Stay at home moms

Ok, I can take a hint. Three of my blogs talked about the value of stay at home moms today. So I guess I will jump on the band wagon too

Who is the slave?
http://ladyofvirtue.blogspot.com/2009/03/slavery.html

Today’s homemaker: Not what You expected?
http://generationcedar.blogspot.com/2009/03/todays-homemaker-not-what-you-expected.html

Return of the Homemaker
http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/2009/03/return-of-homemaker.html

Face it, in today’s world we expect homemakers to be stupid and/or lazy. “I can’t stay home. What would I ever do with my time? I have to be doing something.” (Can I insert an offended growl here?) The truth is that homemakers are busy, intelligent women. I find, in fact, that the women I know who work are the ones who don’t use their brains. They are too tired and frustrated.

I have an article on staying home about ready to post, but in the mean time, I thought you might enjoy reading my typical, stay at home mom schedule.

4:30 am Wake up and fix hubby’s breakfast and lunch. He says I don’t have to (cause he’s a sweetie that way), but I enjoy taking care of him and saying I love you this way first thing in the day. He works hard to care for us and I appreciate it.

5:00 Read my Bible and plan my day.

5:30 Fire up the laptop to do my writing. I am currently reworking some old articles I am transferring to my new website, writing a commentary on the Bible, writing a book on prophecy with my father, editing my book on health and my brother’s commentary on the book of Galatians. ( I will return to spinning wool, sewing and practicing my music as soon as I get the milking fast enough to allow time.)

6:30 Time to milk the cow. This includes washing buckets, bundling up, feeding said cow, washing her and grooming her, and the actual milking. I do one side and my 17yo does the other. We are getting faster!

7:00 ish Come in and process the milk (strain and bottle, skim the cream from last nights milking, make butter and start yogurt or cheese, plus washing up) as well as supervise some chores.

8:00 Eat breakfast (prepared by my 14yo).

8:30 Dress, clean house, do the printing for school.

9:30 Start school. This will entail Bible, Poetry, Sign Language, weather journals, foreign language and a music unit study. I am teaching all eight of my children, ages 1-17.

10:45 Break time (bathroom, phone calls, snack, and laundry, what ever needs to be done)

11:00 Spelling, prefix study, Science and History

11:45 Alphabet Island phonics program and second grade grammar. (I throw in some preschool songs here)

12:30 Lunch and emails

1:30 (ok closer to 1:45) I correct everyone’s work, teach what needs to be taught per child and give assignments for tomorrow.

3:00 Nap time, though most days now I work on transferring web sites to a new host.

4:30 Time to milk again. I give supper instructions (such as “peel potatoes”) on the way out.

5:00 Process milk, clean house, start supper, vacuum.

6:00 Welcome hubby and eat supper.

6:30 I read the paper and talk to hubby.

7:00 Clean up, read to the children starting with a baby book and ending with Lord of the Rings, the Bible, and singing a Hymn and prayer.

8:00 tuck everyone in. Go to bed and study to be a midwife and herbalist (unless I have a children’s book cover in need of coloring)

9:00 Lights out.


There you have it: a typical, lazy, stupid, homemaker’s day. I write books, play music, run web sites, teach children, cook from scratch, sew, spin and milk a cow. Yep, I sure am lazy