Well, I’m not desperate or a housewife. I am however a bit of a frazzled home maker. Today I started more laundry (we won’t discuss the three loads in my living room yet to be folded) before work, worked all day, ran errands at four stores, picked up kids, grabbed dinner on the go, and back to school for a parent meeting, and back out for McDonald’s teacher night. Yikes- I just want a hot bath and enough time and energy to really scrub my kitchen floor (so dirty, you could eat off it). The point being, I need to let go this expectation of the pristine home while working and babies and life. I want to do it all but I do many things moderately. A few balls always get dropped in the daily juggle. I would love to have time to read more, exercise, even just dye my hair but for now I will settle for clean babies and a knowing that this season will pass. Just as up all night with newborns, diapers, and high chairs have past and I long for the sweetness of that young babies stage while glossing over the exhaustion and smelly bits. I am thankful for our blessings that include never-ending laundry, for active kids to chase, and for the opportunity to make this place a home even if it is a less than perfect one.
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designnarrative 
I feel you. Nice perspective.
And then, poof, you are retired, the babies are grown with babies of their own, you have more time, less laundry, more peace & quiet. And, you remember those days that you are describing with such a longing for a full house sometimes; full as in full of dirty laundry, dirty floors, chaotic schedules, fussing children, full of love, stress, & stretching to get to the most important things done. However, not always, because each season of your life is so sweet in its own way. At the later stages of your life it is so comforting to know that you did everything possible to raise your sweet children to be the competent, confident, wonderful adults that they are to raise your sweet grand children and to know when dirty laundry & time to oneself & dirty floors are just not that important in the big scheme of things. You’re doiong great; just hang in there. Time passes so quickly & this season will too. ENJOY IT.
Well said wise woman!