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Will this become easier? lol. My weekends are NUTS.
Having my coffee now - then will empty and reload the dishwasher, fold and put away laundry and start more.
I have to hit the grocery store, the dry cleaners and workout.
Both kids have play dates this afternoon at friends houses so will get them over there and want to do at least the kitchen floor OR the bathrooms, can't decided which lol.
Tomorrow is church and I still have to cook the meals for this week.
Next weekend we'll add a playdate at a local bookstore into the mix.
Busy weekends !~
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~Barb
Mama to 18yo Chelsey, 8yo Zoey & 5yo Roman
*Cat girl & Cat boy 8/19/08*
some weekends I work and others I don't.
the off weekends are easy going and relaxing, the weekends working are more challenging, I work about 50 hours those weeks and when I finally get a day off after a couple of weeks of it I collapse, lol. I have it is easy though, a husband who LIKES to clean and spinner is old enough that he helps out. When he was younger it was harder.
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When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
We have had a week off from sports, but next week track season practice starts for two of our children and then AAU Vollyball starts also.
I'm home for a while now. This a.m. I had my usual morning routine and then got some laundry started and took one dd to a dog show. My husband took two others to the pool for swimming lessons. (with dad, not in a class) I'm waiting for them to get home and then I'll go workout and then to state basketball finals. Then more housework, and then I'll type up my lesson plans for work next week. Sundays are full of church, shopping, and more church. (but I've been skipping the evening study that I love because of the extra time on the road and because I'm just tired and want to chill out!)
I decided that I'm not moving into a full-time teaching position. Part-time feels like full-time since I have to research and then write all my own curriculum. (I love it, but it is a great deal of work....the full-time elementary teachers don't have to do that)
However, are you happier now that you are working? Even with the craziness and all? I can tell you that I sure am and often wonder if I'm the only one who really is happy with my decision to work outside the home. I do still struggle with transitioning back to work after I've been on a school break of some sort, but now that it has happened twice, I realize this is "normal" for me. (I start to fall back into the SAHM patterns again so quickly)
Hope that made sense. I'm not sure if it did.....I know what I wanted to say, but it is a bit confusing when I read it.
Michelle
__________________ "If it (salvation) is based solely on following rules, then it isn't grace via faith in Jesus Christ"
My weekends are nuts - and I have recently learned that if I need a break, the kids activities can go on the back burner every now and again. They need a break too sometimes.
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Jeni - wife to a great guy and mama to 3 at home plus one adult child who is expecting Feb -09!
No, but I'm only working part time, someone else cleans my house, and my kids are little, but when I was working full time, either they were insane or else the house was a disaster!
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Rebecca, wife and mother
This is me. More me than any picture I can remember. Me. Free, comfortable, with my camera.
Photo by my sister at my cousin's wedding in Portland.
No, but I'm only working part time, someone else cleans my house, and my kids are little, but when I was working full time, either they were insane or else the house was a disaster!
We travel on weekends that DH has National Guard. Other weekends we use to do at least 1 event as a family and 1 big project around the house.
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Natalie
mom to
DD #1: tiny terror (6/01) who's becoming a nice little girl
DD #2: peanut 3/04 who's becoming a toddler terror
Wife to Mick -13 yrs
I have a hard and fast rule- no chores on weekends. I have a strict schedule laid out so I do some chores each weeknight and finish them all. I make sure I run errands right after work on the way home, so it's not ending up and extra trip to go to the store or anything like that.
We also have no friends-lol! So playdates are very rare. Abel has one this Saturday (his 1st one since the summer) , but I'll stay and chat with the mom and have lunch, so its fun for me. Maybe once a month we have a potluck or church thing to go to on a weekend night, but those are sort of fun, we just have to cook something to share to eat.
Abel has Chinese school on Saturday mornings, so that and church are our only planned activities each weekend.
We always do something fun as a family either Saturday or Sunday- find a new state park to visit, go to the big market in the city, find an art gallery that's having a reception. We find free stuff to do, and pack a lunch, and get out of the house.
Maybe it's cos I only have 1 kid?
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Laura, mama to Abel, age 9!
~my 2 favorite boys~
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Maybe it is because you only have one lol. I have three, and they have friends and things they want to do and people to see. We do laundry during the week and they all pitch in. I precook on weekends so thats tough - but it makes dinner time on week nights SO much easier. I am doing the grocery shopping sometimes a night during the week but that really does suck. I'd almost rather d it on Saturday. Theres tests to help Chelsey study for, Awana on wednesday nights, playdates on Saturdays. Dentist appts after school/work.
Every other saturday I go get my nails done. This saturday is the Cat in the Hat 50th bday party at Barnes and Noble and I promised zoey we'd go. Roman had a playdate scheduled, so I asked my friend to come here with her boys for brunch and then we'll all go to the event at the bookstore together.
Sundays is church, then trying to relax but I always end up cleaning and cooking more.
I know I"m blessed to have friends and things to do - but man, working part time and having someone else clean my house sure sounds good. Now I"m trying to figure out when I'm going to get the car in for a tuneup, when I'll have time to dye my hair and still get all this stuff done and have a fun weekend lol
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However, are you happier now that you are working? Even with the craziness and all?
Totally. I like my job. I like using my brain. I love being out and about and I love coming home to my beautiful family. I love my time with my kids in the evenings after dinner catching up and I love the weekends, chaos and all .
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