OK mamas, I am the first to admit that I am NOT trying to be supermom, or incredi-wife or whatever... I do not cook, I clean on my own terms [ie - not as often as I might have you believe I do!], laundry is NOT a priority in my day, and more often than not the clean dishes remain in the dishwasher [we pluck from there when we need them... ]

I'm not particularly proud of the fact that I'm not juggling all of the household balls that say, our mothers did... but I AM perfectly content with the ways things are in my home.

So there - I spilled the beans - please post up and admit those things which you have 'let go of' in order to remain a SANE WAHM

LOL Tina, I'm so with you there. My dishwasher only gets unloaded when I need to reload it! As for the washing, I've managed quiet surprisingly with 2 young girls to get it down to one load a day. I don't care what our Energy bosses say about dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers being luxury items....in my house they're certainly not. Cleaning I also do as much as reasonable in a day but as it doesn't pay the bills if the work is busy then that takes priority!

The only thing I "outsource" is the garden to a service who comes every two weeks and cuts the grass and weeds the beds.

OK Tess. I think you and I would get along just fine. I do cook though. I make my older kids do dishes, I've always hated doing dishes and have had to do them since I was a kid, so hey, it won't kill them. Vacuuming is something I do when I can actually SEE the stuff on the floor and the dusting only gets done monthly. Other than that I pretty much manage to keep up with it other than occasionally I do get behind on laundry. And when that happens it takes some time to get caught up with 3 kids. So you are so definitely not alone.

I'm a sicko. I LOVE to cook and clean. But I admit, with business, kids, church activities, etc., I cut lots of corners on both these days.

I love trying out new recipes, but there just isn't much time for that. So, I might spend a lot of time making a fancy dessert, but you can bet that dessert will follow a three-minute meal that consists of hot dogs and instant mashed potatoes. Ha! Luckily one of my clients is a community newspaper with a food page. Every time I try a new recipe and it goes over well with the family, I take a picture and write up a review for the paper. I figure I can justify the time I spent if it's a hit AND I get paid for it in the end.

Cleaning...the kids are obsessed with the vacuum (it's dirty and makes a big noise, a virtual little boy magnet!), so I do that regularly. And my toddler likes to "help" with laundry. But dusting? That pretty much only happens twice a year, after pollen season is through and everything's covered with a visible layer of yellowy-green grit, and when/if we're expecting houseguests.

Boy, am I glad THIS group isn't indexed!!!