tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179Sat, 14 Sep 2024 03:58:17 +0000***************************************************************** The joys of motherhood are never fully experienced until the children are in bed. -Author Unknownhttp://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Krystal)Blogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-4075856200817456243Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:15:00 +00002011-08-24T11:15:36.490-04:00I know it sound silly but sitting down and writing out a schedule can benefit you big time. Before I wrote down my daily schedule, I felt like I wasn't getting anything accomplished. Since I now follow a routine my house is always tidy and neat even though I have a 2 year old and a 2 year old daycare child here! It may take a little time but do what works for you! Trust me it will help!http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/make-best-use-of-your-time-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-868534008041191242Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:31:00 +00002011-08-24T09:31:23.674-04:00 I honestly HATE when we lose power, especially at night. Night time for me is my relaxation time. It's when I can finally sit down on the couch and watch some TV or sit at my desk on my computer. I had lots of ideas fr articles to post but couldn't last night as our internet was out. We had power but the TV was cutting in and out and not worth watching. I took advantage of this and cuddled up http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-hate-when-power-goes-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-6254606502645210707Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:09:00 +00002011-08-23T13:09:10.091-04:00Today has not going as planned. It seems like overnight my 2 year old learned attitude. Everything is attitude attitude attitude. Today is one of my crazy days. These are days where I am just frustrated and need a break. It's one of those, I can't wait until bedtime kind of days. Everyone has these days. Don't feel guilty about feeling this way about your kids. It happens. My plans today were http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/todays-goals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-1078204297905364727Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:46:00 +00002011-08-22T20:46:22.864-04:00Are you feeling overwhelmed with keeping up with your housework? I know the feeling. It feels like your house is never clean and you feel disorganized and chaotic. Recently, I have made several changes to improve my lifestyle and the living environment for my family. I was never really good at cleaning in fact, I loathed it until a couple months ago. I found out the reason is because I had no http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-spend-less-time-on-housework.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-4281401900030447274Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:56:00 +00002011-08-22T19:56:56.291-04:00I have been wanting to expand my daughter's book collection for a while now and I did some looking online for new books. Brand new books can get expensive especially if you are looking to expand your child's library. Used children's books however are all over the internet, you just need to know where to look and what to look for on how to find them. My first thought for used books was Amazon.comhttp://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-get-book-for-cheap-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-5451422588436218907Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:02:00 +00002011-08-22T17:02:11.806-04:00This morning as I started my routine of cleaning and tidying up as my toddler played, I noticed that our "book setup" just was not working anymore. We have been storing them in a large basket under a little decorative table. This worked for a while but now that she has more books than reasonably fit in the basket. The kids were having trouble getting the books in and out because it was stuffed http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/books-are-taking-over-my-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-1115573091640240386Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:24:00 +00002011-08-21T19:24:34.478-04:00Last week as a got my house in "daycare mode" I looked online to find some contract forms and information and daily schedules and just general daycare tips and ideas. The one thing I could not find is a good sample list of daycare rules. After a failed attempt to find a suitable list of rules I decided to make my own. Here is what I came up with. 1. Be Kind 2. Follow Directions Quickly 3. Use http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-daycarehouse-rules.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-2251894300034012351Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:56:00 +00002011-08-21T13:56:36.180-04:00Most house chores don't bother me but I really hate washing dishes. The dish soap dries out my hands, it's very time consuming and my shirt always gets wet! What really irks me is we have had a perfectly good and working dishwasher in our garage ALL summer that I have been waiting for the person (my biological dad) to come and install it like he said he would. I have not heard from him since http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-normally-dont-mind-chores.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-7990056701983431099Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:45:00 +00002011-08-21T13:45:17.791-04:00Part of being a stay at home mom is there is always something to be done when kids are around. I was hoping to have a relaxing day and just putter around the house, however, I have a mental list of all the things that need to be done. As a mom the work is never done. Don't get me wrong, this is what I wanted. I wanted to be super mom and stay at home with our baby. I love it but sometimes it getshttp://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/relaxing-sunday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778216745270596179.post-1957841934844012012Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:39:00 +00002011-08-21T13:39:56.796-04:00I have been wanting to start a blog about my day to day life as a stay at home mom. Now, I'm finally making the time. Everyday my 2 year old takes a nap at 1pm. Lately, this has just turned into quiet time. It's getting harder and harder to get her to actually sleep during naptime. Many days I have to go in her room and "reset" her and start naptime over because she gets disctracted playing with http://stayathomemomanddadsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/whew-finally-some-quiet-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Krystal)0