Your Happy Home
Posted by Kim Murphy on 21 Aug 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Life After School, Meet the Mailbox®
This is a photo of my cat, Newton. She is my baby. (She would like you folks to know that the camera adds ten pounds and the photo was taken at an unflattering angle.) For the years when teaching was my profession, I would leave school and come home to Newton. In other words, my home life was pretty mellow. (I was working on my goal of becoming a crazy cat lady.) However, many of you are with little ones all day and then come home to your own little ones. I’ve long thought that these are the people who should be up for sainthood. Do you have youngsters at home? Do you find it particularly challenging to be with youngsters during the day and the evening? Or perhaps you have a home filled with cats (or dogs). Send me a message and tell me about your home life.
Congratulations to Theresa F. from Glendale, Arizona. She is the winner of a copy of the K-1 Organize Now, May, book.
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I teach preschool 5 days a week. This is my 20th year teaching. At first I was working all day and coming home to my husband and 2 sons. On weekends we also had my stepchildren. We also had a dog and for a while a iguana. Now the kids are all grown and we have 7 grandkids and a dog. Teaching is a very demanding job whether you have children or our a empty nester like me. I think in part because no matter what there is always something more you can do for the kids to make the classroom a better place or something more you can do for your family. I have started carving out me time by taking a knitting class. Its 3 hours a week thats just for me and then at home I have a project always going for class. It ensrues I slow down and take care of me for a bit everyday.
Kim,
I love your article and picture of your cat. I too, love cats. We have two, an 11 year old calico and 4 month kitten. Our daughter is in first grade. I direct an early childhood program three days a week. Even though I work part-time, I sometimes put in full-time hours, especially at the start of a new school year. I love children but there are times when I just want five minutes alone at home or work for that matter. My husband and I decided to enroll our daughter in an after-school program two days per week this year. This is allowing me to complete administrative work, do some planning, and have some quiet work time to myself in the afternoons. Our daughter loves the after-school program and we love the price, snack, homework help, outdoor/indoor free-play, etc. This arrangement has saved my sanity this year! Instead of being around children 24/7, I now have a few hours to work in peace and quiet.