This isn’t something new I’ve learnt today, but is something that was driven home when I became disproportionately excited about something I purchased recently.
Which inspired me to create this list.
10 signs you’re a stay-at-home mum:
- You’re excited by the purchase of a new tracksuit.
- Ditto pyjamas.
- You’re excited when you get to go to the supermarket by yourself. You wander the aisles. Slowly. You sample things being offered. You chat to the checkout person. You. Don’t. Want. To. Leave.
- When someone asks you how you are, you talk about your children instead of yourself. In your head, it’s the same question.
- Time simultaneously flies and drags. It feels like your two-year-old was a baby just yesterday – where did the time go? And yet this particular
hourminutesecond is taking adayweekmonthyear to go by. - You have a hate/hate relationship with your washing machine.
- When you get something on your clothes – milk, vomit, food, anything – not only do you not immediately change, but you think you can get one more day’s wear out of it.
- Some days, the only grown-up conversations you have are with telemarketers.
- You no longer hang up on telemarketers (see point 8).
- Your turn…
What would you add to this list?
(A quick apology for my absence recently. It’s tough to blog without an internet connection. I’m currently camped at McDonald’s with a small fries propped up next to the computer, ignoring the death stares from the staff who know I’m only here for the free Wi-Fi. I should be back blogging regularly in a week. With far fewer grumpy renovation posts!)
You get excited by a windy day in winter and get a load of washing dry in a few hours rather than a few days!! Yep I am so happy today!!
Ditto bright sunny days towards the end of winter! Like today! x
Hahaha, so true. I love going to the supermarket alone and yep, I answer about my kids instead of me… We are one and the same.
“The days are long but the years are short” – perfectly describes motherhood. Hahaha, yep, I wear clothes that have questionable stains on them… I often pretend the stains only happened 10 minutes prior, rather than the day before.
Hmmm… when you cheer when the postie arrives even if he’s empty handed… (yes, I may have actually done that once or twice…) x
Hooray for the postie distraction!
Aaah, I love this! lol
I nearly spat out my cup of tea when reading number 7, (but no I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about!!) 😉
I have to draw the line at 8 & 9 though! I still always hang up on telemarketers, although I do always say to them ‘not to take it personally’ before I do 🙂
I like the idea that the longer I talk to them, the less people they’re going to be able to call and annoy before their shift is over.
So true – my kids are so much older and i still don’t change if someone gets food on me or sneezes on me or uses my sleeve as a napkin or tissue – well you get the idea (nothing changes even when they are school age LOL)
Hmmm, good to know that this won’t change as Ashleigh gets older! Thanks, Deb. x