SAHMs do not have to be engaged in home stuff and kids stuff 100% of their time.  To make your life more interesting and balance, you should try to engage in non-housework related stuff.  E.g. take up a hobby, sign up for some classes or even be a volunteer in your local community or religious organisation.  it also helps to widen your social circle.

I like to call these activities our ECAs (Extra-Curriculum Activities).  The beauty of it is that it can be anything.  Some ladies like to just have regular girl-friend meetings, or shopping rendezvous.  Other's may take up a part-time job that does not take them away from their families for too many hours.  They can even be family-related (but still out of normal family routine) e.g. set up your family website.  ECAs can be anything.  The only catch is that usually, we are too engrossed in our "Home-Work" that we forget that we need 'ECA points' too!

I myself have a lot of ECAs due to my *ahem* wide-ranging interests.  The problem with me is that I jump from activity to activity so much that often times, eh..none really get completed in one go.  Some examples : my eShop, sewing things (once in a while), researching on the net (latest topics include preschool education), setting up websites (I have at least 3-4), cooking, reading, learning Japanese (now at Advance level but barely scrapping by), fix up complicated but cool web stuff, etc, etc, etc.  These are just the tip of the iceberg.

If you are tired of the usual shopping and eating, and are running out of ideas what to do, here are some things for your consideration.  Some may seem really tough to you but getting your hands dirty and your mind boggled while sorting out all these difficult stuff is really part of the fun.

1. Learn First Aid

Seriously, you should consider this.  Take up First Aid lessons, especially things like performing CPR on a baby.  Skills like this is really useful with children at home.  If one day, you decide to become a nanny, or a baby sitter, or even a childcare teacher, this would be a good skill to add to your resume.

Birth and Beyond at Tanglin Mall has Parent First Aid Classes.  They are rather pricey though.  You can also check with KKH.  They do have classes now and then.

2. Take up a course

This can be anything!  Do something you are interested in.  It can be dancing (good couple activity you can do with your hubby), cooking, even computer courses, or preschool education courses, language courses, adult piano courses, etc.  Do note that if you intend to get some form of certification for future career advancement (assuming that you will later on return to the workforce), the courses you enroll in must be recognised.  And take note also that usually these courses come with their fair share of homework, exams and pressure.  Courses like cooking and dancing are really more for fun.