How about that?

Ok, so I'm probably going to do this blog on a weekly basis...I don't think that updating daily is necessary, but I am making this 2nd post the day after the 1st since that one was merely an introduction.

Now that we've cleared that up, I would like to take a moment to touch on a sad, but true fact. As stated in my previous post, a lot of housewives are misjudged. Society seems to picture us as overweight, lazy broads who run around in a housecoat with curlers in our hair. I'm not sure where this originated, and I admit that for Halloween one year, I dressed as this cliche housewife. Granted, I was only 10 years old, and my mom did help me with the costume...but I went out Trick-or-Treating in a nightgown,robe, slippers, and my hair tightly rolled in curlers. I also carried a doll around with me to further symbolize the stereotyped housewife. People just assume that because we don't have jobs, we just hang out in our pajamas doing nothing. Maybe I do hang out in my pajamas for a majority of the day, but let me tell you something...being a housewife is not as easy as I thought it would be. We wear many hats. The standard list of jobs for a housewife is as follows:
1) Daycare teacher
2) Laundress
3) Dish washer
4) Janitor
5) Nurse
6) Chef
7) Pet care giver
8) Housekeeper
9) Personal Assistant
10) Chauffeur
This list really could keep going, but I think after 10 titles, you get the idea. Just for fun, I followed the idea from another housewife's article about how much money a woman would make if she were paid for being at home. The average salary was something like $120,000 a year. WOW. I went to www.mysalary.com and calculated my own yearly salary...if I were paid for being a housewife based off of the hours I put into my family and house each week, I would make $130,062/year. That's crazy! Too bad we can't get paid for being housewives, but man, what a thought. A friend of mine (a male, of course) said I shouldn't be posting things like this because it's basically defending myself as a human. He says, "Don't trivialize things to sound self-important to people who don't get it." Why not? That's like telling certain races not to defend themselves when people stereotype them and put them down just for being different. Why shouldn't housewives (or anyone for that matter) tell it like it is? This blog is really just for fun, and if you don't want to read about my complaints to society, then stay off my blog. Simple as that. I can assure that I won't always be griping about how much the stereotypes and the criticism annoy me. These first 2 posts are really just a warm up, and outlining the facts. I'm not necessarily trying to sound "self-important", but I just wanted to open the eyes of some people who make snide comments about my not working despite having a degree. Maybe these people don't care or don't get it, but I know a lot of housewives are out there who can relate to me, and this blog is mostly for them.

Anyway, let's change the subject now, shall we? Good. Here is what my week will bring:
Today (Monday): Laundry and tackling the spare bedroom. (It looks like a scene from Hoarders in there).
Yes, that is only 2 things, but believe me, they will take up a majority of my day since I have to factor in caring for the baby between her naps, and making sure the dogs go outside enough to not leave me little surprises around the kitchen. I will probably get to eat lunch today, but normally, I eat standing up or while I'm cleaning. (Multitasking is a gift) I also am hoping to fit in a workout for at least 20 minutes. The husband will be sleeping until it's time for work, so I need to make sure his lunch is packed so he doesn't run late, and I have to get him up because he tends to sleep through his alarm. At some point, I have to feed the dogs their dinner and let them all back out. Letting them out is a pain in the ass because we currently do not have a fence. (The wood was rotting, and the dogs were easily able to escape). So now we have a long tether, and the dogs have to go out 1 at a time. Oh, and sometimes, the tether gets all tangled around the deck, and the dogs can't figure out how to reverse what they did, so I have to go out there in the freezing cold and untangle them. Fun.  At the end of the day, I will be able to sit down eat dinner, and watch the shows I dvr'd.
Tuesday: First thing in the morning, my car has to go be inspected by the insurance company because a week before Christmas, some little douche blew a stop sign and hit my driver's side. Both doors on that side are all banged in, I can't even open the back driver's side door. My window is all messed up too, it won't go up and down without getting stuck. After that, I will be cleaning the kitchen, and probably continuing the cleaning process in the spare bedrooms. I can almost guarantee it won't get done today.Factor in baby, dogs, and husband into this day. A friend of mine wants to go out in the evening, but we'll see what happens.
Wednesday: Car goes in to get fixed (FINALLY), and I get a rental car. Whoopee! I have an appointment at 12:30, then my mom asked me to bring the baby over for a visit. After that, I have to go to the grocery store, then back home for a possible work out, doing the baby's laundry, cooking, straightening up, then a friend is stopping by to pick up some baby stuff. My best friend and fellow housewife has invited me to a wine tasting party at her house Wed. evening, but if it's too cold, I will not be taking the baby out. (And I have to take her with me because the husband will be sleeping then going to work).
Thursday: Cleaning in the den and dining room (we don't normally use these rooms. They're closed off by glass doors that fold over), but I honestly don't clean in there enough, and I'm tired of the way the rooms look. I may try to somehow redecorate the den. There's no furniture in there other than 2 end tables and a chair. It's pretty lame. We're having a party here in March, and while that is far away, it's hard to stay on top of cleaning with a 2 month old. I may not even get to clean these rooms...who knows!
Friday: Ahh, the start to the weekend. I usually take it easy on Fridays because it's the start to the weekend, and I clean all week from Sunday to Friday. My little sister wants to stay the weekend with us, so at some point, I will be picking her up. I am having a few friends over on Saturday, so I will be straightening up just because I hate having people over when my house doesn't look immaculate. I know they don't care, but I do.
And even though my friends are coming Saturday, I will still be busy around here because I promised to put out some snacks, and I'll probably have to feed them dinner, too. They'll be here pretty much all day. Not that I'm complaining, I love my friends and I love that they're spending the day with me at my house, when the plan was originally supposed to be at my friend Matt's, but I asked that we change it to my house b/c I didn't want to be away from my baby too long. :/ The point is, even though I will have a fun day with friends, my house will still be cleaned and I will be making food/snacks to entertain. A housewife's work is never done. =)

Well, that's going to be my week. Oh, and before any smart asses out there comment and ask how I can keep up with this blog if I'm "so busy"...let me put it this way, it took me 2 1/2 hours to type this post. The baby woke up and needed to be fed and changed, then she was fussing, so I held her a while. When I finally got her settled, my 2 male dogs got into a fight over a rawhide bone, so I had to break that up. Aaaand, now the baby is crying again. Till next week, housewives and friends.