Originally Posted by loriea
I admire your desire to not work outside your home while raising a family. I was home with mine and do not regret it one bit. Children grow up way too fast especially in today's culture. Money was tight, we had 4 kids in Catholic schools. I did a little day care here and there part time. I did cook and bake a lot from scratch. Our family entertainment was tent camping, reading aloud in the evenings and fun meals like picnics (indoors during cold weather). The library was a great place to go with our kids. Hang in there and follow your heart, not necessarily what the neighbors think is important.
Thank you. Our children are growing. Our oldest is now 13, our twins are 10, our youngest boy is 7 and our only girl is 3. I miss being home with them something terrible. I feel like I've missed so much of our little girl's life. I want to be the one there when she's not feeling well or is riding her bike and other things. My boys are so loving but with them being around the other kids at their new school I can see the change. I need to get them back to how they were....sweet and loving. Since my DH works at night I don't really want to babysit anyone's children. I have tried that and just got to where I couldn't enjoy my own because there were so many. I had 3 little girls that I kept, they were really sweet but the mother was a different story. I felt very bad for the children but I just couldn't watch them anymore.
I would love to have my kids and I be able to go and visit people in nursing homes and brighten the elderly's day. :) My kids love to chat with the elderly of our church. Since I work all the time we don't get to go and visit like I would like to do. My house work is always hurried. No deep cleaning because there's just not enough time. On Mother's Day we had a throw out session-which was very enjoyable actually! ;) We got rid of a truck load of things. Just things, things we no longer needed/wanted. Oh, that felt so good. Yes, I know I could have tried to have a yardsale but really I just would rather pass it on to someone that can use it. We put old boardgames that the kids were not going to use outside and they were gone quickly, a printer/fax/copier, an air purifier, a track lighting set still in the box, tons and tons of our clothes that no longer fit. I have a huge bag of comforters and sheets and some clothes for my nephews.
I would love to have a decluttering of the entire house. It is just so slow going while trying to work. I also need to finish painting on the inside of the house.....takes time and I am too tired when I get home in the evening. I get home around 5, make dinner and lunch, DH leaves at about 7 and I'm busy putting the kids in the bath, homework and in the bed. I'm exhausted by 8 pm.
So, I have to figure this out! :thumbup: I'm done rambling. Sorry. :XD: