Cutting out the pieces
Adam and Grandpa Jay
Adam, Beau, and Carly
Carving pumpkins the night before Halloween.
This gets me to my other part that I've wanted to blog about lately. I guess the reason why I'm so proud of doing this, besides seeing the end product and knowing that I made it, is actually because of someone that I used to work with. This person made it clear that they thought that a career woman was better than a stay-at-home mom. Which is great if she feels that way, but she started to make fun of my sister, in front of me! I think that I get protective of my family members when it comes to things like that. But I worked with my husband and my sister's husband, Ben. Our desks were all less than about 30 feet from each other, though we were in different departments. My sister Meg, would bring in home baked goodies for Ben all the time and he would come to my office and offer some to myself and the two people that worked in there with me. This one person jokingly called Meg Betty Crocker. We all kind of laughed and I said yeah because she's a good cook. But they kept going on and on over a matter of weeks, and it became apparent that this person was not being nice. The joke got pretty old. They found out that I was going to stay home with Adam and asked quite snidely if I was going to become Betty Crocker like my sister and just cook all day. I told them I would love to learn to cook that well. They shut up about it after that. These things that I have been able to do since I had Adam, (canning, sewing, cooking better meals) of course aren't manditory for a housewife, but it's something that I have learned to enjoy and it brings satisfaction to my life. It just bothers me when someone tries to put me in a category that they think is below them. I can put myself in any category that I want, but I hate when others try to. Sounds childish, but I'm just that way. I'm happy with what I'm doing and I don't have to make 6 figures to show it. Instead I'll spend my days changing diapers and laundry, cooking and cleaning. I'm perfectly fine with that.
7 comments:
You go Jess! I think the greatest job in the world is a stay at home Mom! It is the job that some day I hope I will be able to have! You are an awesome Mommy and Adam is so blessed to have you and Matt as parents! And he was the cutest little skunk in the entire world! Good job on the costume!
You did an amazing job, he looked really cute. It sounds like you had a great halloween.
I love the skunk costume. I agree being a stay at home mom is what some people enjoy and don't need to work outside the home to be satisfied in life. I love staying home too. Thanks for sticking up for us that do!
Adam's skunk costume was AWESOME! You and Melissa both did such an amazing job!
We have the greatest, most important "occupation" in the world. I can't imagine anyone having more satisfaction at the end of the day than a mom. There have been times in our married life that Brandon actually had a full time job and two part time jobs to ensure I was able to be home doing the job I needed to be doing. All this AND he was going to school part time! That's how important my "job" is to him as well! MOMS ROCK!!!
Go Jess! You did a very good job with the skunk costume. The stay-at-home debate has always been a taboo topic for some people. I think it's great that you can state how you feel. I've always had mixed feelings about it because of my own mom. She stayed at home when we were younger and then started work when we started going to school. When McKinley was born she got very sick and had to work at least part time so that our family could have insurance because she wouldn't have been able to qualify under other insurance programs because her illness was now considered a "pre-existing condition". She always felt others were judging her for working while McKinley was young, but she found a way to make it work. I wish people (like your old co-workers) wouldn't assume they know the situation that people are in, and the beliefs that some people have with this issue, and then judge a person based on assumptions. It's very ignorant! Way to stand up for what you believe in.
I'm not a mom yet, but I totally agree!!!
k! i'm suckin it up at this blogging thing. i'm a great myspacer haha but i can't find any cute layouts or how to add friends! help? thanks.=]
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