So the title of my blog really got me thinking. What is a modern-day housewife?
If you subscribe to the same philosophy as Bravo, a housewife is a socialite who while filming a TV show, manages to not only plan a fashion show, vacation in St. Barts, and produce a song or two, but also involves herself in every catfight within a 10 mile radius. Except for maybe Caroline, who really seems to stay out of things. (Yes I watch them.)
I don't really think that Bravo's idea of a real housewife is very correct. That is actually why I named my blog the way I did. You see, a housewife really isn't the same as what she was years ago.
Dictionary.com defines a housewife as a married woman who manages her own household, esp. as her principal occupation. Wrong. That leaves out single moms. Don't they manage a household? Websters online defines a housewife as a married woman in charge of a household. Again, leaving out single moms, but this definition does include those of us who work outside the home.
Now to me, whether you stay at home or you work outside your home, you are still working during the day. Many people view the occupation of stay at home mom as, well, not really an occupation at all. But I have stayed home from work with one or both of my kids when they have been sick or unable to go to school, and I know that it's work. So for those of you who think it's a piece of cake, you are wrong. But it's also hard to put in a full day at the office and come home and take care of a household as well.
So that being said, I have come up with my own personal idea of what a modern day housewife. It's me and it's you and it's every other hardworking gal we know.
We are the chefs, the cleaning lady, the nurse, the teacher. We do it all. So let's raise a glass of Sweet Tea (I am from the South) to all of the Housewives out there.
**Now before signing off I must put in a plug for my husband. I couldn't do it all without his help. It's nice for this housewife to have someone on her team who helps out more than I ever could have expected him to.
