Kid #1 is at school. Kid #2 is at a friend's house. Kid #3 is asleep.
So let's make an assessment of how I use my time when I am "kid-free."
Here are the things I should be doing:
~ Getting caught up on laundry (there are piles and piles of clean clothes to put away - we have been living out of laundry baskets for the past week).
~ Sweeping the masses of food off my kitchen floor.
~ Vacuuming (oh, but that would require picking up the bazillion puzzle pieces in the living room).
~ Exercising.
Instead I've:
~ Combed through new recipes I want to try - do you ever pick up on a theme when you start looking at recipes? Last time I copied down a series of recipes, I ended up with several things that go on top of rice. This time I printed off a bunch of black bean recipes.
~ Snooped around for a good vegetarian recipe blog (no luck - too much fancy food with expensive ingredients that I've never heard of).
~ Sat on the couch and stared at a wall... just because I could, and no one was there to cling to my legs or whine at me, or ask me for food.
~ Written down a few ideas for New Year's resolutions (perhaps I am jumping the gun a bit? And you thought is was bad to listen to Christmas music this early!)
~ Piddled around with this blog post.
But to earn myself a little credit, I:
~ Started a load of dishes
~ Threw some baked potatoes in the oven for dinner (which is six hours away. Look at me being all productive and what not!)
~ Got my SDBBE book ready to mail
AND
~ Paid the bills (which I actually think is fun to do - I find it rewarding to plan a budget and see it used as planned).
So there you have it; my round-about confession that I might not be using my time as well as I should. Now please excuse me, I'm going to go stare at the wall a little more.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
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1 comment:
Dude. *I* sit and stare at the wall just because I can. You do NOT have to justify that behavior as the Mom of three, just enjoy it right up until the crying/stinking/snack demanding is too much to take.
xox
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