tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post7915068651247151054..comments2024-01-21T21:41:49.449+11:00Comments on Foxs Lane: The Happy Homemaker.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234467488696653117noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-18794132354000099192009-10-22T14:21:49.726+11:002009-10-22T14:21:49.726+11:00I waver between the guilts because I don't get...I waver between the guilts because I don't get enough housey stuff done, and irritation that I do too much. I suspect neither is fair! I also get rankled because doing traditional gender specific jobs doesn't sit well with me, until I remember to remind myself that I've chosen to do this for now and that's very OK! Though I did the mowing the other day while my husband looked after the little one - that felt good ;-)dillpicklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167045189440606367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-23553100781389016192009-10-21T16:54:09.219+11:002009-10-21T16:54:09.219+11:00I think it's fantastic that you have the conve...I think it's fantastic that you have the conversation. And you know what? I also think it's great you have it every year. Things might change along the way and if you keep coming back to the conversation no-one will take each other and your roles for granted.<br /><br />That tea party looks lovely.Cathy {tinniegirl}https://www.blogger.com/profile/08186441308733450681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-68221239586388064332009-10-21T09:55:31.664+11:002009-10-21T09:55:31.664+11:00I know it's all been said in the previous comm...I know it's all been said in the previous comments, but I have to say I feel the same sometimes too. What is it with Mums and guilt? Let's face it, we know we shouldn't feel it, when you look at how much time is devoted to other people and not to ourselves. But it just hangs in there, that nagging, nibbling sense of guilt. <br /><br />Hope you enjoy hanging out with your little one today!<br />xoKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330710901734830451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-64411142655510602672009-10-20T17:20:39.291+11:002009-10-20T17:20:39.291+11:00At first when I saw the tea party plate I thought ...At first when I saw the tea party plate I thought that was the lunch you made and I couldn't work out what they would be eating. Then I realised Pepper had made it for you. Lucky you!WriterBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628264091204856514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-67781427210488751302009-10-20T16:59:34.561+11:002009-10-20T16:59:34.561+11:00I love your second last pic with the kids playing ...I love your second last pic with the kids playing on the trampoline in the background - great photo!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881965816018645999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-29361138685491681752009-10-20T15:33:48.298+11:002009-10-20T15:33:48.298+11:00oh what a lovely tea party you attended! beautiful...oh what a lovely tea party you attended! beautiful job it is, but we both know how hard it can get.<br />i think females have it inbuilt to feel guilty about things whereas men...don't care, they don't even know why we feel the slightest bit of guilt. as long as everyone is contributing to building a happy, loving family then it's all ok!<br />you are doing a fabulous job ♥Cathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907149329120730070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-72167075437449399772009-10-20T15:04:43.329+11:002009-10-20T15:04:43.329+11:00It sound like the perfect arrangement. If man nee...It sound like the perfect arrangement. If man needs feeding and he is just to dam buggered to do it him self...then you have to look after him. I do the same, mum did the same and nanna did it before her. Its a part of keeping all the balls in the air!!Leonie Guldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787448815326799495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-64590459932353079782009-10-20T14:51:42.588+11:002009-10-20T14:51:42.588+11:00It is a teamwork thing - I agree.
The way I see it...It is a teamwork thing - I agree.<br />The way I see it he works in the office and I work in the home - different roles and it has, a little unexpectedly, happeed to have fallen along traditional gender lines for us too.<br />I think each of you are doing important work and the importance of rearing a future generation of well-rounded and balanced people should never be underestimated.<br />Hooray for you both!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593818335616365129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-89002459099500967962009-10-20T13:56:13.969+11:002009-10-20T13:56:13.969+11:00Hope you had a lovely tea party! Very cute!
How gr...Hope you had a lovely tea party! Very cute!<br />How great for the guys to come in and have yummy food ready for them. Sounds like you guys are doing a really good job :)<br /><br />Here, we consider ourselves a team. He does his bit, working bloody hard in the mine, and I do my bit, home with the kids and managing the house. Each of us is just as important as the other. Because he can't do his job, providing for the family, if I'm not doing mine and vice verser. No guilt, just hard work. Unless I blow the fabric budget, then I feel bad lol!Bianca Jae Makes Stuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06335790203345753096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-46958037317629337152009-10-20T12:18:56.118+11:002009-10-20T12:18:56.118+11:00I'm home from work today because Ella's go...I'm home from work today because Ella's got gastro.<br />If she's still home tomorrow, Dan will stay with her because I have stuff on at work I can't get out of.<br />We (all of us) juggle best we can, especially while our kids are little.<br />No need for the guilts.<br />But I guess if the guilts are there, you are doing the best thing by talking it over with Bren.<br />Aaaah. That's better.<br />Andi :-)<br /><br />PS Feel free to send some of those cookies my way. My waistline says 'no' but every other fibre of my being says 'Hell, yes!!'Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494036247908661426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-52117198957198558002009-10-20T11:36:05.767+11:002009-10-20T11:36:05.767+11:00I think it's not so much about traditional gen...I think it's not so much about traditional gender roles, but who is where and doing what at the time. When I was working from hom, I cooked dinner every night and did the household chores. bit now the mister is on leave, he is doing the fair whack of work around the house and still driving me to work in the mornings!<br /><br />And I think it is a woman's natyure to feel guilt. I have spoken to a lot of women about it, and I don't know why it is, but we are really very good at feeling guilt and making sacrifices. it's like it's in our genes or something.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054854689952896339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-43070010640179671532009-10-20T10:58:40.385+11:002009-10-20T10:58:40.385+11:00Yep...I feel the guilt too, Scott goes out laborin...Yep...I feel the guilt too, Scott goes out laboring in the Army field all day. But our work is hard too just in a different way!! And we never stop....<br /><br />Love the pictures, those cookies look yummy and the pigtails oh my adorable!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09759009080288771347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-66720357179667148432009-10-20T10:50:54.994+11:002009-10-20T10:50:54.994+11:00Yes I know all about the guilts too, as Paul is us...Yes I know all about the guilts too, as Paul is usually exhausted when he gets home from work too. He is a plasterer so some days are quite tiring. I bet your hubby feels like that most of the time, but parenting is exhausting too but in a different way, mentally I think. Those cookies look so nice and the tea party sounds like fun, havent been to one in a little while now, lol!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893692345113831018noreply@blogger.com