My house,my home

Today was THE best! My family stayed home with me and cleaned the house! OK, so it wasn't voluntary. I announced this morning that there would be no TV, no computer time, no reading and no mowing the lawn until the entire house was cleaned. I work outside the home now and sad to say, it shows. I leave for work before Jason and Caroline leave for school. This means that poor Caroline sometimes has to do her own hair. Although I finish my job at 11:15, most days J and C's school need me to monitor the playground during lunch recess. The extra money is nice, but by the time I finish there at 1:15, it's grab lunch, rotate laundry, check and answer emails, then do the carpool for the high school bunch. At least I only have carpool 3 days a week. When the kids and I get home, it's homework,get dinner going, and rotate laundry again. I've also been so tired for quite awhile now. I went to the doctor and they ran some blood work on me. I still have to go back and see if it showed anything. I'm also scheduled to visit a clinic for a sleep study on Dec. 12th. I wake up on average about 8 to 10 times a night. I don't know WHAT is up with me! So anyhow, just about everyone pitched in and the house looks great! Scott even scrubbed our shower! What a guy! The house isn't QUITE the way I want it. Don't get me wrong. I am a strong supporter of Prop. 8 and I'm glad that Scott is so involved. This issue is more important than the presidential election. If we don't like the President, the longest we have to suffer is 8 years. However, if prop. 8 doesn't pass, the damage will be permanent. On the downside, and I'm being petty here, all of the prop. 8 stuff has taken over my living room. I'm hoping that THIS is the reason we are here and that WHEN prop. 8 passes, we can finally go back home. It's no secret I miss New Hampshire. I miss the seasons, our friends and our favorite restaurants. But I also miss my slower pace of life. My kids were involved in various activities there, but it wasn't the rat race that it is here. I was ABLE to stay home and take care of it and my family. I guess I'm what they call a throwback. I don't need a career to be fulfilled. I loved staying home and making it one. I loved being available to my husband and kids at a moments notice. I loved having hot cocoa and cinnamon & sugar biscuits waiting for my kids when they got home from school in the fall and winter months. I loved cleaning my house and planning meals and inviting friends over for dinner and get togethers often. I loved going to bed at night and not stressing about all the STUFF I had to do the next day. Because I didn't have to do STUFF. I just had to take care of my family. How's that for a whine-fest? No really, today WAS a good day! I need to focus on the joy right? I have my family and a great ward family. For these I am truly thankful. Even if I am in California.