Day 3 - nothing wrong with a bit of me time is there???

OK - so I hardly did anything today - but is there anything wrong with that??

After yesterday I was shattered today. Woke up at 9am. I haven't started to set an alarm yet....just getting up when I wake up which has been between 8am and 9am most days. I don't know whether I should be setting a routine come the new year and setting an alarm or not....but is sleeping until I wake a bad thing?

I walked the dog and we went via the Post Office today to drop the cards in the Post Box and get some more stamps as I had frustratingly not bought enough for all the cards we needed to send out. We ended up having quite a nice walk and being out for about an hour!

After getting home I decided to have a bit of a pampering - a nice long shower, a facial, a proper routine almost.......then I did some ironing!! Shock horror! Of all the things I could have done I did some ironing!!!! Making tiny progress on my quest to concquer the mountain.

I had some lunch then had to get ready as I was meeting my hubby in town to finish off the Christmas shopping and maybe have some tea. So I did my hair, put on some make-up, painted my nails........stuff I very rarely do!! Thought I looked alright..although later my hubby said he hadn't noticed!

So - I did nothing really today - but is that so bad???????

Day 2 - Proud even if I do say so myself!!

Considered day 2 to be quite a good day really. Today was singled out as sorting out the smaller of the spare rooms. There was boxes from the wedding in there with all bits and pieces in them, a suitcase in there, lots of clothes that needed ironing (!) in there along with various other bits of rubbish/junk!

The door to that room has remained closed for quite some time! We would go in and get something if we needed to (like the Christmas decorations from the cupboard last week!) but otherwise the room isn't really used.

I took a deep breath before I opened the door and then cringed as I saw everything I needed to sort out - but I had to get to it!! So I set the TV in our bedroom to Radio1 and turned it up so I could hear it while I worked.......then I got to work. As I went through the wedding boxes I probably did take longer than I should have as I read each card before putting it neatly away and read through the guestbook again! I managed to put 3 boxes down to 2 then I put them away in the cupboard. I moved all of the clothes onto the official ironing pile (in the other spare room!!) but that is being worked on gradually and my husband decided we would go through it this weekend and decide which clothes we don't want anymore so I don't iron them unnecessarily...How thoughtful!

I actually impressed myself with the work I did and before I knew it it was time for some lunch. And that was all I did - came downstairs and made myself a sandwich and a cup of tea, ate and drank while watching TV then back upstairs to hoover and mop the newly cleaned room! The room sparkled as once again I was stood in the doorway admiring my work! I had got rid of 2 bags and a box full of rubbish.......which was now sitting on the landing!! So that was my next job. I cleared the rubbish from the landing and a few other bits and pieces which has just seemed to gather there and put them all in their rightful places (bin - laundry basket - Christmas present pile....) then I hoovered and mopped that floor too. (our house has wooden floors everywhere except the stairs which are carpeted - not through choice but because that was what was here when we bought the place)

I was actually shattered but that didn't stop me! By 3pm I was on the park walking the dog and by time I got home my husband was home. As he relaxed I then cooked a leek & potato soup - from scratch not from a tin!! - baked a loaf of bread (OK in the bread maker) and then cooked pie and mash for tea (not homemade pie - just a frozen one) by the time tea was done I was knackered and spent the evening writing the remaining Christmas cards so they could all be posted/given out tomorrow.

Phew - I was quite proud of myself today!

Day 1 - went well but could have done better

Yesterday was my first full day as a housewife.
Well OK - I have sat on my arse feeling sorry for myself for the past two weeks and wondering what was going to happen and stressing about various different aspects of life. But in order to make things better for myself and stop wallowing in self pity I need to get some sort of a routine and motivate myself. So Monday 14th December I decided would be the day I had to report for duty in my new career.

After walking the dog I decided to have a shower to start the day. Once out of the shower I got to work with the towels still wrapped round me. I cleaned every inch of our bathroom!!! I scrubbed and polished, dusted and cleaned everything in there including sorting out both the bathroom cabinets and throwing away those shampoo bottles with a tiny bit left in!! I then finished off with mopping the floor. I stood at the doorway admiring my work. Even if I do say so myself the room was sparkling! I can't remember the last time I had job satisfaction as I did after the bathroom. WHen my husband came home he told me he was impressed that the bathroom was spotless!! Praise from the boss and job satisfaction!

The rest of the day was spent sorting washing out, cleaning the kitchen and dining room - then I sat at the newly cleared table and wrote all our Christmas cards, and embarrassingly I also wrote all the Thankyou cards that we still have not sent out since our wedding in May this year. Yes, I am very ashamed - but now they are all written and awaiting my husband to put his pawprint on them all then they can all be stamped and put in the postbox!!

Tea was ready by the time my husband arrived home from work and then I spent the evening relaxing and watching the soaps = well that's what everyone else does after a day at work isn't it????

Why am I becoming a housewife???

In November 2009 I was taken to one side by my manager at work and told that I was being placed in consultation for redundancy. This was a huge shock to me and came completely out of the blue. After much sobbing and crying and stressing I realised due to the current situation within the UK - the recession, lack of jobs....- and the fact we wanted to start a family, I was about to become a full-time housewife.

Both my husband and I will admit that we have been lazy and housework was not high on our list of priorities in life. While we were both working full-time we didn't want to spend our time constantly cleaning, washing, ironing............we had much more fun getting out and about and enjoying our life and doing things we wanted to do. Don't get me wrong we did do cleaning etc - but only enough to get by - we never made an effort. So now my husband will be working full-time and I will be at home full-time so all these jobs are going to be my responsiblity! It's quite a scary thought to be responsible for all this in our home. And I have a hell of a lot to learn about being good as these tasks!

So here goes - my new career..............