So you're a mom of 4 and your husband is away for the weekend. You have an extra child at the house because #2 needed some bonding time with a friend. It's Saturday morning. Everyone has been fed waffles. The kitchen is mostly clean. Everyone is dressed except the baby. You have a few minutes to maybe do something you WANT to do for the first time in a long time... what do you do?
Do you veg online and look at Pinterest, which only serves to fill your mind with tons of wonderful ideas that you'll never actually have time to do?
Do you read one of the many parenting books that you long to read and glean helpful information from, but are so busy parenting you don't have time to read more than a paragraph at a time? (one of these books I've had for like 5 years, and am on chapter 3!)
Do you spend more than 2 minutes on Facebook, which is normally just time spent scanning the news feed in order to keep tabs on your closest 300 friends? (I usually hope to catch the ones that share big news like a father who has died, or a baby that's just been born, but lately it's full of links to blogs that I also have no time to read)
Do you do a bit of spring cleaning? Make an effort to have the house look presentable for your husband who will come home after spending 3 full days with 3,000 teenagers who camped and ate disgusting food all weekend?
Do you work on the crochet baby blanket you started as soon as baby #4 popped out a girl instead of the boy you assured he'd be? (Baby is now almost 2 and the blanket is about 1/4 done... by the time I finish it, it'll need to be an afghan that she can take to college with her!)
Well, my free time is up, and I spent it writing a new post on my blog that I haven't had the time (or made a priority) to update in a few years. It's been so long since I've been on here that I forgot my password or even how to get to the place where you can compose a new post!
It's been fun though. Now, off to make the kitchen ALL clean....
Until Next Time....
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