I'm sitting here browsing the forums and balancing my checkbook at the same time which got me thinking. How we women are amazing multitaskers (I'm sorry but most of the men I know including DH can only do 1 thing at a time. Just wondering how many things you can do or have done at the same time....
Worst case scenario at my house:
I always seem to find myself loading/unloading the dishwasher, while cooking dinner, while baking/mixing a cake. And it never fails -- I will end up on the phone while all of this is going on, and helping at least 1 kid with homework!
Sound familiar?!?
Sometimes I amaze myself at how many projects I have going at one time. I started waitressing when I was 12 years old (I'm 58 now) and the first thing I learned was "Use your head and save your feet." I eventually owned a restaurant and that is the first thing I would teach a new waitress. They always looked at me like I had two heads. Once they figured out what I meant, they understood.
I never go empty handed. If I'm leaving one room I'm carrying something to the next room and carrying something back when I come. Now that I'm on oxygen full time I have learned to make the most of multitasking or I get worn out.
Men don't have a clue. Few could carry a baby on one hip and clean house and talk on the phone and have a cake going at the same time. We do it all the time. Now if you men are reading this, don't go jumping on to us. We know that some of you do exist, we've just never been married to you! 
Diane
I understand completely. I just added homeschooling to my multitasking list of things...lol.
Isn't it nice to have that time to do JUST ONE thing at a time?
Add up the time it takes to do each task that you get done in a day. Baking, cleaning, kids, cooking, etc. We do a week's worth of work each day! Then, we get to do it all over the next day. Fun, huh?
Yeah, it is 
I've learned to multitask smarter than I used to...I ended up in the ditch one night 20 yards out of my driveway...I was doing up my seat belt, changing a CD, had a puffed wheat square in my mouth, and trying to answer my phone...(which I wouldn't be able to talk into anyways because of the square...) did I mention my car is a standard...
Now I stick to the usual, house work, cooking, baking, laundry, telephone, yardwork and CC...(I don't know how I'll manage when a baby comes my way!) and I leave the car for driving...it's much safer...LOL
pitty there wasn't some sort of wage or salary for multi tasking, cause if there was i would be rich!!!!!!
here is a list of my day jobs with four kids, a husband and house to run...........
1 mum
2 chef
3 waitress
4 dishwasher
5 dry cleaner (washing clothes etc....)
just did the top five things in the list while typing. lol.
6 house cleaner
7 babysitter/ nanny
8 doctor
9 nurse
10 fashion consultant for kids
11 tutor
12 office receptionist (answer phones etc...)
oh god the list goes on and on and on...................
kylie
Ok I am one of you. I start dishes they sometimes take me a few hours to do. Not that I have alot. I get them soaking sit down help DD with homework, Go do a few dishes, Get stuff ready to make frosting and back to DD to see what is needed, back to kitchen to dishes, phone rings wash some more while talking on phone, in walks DD with a question. You all know the drill. Sometimes when I put the dishes away I think are these dishes really clean after what they went through Poor dishes they are so neglected 
Not to mention folding laudry in between everything else. At least my son does the wash and brings it up to me to fold. He lives in the basement so it is his chore. I sort it upstairs he puts it in the washer and dryer. Saves me some steps. He is up and down the stairs alot so he can handle it. He is young 
(15) I was also a waitress at 13. I know that is where I learned to do this. I was taught by a senior waitress (my MOM) in a small cafe. The more you can do the better the tips 
I really believe that God designed women's brains different than men's on purpose (really). Our brains are designed to be multi-taskers, hence we are the MOMS. We have the ability to do ten things at once, almost always with ease. I know men who really are amazed at how much we can accomplish at one time (they can't imagine being able to do what we do).
I work in communications as a fire and air ambulance dispatcher and I could not do my job if I weren't a good multi-tasker. We have to have the ability to type, talk on the phone, listen to multiple radios, listen to other people in the room, and handle our calls at the same time. Oh, and try to fit eating lunch in there somewhere. I've done this job for many years, 16 of which while I was a single mom. I know there are many, many moms (and some dads) who have done the same. It's great to have a multi-tasking brain, isn't it ???
I remember when I was a kid I had an aunt who was the best multitasker in the world. Our family all called her eccentric. Duh! She wasn't exactly working at these tasks though.
She had a TV in the living room and in the kitchen (both always on) and a radio going. She would be talking on the phone and talking to whomever was sitting there, writing a grocery list or whatever, and drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette. Trust me. She didn't miss a beat of what was going on with either TV, the radio, the phone call, the visitor, or who was walking down the sidewalk. As I got older my family would say, "You're just like your Aunt Frances." I would be really offended because everyone thought she was crazy. Now I think it's great!
I forgot a few minor details.......she was also a hoarder (every crook and cranny was full of something she thought she couldn't live without), she had at least 4 locks on every door (someone broke into her house one time and tried to rape her), she drank like a fish, and she carried her purse everywhere just like Sophia on the Golden Girls. Also she was scared to death of germs and drove us crazy rewashing the dishes and scalding a bar of soap before she would use it. When I went to her funeral I threw a fit because they didn't bury her purse with her. I think it was the only time I saw her without it.
I don't mind so much being called "Aunt Frances" now. I think I have her better qualities. I don't even know where my purse is half the time and seldom worry about the door being locked. I do however, multitask and I like everything bleached and sanitized!!!
Diane
Why can't we get men to do this?
Because we do this for them.
Diane
Why can't we get men to do this?
Because we do this for them.
Diane
Too true.
My husband can't watch T.V. and carry on a conversation at the same time. Yet I'm supposed to cook, take care of the kids, set the table, do dishes, laundry and everything else at the same time.
A few days ago I left my husband to keep an eye on the cake in the oven while he was trying to fix a computer problem and needed to call technical suppport. When I got back he still hadn't made the call because he said he couldn't do that while a cake was in the oven (the cake wasn't done yet). 
I'd be happy if my husband could multitask just eating his lunch and feeding DD (toddler) at the same time!
My middle name is MT. When I'm at home, I doing laundry, dishes, grocery shopping, making cakes, getting dinner, being nurse (my DH just had some complications from surgery), homework helper, computer tech (we have six computers/laptops in the house), etc., etc.. When I'm at work, I'm the photocopier tech, the computer tech, the underpaid lawyer (I work in a law firm), assistant, telephone operator, psychiatrist (Family Law Dept.), the kleenex holder, the dishwasher, the organizer, the deadline keeper, etc., etc.. I don't even sleep at night straight through because I wake up thinking about things I have do. I've been known to wash my floors, clean house at 3:30 in the morning. Oh well, I'd probably be bored stiff if I didn't have all this to keep me busy!
I remember when breadmakers came out and everyone was buying one and buying cookbooks, etc. My live in boyfriend said, "I have a breadmaker and she does dishes, too." Needless to say, he got a big laugh from everyone but me. I think that's when I started realizing what all I did do to keep this house running. Needless to say, he did nothing around the house.
Took me a long time to get adjusted to living alone again but I wouldn't have it any other way. My grandkids come and go everyday and I don't have to worry about multitasking for anyone but them if I don't want to. 
I'd be lying if I said that with a straight face.
I'm President of Lions Club, Queen of our Red Hat Chapter, Secretary on the Board at our food pantry and thrift store, and I'm working with the School Board trying to get a school tax passed. So yes.........I'm definitely a multitasker. I'm on full time oxygen and on disability. Don't know how I got so much done when I worked full time. Of course, I had lungs then.
I don't mind doing the tasks. It's just that I have to keep a running list of what I have to do in order to remember that I'm suppose to do it. I know it's old age but I tell everyone it is from lack of oxygen.
We should all be proud of what we accomplish every single day.
Diane
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