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    SweetheartDealer    August 7, 2010   LA/ Wedding in Sonoma, CA

    Hi Bees! Today was kind of a nutso day for me at work, and then my car battery went out. I went immediately from work to Pep Boys and got a new battery. It was $110 to put a new one in, which isn't that expensive, but when you're MAJORLY broke, that stings! So, I was gone from 7:30 AM to 8 PM today...Plus, we just moved into a new house and I feel like I've still got a million and one things to do. Then, I worked on finding caterers and cooked dinner and did the dishes and... sigh!! I called my mom tonight and basically told her I don't know how she does it! I'm 25, live with my fiance and work full-time. I can't IMAGINE having kids on top of this. I definitely want kids but sometimes I wonder, will I be able to handle it? Life is so so so so so so busy now.. how do all you ladies with children handle it?! Does being so busy ever stop? And how do you handle it all when you have kids running around, in addition to bills to pay, mouths to feed, husbands to take care of?

    Sorry this is a weird rant, I am just wondering if time management skills get better as you age or if I'm just running on a few frazzled wires! :) Hope you all had a more calm day than I did!

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    ((HUGS)) it comes as second nature i promise.. oddly enough the more i have to do the more i am able to accomplish, when i have very little to do, barely anything gets done.

     
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    SweetheartDealer    August 7, 2010   LA/ Wedding in Sonoma, CA

    crebre, that's what I'm hoping!!  I want kids so bad but days like this, I think, DAMN! There's not enough time in the day!! Hopefully I could work pt...

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    @sweetheartdealer: i promise you won't even remember... i feel sooo lonely when they aren't around lol.. i'm so lame now somewhere in the last decade i became martha stewart's black counterpart (except for the cleaning part, i still have to work on that)

     
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    josephine1711    October 22, 2010   Hilbert

    I am a 26 year old mom of a 6 1/2 yr old little boy and a full time nights worker and I take care of the house and our 3 animals lol....Let me tell ya it is hard work but.....your priorities will change with out you even knowing it. And you cant fit kids into your life...your life fits around them :) I LOVE BEING MAMA :) He was an oops but I would never change anything  LOVES HIM!!!!

     
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    CurlyDreamer    patiently waiting   Bay Area

    I have two kids (11 and 4) and work a full-time job that sometimes requires weekend work or late nights. For me, I look at everything I have to do as stuff that just has to be done, so I always find a way to make it happen.

    I am more organized than I ever was before I became a mom, and more efficient with my time. It is a learning process and it's not easy at first, but you will learn how to manage and you will have your H there to help you.

     
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    eeniebeans    October 9, 2010   Baltimore

    I think time management does get better as you get older, and particularly when you have kids.  And you realize that some things you used to obsess over just aren't that important anymore.  Reading bedtime stories is more important than folding laundry- it will still be there tomorrow.

     
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    IA_Snowflake    August 29, 2009   Missouri Valley, IA

    Trust me, you just make it.  Between my full time job, my two daughter and part time stepsons, you just do what you have to do.  I did all that plus the wedding planning.  Days like this suck, but there are others that you wouldn't trade for anything.

     
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    MissyE    March 15, 2011   IL

    Thats what naps and bedtimes are for!!! LOL!!! You learn how do things a lot quicker. I work full time have a 3yr old son and FI (and a roomate) to take care of. It can get overwhelmming if you let it but just get things done when they need to be done don't let things pile up.Like laundry, it easier and faster to do one or two loads every few days as opposed to 10 loads all in one day which will take hours and you'll be exhausted! but kids are great!and their smiles will remind you that its worth it! : ) 

     

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