Do I ever actually get anything done?

When I quit my job when my daughter was 6 months old, I was so happy to be saying good-bye to the schedule, office gossip, and dropping and picking up my baby. We were now home together, the place I had always wanted to be. My husband works very hard at a less than glamorous job for 50 hours a week so I can be home with my baby. So sometimes when he would come home and the house would be in shambles, I would feel embarrassed about what I was spending my day doing. I must have been doing something, because my legs were tired and my back ached, but I wasn't sure what it was.
I started to make a list of all the things I had gotten done, which actually turned into a list of everything I wanted to get done. It helped me feel like I was accomplishing things and that I was being useful to my family. Being a stay-at-home mom can be just as rough as any corporate job, but you get the wonderful feeling of knowing that you are making a home for your family. And a home does not have to be flawless, but it helps me to know that it is okay to take a walk with my baby because I have done 1 1/2 loads of laundry, unloaded the dishwasher and put dinner in the crock pot. I cross items off as I accomplish them, and I can remind myself of those things that need done, rather than keeping track in my head. I even star or circle those things that need done first or are most important.
Do any of you have suggestions for the others about getting stuff done or helping stay organized? I think one thing I have noticed about children since becoming a mom is that children do not "get" organization all by themselves. However, from experience as a child, teenager, young adult and now mom, I know that those homes that do have some form of order are ones that are calmer and happier.