I'm sure that you can tell where this blog title came from. It seems like no matter how many corners you cut you are always looks for more that can be shaved!
How can you save more money? You sit there and think that there HAS to be more than what you are doing that you can do to pinch a few more pennies. You are clipping coupons, shopping the sales and trying to appease everyone's requests.
What can you do to save time? Doesn't matter where you save more as long you can. Whether it be cleaning, laundry, paying bills, really just anything you can do to save some time because everything is time consuming and we all know there are other things you would always rather be doing. Like absolutely nothing!
You try to save everywhere and it seems like there is never enough "whatever it is" to go around the way you want it to. I made this pact with myself in January (dreaded resolutions) to try and make things in our lives more simple. I want to go back to the simple ways where everyone isn't always running around and to be able to sit back and enjoy. Well... things didn't exactly go as planned. Granted, I have simplified some things and they are great, but then I realized why things haven't gone exactly as planned. I was reading something the other day, a book (which we all know as moms the only time you really have to read is during your "private time" in the bathroom) and this one sentence stood out amongst everything else. I stopped. I read it again. I thought for a second. I read it yet again. I was completely dumbfounded by the statement that I read. I can't remember the exact phrasing to quote it now, but here you go... simple does not mean easy. Yes, very thought provoking. I sat there and was like "huh... that is very true." I have been trying so hard to make our life simple and it's not easy.
There is a lot of work to make the household flow. Granted, I don't have a deadbeat husband by any stretch of the imagination (i.e. he helps with laundry, does dishes, etc.) but he works nights and sleeps during the days. He doesn't work every night, nor does he sleep every day (well, he sleeps every day at some point but not always during the day) but it seems like the majority of the responsibility of making the house flow is taken on by the woman. Not that I mind because I thrive off of it and love taking care of everyone, but it's a challenge and I thrive off of those too.
We are your "normal" family. At least by today's standards. We are married, with two children (one of which is from my previous marriage so we are blended), we have a house, two cars, we both work full time, have bills, all that good "normal" stuff. We have a great relationship and are horribly in love :0) We have two girls. One who is almost four and the baby is fourteen months. Life is interesting to say the least. When he's not working at night he is working side jobs during the day in construction so he more than contributes to the household, so I have taken on the responsibility of the house.
I manage all the money, pay the bills, do the grocery shopping, cook the meals, clean the house, do the laundry, take care of all the plants, the lawn work is about 75/25 (with me being the 25), plan our budget, keep the family schedule, doctor appointments for the girls are attended by us both, maintenance of the cars, and just every little thing that comes up.
You get the point... I am the woman in the family. I shoulder it all by choice and because I think I can do it better :0) Doesn't that about sum it up? I am starting this blog with hopes that someone will read it, but if not I will never be the wiser and will keep on writing. I hope to put my trials and tribulations of making our life simple AND easy! I strive on being the best mom and wife possible and this is my story.
Next... meet the family.
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