What Oprah says...goes

Oprah says (or has said) that being a mother is the "hardest job in the world." So what if I sneak in some naps sometimes and push the dirty laundry under the bed once in a while. I still waddle my butt over to the kitchen to make my husband a good meal after a hard day's work and whip out my abused nipples for my daughter's dinner. It definitely IS the hardest job in the world. From many mom's experiences, including my own mom's, I guess once your kids start growing up and actually mobilizing themselves and TALKING BACK...I'm in for one hell of a ride.

The first year is our honeymoon phase...and just like any good relationship worth its salt, it'll end and reality begin. You'll actually look back and give a hearty laugh at your naivete, how's that for maturity?

Money has been on my mind of late...just because I don't have any. And I'm too embarrassed to put a PayPal donation link on my blog here, as some have suggested. Who the hell would pay me right? For a SAHM, lack of money cuts your possible activities away by 100%. That leaves me and my daughter planted on the couch...firmly.

We can go to the gym that's already auto-payed, but she'd rather chew off her arm than stay in the child care and give me some workout time. We can go to the park, but she'll start fussing and I'll have to carry her AND push the stroller a half-mile back to the car. Kudos for biceps! What else does that leave us but Target and Old Navy, so we can emptily ogle at the clearance bin. Retail therapy was my thing until I started accumulating 10 boxes of clothes in the basement and had NO need to shop ever again, that is only if I lose the baby fat in order to fit into them...gosh what a waste huh? My daughter's clothes are all ready for the next several months...so there you go.

I'll grab our grocery budget and go crazy in the frozen foods section, that's my fun as of late. Not to give the wrong idea, but we're living on a single income and we have our priorities: emergency fund, if any of us get sick, our beater might break down soon, we are getting ready for a big change and a MOVE in the fall. When I was working before the baby, I saved tuition money for my return in the fall...I'm getting my accelerated second-baccalaureate BS-Nursing degree. Like I said, priorities and therefore, sticking to the WANT vs. NEED concept is important.

I don't want anything that costs me but what I WANT is a free activity that's stimulating...again, sleep is usually the winner. While you sleep, you don't have to do anything, you're not hungry, and not bored, it's free...actually your lusty dreams might keep your HR up and ergo giving you a good fat-burn! He he he.

Anyway, I was reading up on an article that states a value of a SAHM is $134,121 annually, if paid. So I better go nag my husband for an allowance or something.