It seems to me that many of the women around here who "stay at home" actually spend a lot of time out shopping and having coffee! [Big Grin]

I have been a stay-at-home in the distant past, would love to be now but can't afford to. What I think I miss about not being home is the "do nothing time" with my 2 yr old daughter - time to read with her, veg around, paint or draw, take a nap. I know we would both like some days when we didn't have to get up and be out of the door so early.

In my stay at home days I used to have one day a week dedicated to cleaning - that worked for me.