JFF- You Know Your a SAHM When....

I know I'm a SAHM when all my "working" mom friends feel it's perfectly fine to drop their kid(s) off for an unscheduled "play-date" so they can go get their hair or nails done because they need a break from the kid(s).

You know you are a SAHM when you pack up the kiddos and go to Target just to have another adult to talk to. ;) (Many of the workers know me by name now...lol)

ROFL... I'm not 'awake' until I put on my war paint!!! I wear makeup every day, but I have the convienent excuse that my makeup has my sunscreen in it. We will now completely ignore both that Seattle has almost no sun to speak of, and that my eyelashes hardly qualify as needing sunblock. Shhhhh.....

Know you're a SAHM when...

(This is a quote; but it's one of my favorites)

- Going to the store by yourself feels like vacation, and going on vacation feels like work!

-if you've ever paid the mortgage with the home equity account

-you know your husband's SSN better then your own

-when it takes 3 or 4 fingers before you realize you're filing your nails with a popsicle stick

-you've had to decide which of three piles of throw up to clean up first

-can't remember whether you fed the dogs and got the kids a drink, or fed the kids and got the dogs a drink

-if going through the Drive Thru is a BIG DEAL

-when lip color, eye liner, crayons, and colored pencils are interchangeable and kept in the same box

-when you drink wine out of a blue plastic cup with toothpaste stains

-if the crusts off someone else's sandwich is your usual breakfast

-if you are on MMP on nights and weekends too

-when the word MOM starts sounding like a Four Letter Word

-if you'd rather grab a fork out of the sink and wipe it on your pants than use a clean one you'll have to wash again anyway

-when your bedsheets have been used as tents and your pots and pans and musical instruments

-if you've used pink shampoo with sparkles in it

-when you have bleach spots on 90% or more of your clothes

-when strangers in the grocery store pull stickers off your back

-if one DAY seems longer when you're in it, then one YEAR does when it's over

:)

I have to agree with Schnauzers, you know you are a stay at home when you consider it acceptable to drop off your kids in your PJs. Though I did put my hair up in a pony tail. :p

Not sure if this is stay at home or just mom, but you pick up said carpool after your water breaks and rush them along saying I need to get to the hospital. Okay even that one shocked a few of my friends. Especially the one I asked to direct the kids to my car cause I was sitting on towels.

Ahh good times

My gals and I have "girl's night" every Thursday, we rotate houses and get together to gossip, eat and have some drinks. The girls who work outside of the home always come in yoga pants, no makeup, hair thrown in a bun, flip flops and sometimes no bra. They are exhausted from being dressed up at work all week and just want to relax. The stay at home moms and moms that work from home show up in full makeup and dressed up because this is the ONE TIME a week that they escape their yoga pant/makeup-less existence and join the outside world. LOL!

You drive your kids to the bus stop, let them get on the bus, then drive home and go back to sleep.

(I actually bought four more pairs of my favorite lounge pants a week after I bought the first pair so I could have a pair for every day of the week because I remember being right where you were five years ago.)

You know you are a SAHM when your lounge clothes outnumber your "going out" clothes.

Jeans/Slacks. 5 pairs.
Pajama/sweat/lounge/yoga pants. 9 pairs.

Nice shirts, fit to be seen in public with? 5
Stained/painted on/holey sleep shirts? 10

D=

When you can't stand to wear a bra for more than a few hours. Really, how did I ever work a 12 hour shift in that thing?

You hesitate to cut your hair because it looks good in a ponytail, and let's face it, that's all I basically wear anymore.

You do things for adults that you do for your children. For example, my mom and I were leaving a store. As we stepped out there was a car coming. She kept walking, so I grabbed her arm to stop her. Which was fine, what wasn't fine was that I continued to hold her arm, like she was going to dart out at any moment. Total mom move.
I also went to lunch with another mom who, picked up my tray, got my silverware and cup and went to carry it for me. Just like she does her kids.

When you find your self singing childrens tunes.

All of your stories revolve around the kids. Because, seriously, what else do we have to talk about? That's all we do all damn day!

when you drop your child off at the elementary school in your pajamas and no make-up with bed hair. :)

Every morning you dip a Qtip in eye makeup remover, sweep it underneath your eyes, and the Qtip remain clean. EVERY morning its confirmed--those are just permanent dark circles....

You think a $4 Happy meal at McDonalds is a pretty darn good deal because it allows you 30mins of "free time" to check your email.

The only parties you attend involve petting zoos, puppeteers & adults dressed in cheap wigs and ill-fitting Princess costumes.

This is funny, thanks for the laugh.
I know, me too.

Oh, so once my daughter told me- "Mommy, you wear the same shorts everyday..." And I told her "Oh! Didn't you know... I have FIVE pairs of this same shorts!" It was so funny!

Oh, another thing for you know you're a SAHM when.... is- when EVERYONE in the house... thinks that cooking and food just appears magically from thin air! Meaning, if you (the SAHM) is not home... everyone just sits there, HUNGRY, but not even cooking themselves (ie: the Husband). For instance, I went out one evening. My Husband saw no problem with it... I TOLD him "Johnny still has homework and Sally... and I didn't do dinner yet... you sure? I am gonna go out, run some errands, cruise around at the mall..." He said no problem, women with 5 kids have it hard, not me and he didn't know what the big deal was.
So, I left the house. I had had a hard day and needed to get out of the house.
... well, so within 1 hour, Hubby calls me TWICE... why? Because, there was no dinner! And he was going crazy with the kids doing homework, and... did not know what to cook. I come home at like 8:00pm... and dinner is STILL not made! NOTHING. The kids didn't even eat yet!

Ask me, if I was irritated?

**Adding this: So yah, and then... the kids are supposed to be in bed, already at 8:00. They weren't. PLUS, they didn't even take a shower yet! Hubby, did not do the routines nor dinner. So, once I came home... I am RUSHING around, all irked, doing it ALL. And Hubby telling me "What are you rushing around so much for?"
DUH.
Oh and the kids telling me they are HUNGRY.

When you dont have enough energy to put makeup on, wear "real" clothes (unless I'm going somewhere), and the fact that my son (2) will break into the bathroom while I am using it, to ask me what I am doing. Every. Single. Time.

The fact that I absolutely HATE wearing a bra. I only wear one outside of the house, or if company is coming over. Hate, hate, that booby zoo!

When my son goes down for a nap, I do a small happy dance. Just a small one because goodness I do not want to wake him.

During the night, if he makes a noise or a cry, my "Mommy senses" go off and I am pleading silently to myself that he goes back to sleep.

And when my son shuts a door, I know immediately that he is up to no good!

There are probably so many more :p

Hubby is a SAHD Mon-Thurs and works Fri-Sun...so I'll answer what I think HE would put:

-You notice all the dirty spots, sticky spots and food on the counters and table...at any time of day! He'll often tell me I didn't get all the mess up from the island even though I wiped it down!

-You use the steam cleaner on the carpets almost as much as the regular vacuum.

-Your idea of a break is getting outside to mow/weed eat once the wifey gets home

When you realize that your work at home IS work and on a day like today, a Friday, when you KNOW you'll be hoppin' all weekend, you decide to blow everything off for the morning while the kids are at school.

Otherwise, there will be no 'me time'!

(Ditto McMama's going outside to work as a 'break'... I am going to milk "I need to go outside and scrape" (the house, old paint) until the weather turns. Rainy winter here is going to feel LONG...)

..... my whole closet is now nothing but t-shirts and jeans!! It used to be dress slacks, blouses and suits!!

..... I'm still in my pj's when my husband comes home at 5:00 because I've been taking care of my babies all day - playing, feeding, etc.

.... the highlight of my day was getting my laundry all done PLUS getting the stain out of my kids' shirt!!

... I volunteer to run to the hardware store for a thing-a-ma-jig just to get out of the house for a few minutes and pray the guys there will know what I'm talking about!!!!

.... you start counting out your change at the store and sound like Count Dracula from Sesame Street!!

Great question!!!

Wait...you really have to wash them EVERY day??? :)

Okay so for me, when three hours has gone by and I have replied to four Mamapedia questions, checked my Facebook, left three messages for my other friends that are home, checked email four times, danced a little bit to the music in the background and managed to clean the bathrooms, do some laundry and tidy up somewhere in between there.

These are great.

...when your nice heels are collecting dust and you only wear flip flops...and you now have enough different styles to go with any casual thing you are wearing...when you don't wear your contacts because glasses are easier and you can see better. =)

I love the post of going grocery shopping is a vacation and vice versa...it's strange going to the store without the kids! The peace and quiet. A couple months ago we got a babysitter and went to dinner. We heard kids being kids in the background and were happy it wasn't us for a change...lol

One more thing, I can't get My Little Pony or Phineas and Ferb songs out of my head!!!!! =)

When it's dinner time and you realize you are still in your pajamas and still have bed head, because you didn't have time to shower let alone look in the mirror. (Used to happen to me all the time when the kids were little.)

You have to remind yourself to put clean clothes on and brush your hair before leaving the house!

Oh, and I second your Yoga pants comment. I only wear my good pants to the store and whatnot since I know they'll get food on them. So during the week it's comfy pj pants. :)

And.. You actually daydream about working just to have an adult to talk to! lol

When you go to the grocery store between the hours of 5p and 7p, and the "clippity-clop" of high heels interrupts your ability to count your coupons (your flipflops don't make ANY noise!)

my goodness, I so dug my favorite yoga pants out of the dryer yesterday too. Even went to the gym late to do it and was willing to wear them slightly wet.

...Monday morning, when all the kids go back to school, is your favorite time of the week. September (or August)? When the kids go back to school after a long summer holiday? Well, that's just like Christmas, isn't it?