Eating Bonbons

That's what I do all day.

Well, no.

In all seriousness, I get the question "what do you DO all day" every time I turn around.

I can honestly say that I do a lot.  And yes, I do still get stressed.  It feels like my to do list is never ending.  And when you stay at home you never really 'stop' working.  That is definitely not a complaint by any means.  I love staying home and the work I do there.  It can just honestly be overwhelming sometimes.

I probably spend the bulk of my time meal planning, meal shopping, couponing, and ingredient preparing.  When I was working I had no problem paying for already chopped vegetables and fruit.  I just can't justify it now.  Do you have any idea the markup on those?  It's insane.  As a working woman I hated the thought of wasting half an hour getting dinner prepped, not including actual cooking time.  Now I actually make everything in our dinner from scratch.  The time spent on it is so worth it.  It's not only cheaper, but so much healthier.  Throw some coupons on top of that and it's the only way to go.

I also spend part of my day running errands for Nick.  A big part of my 'job' as a stay at home wife is to take care of the needs Nick has and make sure that his errands are run, his clothes are clean, his food is hot on the table, and he always has someone to be his support system at home.  It varies based on the day what he'll need my help to do, but it is typically dry cleaning, picking things he needs for work up at the store, running things to the post office, grocery shopping, getting gas, etc.  Anything I can do so that he doesn't have to run boring errands after work is what I'm happy to do.  I jokingly called myself his personal assistant, but he said that I should use estate manager.  Silly boy. 

Dishes.  And more dishes.  And dishes.  Cooking everything from SCRATCH at home takes up so many dishes.  I probably do two loads a day.  It's insane. 

Laundry.  Oh the never ending laundry.  I could do multiple loads of laundry a day and never finish.  Now that Nick doesn't have uniforms for work he wears way more clothing throughout the day.  Work clothes, after work clothes, workout clothes, pajamas..so much laundry. 

And of course there are the small things that people often forget about.  I write all our thank yous, birthday cards, etc., make necessary phone calls about bills, appointments, etc., take care of the dogs (which involves taking them out constantly it feels), banking, and much more. 

Please know that none of this is said in a complaining manner.  I really do feel fulfilled staying home.  I definitely applaud working women.  I know when I was working full time outside the home it was so hard to get all this done.  When you are working these things still must get done and it is way harder to find the time to do it.  Women are amazing in their ability to multi-task and focus. 

In a nutshell this is what I do with my time.  It is a constant work in progress and I only hope as time goes on that I get even better at it.