i am starting to get a bit bored. maybe it's from doing this for years now. i have been a mom for over 16 years. i haven't always been a SAHM, but when i have worked it was very part time (like one 12 hour shift a week, usually at nite at the hospital. i am an RN).
this is what a "normal" day might look like
we homeschool 4 of the 5 kids, but we don't do really school at home, so maybe on any given day the boys might do about 1 hour of "book work" a day, the rest of the time they sort of find something they want to learn and go at it.
i do all the grocery shopping (unless it is something like dh picking up a gallon of milk on the way home). i cook 28 out of any 30 days, and 90% of that is stuff from scratch (although not all meals are fancy i do love cooking so i can take up to an hour or more making dinner). our house is tidy. i do most of all the house work. clean the bathrooms a couple times a week, floors (sweeping) daily, vacuuming 2-3 times a week. laundry is daily. i read, knit, play with the kids. we go to the park at least weekly, sometimes 2-3 times depending on if friends are going. we go to the library weekly. i have a garden.
but honestly, i have HOURS everyday with not much to do. i mean i even make breakfast (like eggs and toast, pancakes, omelets, etc) and make lunch. i do the dishes and god... everything.
my kids are 16 (she goes to high school) ds#1 12, ds#2 9, ds#3 6, ds#4 3 and i am pregnant with #6 due in jan.
dh is helpful, we get along good 90% of the time. he works from 7am to about 5pm 5 days a week. we do stuff together as a family on the weekends.
i don't know. i have been toying with the idea of going back to school for something... but with a new baby coming that might make it difficult. i have been thinking i might go back to work once a week, but like i said it is at night and once a week.
i am not unhappy or depressed or mad or anything. i feel good mentally and physically i am just sorta bored.
h
this is what a "normal" day might look like
we homeschool 4 of the 5 kids, but we don't do really school at home, so maybe on any given day the boys might do about 1 hour of "book work" a day, the rest of the time they sort of find something they want to learn and go at it.
i do all the grocery shopping (unless it is something like dh picking up a gallon of milk on the way home). i cook 28 out of any 30 days, and 90% of that is stuff from scratch (although not all meals are fancy i do love cooking so i can take up to an hour or more making dinner). our house is tidy. i do most of all the house work. clean the bathrooms a couple times a week, floors (sweeping) daily, vacuuming 2-3 times a week. laundry is daily. i read, knit, play with the kids. we go to the park at least weekly, sometimes 2-3 times depending on if friends are going. we go to the library weekly. i have a garden.
but honestly, i have HOURS everyday with not much to do. i mean i even make breakfast (like eggs and toast, pancakes, omelets, etc) and make lunch. i do the dishes and god... everything.
my kids are 16 (she goes to high school) ds#1 12, ds#2 9, ds#3 6, ds#4 3 and i am pregnant with #6 due in jan.
dh is helpful, we get along good 90% of the time. he works from 7am to about 5pm 5 days a week. we do stuff together as a family on the weekends.
i don't know. i have been toying with the idea of going back to school for something... but with a new baby coming that might make it difficult. i have been thinking i might go back to work once a week, but like i said it is at night and once a week.
i am not unhappy or depressed or mad or anything. i feel good mentally and physically i am just sorta bored.
h
