Lillian the Domestic Engineer
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In 1985 I was half my Mothers age.
In 2021 I will be twice the age of my first born
In 2010 I was a half a century old!
In 1989 I met my partner and we became two.
In 1991(Labor Day that year, most appropriately) at 31 we became three.
Happily, albeit very naively I traded in my employ ability for the love of Mothering and the joys of domestic bliss!
I am woman hear me roar! I shall push.. I mean persist in getting through whatever the future brings to my door.
In 1991(Labor Day that year, most appropriately) at 31 we became three.
Happily, albeit very naively I traded in my employ ability for the love of Mothering and the joys of domestic bliss!
I am woman hear me roar! I shall push.. I mean persist in getting through whatever the future brings to my door.
In July 1993 we became four.
I would go to the depths of places NO Man would go.
You will be expected to give up your bed and of course your bedroom too, along with all the undivided attention that was once devoted to you!
No hitting, biting or yelling, allowed, this is family and you will be proud.
You will Love them and you will like it.
A lot to ask of a full grown person... now imagine being two.
I am woman hear me roar.. yeah, amid my sobbing on the floor.
In July 1994 we became five.
361 Days from the birth of the last man alive.
I did start to wonder if there wasn't something in the water....
in October 1995 we became six!
Shortly after getting the keys to our new house
and after picking up a few groceries to leave for the boys I felt ready. As ready as you can ever really be.
In active labor I unpacked things that would be needed around the house and packed what i could for myself while i would be away from home.
I await my Sisters arrival. She was flying in to stay with the boys while I popped out and into a hospital for a bit to deliver our forth son.
Thankfully and gratefully,
quickly and incredibly all of my Sons had been delivered naturally.
In less than 24 hours I returned home
to unpack and settle into our new house;
babe in arms, babe at boob, babe on trike, babe on bike.
Man alive! I was a babe barely alive.
I had exposed myself and my vulnerabilities
in the delivery room of my own Liberation!
There was nothing left to hide.
361 Days from the birth of the last man alive.
I did start to wonder if there wasn't something in the water....
in October 1995 we became six!
Shortly after getting the keys to our new house
and after picking up a few groceries to leave for the boys I felt ready. As ready as you can ever really be.
In active labor I unpacked things that would be needed around the house and packed what i could for myself while i would be away from home.
I await my Sisters arrival. She was flying in to stay with the boys while I popped out and into a hospital for a bit to deliver our forth son.
Thankfully and gratefully,
quickly and incredibly all of my Sons had been delivered naturally.
In less than 24 hours I returned home
to unpack and settle into our new house;
babe in arms, babe at boob, babe on trike, babe on bike.
Man alive! I was a babe barely alive.
I had exposed myself and my vulnerabilities
in the delivery room of my own Liberation!
There was nothing left to hide.
I wept. I cried. I was sleep deprived.
I wept and cried until I realized
that it was too late for crying.
I was the fountain of satisfaction
and there was ever a baby crying.
There would also be no more denying
that four sons in five years
would be life changing...
I would wander the streets of testosterone city
a Mom on a mission to the nitty gritty.
Over bugs and stinky T's
I have wandered for 23 years
picking and putting things in place
in the hopes of rendering my job obsolete.
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but I am very aware that I am very near the end of my Career.
Two of the boys have moved away from home and the other two are moving over the summer
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I like to think that I have aged gracefully
and weathered wisely along the journey
of my life on the road to raising family.
I accept that I may be a little pickled
but I regard this proudly as a result
of having been blended splendidly
and aged to perfection.
I have laughed as I have cried.
I have learned as I have tried.
I have embraced the blessings of good fortune
and lived through the loss of life's lessons.
I have endured often and only with a good sense of humor.
Plans I have learned
are made to be changed.
I have also learned
Only a fool
never changes her mind!
As I believe we are the harvest of the seeds we plant,
I so believe in the need
to sow, to savor, to harvest and to discover.
To live, to uncover.
To learn, to laugh, to register and to rediscover
To live, to uncover.
To learn, to laugh, to register and to rediscover
at the work of being conscience of the journey.
I worked for 20 years before choosing to forgo the benefits of an income, a pension plan and a tax return for the pleasures of watching my children grow and learn.
I had worked in and volunteered at many a position in the retail and the restaurant industry. I have worked in construction and in management positions. I have been a manufacturer and a retail business owner...
but I had never been a Mother.
When Parenthood finally happened for me,
I knew it was meant for me.
If I was going to cook, labor and deliver,
I was definitely going to raise the little buggers..
I was able to stay at home because my partners work income afforded it. I am grateful for the opportunity to have been a Domestic Engineer.
I know for a large sector of the worlds population this is not an option. I wish for all of our children's sake that it so could be.
The value of a homes work should never been under estimated.
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I look back with fond memories at the life I have lived
that has created the me that I have come to be.
I now gaze excitedly into my future
with hopes and plans of fulfilling my potential
as an experienced individual.
At my life I look graciously ahead
and with gratitude I look behind.
The passing of time has made up my mind.
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Homemakers
labor round the clock at mustering the making of miracles.
In the name of Love they undertake to partake
in the free rearing of a humanity for its own sake.
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I now gaze excitedly into my future
with hopes and plans of fulfilling my potential
as an experienced individual.
At my life I look graciously ahead
and with gratitude I look behind.
The passing of time has made up my mind.
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Homemakers
labor round the clock at mustering the making of miracles.
In the name of Love they undertake to partake
in the free rearing of a humanity for its own sake.
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to encourage often and to inspire as I have been inspired.
I carefully select who I will take as advertisers on my blog.
I have a few different types of advertising on my blog.
I have sidebar advertisements.
I also have Google Adsense advertising, and earn affiliate revenue from Amazon.com.+ Blogsvertise.com
All content provided on this blog is for informational purposes only.
The owner of this blog makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this site or found by following any link on this site.
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Sunshine is the icing on a frozen cake.
As I raised the blinds on another day, the frost on the window was highlighted by the back drop
of a rising sun which created beautiful, coral colored, floral like patterns on the window pane.
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There's something about Christmas time
that makes me wish it was Christmas all the time.
STOP
Listen. Take a look around.
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Like an open book, a smiling face incites the opportunity for others to enter.
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There is nothing better for the constitution
than a smile
that in turn becomes a great grin
that finally results in a hearty laugh...
except maybe to have a little Sun (Son) with that.
Cont. Reading HERE
Isn't Spring a beautiful thing.
MOM and DAD
The Label that rivals no other!
There is only one time this time to get it right - a lifetime! Tis when the stork drops the bundle on our doorstep that the clock starts. You do not have to check in to this job because you will never check out. Time on the clock now counts the time between the last feed and the time left to clean up the mess in their bed and no longer acts to gather the hours accumulated from one pay period to the next.
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Lillian the Domestic Engineer
At the cost of staying home
I remember life before the "Net" and what a lonely place parenting could be!
Amid the middle of the muddle you would find in the midst of me
At the cost of staying home
I remember life before the "Net" and what a lonely place parenting could be!
Amid the middle of the muddle you would find in the midst of me
a Mom a bit removed from reality
babbling incessantly about the need to check in on my normalicy.
No outside input.
Nope, you just sat quietly where you were put! LOL.
No Blogs of inspiration, no Google to behold, no Facebook friends, no Twitters told.
No outside input.
Nope, you just sat quietly where you were put! LOL.
No Blogs of inspiration, no Google to behold, no Facebook friends, no Twitters told.
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Identity CrisisAnd now what MOM?
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I called out to my neighbor who was now standing alone at the end of her driveway.
We watched as her little ducklings made their way up the road towards the Elementary School, her youngest just entering Grade 1 this year.
"I'm not sure she confessed," as she wandered towards me.
" I think I'm having an Identity Crisis" she continued.
" I'm not sure what I'll do all day now." she lamented.
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Boys are Beautiful
Lillian the Domestic Engineer Blogspot.ca
Although I jumped into parenting head first (pardon the pun) with little insight, no manual, no training and no active pay, the fruits of my labor have survived to this day.
The amazement of growth in play Blogs me today!
Look at what we've accomplished!
Look at what boys love to do!
READ MORE HERE
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March has been a full of opportunity...
Lillian the Domestic Engineer
I am fearfully excited at the prospects of the confines
of a new found freedom.....paid employment!
READ MORE Who could ever replace me here?
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Lillian the Domestic Engineer
Each day we put one foot in front of the other
while moving forward and making choices
We chose the path we take.
Searching beyond the desire to fill our heart
with things that fill our spaces.
We choose the path we take.
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my Virtual Reality..
HOMEMAKER
discovers worth
in Virtual value!
Click HERE! LOOK at what I'm worth!
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To "feed" or not to feed... in my humble opinion!
In a world inundated with "Expert" opinions and personal advice it seems to be
that we seek to find solutions to our problems in the feed of someone else's page.
We search for justification of thought and for confirmation of feeling within
the confines of a world whose reality exists only within the fantasy of our screens.
We doubt anymore that you have to be talented to be syndicated
but still wonder if to sexualized is to vindicate?
Read More
Baby's Breath
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The World is a stage
Lillian the Domestic Engineer
Facing Fashion. Head on!
Getting comfortable in the skin your in.
Putting it on.
Observe and speculate, smile and celebrate.
Doubt in any fashion doesn't flatter.
Dress it up dress it down
" I'm not sure what I'll do all day now." she lamented.
Continued HERE
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Boys are Beautiful
Lillian the Domestic Engineer Blogspot.ca
Although I jumped into parenting head first (pardon the pun) with little insight, no manual, no training and no active pay, the fruits of my labor have survived to this day.
The amazement of growth in play Blogs me today!
Look at what we've accomplished!
Look at what boys love to do!
READ MORE HERE
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March has been a full of opportunity...
Lillian the Domestic Engineer
I am fearfully excited at the prospects of the confines
of a new found freedom.....paid employment!
READ MORE Who could ever replace me here?
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Lillian the Domestic Engineer
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| We chose the path we take |
while moving forward and making choices
We chose the path we take.
Searching beyond the desire to fill our heart
with things that fill our spaces.
We choose the path we take.
......READ MORE
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my Virtual Reality..
HOMEMAKER
discovers worth
in Virtual value!
| My Virtual Value- Domestic Engineer |
Click HERE! LOOK at what I'm worth!
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To "feed" or not to feed... in my humble opinion!
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| Domestic Engineer -Feed ME |
In a world inundated with "Expert" opinions and personal advice it seems to be
that we seek to find solutions to our problems in the feed of someone else's page.
We search for justification of thought and for confirmation of feeling within
the confines of a world whose reality exists only within the fantasy of our screens.
We doubt anymore that you have to be talented to be syndicated
but still wonder if to sexualized is to vindicate?
Read More
Baby's Breath
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The World is a stage
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| The World is a Stage |
Facing Fashion. Head on!
Getting comfortable in the skin your in.
Putting it on.
Observe and speculate, smile and celebrate.
Doubt in any fashion doesn't flatter.
Dress it up dress it down
but always put your head on
right way round.
The fabric of our lives is woven by the very minds,
that bring us the Threads, of the fashion in time.
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The fabric of our lives is woven by the very minds,
that bring us the Threads, of the fashion in time.
Read More
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Having it all
Ever find yourself stumbling over the piles
of stuff all bought in the name of having happiness?
Ever complain about the cost of living or the price of gas
while en route to Walmart to save more cash?
Ever feel like you've had enough of buying into having the stuff
that piles up on the floor in front of us?
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