SAHM Filling my day?

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merlin68 wrote: »

Do you all clean your houses every day

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Yeah, that's what I do:rolleyes:

My kids are all at school but I still manage to fill my days without boredom setting in. Of course if you aren't turned on by baking and cooking then you will find my day very dull. I also love my own company so that helps. I love listening to audio books while I cook or iron.

Typical day

Breakfast, laundry, take youngest to school on bike. Go for a bike ride after dropping her off sometimes combining an errand eg today buying wine.

Home-hang laundry, put more in machine (there are always 2 lots at least).

Do some baking (bread tomorrow), some cleaning (if completely unavoidable) or shopping/library/other errands.

Have coffee

Waste time on the internet (do this quite a bit)

Have lunch

Watch Wimbledon (this is obviously strictly seasonal)

Do some prep for tea and packed lunches for the next day. Sometimes I sew or garden.

Have an hour just reading

Fetch daughter from school

Prep next day's lunchboxes, have a cuppa, make tea. Wednesdays I have swimming run to do.

Tea when OH gets home

In term time I go to a French class for 2 hours on a Monday and Thursday mornings I try and get to the swimming pool for the ladies' swim session. My mum comes over when I've run out of excuses for her not to:D

ravylesley

I've never understood how anyone can be bored being a SAHM.

There are loads of things to do with the kids during the day(painting,playdough,jigsaws and books etc)

Cleaning has to be done regularly.I've worked out a daily rota so everything gets done but I dont keep repeating the same jobs

Cooking and baking is like painting the Forth Bridge in this house as there are six of us and they all take packed lunches so bread needs baking,yoghurt making,cakes and biscuits made and good hearty healthy meals served every night

On the nicer days I take my YS out on a bus ride and we visit local parks and have a sausage roll and a drink for lunch.He loves it

Exercise routines are another essential for the SAHM as on rainy days the chance for out of doors exercise is very limited to just a mad dash to and from the school to drop the kids off and pick them up.So I have a wii fit routine that lasts about 30 mins that I do every day

When my ys is busy doing something on his own I like to take the opportunity to do a little card making.Just a couple of cards made when I get a little quiet time is really relaxing and comes in handy when birthdays arrive unexpectedly

On top of all that theres the garden to maintain which is a lovely place to potter on a sunny day and ys loves helping

So all in all I dont think being a SAHM is boring at all you just need to be creative with your time and you'll have a happy and fulfilling time and wish for more hours in the day like I do

Lesleyxx

sharronloves2spend

I too am a sahm and can honestly say i never get bored. I resigned from my job twelve months ago, and this is how my day goes:

Up at 6.30, wake older two boys and wash/dress/breakfast younger two.
Make beds, tidy round, first load of washing on dw loaded, dogs fed.

8.00, take older two to senior school back at 8.15 round up younger two's stuff for school, walk to school at 8.40.

Wednesday i do the toast in the school, so not back till 10.30 on that day, but usually back at 9.10 then take the dogs on an hour long walk.

Second load of washing on when back from the dogs, then will do ironing/hoovering/any other chores that need doing.

Have my lunch around 12.30, then usually do something with my mum or my friends in the early afternoon.

Collect older two boys from school at 2.15, home and load up their evening papers. Collect younger two at 3.15, then home to start homeworks/tea/baths.

Younger two put to bed at 6.45 (dh does this) with a story, and i collapse on the couch with me laptop.

I can honestly say i take great pleasure in a lovely neat and tidy house. I never miss anything at school and am always there to collect the kids from school. I think i am very fortunate position (others may disagree:p) and took years to be able to do this.

Try and volunteer at your childrens school or maybe hook up with some other sah mums. Once you get some routine established you may enjoy it more. If you find you are still bored perhaps look at a job with school hours, being a sahm isn't for everyone, it's about what your happy with.

HTH Sharron

kippers

I start early by putting a load of washing in (before the economy 7 finishes) and make bread rolls or a loaf (again before the economy 7 finishes). I make packed lunches and then do the ironing from the day befores washing. I then wake my DD1 & DD2 up and get dressed myself.

I cook breakfast for everyone (my DD1 likes a hot breakfast) and then walk my girls to school.

I go straight from school to my allotment and spend a couple of hours there, weeding or picking or planting.

I come home and have a shower and then have lunch.

In the pm i prepare/freeze or make jam/pickles etc with my lovely goodies from the allotment.

I then prepare dinner ( a lovely homecooked meal from scratch) and pick my girls up from school.

We have a chat and i help them with homework/piano practise etc and then i finish preparing dinner and we eat together approx 5.30 when my DH walks in.

I clear up from dinner and then i sew/ make cakes play games with my girls or have some time on here reading posts.

I fit cleaning in when i'm not at the allotment and i go shopping when my husband isn't using the car.

My garden is lovely too (i do all the gardening) i tend to have a couple of hours one pm a week where i weed and mow the lawn.

My family love me staying at home and so do I.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are your kids? If they aren't at school then there are loads of play groups where you and the kids can go and it gets you out of the house and you meet other mums to chat to.

Bongedone

Wish I could be a SAHM. Not being female or having children ruins that idea.

shazzle

I too would love SAH....
I want to be Kippers " she signs" x
Bored?? I dont get ??

Penelope_Penguin

merlin68 wrote: »

What do i do all day as a stahm, i am getting really bored.

Can you not spend time with your children /when mine needed me to be at home, their needs (with that of DH, the home, preparing food and the garden) took up all of my time If they no longer need you full time, can you get a PT job, or volunteer

Take a look at these threads:

Old Style Pastimes.

SAHM filling my day

I'll add this thread to the second one later to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

MessyTessie

If your kids are at school try getting involved, today I spent three hours at the sewing machine getting costumes for my DDs class mates ready for their Indian dancing on Monday and Friday of next week.

Add to that getting the teddy tombola stall for the summer fair ready (on Saturday) and all the day to day things that a family of four needs, quite franky 6 hours of a school day just isn't long enough sometimes LOL

My whole week as been rushing from one thing to another and DS hasn't started school yet, I also help in school one afternoon a week so I have to be ultra organised as we also have swimming and brownies on the same day as well.

Sometimes a SAHM IS a full time job!

Mrs_Bones

Not sure what sort of courses you have signed up for in Sept. but untill they start you might be interested in this Open Learning, they do a wide mix of short online course, all of them are free.

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I am a sah granny and I have never got enough time to fit everything in.I live alone but I read,knit,go swimming ,my hobbies are genealogy which I have been doing since 1976 you can never finish your 'tree'I bake,help with my seven gorgeous grandchildren I also do crafting and make cards for the local McMillan charity for sale to raise funds.I don't do as much gardening as I used to as my joints don't bend as they once did but I can weed the pots and water them daily. I use my computer daily and write letter to friends I visit the cinema and often go out for a bus ride.A totter round the local park with one of the aforsaid grandchildren is good, as my youngest one Michael, aged five and I enjoy just having a wander, and we like to look at the things that we spot in the local country park. I can honestly say I have never been bored in my long life .I am such a chatty person that even a walk around my local tescos I can find someone to chat to.Everyday is a bonus to me and I like to live life as much to the full as I can .You only get one bite of the cherry (that reminds me I must get some to make some jam)in this world so make the most of it .I also btw am doing a part-time CCS course at the local Uni in history and have just passed my first year. I'm the wrong side of sixty and have had severaal health problems and need a stick to walk with but as I said I just don't have time to be bored,life is far too exciting