I have decided to take the bull by the horns and become a Happy Housewife. I'm thinking my joy will not be conveyed the same way this gal looks in the picture. But, I'm tired of being tired, and tired of talking about how busy I am. It occurs to me, that perhaps just a change of perspective is needed. I've always thought the 1950's were the era in which I should have been born, but far be it from me to question God. He knows what he's doing. :)
Instead, I'm taking a academic look at how seriously wives and mothers should take their job. How our mothers and grandmothers did it--the extent to which they would go to bond with their home. How they would create a happy, calm place that their family would thrive in and friends would enjoy being entertained. I've always wanted this, and achieved it in part, but never to the best of my ability. I've never had a housekeeper, nor do I "lunch". So I don't really have to give up anything to get what I want, I just need to be better about the hours that I do have to get it done well.
It is time to s.c.h.e.d.u.l.e. Schedule it all. Housework, kids activities, shopping, eating, excercising. all of it.
Mom, I'm going to say it. You were right. You were right all those years ago when you had index cards taped inside cabinet doors and drawers with lists and lists and lists of things to do and when they should be done.
Now, I'm off to find my mop.
