"Housewives watch TV all day" says Consat

I came across this advert by Consat where the idea they are trying to push is that they have something interesting to show round the clock however it shows come kind of prejudice.  The central role in the advert is the housewife who is seen at every point watching TV from 9.30am to 9.20pm.  Let's do a bit of a breakdown here;

9.30am  Mum has finished school-runs, probably has breakfast and then sits to watch TV.
1.30pm  She is still watching TV while she receives her guest
4.00pm   After school-runs she is watching TV with her children
7.00pm  They have probably had dinner and they still are watching TV
9.20pm  Dad is back and the whole family is watching TV

I don't have an issue with watching TV, and there are sometimes when I feel like it I follow some series but to show that a housewife has nothing better to do with her time than to watch TV all day is rather offensive.

I am sure there are some people who do that, not only women and that, in my opinion, is a sign of depression.  If as a housewife you spend all your time watching TV you clearly don't have a vision for your life, please check yourself, time and tide wait for no housewife.

As for Consat, please change that advert.  That is a very lazy portayal of your creativity.

Some time for 'Me' at last (sigh)....My Nigerian Dream

Yes, I am home alone now, the children finally went back to school today.  That means I have a few hours to myself and I thought I should put something out there before I settle down to work.  I did not get the time to say what my dream for Nigeria is since Independence Day.  Since we are still in Independence Month here goes

I dream of a Nigeria where everybody is allowed to do what they do best and no one is forced to study something they are not good at or work where they are not being fulfilled.  This way we could have round pegs in round holes.  When people are happy and flourishing doing what they love, that will spell the well being of the whole nation.

God Bless Nigeria!

Getting on with our assignments

As the Lord gave me the grace this morning I woke up to commune with my Father above and afterwards I obeyed His voice to write.  Dear reader I have been so behind in keeping in touch here and one of the main reasons is I just didn't think anyone was reading.  However I got a message from someone saying she would like to hear from me again and I met with someone who ever since I told her about my blog has read every post and is waiting for more.  She even gave me ideas on how to keep up.

You see as children of God, we sometimes tend to forget our assignments.  I was concerned about my effort being wasted rather than focusing on the One who asked me to write.  So I let all the different things which pull me from different ends pull me away from writing; so many excuses, so many projects how do I cope?

What is a homemaker doing?  He/she must have all the time in world.  It is very common belief about homemakers that we are lazy.  Wow!  Maybe some are, but not all.  A few weeks ago, I was asked by a friend if I could do a literature review for him in one and a half days, hmmmm.  I am a slow reader and hence a slow writer and according to my pace I need just about one and a half days to think about my structure while I am researching and reading.  If I were single, well I could try to rustle something up after a few cups of coffee and some all-night work, a few hours of sleep and work again.  But the reality is I am not single.  I cannot honestly tell you how many hours I have to myself within one and a half days especially while the children are on holiday.  I cannot predict that they will definitely cooperate with me by keeping quiet either to watch television or by keeping themselves busy.  They might just decide that they want my full attention for that day and they will frustrate all my plans to work.  To their beautiful minds, “we want to play with mummy today”.  So my 2 year old daughter would insist on sitting on my laps while I am writing and of course that wouldn't be just for her to watch me but to be part of the writing.  Then of course my 4 year old son wouldn't want to be kept out of the action.  In the bid to be helpful they might just break something.  In the bid to keep themselves busy they might leave the tap running and flood the bathroom.  Something funny might just happen which may not be funny at the time it is happening.  So, unfortunately as juicy as the proposed topic for the literature review was I just could not take it.  So are my children an excuse for not getting stuff done?  Well I will talk more about that in another post.  However what I would like to leave with you dear reader are the following;

God has an assignment for us all (the homemaker included) and there is a vacuum being felt when you don’t do what you are supposed to do.  Don’t focus on your efforts but on the One who sent you.

Secondly, if you have a misconception that all homemakers are lazy, please think again.  If you are single, I would advise you not to judge because you might just find yourself in that position and you will feel sorry for the way you have judged others.

Family Life - No shame for the Homemaker

Family is a beautiful institution; the love, the caring, the sharing, the fighting and quarreling - all these make family wonderful.  This is why even people who are somehow alienated from their blood families try to find solace by making family outside.  In the beginning even our creator saw that it was not good for anyone to be alone, hence the physical creation of woman and the command to multiply.

So what am I getting at with this family thing?  If you agree with me that family is beautiful, I wonder if you would be as pained as I am at the breakdown of family life.  From my perspective as a homemaker, family life is breaking down because of the extinction of the stay-at-home homemaker.  Traditionally, the woman is the homemaker but with changing times you find male homemakers or househusbands now.  As I wrote in an earlier post, you've got to have thick skin to tell anyone or fill out a form stating your occupation as housewife or househusband.  Why should that be the case?  What is so shameful about being a homemaker?

There is no cause for shame really.  In fact as a home maker you should be really proud of yourself.  I am!  I must confess it's taken time to get there though.  You see taking time to take care of your children is very important.  These are nations in the making, so you need to take deliberate steps at building the nations under your watch.

The destruction of future nations or generations is what is at stake when we do not take care of our families and this is why I believe there is an attack on family life as God ordained.  Staying at home is just for a season, it will not last forever.  There is time for everything, at time to stay at home and a time to build a career.

I will be talking about stepping out in a few posts from now, but what I can say is that you will know when the time is right.

Bye for now

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year there!


It's still January so I can still wish you a happy new year.  I feel it's such a privilege to get to see a new day and I feel even more awed to get to see a new year.  It sort of gives me the joy that I have yet another day on the ladder of destiny, that I still have a chance to fulfil the purpose for which I was created, the higher purpose being to live a life that glorifies my maker.


So I started this year like many others with hope for a better year than it was for me last year, this time with a better sense of purpose.  Last year, for the first time in my life I had no resolutions and so I started the year rather clueless of what I wanted to achieve.  But you know I believe that ALL things work for good to those that love God and are called to His purpose.  So even though I didn't make any resolutions, I ended the year in rather high spirits and stepped into 2014 with higher expectations.


Do I have any resolutions this year?  Well yes, only one.  To have a closer walk with my maker which means wanting for myself what He wants for me.  That way I can't go wrong because I know He only wants what's best for me.


Do you have any? I would advice that you should not just say them but write them down and then review from time to time so as to hold yourself accountable.   I wish you all the best as you try to keep them.


I promise this is going to be a fun year on my page so please enjoy the ride!


Cheers