Mothers Job
I got to thinking tonight about how many occupations I could list on a resume, if you include everything a mother does (outside of my "M-F/8-5 job"). I can consider myself a taxi driver, housekeeper, chef, zoo keeper, librarian/media specialist, toy store proprietor (purchasing dept & reshelver), nurse, receptionist ("No, the prince is no longer taking calls this evening" or "let me check her schedule"), travel agent, diplomat, judge & sheriff, banker, teacher, and the list could go on and on! Was fun to think about though.
I hear thunder again...last night during the night, we lost power for approximately 2 hours. Luckily my husband noticed when it came back on and was able to reset his alarm so we were up on time. One of the frustrations about living in a rural area, it seems like at a minimum of once per week we lose power, sometimes for just a moment (long enough to cause everything to flash and need to have the clocks reset), somtimes about 10 minutes. I am not sure if it is the wind with the power lines, or if they are switching the power from one source location to another and it happens then. It just makes me so frustrated sometimes.
School is almost out for the year, the kids have the days counted, probably the teachers do too! My sister teaches 1st grade, she has the patience of a saint. Truly. Although part of the kids have crushes on her and the other part thinks she is a princess or some royalty!! This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. We are doing a breakfast tomorrow for the elementary teachers. I am taking a fruit tray to the school, on my way to work.
Thinking about royalty reminded me of the kids (prince & princess). Our son's teacher told them the first day of her class, this classroom is not a democracy and I am the Queen in here. I liked her philosphy! Actually, our son lists her as one of his top 2 teachers (tied!). She is good with the kids, teaching them responsibility and yet leading them up the right path to find the answers and learn how to figure problems out.
The princess snuck Rascal, her cat, in today, she claimed the wind blew him in, but...the 2 of them are pretty good at sneaking in. He is pretty sweet though and well mannered. He hid by me, after the princess must have bothered him enough, then when she took a nap he snuck in tight against her side - cuddling! Made us laugh.
It's gotten very windy, right now, time to log off and check the weather reports.
I hear thunder again...last night during the night, we lost power for approximately 2 hours. Luckily my husband noticed when it came back on and was able to reset his alarm so we were up on time. One of the frustrations about living in a rural area, it seems like at a minimum of once per week we lose power, sometimes for just a moment (long enough to cause everything to flash and need to have the clocks reset), somtimes about 10 minutes. I am not sure if it is the wind with the power lines, or if they are switching the power from one source location to another and it happens then. It just makes me so frustrated sometimes.
School is almost out for the year, the kids have the days counted, probably the teachers do too! My sister teaches 1st grade, she has the patience of a saint. Truly. Although part of the kids have crushes on her and the other part thinks she is a princess or some royalty!! This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. We are doing a breakfast tomorrow for the elementary teachers. I am taking a fruit tray to the school, on my way to work.
Thinking about royalty reminded me of the kids (prince & princess). Our son's teacher told them the first day of her class, this classroom is not a democracy and I am the Queen in here. I liked her philosphy! Actually, our son lists her as one of his top 2 teachers (tied!). She is good with the kids, teaching them responsibility and yet leading them up the right path to find the answers and learn how to figure problems out.
The princess snuck Rascal, her cat, in today, she claimed the wind blew him in, but...the 2 of them are pretty good at sneaking in. He is pretty sweet though and well mannered. He hid by me, after the princess must have bothered him enough, then when she took a nap he snuck in tight against her side - cuddling! Made us laugh.
It's gotten very windy, right now, time to log off and check the weather reports.
posted by Missy | 10:25 PM
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From Salary.com:
Are you wondering what mom should be paid for her work as mom? Salary.com has now valuated the "mom job" of both the Working and Stay at Home Mom! We consulted Stay at Home and Working Moms to determine the top 10 jobs that make up a mom’s job description. If paid, Stay at Home Moms would earn $134,121 annually (up from 2005’s salary of $131,471). Working Moms would earn $85,876 annually for the “mom job” portion of their work, in addition to their actual “work job” salary.
We found the job titles that best matched a mom’s definition of her work to be (in order of hours spent per week): housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, van driver, CEO, and psychologist. New job titles that made the list in 2006 include psychologist, laundry machine operator, computer operator, and facilities manager. The job title of nurse fell out of the top 10 this year.
http://salary.com/newsletter/newswire_current.html
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