I know EXACTLY how you feel! When I was pregnant with my first we decided I would stay home with the kids. We knew my last day of work would be the day I had the baby (and it was). But up til then, I didn't look at it as merely quitting my job, but starting a new one.

I can't say I'm an expert at it, but it's been 9 years next month and I still love it. Every day is something new. Once my kids started school everything started to have more routine to it. And now that there are 4 kids, I try to do grocery shopping and errands when the older two are in school (mine are almost nine, almost 7, 3 1/2 and 4 months). Oh dear, school is out in 7 weeks, then it will be Walmart with all four of them! Yikes!! LOL! No, it isn't that bad. My oldest two are girls and are really big helps with the boys.

One thing I have tried to do is to do certain things on certain days. Vacuum on Monday (or more if needed). Groceries and errands on Thursday (and a quick trip for milk and bread on Sunday after church). Bills and checkbook on Friday. Mine works better on paper than in real life, since I do still have a REAL job (my husband and I run our farm together, so I'm kinda on call at all times incase he needs parts or food or help moving a tractor to a different field). But as the kids get older, the chaos that is my home and life has an order to it (ordered chaos! LOL!). As the calender fills up with all their activities, I get better at planning. LOL!

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