Doin' Nothing

I once had a lady tell me "I could never be a stay-at-home mom, I like to be active...busy...I like to be doing something; there is no way I could just sit at home all day."

We all say things out of ignorance. I never used those exact words, but before kids...I wondered what do women who "don't work" do all day.

I have found out.

• 6:26 am I arise, 10 minutes late, which makes Steve late in getting in the shower-sorry honey!
• Shower, dressed, make up bed,tidy up bathroom
• Quiet time-Bible reading, prayer, memory verses
• Kids wake up-breakfast for the family
• Clean up breakfast and kitchen, tidy up around house
• Brush 4 sets of teeth, comb 4 sets of hair, make sure 4 folks are dressed (this includes me and the kids-not Steve).
• This brings us to 9:00 which is Speech Therapy for Katherine
• 10:05 leave home for errands which includes;
• a hike at Beargrass Creek State Park
• the bank -drive thru wouldn't do, we all get to go in!
• two grocery stores-these were not the quick "run-ins", this was my monthly shopping at two stores
• lunch
• return home for "naptime" during which time I balance the checkbook, take care of our July budgeting items, make phone calls, check email, and read a chapter of my book for bookclub tomorrow night. Finally... I sit down on my sofa...I close my eyes to rest...3.5 minutes later Katherine is awake and my rest time is over.
• I have just enough time to comfort katherine who woke up quite upset and complete Lydia's handwriting lesson before beginning dinner.
• cook dinner
• feed the kids...alone...Steve is working late
• clean up dinner
• Make sure everyone is still dressed and faces are cleaned...time to leave
• I remembered that I forgot to pick up one item for the Strawberry Pretzel salad I am making for tomorrow night's book club...one more grocery trip on the way to church.
• Church at 6:30. I helped out in the two year old class
• Home by 8:15. Brush 4 sets of teeth, make sure 4 sets of clean PJs are on, medicine distribution, Bible story, lots of prayers, kisses and hugs
• Mommy-Joshua time-reading with Joshua a little too graffic library book entitled Predators
• Steve is still not home.

In the mdst of all of this I also took care of our garden, assited Katherine in the bathroom about 100 times (she is doing great-but pees all the time!), signed a petition for the absolutely ridiculous plan of our government to yet tax us again -this time our freakin' health care benefits, took advantage of many "teachable" moments with my children (aka discipline)-can't let that slide...that is one of the reasons I stay at home, and laundry-I honestly can't remember if I did laundry today or not..seldom a day goes by that I don't do at least one load...but the day is starting to become a blur...it is after 9:00pm

I am sitting on my sofa again...wondering why I am always so exhausted and why my legs constantly ache.

This was not a "bragging" of what all I can do in a day...I know folks who do more. This was simply a report of one of my days of 'not working' and 'sitting at home'.

Well, I have sat long enough, I need to go finish putting the groceries away and pack lunches for tomorrow's trip to the zoo.