[flickr id=”7665964374″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]I became an official SAHM right after my hysterectomy almost 6 years ago. That’s 9 months after Kennedy was born, 6 months before her CF diagnosis.  6 years.

These days I’ve become more WAHM than SAHM…not that I’m raking in the dough, but between my writing and all of the activities and opportunities this blog is drawing in for me – I’m always doing something (even when that something involves sitting on my arse and typing away at the computer for hours on end).

The problem I’ve had since I became a SAHM is that there’s always been someone under foot.  I adore my kids, I love my husband – but I have trouble focusing and getting anything done when there’s people under foot.

Basically what I’m trying to say is my house was a clusterf***-aw, you know – of clutter.  We are pack rats, and we have a small house.  That equates to more clutter than I care to share.  Usually about once or twice a year I do a massive overhaul and things are gorgeous for a while…but then real life climbs in and it’s a pit again.

These days things are running a bit more smoothly.

Three kids – all of them in all day school.

From 8-2:30 I am unimpeded.

I’m still adjusting to the schedule and figuring out how to plan out my day better…but the clutter is lessening.  I had my massive house purging last month which got me started off on the right foot.  There’s still plenty to be done…but things are getting done.

I can work – blog, edit, write – and clean and still have time left over to just enjoy the quiet…or run an errand without panicking that I only have a couple hours to get it done in.

Plus? Oh, the wonderful plus?

I have more patience with my kids.  Granted I’m still not Glinda the Good Witch all the time….plenty of the Wicked Witch creeps in…but I’m getting better, calmer, and enjoying my time with them more.

You know what they say…absence makes the heart grow fonder…and the mommy saner.