Whew. We made it through another week. This was quite eventful in a completely boring yet strangely stressful way. Let’s review, shall we?
Last week, Tuesday-Friday: Snow messes with us.
Saturday: Husband has meeting. I spend day at home with kids, just like the previous six days.
Saturday night: I grocery shop. Woo-hoo.
Sunday: Teach Sunday School. Return immediately home to sick 13-year old. Husband works all day.
Sunday night: Vomit-fest interferes with “24” viewing.
Monday: Holiday! I anticipate a possible outing, the salvation of my sanity! Husband is sick. I go nowhere. Again.
Tuesday: SNOW DAY! Again! Enough already! I spend afternoon sorting scrapbook paper and stickers. Various neighborhood kids let out all the heat from my house. “CLOSE THE DOOR!”
Wednesday: SNOW DAY AGAIN! STOP WITH THE SNOW! In addition to my usual babysittees, a 2-year old and a 4-year old, I add an almost-4 month old baby boy to my responsibilities, noon to 5 p.m., weekdays, until further notice.
Thursday: Back to school and school-at-home and babysitting and cooking dinner and laundry and . . . oh, I take the kids to see “Night at the Museum.” Woo. Hoo. I think I’m doing a good job, holding things together pretty well until my husband remarks that maybe soon I can hire someone to help me with the housework. Oh. Ouch.
Friday: Tonight, when the day ends, I go to Trader Joe’s because I have been out of chocolate all week. I’ve spent the day tidying the house, cleaning the kitchen, doing load after load of laundry and cleaning off the tops of the dressers which are magnets for all manner of household items, including scissors, newspapers, books, hangers, coins, little-girl fancy high heels, Mr. Potato-Head parts, and a stack of books I mean to give away.
Tomorrow I am going to the church to work on my photo scrapbooks all day. I’ve been meaning to do this since last February.
I am desperate to get out of this house without children. I will not wash any laundry tomorrow and if I’m really lucky, I will prepare no meals. And I’ll wear make-up and shoes all day.
Maybe I’ll even come home when I’m done.
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The last line is my favorite! I feel that way too sometimes. I’m headed off for 4 days next week ALL ALONE to visit my mom. Traveling via airplane and everything. Maybe I’ll even come home when I’m done. 🙂
I didn’t realize you were a scrapbooker also. Cool. I’ve been working on the album from our big road trip last summer. Hopefully
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(grrr…. laptops and fat fingers do not mix!)
As I was saying, hopefully I’ll get it done before we go on another big road trip!
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Well, being inside all week with my 10 month old grandson I REALLY look forward to my weekends of just being…me…once again, at least for 48 hours, as much as I love caring for him. Today’s been my only day out all week and I too did my grocery shopping. Woo. Hoo. And then spent most of the afternoon at a funeral in Forest Grove. So, don’t feel like the Lone Ranger.
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Mel,
*You need to bring your size 12 butt to Kirkland to hang out! NO KIDS – just you. (Can you tell I’ve been reading your ClubMom Blog? I’m so proud of you!!)
*Also – SAY YES – Hire someone!!! It becomes an oasis in your month. I did it twice a month for years while the kids were younger and it REALLY made a difference!
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I hope you were able to do what you wanted. I’m almost a year behind on our albums. Got up to about may of last year and have not gotten back since June of last year. But they are all here safe (haha)on the ol’ puter. Yes I need to back ’em up.
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