A Bride's Day Till The Men Leave For Work:

               

Note: Working moms are moms and wives first. If her family is happy, so will her work environs be.

I am focusing in the next few blog posts a woman’s role in her new home. We will get to the work bit by and by. Kindly bear with me. J

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 Your daily rituals should be something like this, add or minus what seems comfortable to you:

Have bath early in the morning and dress up such that you are ready to receive guests any time of the day

You could put on light makeup and perfume.

When your nail polish is fading, immediately remove the remaining nail polish and apply a fresh one. 

At no point should your nails be bereft of paint. Needless to say, manicure and pedicure your fingers and toe nails before adding the final touches. If you don’t know how to do it, go to a parlour and observe what they do and how. Now do it at home. ;)

Light the lamp, burn essence and say your prayers

Make tea or coffee and serve everybody

Read the newspaper and business mags.

 Be aware of what’s happening around your neighbourhood

Clear the tea or coffee tray

Supervise the breakfast making or watch your mother-in-law as she supervises

Lay the breakfast table. Add your personal touch to it. Decorate the table with flowers in the center.

Warm the plates as I have mentioned elsewhere in the book.

Inform everybody that the breakfast is served

Once they are seated, serve the breakfast and then take your seat. Ensure that everybody has eaten well. Insist on putting more food on their plates. It goes without saying that the food should be piping hot and tasty.  Before you set the table, check for any discrepancy in the food and take corrective measures in case there is some ingredient missing.

Clear the breakfast table after your family has finished eating

Wipe the table with a clean, slightly damp cloth and then, with some oil, polish the table. Cover the table with a fresh table cloth and place crystal-ware or a bunch of flowers on top of the cloth.

Give all the staff the rest of the breakfast food to eat.

Have I missed something in my journey of becoming a Mom In A C-Suite? Feel free to add your tips and suggestions in a post of your own. (Wink, wink)

An Overview Of Moms in C-Suites (Wink, wink)

Brief Outline Of The Blog:  “Moms In C-Suites”:

What to do right from the first day in your marital home – a day in the life of a housewife and/or working mom.

Please note: for the purpose of making you aware of the different procedures in good housekeeping, I have made you the supervisor.

 If you are staying in a joint family, defer to the wishes of your mother-in-law and other elders in the family.  Now this is your home for the rest of your life. Observe and follow.

Of course, you are always welcome to your home away from home! (Wink, wink)

Let's Start From The Very Beginning In The Journey Of Moms In C Suites

Dear Lushu,

Consider this a limited edition (!) single copy book for your eyes only, which I intend giving you as a

wedding present and hence the headline, "Moms In C-Suites"

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The purpose of the book?

 If you’ve noticed, every fairy tale ends with, “and they lived happily ever after.” Marriage is the end. And so most of us marry thinking the same. We, or our parents, found us/ourselves a good ‘catch’ and now that we’re married, it’s the end. And so when we do get married, we just bumble along. Coping becomes a problem and you are dependent on the advice of women and friends who could be equally unqualified to advise you as they too bumbled along their marriage (Yikes!), with no proper manual to help them through. (Oh, dear!)

And after a few months of studying your ineptitude to cope, you are severely criticized by the elders in your marital home. Also, you may be not as qualified as the men and so it is believed that you will be unqualified to handle money too, the “don’t-worry-your-little-head” syndrome! Thirdly, you may be a graduate, why even a post-graduate, working woman even, qualified to manage a team of hard and mean horsesOR YOUR EYES ONLY, so to speak, but nowhere do they teach you to be prepared to manage a family, leave alone an office! (Egad!)

Last and not the least, the nitty-gritty of marriages are so carefully planned --what to buy and what not to, what the budget for the wedding is, but nowhere is anything said about what to do after your marriage. How to budget the expenses, manage the finances well, raise good children... you get the drift, don’t you? And hence this book...

This book, not one of its kind, though, is meant to enlighten the uncertain, bumbling bride, you, to be a smart and savvy housewife. All women may not be stay-at-home moms, but all women become wives at some point of their lives, when balancing home finances and savings/investments become a problem. It is my hope that should you need help and feel too embarrassed to ask, this book would point you in the right direction. I hope to cover all aspects of life after marriage and really hope you read (!) this book and find it useful. (Whoa!)

In this book I have taken as an example, a bride who is or isn’t working and if you aren’t working then whose husband is the sole earner of the house with an average salary. Should your hubby earn more, what can I say, good for you! But you could still use this book’s example (of an average income household) as the base: still be prudent  in your monthly budget so that you have a little something more to spend on, you guessed it right, shopping!!! (Heh, heh!)

 And may I add, savings, as well?! (Oopsie!)

As suggested elsewhere in the book, no matter what the salary of your husband, keep the household budget tight, so that you have more to save and spend.

Today’s woman is smart and savvy. She picks things up quickly and heads toward hitherto uncharted courses to befriend and master.  This book is for one such woman – you!

Now that you’re married, happy budgeting. And here’s looking to the savviest bride on this side of the planet!

Good Luck and God Bless!

Love,

Ma

P.S. Treat this book as a friendly advice from a mother to her daughter. Ultimately, you make your marriage work with the help and blessings of your elders in your marital home. So by all means use this as a base to start out with and then carry on the legacy, the traditions, of your marital home. On no account should you overrule a decision or bypass a duty because you have been taught differently by your parents.

Once again, Good Luck and God Bless!