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Housewife Challenges

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It’s not always easy being a housewife.

I always knew I wanted to be a mother.  I’ve also known for a long time that the best thing for my kids would be to have a stay-at-home mom.  But just because something is exactly what you want to do, does not mean that it’s easy for you to do it.  I dream big, and I have a vision for how my days and life should be: clean house, delicious homemade food, happy children, and time for me to do yoga.  But, not long after I quit my job to be a housewife, I realized that there’s the dream and then there’s the reality of life with a baby  toddler preschooler, of finances, and of maintaining my own sanity.  I realized that are still going to be challenges in my daily life as I strive to match my reality to my dream.

Thus, the Housewife Challenges were created.  These are my goals for myself, whether parenting, personal, or household related, and they are a large part of the life I chronicle on this blog.

Here are the Housewife Challenges so far:

  1. Get (and keep) the grocery bill under budget [read original post]
  2. Keep a clean house [read original post]
  3. Become a yoga master [read original post]
  4. Use my sewing machine [read original post]
  5. Practice patience [read original post]
  6. Plan (weekly) and cook balanced, varied meals [read original post]
  7. Prioritize and be realistic in expectations for myself [read original post]

Check up on me!

Every Sunday (or so) I write a “report card” on how I’m doing at keeping up with the Housewife Challenges.  Some weeks (days!) are better than others — but that’s life.  Read past report cards here.

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Jan 22

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It's that time again... Girl Scout cookies! And this year we have two selling. Help them meet their cookies sales goals by ordering online. 

If you live nearby, choose girl delivery and help get cookie boxes out of our garage... Otherwise we're going to be giving them Girl Scout  Cookies for birthday and Christmas presents all year.

Addie's link: https://tinyurl.com/2os3rmdy

Zara's link: https://tinyurl.com/2nev4fs3

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Nov 30

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Bus stop selfie with Nora. This week she moved from her tiny charter school with only 18 eighth graders to the public middle school with over 200. And now she rides the bus.

The charter school wasn't challenging her enough, has a huge percentage of students who are disruptive in the classroom, and has been having trouble keeping teachers. Last year she loved it. But this year it was one thing after another, so right before Thanksgiving she and I went to go tour our neighborhood  middle school, and she immediately wanted to make the switch.

We've never had a kid in public school and I was nervous about how the transition would go from such a small school to a big one, but so far she's loving it and is glad she decided to move schools. It helps that she knows kids there already from her dance team. Hopefully she'll still be happy when she starts getting homework. Coming from a no homework school that may be a shock to us all.

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Nov 16

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My three year old girl. 💕

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Nov 1

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Halloween 2022. Two witches, a murderous cat, and a creepy Victorian doll. 

Zara's costume was my favorite this year - Nora did her makeup and she wore my flower girl dress from my mom and step-dad's wedding. She might have worn it better. 😂

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Oct 16

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Visiting my sweet tiny niece. I had the honor of being the doula at her birth and helping her come into the world. Her parents did amazingly (especially her mama) and everyone is excited to have another little girl in the family.
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