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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my day.  It isn't as busy as when I was working, but I don't feel bored or listless.

4 kids. Ages 4, 7, 9&10. 
Three days a week I wake up at 4:30 and meet friends to workout. The other two days I sleep in. 
6:45. Get DD7 up 
While she’s getting dressed I also get dressed for the day. 
7:15. Eat breakfast with DD7 and DS4. Wake up DS9 and DS10. 
7:30 take DD to school. 
7:45-8:15 Help boys get ready, pack lunches, clean up breakfast. 
8:15- DS 9&10 to school. MWF, DS4 to preschool. 
9:00 M&F go down to volunteer at a free clinic. W watch TV or shop. T have friends for coffee/play date. Th take DS4 to swim. 
11:30 pick up DS4 from school MWF 
12:00. Lunch. Usually out somewhere like the zoo or the playground 
1:30. Home. Read to/with DS. Clean/fold laundry while he plays play dough. Sometimes he takes a nap. 
3pm. Pick kids up from school 
3:30-5pm. Play games, talk to kids about their day. Get dinner prepped. 
5:30 dinner. DH home. 
6:00 kids do homework and play. 
6:30 activities. T, Th swimming, W music and religious Ed. Friday gymnastics and martial arts
8:00 kids get ready for bed, brush teeth, stories (we still read even to the older boys), kids read on their own 
9:00 lights out for all kids 
10:00 DH and I go to bed 
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Sounds like a pretty sweet gig. I hope you recognize how lucky you are. [/quote]

Lucky?   Or pp and her husband make choices (and possibly sacrifices) to have that lifestyle?

I'm not pp, but I stay home with a somewhat similar schedule.  I can't tell you how many working moms will tell me they "just can't afford" to not work, as they climb into their brand new Escalade, plan their vacation to Maldives, and completely remodel their kitchen for the 3rd time in 5 years.[/quote]

Well I’m a wohm and I don’t think PP is ‘lucky.’ Fine if it works for her though but I work because I want to make sure I use my education (I have a phd), am financially independent, and am fully involved in the world beyond just the sphere of my family as a role model for my daughters. My family doesn’t need the money and I choose to work not for the kitchen remodel or escalade or whatever but for the reasons I just stated. [/quote]

Who asked you? Really? Who. Asked. You. You don't think butting in here to tear someone else down just because another person calling her lucky and it triggered you isn't the height of rudeness?

A person can be a role model in all sorts of ways. I'm sure the quoted PP is a role model for her children. [/quote]

Pp here who wrote out my schedule.  I thought that she said I was lucky because I am a SAHM, still have enough money for four kids, and have very little housework in my schedule. :). 
 I volunteer at a free clinic a couple of days a week.  Right now, that’s enough for me.  I will work more at another stage of life.  [/quote]

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