I read recently that when a man gets married 1 hour of chores is eliminated from his weekly to do list.
Where did they go you ask....
Well when a woman gets married 7 hours of chores are added to her week.
Does that surprise anyone?
I wonder what her total goes up to when you add kids into her day. Could we even count how much time we spend working for our families?
That brings me to the next study I read. It calculated how much money a stay home mom would be making if there was someone out there crazy enough to pay her. Their average was about $117,000.00
I could live on that.
Plus think of the job security. These kids aren't going anywhere for a while.
I felt so lucky.
Lucky to be in the stay home mom category.
I may not be making anything in real money, but I get to be the one not getting paid for all I do all day.
It makes the 7 extra hours that my darling husband has thrown on me not seem so bad. He is out there working hard and doing a great job at it so I can stay home making nothing but memories.
I love this job.
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Things I want to remember that I'll forget if I don't write down somewhere....
10-3-09 When I walked into Coopers room after his nap he said "oh my pincess, rrr here".
9- 09 In Sharning time Corbin blessed that everyone would stay awake at church today. It make me laugh to think of the high priests, wondering why they didn't get nap today.
8-28-09 Cooper was talking to his baby doll. I asked if his doll was a baby girl or baby boy. He said "baby gril" I asked what his baby girls baby was. His said "baby name s baby sis-er". Oh baby sister huh. I think someone is catching on the we need a baby girl around here.
8-9-09 Tonight Corbin called Cooper "little buddy".
8-3-09 Corbin and Cooper have been playing so nicely together lately. They have been giggling and talking it just melts my heart.
7-27-09 Today cooper is sick, with a fever and aches. Every few waking minutes I hear him say "I sick mommy, mommy I sick" Bless his little heart.
Today Corbin called me sweetie. He said, Hey mom wannna play dominoes, huh little sweetie, will you play with me.
6-22-09 Ever since my mom stayed with the boys cooper thinks every color is pink. I think he has been brain washed.
6-21-09 Corbin gave a talk in primary today. He did a great job.
6-08-09 Tonight we had Del Taco for dinner. As we pulled away from the order speaker thingie Cooper called out "goodbye tacos".
3-15-09 Cooper has started singing songs. I'm am a child of god and the Sunbeam song.
2-28-09 Cooper put his shorts on all by himself. Corbin almost missed the bus because he wouldn't get dressed by himself.
2-19-09 We are going gluten free. Hoping it will help Corbin be a little happier.
2-15-09 Cooper stopped what he was doing and came over to me to kiss my hand. Then he went right back to playing with his toys. Very sweet.
1-09-09 Cooper put his pants on all by himself today. and Corbin put on a santa hat and stood on the driveway singing christmas songs in his jammies. It was a very cute site to sneak up on.
1-7-09 Cooper says " Heyyyy" if anything gets taken away from him.
12-19-08 This morning Corbin was talking to me in bed waiting for my alarm to go off. Then he heard Cooper making noise. He jumped out of my bed and as he opened Cooper's door I heard him sweetly say," Well Hello, what do we have here". What a cute brother he can be.
12-18-08 Corbin helped Cooper into the highchair for dinner, buckles and all.
10-08/12-08 I'm a little behind. Here are a few highlights that I can still remember...
Cooper says, daddy, hohoho, moo, quack, moemin (Corbin), gaga (grandma), and will repeat anything I say to him.
Corbin got stitches somewhere very delicate.
Cooper jumped once for the first time, trying to reach something on the christmas tree.
Corbin is talking up a storm. He is starting to put words to his feelings, like frustrated and angry.
9-26-08 Cooper asked for a cookie tonight. It's the first time I've heard him say that word.
9-21-08 Cooper has figured out how to take the tray off his highchair. We need to go out and find the booster seat for him.
9-18-08 Cooper has started climbing on chairs.
9-15-08 Corbin wants to have conversations. He will come to me and say "Mom, lets talk". then he wants me to start by asking him a questions.
9-7-08 Cooper said Amen after his goodnight prayer for the first time tonight.
9-5-08 We went to Disneyland today and now Cooper can say Duck, and Quack Quack.
9-3-08 Corbin and Cooper have started wrestling together. It's really funny to watch Cooper just tackle Corbin to the ground.
9- 09 In Sharning time Corbin blessed that everyone would stay awake at church today. It make me laugh to think of the high priests, wondering why they didn't get nap today.
8-28-09 Cooper was talking to his baby doll. I asked if his doll was a baby girl or baby boy. He said "baby gril" I asked what his baby girls baby was. His said "baby name s baby sis-er". Oh baby sister huh. I think someone is catching on the we need a baby girl around here.
8-9-09 Tonight Corbin called Cooper "little buddy".
8-3-09 Corbin and Cooper have been playing so nicely together lately. They have been giggling and talking it just melts my heart.
7-27-09 Today cooper is sick, with a fever and aches. Every few waking minutes I hear him say "I sick mommy, mommy I sick" Bless his little heart.
Today Corbin called me sweetie. He said, Hey mom wannna play dominoes, huh little sweetie, will you play with me.
6-22-09 Ever since my mom stayed with the boys cooper thinks every color is pink. I think he has been brain washed.
6-21-09 Corbin gave a talk in primary today. He did a great job.
6-08-09 Tonight we had Del Taco for dinner. As we pulled away from the order speaker thingie Cooper called out "goodbye tacos".
3-15-09 Cooper has started singing songs. I'm am a child of god and the Sunbeam song.
2-28-09 Cooper put his shorts on all by himself. Corbin almost missed the bus because he wouldn't get dressed by himself.
2-19-09 We are going gluten free. Hoping it will help Corbin be a little happier.
2-15-09 Cooper stopped what he was doing and came over to me to kiss my hand. Then he went right back to playing with his toys. Very sweet.
1-09-09 Cooper put his pants on all by himself today. and Corbin put on a santa hat and stood on the driveway singing christmas songs in his jammies. It was a very cute site to sneak up on.
1-7-09 Cooper says " Heyyyy" if anything gets taken away from him.
12-19-08 This morning Corbin was talking to me in bed waiting for my alarm to go off. Then he heard Cooper making noise. He jumped out of my bed and as he opened Cooper's door I heard him sweetly say," Well Hello, what do we have here". What a cute brother he can be.
12-18-08 Corbin helped Cooper into the highchair for dinner, buckles and all.
10-08/12-08 I'm a little behind. Here are a few highlights that I can still remember...
Cooper says, daddy, hohoho, moo, quack, moemin (Corbin), gaga (grandma), and will repeat anything I say to him.
Corbin got stitches somewhere very delicate.
Cooper jumped once for the first time, trying to reach something on the christmas tree.
Corbin is talking up a storm. He is starting to put words to his feelings, like frustrated and angry.
9-26-08 Cooper asked for a cookie tonight. It's the first time I've heard him say that word.
9-21-08 Cooper has figured out how to take the tray off his highchair. We need to go out and find the booster seat for him.
9-18-08 Cooper has started climbing on chairs.
9-15-08 Corbin wants to have conversations. He will come to me and say "Mom, lets talk". then he wants me to start by asking him a questions.
9-7-08 Cooper said Amen after his goodnight prayer for the first time tonight.
9-5-08 We went to Disneyland today and now Cooper can say Duck, and Quack Quack.
9-3-08 Corbin and Cooper have started wrestling together. It's really funny to watch Cooper just tackle Corbin to the ground.
7 comments:
That's a lot of money but I still think that if the list of things you do as a stay at home mom were listed at a job interveiw their would be no applicants....well at least no male applicants. I think we are worth way more than anyone could think to pay us! Some how it is still worth it without the pay!
So, thats where those extra 7 hours came from!!
Wouldnt trade it for anything though!
Cute blog, Shannon!
You are so positive. I am grateful I get to stay at home too, although it's so hard - it's really a luxury.
I used to ONLY have that stay-at-home mom job (*sigh*)....now that I have to work outside the home, I am grateful for the stay-at-home DAD in the evenings and weekends. (Which means NO ONE ELSE needs to watch my girls!)
So, I don't think Mike can claim that he's lost his hour of "honey-do" chores. (What a man!) I love my days with our girls and he loves his evenings with our girls. And I hope one day I can be JUST a 24-7 mommy again!
....and I'd really like to see that paycheck in my bank account!
When I retired last year some of my friends commented that I would get a lot more retirement income if I hadn't taken off 18 years to raise my family. Little do they know. Teaching high school for 22 years was plenty long enough and no increase in retirement pay could even come close to the treasures I acquired being a stay a home mom with my kids..... besides look at how great the 4 of them turned out....how could I be richer? You are doing the right thing. Keep it up.
Isn't that the truth. Being a mommy is definately the hardest, most wonderful job in the world.
I think it would cost way more than that. But I would take the hundred grand!
I agree with you. I feel so, so lucky to be the one at home raising my children. I would much rather be without and have this gift, than have that gorgeous house, great wardrobe, and be without my children.
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