I’m a Housewife
Anytime we’ve been at home today, Sage has been badgering me to check The Weather Channel to see exactly when it is going to snow. For a while there, it was looking bleak, and then we finally got a snow shower. He was absolutely delighted, and gloating a bit about the kids who were in school and didn’t get to go outside in it.
I ran across this old Popular Mechanics cartoon from the 50′s today while avoiding writing surfing the internet. I wish. Only if I tried it now, the floor would probably turn into an ice rink. Living in a pier and beam house has its drawbacks in the winter.
I am quite enjoying being a housewife. I’m getting to enjoy the stuff I like anyway, like cooking and sewing. The cleaning I can take or leave. Spending the time with Sage is also just beyond awesome. I feel sad sometimes when I think how Sky never had this much of my attention. Sage is learning in leaps and bounds. It is just amazing how fast he learns when released from the confines of school. The thing that really is blowing me away is how fast he is picking up Spanish. I have him on the Homeschool Rosetta Stone program, and not only is he speaking it, but he can do the worksheets with 100 percent accuracy. He totally gets it.
I’ve had a few moments lately where I’ve felt just paralyzed–literally staring at the computer like a deer caught in the headlights. I’ve found that it’s much more difficult to write when you have to, and I get brain freeze a lot. I’m working on revitalizing one of my old sites so that I can work it from an affiliate marketing angle. That has much more money-making potential than what I’m currently doing.
I also started an Etsy shop. I had plans to really knock out some cats for the store, but I’ve made exactly one so far. The shop name is Kitty Kitty Bang Bang, and once I have my other site together, I plan to add to it.
The other site? Cash Kitties, if you want to peek. I’m not done with it yet. Yes, I have a thing about cats.
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Wow, it gets cold where you live. I know what you mean about the writing. It used to be like a privilege when I found time to do it. Now that I have to, it is much harder and not nearly as fun.
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Cash Kitties? Hehe. No Little Pink Flower, eh?
Maybe Sage has a genetic disposition for learning Spanish!
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I’m glad it’s going so well-Sage is at a perfect age to learn a language. We wait way too late to teach them! Your weather forecast doesn’t look like you are in Texas at all. Ours is similar, minus the snow.
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I’m so glad it’s going well! And I’m totally with you on the housecleaning aspect of staying home.
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It must have been great to be a futurist in the early 20th Century. Just come up with any idea that seems passably good and don’t bother to think it through.
Yeah! Everything will be waterproof! Wash it with a hose! Okay, next idea…
(I don’t want it to snow here until I reach my holiday leave and have finished my Christmas shopping…)
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What “website” are you using for Cash Kitties? I feel let down these days in terms of “blogging” if you get my drift. Your site reminds me of my old site Kitten Cult that was pure cheez, where I made up posts about cats inbetween.
I can’t wait to see the stuff at your etsy store!
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