SAHM

Hello.  My name is JoAnna and I'm a stay-at-home mom.

That is what I do.  That is what I am.

I'm lucky if I fit a shower in my day.  I usually wear sweats.  If I need to look presentable, I throw on my "best" (and only) jeans.  My make-up is mostly rubbed off by dinner.  My glasses are crooked.  And I don't have time to care.

I spend most days going going going and then 4:00pm rolls around and I wonder what the heck I accomplished all day.  And then I keep going going going until about 8 or 9pm when I get to fall into bed with my laptop for some delicious "me-time."  My "me-time" is spent budgeting our money, paying bills, organizing the calendar, planning meals and grocery lists, shopping for the kids clothes/shoes/accessories/outerwear/presents, preparing for Family Home Evening, and/or catching up on email and blog-surfing.  (Yes, my "me-time" mostly has to do with taking care of the family and running the household, but at least I get to do it while I'm laying down watching TV.)  And I always stay up way too late doing all of this.  Which makes getting up 2-3 (sometimes 6-7) times a night with various children particularly painful.

I wake up to a child who needs me bright and early (but not as early as Dave, fortunately) and it all begins again.

I do laundry and dishes constantly.  My to-do list is never-ending.  I spend more energy than I have trying to teach the kids this and that and that and this.  And guess what.

I love it.

There is {nothing else} that I would rather be doing.

So I proudly announce to everyone I meet, "My name is JoAnna and I'm a S-A-H-M."