Question for SAH parents with school age children...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I exrercise every day, clean, run errands, shop, bake, organize, occasionally read, go to appointments, get my nails done. I look great and part of that is just the glow from stress-free healthy living.

Okay. Why is your meal ticket husband trying to fuck me every time he sees me?

Lol. Post your picture and I'll post mine. Then you can admit how silly you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work out 4 days a week for an hour and a half. I drive the kids to school, hit the gym/pool/trail; come home shower, get dress decide lunch and start part of it. Clean the kitchen as I go. About 2-3 times a week, I need to run some errands like grocery shopping, library, post office, craft store for school projects or home depot for stuff I am doing around the house. Things like that. Or meet a friend for coffee or volunteer at school. Come back finish lunch. My husband works nearby and comes home to eat with me. We do, he leaves, I read, catch up on emails, laundry, some cleaning. I take a 30 minute nap every day. My favorite thing in the world. Decide dinner and if it can be made ahead of time start that ;about twice a week I bake. And by then, it is time to go get the kids and do homework, extra-curriculars, play dates, park, walk the dog, dinner, bath time, bed time...
It doesn't look like much but it takes time. I love it!

A daily nooner? I'd take a nap every afternoon too.

We have the winner for best lifestyle award!

[Anonymous]

SAHM with no kids at home, sounds like a lazy woman who just doesn't want to work, lol.

[Anonymous]

Interesting aside. There has been no indication that "far learning" actually works. Doing the daily crossword puzzle every day will make you better at doing the crossword puzzle but will not limit losses or show improvements in other cognitive tasks. The only thing that shows an impact "across the board" so to speak in limiting losses and gaining improvements in cognitive tasks in adults is regular exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work out 4 days a week for an hour and a half. I drive the kids to school, hit the gym/pool/trail; come home shower, get dress decide lunch and start part of it. Clean the kitchen as I go. About 2-3 times a week, I need to run some errands like grocery shopping, library, post office, craft store for school projects or home depot for stuff I am doing around the house. Things like that. Or meet a friend for coffee or volunteer at school. Come back finish lunch. My husband works nearby and comes home to eat with me. We do, he leaves, I read, catch up on emails, laundry, some cleaning. I take a 30 minute nap every day. My favorite thing in the world. Decide dinner and if it can be made ahead of time start that ;about twice a week I bake. And by then, it is time to go get the kids and do homework, extra-curriculars, play dates, park, walk the dog, dinner, bath time, bed time...
It doesn't look like much but it takes time. I love it!

A daily nooner? I'd take a nap every afternoon too.

We have the winner for best lifestyle award!

Yep, that was code for daily nooner Told you I love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAHM with no kids at home, sounds like a lazy woman who just doesn't want to work, lol.

Ditto. How can I find a sap who will support me and the kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work out 4 days a week for an hour and a half. I drive the kids to school, hit the gym/pool/trail; come home shower, get dress decide lunch and start part of it. Clean the kitchen as I go. About 2-3 times a week, I need to run some errands like grocery shopping, library, post office, craft store for school projects or home depot for stuff I am doing around the house. Things like that. Or meet a friend for coffee or volunteer at school. Come back finish lunch. My husband works nearby and comes home to eat with me. We do, he leaves, I read, catch up on emails, laundry, some cleaning. I take a 30 minute nap every day. My favorite thing in the world. Decide dinner and if it can be made ahead of time start that ;about twice a week I bake. And by then, it is time to go get the kids and do homework, extra-curriculars, play dates, park, walk the dog, dinner, bath time, bed time...
It doesn't look like much but it takes time. I love it!

A daily nooner? I'd take a nap every afternoon too.

We have the winner for best lifestyle award!

Yep, that was code for daily nooner Told you I love it!

this does sound like an awesome life! sounds relaxing and not stressful. I am jealous... though since I don't like to clean, cook, or exercise, so maybe id be the worst SAHM ever!

[Anonymous]

If anybody knows where this SAHM could find a job between the hours of 9 and 2 with summers and holidays off and plenty of short notice LWOP, I'd be glad to hear of it. In the meantime, I'll continue saving my family money through DIY lawn and home maintenance, scratch cooking, grocery store hopping and regular thrift shopping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I go to the gym everyday. Shop on Wednesday (groceries) and Thursday. Laundry and house cleaning on Monday. Lunch with gfs on Tuesdays. Pay bills and monitor finances on Fri. Garden, read, knit, cook, watch a movie, etc.

This is stupid. Grocery shopping does not take 2 days, and paying the bills and checking accounts does not take up an entire day either.

You misunderstood. I do my grocery shopping on Wednesdays and other shopping on Thursday. Each take about an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I go to the gym everyday. Shop on Wednesday (groceries) and Thursday. Laundry and house cleaning on Monday. Lunch with gfs on Tuesdays. Pay bills and monitor finances on Fri. Garden, read, knit, cook, watch a movie, etc.

This is stupid. Grocery shopping does not take 2 days, and paying the bills and checking accounts does not take up an entire day either.

You misunderstood. I do my grocery shopping on Wednesdays and other shopping on Thursday. Each take about an hour.

Nor did I mean I spend a whole entire day paying bills: 15 minutes tops.

Basically, I do whatever is necessary while kid and DH are not at home... but I also have a lot of free time to do whatever I like

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These women must stick with the over-exercise schedule in order to stay slim/look good so their meal tickets don't get a wandering eye. I'm not kidding. You can see the fear in their botoxed eyes at Bethesda Equinox

No, I run marathons and have for the past twenty yrs. Also been married for 20+ yrs so it must be working

[Anonymous]

6:30 am - 9:30 am -Wake up before my kids. Shower and eat breakfast. Wake kids up. They shower and dress. Breakfast and pack lunch. Drop them to bus-stop or school.

(finish by 11 am)Home gym or gym or trails.
OR
(Finish by 12 am) - grocery, haircut, nails or other errands - bank, post office, car wash, dry cleaners, coffee with friends)

By 1 or 2:00 pm (2 hours)) Cook dinner. Lunch (leftovers), Laundry. Light cleaning. Bill payments, email, DCUM

From 2:45 - 4:45 - Picking up kids from bus-stop or school - depending upon in-school extra-curricular activities. Pack their snacks and uniforms in the car.

5:00 - 8:00 - activities, play-time, homework, dinner, bath

9:00 - In bed with a book, glass of wine...

Weekends - activities, socializing, shopping, movies, homework/projects, entertaining. Long naps in the afternoons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I exrercise every day, clean, run errands, shop, bake, organize, occasionally read, go to appointments, get my nails done. I look great and part of that is just the glow from stress-free healthy living.

Okay. Why is your meal ticket husband trying to fuck me every time he sees me?

Lol. Post your picture and I'll post mine. Then you can admit how silly you are.

Smiley face's picture probably looks something like this in real life

[Anonymous]

I only have a few hours free a day, in all honesty it is eaten up by working out and household management.

I have a medical condition that requires I maintain a healthy weight and weekly PT. I also love working out, even when I worked outside the home. I won't lie, I work out everyday a few hours a day, usually broken up at various times in the day (so not 3 hours back to back. But 3 hours total).

The household management stuff really seems to be a time sucker. All kinds of doctor's appointments (scheduling time, attending them, getting a specialist, having tests done, paying the bills, fighting the insurance), arranging for and meting repair people for appliances, HVAC, Comcast, etc., dealing with any other BS issue that always seems to come up (bank question, issues at school, etc) all those everyday mundane things that for me seem to suck the time and energy right out of my day. All the calls, waiting on hold, calls back, scheduling,confirming. Waiting, etc.

Then I do errands so our weekends are free, groceries, dry cleaners, taking car to the shop, dog to the vet, other random shopping, blah blah blah

When my kids at out of school I like to be with them, not racing to soccer or the store. We come home, have snack, talk about the day, play. I cook all our meals, all of them.

This formula works for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAHM with no kids at home, sounds like a lazy woman who just doesn't want to work, lol.

And, what exactly is wrong with that. Its great not working. You should try it.