My Life of a House Wife

My Family 2008

So, not all housewives are as dramatic as you see in today's trending tv shows. I currently am a stay at home mom and housewife and its not as fun as they make it out to be.

My day consists of waking the kids up to get them ready for school. While they try to dress them selves, I make lunch for my husband and get him off to work with a kiss goodbye.

The girls eat breakfast then I drop them off at school by 9 o'clock.

As I enter my quiet, lonely home; I take a deep breath and start a load of laundry. Clean up the mess left behind from breakfast and start my daily cleaning the house process.

You would think I have the dirties house because I find myself cleaning it more than once a day. But, there is always something to pick up after my husband leaves his clothes on the floor after a shower, or bowl of half way eatin cereal on the coffee table. The same with my kids, their toothpaste mess in the bathroom, water all over the floor as if a thunder storm took over the bathroom.

I sweep and mop at least twice a day as well. We bought our girls a ginnie pig and I would say it was a huge mistake, but our girls are not picking up after it all the time the way I do. To make matters worse, whilst sweep around its cage for some reason he gets excited and thinks I am playing a game with him. So while he is whistling and jumping around making more of a mess for me to pick up, I sweep, sweep, then sweep some more around his cage.

After the floor is all clean, I load the diswasher, wipe the counters and this phase is done.

Heading off the the kids rooms I'd like to call "The dungeon of No return", I take down the blanket forts that they so kindly put up from one side of the room to the other. Almost making it impossible for me to even walk in. By noon, the rooms are picked up and look brand new. Too bad they will just look even worse when the kids get home.

I fold and put away the laundry by 1pm, after grabbing a small bite to eat for lunch and catching up on any recorded shows from the prior night.

Right now it's, So you think you can dance and Dancing with the Stars. Two shows about dancing and you'd think maybe I would have learned how to dance by now. LOL

Nope no time for a quick nap, its off to Starbucks to get my usual, Iced Non-Fat Caramel Machiatto with Extra Caramel add Whip.

As I sip pure satisfaction, I browse through the grocery store looking for a quick meal for dinner and If I have time, snacks and stuff for dinner through out the week.

I stop and get gas if need be and by the time I get home and put everything away trying to prepare for dinner, it's already 4pm.

Time for the girls to get home from school. As they run in the house shouting hysterically about their day, we sit at the kitchen table and work on homework while, at the same time, I start the preparations of dinner.

Some days this task gets exhausting because yes I have burned the pasta and have had all the smoke alarms go off, while calming the girls down and trying not to burn the house down at the same time.

For the most part, the days at dinner time go pretty smoothly. Homework is now finished and my husband is finally home to help me out. Or so I thought.

He jumps in the shower and lays on the couch watching his pre-recorded tv shows now.

While I push the girls to their rooms to read for 15 minutes, I finish making dinner and set the table.

I peek in on my husband and guess what he is doing???

SLEEPING!!!!

I want to scream at the top of my lungs for him to wake up and help me stop the girls from killing each other over who is taller than the other and "but mom, she has my lip gloss", but he looks so cute and peaceful.

I take the kids war into my own hands and while they are standing at the wall facing their nose and toes, I take a deep breath and think to myself.

I wouldn't want life any other way!!