tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014880043626797980.post370560819639713122..comments2023-11-05T02:28:08.378-08:00Comments on SINGLE Mom in a complicated world: a balancing act...Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680221201312100448noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014880043626797980.post-82500955754420093982009-06-27T15:43:57.299-07:002009-06-27T15:43:57.299-07:00When I was a single mom I experienced the same thi...When I was a single mom I experienced the same thing. One thing that really helped was a crock pot. Another thing was meal planning...I had a set menu....and then I put a different kid in front of the nightly salad. On Sunday nights I cut up all the veggies for a garden salad except tomatoes, mushrooms and lettuce and then one kid would take care of those three and take some pre cut veggies out.<br /><br />Another think I didn't do, but would have had I remained single was hire a cleaner for some of the cleaning. I had a small place and it would have only cost me about $30 to clean it. So I would have shopped that out to spend more time with the kids. I never get sick of the kids but get sick of cleaning, oh yeah.<br /><br />Movie nights...well...keep microwave popcorn in hte house rent movies...not much planning there.<br /><br />Game nights are also fun..and easy to plan<br /><br />Get the kids to help whenever possible. <br /><br />Make it all part of the family's day, working together, being together.<br /><br />Quality time is not so much doing a set activity as being together. I spend tons of time with my kids but most of it is just being there while they play and I work and we all chat. <br /><br />It's hard, I know that. But you can only do what you can so don't worry about the rest.<br /><br />BreezeCarolyn R. Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14529999558075983828noreply@blogger.com