Work......

[myway]

I miss it, mostly, bored staying at home. I go back in about 3 weeks but will only be working one 24 hour shift per week until the baby gets older. I will go to work Friday night and stay til Sat. night so my hubby will be home with the baby. We will prolly do that for the first year. Don't want to leave the baby with strangers while he is so young. Maybe after one year, he can go to daycare for 1-2 days a week.
Just thought I would share. That is all for now.

 

[puddlemonkey]

Bored? What do you mean bored? I thought being at home mommy was stressful 24/7, non-stop go! go! go! You should have ran this idea by the other women of EF before posting, we're onto you ladies now!

 

[myway]

Bored? What do you mean bored? I thought being at home mommy was stressful 24/7, non-stop go! go! go! You should have ran this idea by the other women of EF before posting, we're onto you ladies now!

My bad Maybe it's because I only have one kid and he isn't walking age...yet. All I know is I get all of my cleaning done by 10am(including laundry because I just change out the loads in between cleaning other rooms). I could go grocery shopping..... but then what will I have to do the next day if I clean and shop in the same day?
I guess I could go buy some ice cream and try to find a show to watch? Is that what I should do? I HATE TV. Should I wake up the baby to keep me company?

 

[cindylou]

Do some things that you did not get to do before because you had no time:

Washing the sheets, and iron them before you put them on, feels awesome
Organize a cabinet that desp. needs it
Keep the house the type of clean that they only had in the 50's
Stop spending money on time saving conveniences, you now have time,
cook dinners that take a couple hours to prepare etc etc
Vacumn every other day
clean the bathrooms twice a week instead of one
dust twice a week

all these things get skipped for me, or only get done once a week.

 

[puddlemonkey]

Do some things that you did not get to do before because you had no time:

Washing the sheets, and iron them before you put them on, feels awesome
Organize a cabinet that desp. needs it
Keep the house the type of clean that they only had in the 50's
Stop spending money on time saving conveniences, you now have time,
cook dinners that take a couple hours to prepare etc etc
Vacumn every other day
clean the bathrooms twice a week instead of one
dust twice a week

all these things get skipped for me, or only get done once a week.

I think I've dusted twice in 5 years. I just pick up the clusters that form in the corner.

 

[myway]

Do some things that you did not get to do before because you had no time:

Washing the sheets, and iron them before you put them on, feels awesome
Organize a cabinet that desp. needs it
Keep the house the type of clean that they only had in the 50's
Stop spending money on time saving conveniences, you now have time,
cook dinners that take a couple hours to prepare etc etc
Vacumn every other day
clean the bathrooms twice a week instead of one
dust twice a week

all these things get skipped for me, or only get done once a week.

That's kinda what I have been trying to do.... but it takes practice. My house is usually easy to clean because I hate having a lot of stuff. Besides books, clothes, and movies......i don't buy much stuff to organize. I'm really OCD. Drives my hubby nutz because I can't have more than one of anything. So, my closets stay mostly empty. I don't have many dishes. I only like to have what I need because I hate when cabinets look crowded with stuff. I guess I'm a freak. But I guess I could organize our photos. I have about 3 tubs of pictures that I never had time to put in frames or albums.

 

[cindylou]

I'd dust for ya

Really, I think that I would be bored too...but sometimes I look at my house on my way to work and wish that I had more time to keep it up to my satisfaction. I do enjoy housework. Just not on Saturdays.

I'd have pressed sheets and washed windows and curtains and all that stuff that I cant have.

THough I dont know how long that would satisfy me as something to do. LOL. It sounds nice to me now, but after a couple weeks I dunno.

 

[puddlemonkey]

I'd dust for ya

 

[myway]

I'd dust for ya

Really, I think that I would be bored too...but sometimes I look at my house on my way to work and wish that I had more time to keep it up to my satisfaction. I do enjoy housework. Just not on Saturdays.

I'd have pressed sheets and washed windows and curtains and all that stuff that I cant have.

THough I dont know how long that would satisfy me as something to do. LOL. It sounds nice to me now, but after a couple weeks I dunno.

I understand. My mom is like that. She even presses the pillowcases. She loves that stuff. She was always good at that mom/wife/Betty Crocker stuff. I get in the mood, at times, but mostly want to go do something exciting. I have a very short attention span and am very hyper. I wish I could do what my mom does. I would go crazy. I'm sure my hubby would love it.
Maybe I need to work in a couple more workout things. I bet if I did 20 pushups everytime I feed the baby..... that would be nutZ. He eats every 2 hours, lol.

 

[EnderJE]

You're sleeping well? My wife and I found that our children didn't sleep very well so we were up at strange hours.

 

[cindylou]

OR walking lunges!
Every two hours...lol. Ouch.

 

[myway]

You're sleeping well? My wife and I found that our children didn't sleep very well so we were up at strange hours.

I am more tired than usual because he needs to eat every 2-3 hours.
But I have never been much of a sleeper. I usually do a couple 3 hour naps a day. That's what I have always done. That's part of the reason I wanted to be a paramedic. I wanted something to do at night when all of my friends/family were asleep because it gets lonely with this type of insomnia. But with the baby, I can't go play on an ambulance all night. This is a whole new world for me. I'm trying to figure it out.

 

[myway]

OR walking lunges!
Every two hours...lol. Ouch.

Lol. Yep. I could even carry the baby while I do them for extra weight.

 

[curvymommy]

***If you don't like girly/mommy crap stop reading now if you haven't already!***

I know how you feel. I quit my job 9/02 to be at home and have not looked back. I used to LOVE my job too!

When they were in the infant stage I would put them in the car and drive around a lot. It was kind of lonely. Then by the time they were old enough to play and entertain themselves I got into selling crap on ebay and WOW. That filled a huge void for me for awhile. I loved, loved, loved having my "own" $. I know that sounds lame to a lot of people here but it's just the truth. I mean, yeah, I could go to an ATM anytime and get cash from our joint account but having constant $ in paypal gave me the freedom to SHOP like nobody's business. And I DID! After a while of enjoying "Powerseller" delirium I got sick of that and have slowed waaay down on ebay too. I sold almost $10K from November to December and now for January, i have sold a measley $400, LOL! Life was getting too out of balance and I was negelcting everything I was supposed to be doing including home stuff, kids, sex, ect.


My husband and I (mostly me, lol) decided for 2008 I am going to do ALL I can to just support my him in his career, get my body rock hard, educate the kids, look good when he comes home and concentrate on the house. We came to the conclusion that if I did all those things I would be much happier than being bored or being the ebay queen.

So, these days I go to the gym a lot (kids go to the kid play place), cook, organize crap, and do all I can to not wish my life away.

Just yesterday, I picked up an application at Starbucks which I will never fill out. Also, the gym would love me to work there...uh, no thanks! I miss adult interaction and would do it just for that. I'm a huge people person and it's hard sometimes but I figure it's just for a season.

So, in a nutshell, right now, my happiness is definately a choice, lol. Otherwise, I would go crazy.

 

[myway]

***If you don't like girly/mommy crap stop reading now if you haven't already!***

I know how you feel. I quit my job 9/02 to be at home and have not looked back. I used to LOVE my job too!

When they were in the infant stage I would put them in the car and drive around a lot. It was kind of lonely. Then by the time they were old enough to play and entertain themselves I got into selling crap on ebay and WOW. That filled a huge void for me for awhile. I loved, loved, loved having my "own" $. I know that sounds lame to a lot of people here but it's just the truth. I mean, yeah, I could go to an ATM anytime and get cash from our joint account but having constant $ in paypal gave me the freedom to SHOP like nobody's business. And I DID! After a while of enjoying "Powerseller" delirium I got sick of that and have slowed waaay down on ebay too. I sold almost $10K from November to December and now for January, i have sold a measley $400, LOL! Life was getting too out of balance and I was negelcting everything I was supposed to be doing including home stuff, kids, sex, ect.


My husband and I (mostly me, lol) decided for 2008 I am going to do ALL I can to just support my him in his career, get my body rock hard, educate the kids, look good when he comes home and concentrate on the house. We came to the conclusion that if I did all those things I would be much happier than being bored or being the ebay queen.

So, these days I go to the gym a lot (kids go to the kid play place), cook, organize crap, and do all I can to not wish my life away.

Just yesterday, I picked up an application at Starbucks which I will never fill out. Also, the gym would love me to work there...uh, no thanks! I miss adult interaction and would do it just for that. I'm a huge people person and it's hard sometimes but I figure it's just for a season.

So, in a nutshell, right now, my happiness is definately a choice, lol. Otherwise, I would go crazy.

Thanx, girlie. That sounds kinda like me. I like to work out, like my job, like adult interaction. BUT I also don't want to send my son to daycare if he only needs to be there so I can have my adult interaction.
Plus, the thought of not having my own money bothers me. Never been a big shopper BUT if I want something, don't want to ask someone else to buy it.
I will get it figured out. Thanx, again. I will keep u updated.

 

[curvymommy]

ONE more thing...Major props to all you hard working career moms (and people in general) out there making the big bucks, or not so big bucks. Sometimes I get jealous!

 

[myway]

Tru dat.

 

[curvymommy]

Thanx, girlie. That sounds kinda like me. I like to work out, like my job, like adult interaction. BUT I also don't want to send my son to daycare if he only needs to be there so I can have my adult interaction.
Plus, the thought of not having my own money bothers me. Never been a big shopper BUT if I want something, don't want to ask someone else to buy it.
I will get it figured out. Thanx, again. I will keep u updated.

I def judge NOT the mom who takes her baby to daycare. Heavy hitter wage earner moms are a little different! My BFF does this. So does my SIL. If I had been pullin' in a six digit income before kids I would have gone back to work a lot sooner, LOL!

 

[myway]

I def judge NOT the mom who takes her baby to daycare. Heavy hitter wage earner moms are a little different! My BFF does this. So does my SIL. If I had been pullin' in a six digit income before kids I would have gone back to work a lot sooner, LOL!

I have no problem with it unless it's for my own selfish reasons. Actually, I think daycare can be good for kids when they are old enough to interact with other children. It can really help with social skills.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

start an ebay business. my sisters neigbour makes as much as a professional (engineer, doctor) per week for doing about an hour worth of work per day, a few minutes at a time

join a buying group (a group that sources items for you to sell and sells them to you 500 at a time) then start selling

 

[curvymommy]

start an ebay business. my sisters neigbour makes as much as a professional (engineer, doctor) per week for doing about an hour worth of work per day, a few minutes at a time

join a buying group (a group that sources items for you to sell and sells them to you 500 at a time) then start selling

This is what I did. Awesome for awhile, sucked after that. The overhead is high for the profit.

I will ALWAYS sell my DK's clothes on ebay though and will have a really hard time not selling hot electronics at Christmas.

I actually got high finding/selling/flipping Wiis and Guitar Hero's this year! Just burnt out I suppose.

 

[myway]

This is what I did. Awesome for awhile, sucked after that. The overhead is high for the profit.

I will ALWAYS sell my DK's clothes on ebay though and will have a really hard time not selling hot electronics at Christmas.

I actually got high finding/selling/flipping Wiis and Guitar Hero's this year! Just burnt out I suppose.

I have heard about lots of people trying that but only losing money. Were they tards or were you just really good at it?

 

[curvymommy]

I have heard about lots of people trying that but only losing money. Were they tards or were you just really good at it?

I'm just really good at it. I'm a freak about it. That's why I had to quit (scratch that, slow down). It took up too much time and energy away from my family.

I went on my weekly Costco run after taking the DK's to preschool one day in early December. Right in front of me were a FAT stack of Guitar Hero's for the Xbox. They were $79.99. I bought all they had and got some real go to hell looks from some other people. I went straight home and had them all sold and shipped within a couple of days. They went for $199.99+$20 Shipping.

Wii's were not quiet as hot for me but still a good profit. I made "friends" with all the gamer boyz around town too! Fun, fun while it lasted. I was even in the local paper but did not get busted as an ebayer thank goodness.

If you are really interested in every REALLY making bank on ebay just ask me. I love it. Right now I'm selling very hard to find BAth and Body Works stuff.