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I'm not crazy busy but there are things to do at home. Laundry for 5 people (2 athletes). I shop for food at 3 different places, which I would not do if I was working. I have friends that are home during the day so I have time to see them during the day (their kids are in school also). Once the kids get home there is a lot to do.
I am not super volunteer at school but I do help the coaches and music teachers. Monday is picture day for orchestra and I will be at school for that. Saturday is a wrestling tournament and the coach needed some help this week organizing that event (even though I won't be there) so I spent some time with him. My father had a medical procedure done (nothing serious) and it was recommended that he not drive afterwards so I took him to that appt (that took almost all day). There are always things that seem to come up that fill up the days.
I can not understand how respect for someone depends on their employment status. I respect people because they are people, not because they have a job.
I do not respect people for that which they have no control over. People are born people, its what they do with their short period of time on this Earth that really shows character. Obviously SAHMs such as yourself are not in the same category as those who spend their entire lives cleaning house and taking care of their spouse. I stand by the fact that with sooo many people, organizations, etc needing help, doing nothing more or less than cleaning your house and feeding your spouse is not something I respect. Its a valid choice, just a wasteful one.
What wrong with peanut butter? It has WAY less calories and WAY less sugar and WAY less saturated fat and cholestrol and sodium and about the same amount of fat as a Starbuck's Frappuccino but packs a much more powerful punch in the protein and vitamins dept. Most of the espresso drinks at coffee places like Starbucks have more calories than a serving of PB, without the benefits of the proetin or nutrients.
I just picked a frappe or coffee at random, also because a lot of women watching their weight will skip a meal but get a coffee... but still. I feel sorry for PB. Everybody gives it such a hard time but seriously there are foods a lot of people eat everyday without thinking twice about it that are far worse. If given a choice between a salad from a fast food joint or your average American restaurant or a spoonful of peanut butter - I say go with the peanut butter. Some salads have as much as 450 calories and 24 grams of fat! Woah. High sodium, too. (And that's BEFORE you put the dressing on.)
It's a powdered soap. You use it to clean floors and wash walls. Have you ever washed your walls? Great exercise. You start washing your walls and you can forget that gym membership.
I use the flylady method. I wash my walls once a month. Last night did bathroom walls and ceiling.
Its not bad for the shoulders I agree, but I still say surfing is the best exercise on the planet. Gym is for the days when there are no waves (and february its just too damn cold).
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Last night I added up the hours of the things I did when I was a true Radical Homemaker and I subtracted the hours spent on taking care of my kids and my dad. Even without kids it would have been a very full day.
Since we lived on one income we didn't have a gardener, a dishwasher, any household help, repaired the cars ourselves, painted the house on our own. Did pretty much everything by ourselves. As far as time goes just pulling the weeds is, easily, an hour a day. Baking bread, picking and cleaning vegetables, making everything from scratch. If you do these things, and do them well, it takes a great deal of time.
I do not bake bread (except on special occasions but we do not really eat bread so its a wash) or fix my own car (beyond oil changes) but we do all the rest. I work a full time and part time job and still get it all done (with the help of the family).
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(I didn't figure in outside community work which can be considerable.)
And I didn't even have to milk cows. Which I know how to do. You have to both squeeze and tug.
I must be missing something because I wash my own dishes, manage my own organic garden, and still work. I also sleep 8 hours a night and spend time with my kids. Maybe I do not understand what it means to be a radical homemaker but I am also not milking cows though we get our own fish (a job perk), does that count?
I also sing. I don't always mention it here because people sometimes do not know what to make of it. I sing with Master Chorale of South Florida as I don't care much for solo performing.
I do not respect people for that which they have no control over. ...
Huh?
So I am curious, though - who cared for you when you were young? Day care? A nanny? Your mother? A grandmother?
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