Posts Tagged ‘stay at home mom’
Well, I was thinking while I was getting ready this morning…..well really it was noon already! ha!! I have actually been a stay at home mom for the last year. I quit my job just before Thanksgiving in 2007. I really didn’t have any idea of what it would mean being home. My darling husband [...]
I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday! Whether that means time with your family or time to pamper yourself I want to hear all about it. So post a reply to this blog and let all of us know about: What makes Mother’s Day special for you. Tell [...]
I love to read articles and surf the web and see what other moms have to say about being a “Stay at Home Mom”. This article was a wonderful critique of Dr. Laura’s new book, “In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms”. It is wonderful if a woman is able and wants to stay at home with [...]
Burlington Stay-at-Home Moms Examiner: Why I am a stay-at-home Mom … As a writer for Burlington’s Examiner, I got selected to write from the perspective of a stay-at-home mom in Burlington, VT. I’m sure there are many of us … www.examiner.com/x-7465-Burlington-StayatHome-Moms-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Why-I-am-a-stayathome-Mom-in-Burlington-VT This article really inspired me and I could relate to the goals of this [...]
While it is truly a gift to be home raising kids sometimes there are difficulties and pressures in being a Stay at Home Mom, here’s my list: That since you are home all day you have time to do all these extra things!… NOT! Keeping on and creating a budget. Balancing between “work” (whether you [...]
Being able to be home with my kids, they grow up so fast! Having the flexibility to go to school events without asking permission from a boss! Being able to be part of groups like MOPS (Mothers of Pre-schoolers!) I can stay in my jammies alllllll day if I want to Getting to do things [...]
I am a pretty routine type of a person and as a result kids are too! Lately my youngest has been getting up at the crack of dawn it seems like, the moment a bit of light comes through the blinds she is up and announcing the day has begun! She is quite funny though, [...]
So I have been invited to write a guest post. The husband! oh the freedom. So here it is a blank canvas stretched out before me ready to be filled with words of wisdom, insight, wit and humor, or not. It’s Saturday morning, our daughter is watching kids shows on TV and Grace is having [...]
I don’t think I am alone in this thought that most men don’t feel the pressure of care-giving like mothers do. What I mean is, they just don’t think like we do, whenever I have things that need to get done, errands to run, an appointment to get to etc I automatically consider how to [...]
We all know that being home full time has great advantages right? It is wonderful to home every day and spend time with our kids and taking care of our home and family. It can be both exhausting and brilliant at the same time. It can also be very isolating especially if you are a [...]