I work full time from 9:00 to 6:00 five days a week and have been doing that for the past 13/14 years. My husband comes home in the afternoon when kids are back from school and then goes back again at 5:00. My kids are aged 10 and 15. I have never had a housemaid all my life. Had someone to do the cleaning once a week when kids were too small. I do the cleaning (properly) once a week Thursday evenings i.e when we eat from out. Fridays is cooking nice lunch for my family mostly with a full course meal and dinner from out (come on, I too need some rest). Saturday being my off day goes in planning for the whole week. Chopping vegetables for the week (as we do not enjoy food cooked and kept in the fridge) washing clothes, ironing, pampering myself etc. etc. In a way I enjoy this as time goes off very fast. But sometimes I do feel I need a break.
I work full time from 9:00 to 6:00 five days a week and have been doing that for the past 13/14 years. My husband comes home in the afternoon when kids are back from school and then goes back again at 5:00. My kids are aged 10 and 15. I have never had a housemaid all my life. Had someone to do the cleaning once a week when kids were too small. I do the cleaning (properly) once a week Thursday evenings i.e when we eat from out. Fridays is cooking nice lunch for my family mostly with a full course meal and dinner from out (come on, I too need some rest). Saturday being my off day goes in planning for the whole week. Chopping vegetables for the week (as we do not enjoy food cooked and kept in the fridge) washing clothes, ironing, pampering myself etc. etc. In a way I enjoy this as time goes off very fast. But sometimes I do feel I need a break.