Syd Vicious and Mad Dog

I quit my job in the sleep research business to stay home with my then, 4 and 5 year old.  I have an older daughter and she was 16 at the time.  While it wasn't my first time at the rodeo, I had never been a stay at home mom.  Not even close!

It isn't all fun and games!

My life was not a typical, normal American Family.  I had been more like the dad who only pops in for fun visits a few hours a day.  I cherished my girls but I spent so little waking time with them, it was all about fun! Dad gave them their baths and put them to bed.  Dave took them to daycare.  Dave was the primary caregiver. 

I raised my oldest by myself most of the time so I never worked less than two or three jobs at a time.  I lived one mile away from my parents.  My parents spoiled her terribly and she spent lots of time, happily at their house.  I never had the opportunity to stay home with her.

When I decided to stay home with Sydney and Madison, it was a whole new world.  I had NO idea how to be a stay at home mom! What did they do? I knew I had to keep the house clean and cook but then what? 

People kept telling me, I'd have all the time in the world to lay on that couch and eat Bon Bons!

These girls are very smart, I noticed that.  The two of them seemed to work in tandem at times.  Against me.  For this reason, I had special nick names for them.  Syd Vicious and Mad Dog.  I figured out quickly they were out to get me. 

Mad Dog.....

They were always whispering and planning stuff behind my back.  Like the time I caught them using their bunk bed ladder to climb out the window of their bedroom to go outside.  I could understand that if they were 16 but the fact that they were doing this at 3 and 4 did not bode well for my future.  I also caught them giving each other rides on the garage door.  One girl would hang on to the door while the other pushed the button.  Partners in crime.

Those two were going to give me a run for my money, this I knew.  I decided to approach this sort of like a 12 step program or something like that...I was going to just take it one day at a time.  The girls thought it was weird too so I knew we all had to adjust to our new life. 

So the first thing I had to figure out is...what are all the other mom's doing?  What was I responsible for in being a stay at home mom?  What does a mom do?  I mean, really do?  I decided I should probably treat this like any new job and create a sort of business plan and have some goals.

Now that first week was the easiest until Syd Vicious, who was safely on the couch watching morning cartoons (I thought!) ran into the kitchen, all red cheeked, wild eyed and screaming, "Mommy! I swallowed a Bullseye Ball!"

Week one and already an emergency!

So easy to laugh now, but was I in for a wild ride.  After 8 years being a "full time mom" I know that anything goes.  Rocks up the nose? No problem! Has your child bitten by a field mouse? Don't worry!

She lived through it all!

If you hear blood curdling screams? Don't jump up - they're just playin'!

They say silence is golden but I say it's scary! Being a mom requires every sense one can employ.  Especially that 6th one.  It's a lot of fun too.  I have found many ways to make money, including investing some funds in the stock market, a home business and being really resourceful.  Not because I have to but because it's smart!

I am writing a Hub article to link that will explain in detail how anyone can start a business from home with very little monetary investment that was profitable for me and another mother.  Computer graphic skills are a must but you could easily partner up with another mom like I did.  I can offer the short cuts and how to's. 

Being a housewife is tough some days, but keep it real! A real housewife can do anything she wants these days and look good doing it too.  It just takes lots of practice and the ability to think on your feet and lots of patience.  It isn't like on t.v. but it is what you make it. 

Make it great!