Stay home mom- HA- as i cackle like a crazy person all the way home!

I agree with the person who said "what Idiot coined the phrase stay at home mom". Seriously people, there are days when I see my "home" less than I care too. I home school, (and I use the term home loosely, chuckle- because a large part of it is done in the real world). I have 3 different jobs- in which someone sees fit to pay me for my expertise and time, and full time job hear at home, 5 small dogs that we breed, a home church to attend 2 times a week, volunteer at our Community center to help less fortunate, and tend to be a home body type of person- or at least I thought I was.

I teach a class of 3 year olds every Tue. morning, which I adore! I usually have 12-15 children in my class, mostly boys and it last 2 hours. I took this spot because I knew it was the hardest for the Church to fill.

I also teach Sunday School at another church on Sundays, that job is 5 hours long. It is a really great bunch of high needs-special needs kido's ranging in age from 5 -12. Each one is very unique and requires extra special attention. I just found out from the head pastor-whom I really enjoy and can see myself becoming good friends with- that she is asking the congregation to have one volunteer each week to come help me in the class room- GOD BLESS HER!

I also teach at a new daycare here in town and will be working a good full day, 3 to 4 days a week and cant wait to start! Tomorrow is my first day. With our snow here, we didn't go anywhere last week and my first day has been postponed till tomorrow. So we will see who that goes and I will keep everyone posted. I feel very comfortable there, really enjoy my new boss-she too is a instant person that I felt connected too. My Mom has been gently encouraging me to stop in to this center since its time of conception in Sept. However, for me, the timing wasn't right yet, and I have learned to listen to that still small voice. Back in September we had just moved back to our home town, was still unpacking our household of 5, setting up schooling for each child. Getting the fence situated to keep in our 3 dogs-at the time- we now have 5, two of whom are the pups of my 2 females. Getting situated in a new church, getting re familiarized with our now grown town. Setting up time for our certifier to come and do a home visit to re-certify us as a adoptive home, and just needed to get my barrings. I knew that I was to go there and meet the new director of the child center, but I needed to be sure the timing was right for me.

So few weeks ago I sent her a casual email introducing myself, and got a quick response call to go meet her! I have since found out that everything in our lives are so intricately connected in ways that we cannot possibly imagine. Again, the old saying "its a small world" really is true. Guess saying like that don't stick around for as long as they do if they don't hold water.

I always thought of myself as a homebody, but in fact, I think that I tend to keep myself very very busy inside and out of the home. I have worked the whole 14 years that I have been a "stay home mom", but always sold myself short and just told people that yes, I was a stay home mommy. I don't think that there has ever been a time in my parenting where I haven't had one or two jobs inside or outside of the home that helped to provide for our family. My hubby teases me and say that I am the hardest working woman he knows. I think that he is the hard worker. He has very hard hours, works in all kinds of difficult weather, works long hours, and still comes home and is a loving husband and great dad. Don't get me wrong-we are not perfect, on the contrary- we are very real people. But all in all, I think that we are just your average couple who struggle to pay the bills, and try to sneak moments of joy into the schedule.
Like just now, my teen boy just let off a balloon helicopter off over my head, I ducked as I wasn't sure where it was to land. All part of a average day here at the Monaclan. Oh yah, he just told me, "hey mom, this toy blows, haha, get it, it Blows!" God can only know how much love I have for these little wholagens! Ps, I know I am a terrible speller and my form is not correct, so save your breath, I never claimed to be a copy writer, lol!