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A Day in the Simple Life

April 11th, 2006 at 06:31 pm

Once upon a time, I dreamed about a wonderous journey of living a simpler life.

Back in the day, my day started at 5:30am when I got up, showered, tried to get dressed in the dark (DH worked nights so I was trying not to wake him)...Got the 4 kids up to get ready for school...signed their papers and forms, wrote lunch checks, all the while squeezing in 'quality time" while they were rushing to get ready for their day.

Id get downstairs, find a run in my hose...and pray on the way back up that there was a spare pair somewhere...sometimes my only option was to change into pants...

On the 35 minute drive to work, I would be thinking about the meetings, deadlines, the calls I needed to make...

Id work until 6 or 6:30...head home...by 7 or 7:30, who wanted to cook...Often there was a school function or youth activity that would keep us busy until 9 or 10...get home, fall into bed only to have the insanity start at 5:30am the next day...

Weekends were all about laundry, housework, grocery shopping and trying not to think about Monday morning...

Today...things are much different.
I wake up when I wake up....usually 6-6:30am. There is about an hour of 'quiet time' before I wake DD3 up to get ready for school. In that hour I have had 1-2 cups of coffee and planned the day.

I pull all of my curtains as wide open as possible to let the day in.

I plan our meals...and we eat healthy food at home...mostly from scratch.

I look in on my parents, who need the extra help and appreciate the company.

If the grandbabies show up...well, nothing else really matters.

I rarely go to town, but when I do- I appreciate that I pass farms, animals, orchards, and a river....all things I was too busy to notice back in the day.

I spend time with DH everyday...(before we were on opposite shifts and never saw each other...hence the 'D' word was seriously contemplated for a couple of years. ) We are happy as can be now.

The house is clean, more organized...sometimes, I even get 'bored'.

There was a time I thought life would always be crazy, hectic, chaotic. Thank goodness that wasn't the case. I love this simpler life and wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world.

3 Responses to “A Day in the Simple Life”

  1. Ima saver Says:
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    I quit work in 1990 and never regretted it. We could have saved more money since we no longer need my income, but I love staying home and enjoying life. My husband said he would just work longer hours so that I can stay home, and he did. It has been great!

  2. kashi Says:
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    I'm envious!

  3. miclason Says:
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    me, too!!

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