunch/snacks, getting her clothes out and getting any notes/paperwork that needed to be sent back to school. Oh look...it's 9:30pm and I can finally sit down. I'm sorry...when was I supposed to go to the gym again?? If I did not have my son at home the day would be SO MUCH easier. I think I would try to fit in things for myself. I do know a lot of SAHM's whose houses are a lot messier than mine and who make their DH pick up dinner on the way home from work. Now that I am back to work FT, my day is even crazier. Everything I used to do during the day now has to be done all in 2 hours at night. There really is never any downtime. Thank God for Peapod. SOrry for the rant.

 

[bas71873]

I have 3 in school 1 at home.. I'll be honest that first year all 4 in school I'm doing nothing but sleeping

HAHA. This is how I was this past September. I am a new SAHM, since Feb 2009 and I swear, after moving from LA to VA in Feb '09, getting DD settled in a new school to finish last year, house hunting for months, purchasing a foreclosure so therefore spending all summer painting, recarpeting, cutting down overgrown trees & bushes, then finally moving in, and then between all that, spending QT with DD over the summer....when school started in September, I swear I slept all month long while DD was in school.

Now that's she's in school, once I put her on the bus at 7:30, I hit the gym, then walk the dog, grocery shop one day a week, pick the up the house daily, clean top to bottom once a week, do yardwork (weather permitting), fix dinner, run DD to dance class twice a week, and I volunteer every Friday in DD's class and other times at school when volunteers for PTA stuff are asked for. Then DD gets off the bus at 2:30, so the time flies.

 

[Desnik]

I am a SAHM with both kids in school full time. I was so worried thinking I would have nothing to do once both kids were gone all day! Boy was I wrong! This is what a typical day is like for me.

6:30am get up, get DD up and help her get ready for school.

7:15am drive DD to school

7:30am - 8am Sleep(I am NOT a morning person!)

8am get up get DS ready for school

8:40 am bring DS to bus stop

8:50 am do some chores like throw in a load of wash, empty dishwasher, make beds, etc..

10am shower

10:30am eat breakfast/ check email

11am run outside errands like bank, post office, super market, dry cleaners, any running around DH needs me to do for him or pick up stuff the kids may need. Some days at this time I will have any Dr or dentist appointments for my self or grooming or vet visits for the dog. Some days this time is used for cleaning, and organizing. I will also have sometime to go online on some days. This is also the time when I can schedule anything I can do at the kids schools.

1-1:30 home for lunch

2:15 pick up DD from school, help with homework

3:15 pick up DS from school, help with homework

4-6pm is after school activities like dance classes, etc.. where I have to drive and pick them up. Sometimes I can get some "me time" and bring a book with me to read!

6pm make dinner (sometimes DH is home at this time but most days he is not, he is usually home by 7pm)

7-8pm bathe DS help both kids get ready for bed, read stories, get clothing ready for the next day for them, etc...

8pm Mommy time! Watch my shows, or read!

9pm mommy and daddy time!

Now DH is a great father but with his job, the commute and going to school 2 nights a week, I am like the full time parent. He helps a lot on the weekends but during the week I am mostly on my own.
I must say I love being a SAHM and consider myself very lucky to be able to do it. It is just perfect for me and my personality.

 

[Pembo]

DIS, watch my soaps, read, waste lots of time, realize that I should clean or do laundry before everyone comes home, start dinner, eat bon-bon's.....plan more Disney trips....

Now I work PT, 3 days a week. So I play on the computer, work-out, waste lots of time, try to remember to clean or do laundry, start dinner....the day really does just fly by when you're doing nothing.......

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'm adding "Act as bed for cat" to my list. I was good this morning - got off the computer at a reasonable time, picked up the house a bit, did some Scout record-keeping, got laundry sorted and in the machine. Got back on the computer later to type up the minutes from a board meeting (one of those volunteer things so many mentioned) and now that's done and I can't bring myself to get moving again because my cat - the timid one, mind you - is sleeping on my lap, and and is just too peaceful to disturb.

 

[stashbin]

Read the DIS for as long as you want without having to worry about your boss catching you.

This!