"I just don't want to work"
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| Tue, 10-09-2007 - 10:06pm |
Hi all... I'm new to the board and I am curious.
I am in my mid twenties, unmarried, no children. I work in an extremely competitive field with many other women my age. Many of us are making six figures and the job is very stressful. We all have a great work ethic, but sometimes when the stress gets really bad, I'll often hear the girls (never the guys) saying things like "Arrgghh... I'm so sick of work. I just want to marry a rich man, have kids, stay home and NOT WORK."....... I was raised by two working parents (two very loving, caring hardworking parents). My mother was very successful in her career, and I feel that when I get married, I will (like my mom) continue to work and raise children at the same time (my mom was definitely "super mom" ---she did it all and was great!)...... My main question: many of the women in my work stay in the position for about 5-7 years and then leave.....the funny thing is...

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" I have canned spaghetti sauce, green beans, and gooseberry jam in my basement and frozen peaches, applesauce, blackberries, lima beans, and corn in my freezer."
Yummy!! We don't get gooseberries down here. I had never even heard of them until I was in college and have only eated them once and they were from a can and in pie form. Canning is becoming a lost art. I typically rely on my mom for home canned things, she makes more than she could ever eat (I think she forgets that she doesn't have kids to feed anymore) so i've never really had to learn. I know I should, especially after the loss of my grandmother recently. My mother is the last generation who still knows how to do this and I'd rather learn from experience than a cookbook.
What difference does that make?
My mom showed me a lot of stuff this summer. I'd like to buy a canner next spring/summer. My grandma hated for anything to go to waste and canned and froze all kinds of things-- and like your mom-- way more than she and my grandpap could have possibly eaten. Part of the reason I like preserving food is that it makes me feel close to my grandma. I can just see her snapping beans or peeling apples.
I think it is illegal to transport gooseberries in and out of a lot of states because they carry some kind of disease that can have an effect on other plants. My grandma had some at her house and my mom got some to plant at hers. They are kind of strange fruit and there's not too much you can do with them . . . I tried to make a pie once, but it didn't turn out very good.
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Edited 10/31/2007 12:28 pm ET by sehorse
Lol, uh that would be nothing. We dont even have farmers markets after september.
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Me too.
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Well, then that's your job. But MY job as SAHM is to ensure that I can STAY a SAHM and that means keeping our budget in line. But I only go out one day a week for groceries and it's typically Sunday. I've said it several times, I really don't spend as much time on it as everyone thinks. Yes, I go to two grocery stores weekly, on rare occasions I might hit a third. My list for each store is normally about 5-6 items, but I get enough of those items to last 3 months so I don't spend all that much time in each store. Then there is a co-op that I go to about 2 times a month at most, typically at lunch time so DD and I can eat off their buffet. That's pretty much it. Sometimes I'll go to the pharmacy to pick up some things if I happen to have coupons making things free there that I'll actually use (hair care products, make up, oral hygeine, etc.) but that's not a regular thing and my DH really likes going on those trips (go figure).
However, I have to go out with DD or else she'll go crazy. Even a trip to the grocery store is preferable (especially since they have free cookies) to her than staying inside, actually she quite enjoys those trips and has been known to get mad on occassion when I go without her. We go to the park often, but sometimes even that can get boring if all the other kids are staying in or doing something else (parktime seems to happen in waves and there are weeks we will go to the park and be the only ones there).
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