Monday, October 6, 2008

Official time off for a mum!

Today I am having some official time off! After a few months of being a tired, ill and complaining wife and mother, I took matters in to my own hands and (with my husband's support) booked my darling toddler girl into a few hours of daycare on a Monday to give me some breathing space. Weekends seem to be a whirl of chores and social appointments rather than a time to rest and regroup, although S. and I are coming to realise that the more breaks we can give each other, the happier our family will be.

So...as I write, G. is with her wonderful home-based day carer, who also takes care of her and three other little ones on the two days I go to work. Luckily, there were no tears when I dropped her off (unlike when Daddy does it!) and, after 20 minutes of hanging about, I left her happily playing with fluoro coloured lego blocks on a mat outside in the shade. I now have a precious few hours to myself. What to do????? The choices are overwhelming. I did have visions of going to the movies to see The Duchess with Keira Knightly, but that seems a little selfish when the house is an absolute tip and there is a month's worth of paperwork to do. So....I am happily pottering at home, putting on loads of washing, tidying the kitchen, writing cheques, getting quotes for a front fence so we can buy a puppy for our long suffering 5 year old, etc. Of course, I couldn't resist a little blogging fix. I was thrilled to find I had a visitor from Mexico to my blog. Thanks for dropping in! Always good to meet another L.M. Montgomery fan.

Time to go and hang out the washing. Then I might skedaddle to the shops to exchange a birthday present from the gorgeous Peter Alexander pyjama shop. What bliss to look at pretty clothes for me without children demanding sushi and balloons.

3 comments:

Le said...

Hi hon - great to hear your day was perky ... love that pic of G in the hat - priceless expression !! hugs le

CT said...

Hey there! I am glad you had a day off! we girls all nedd one once in a while!

I saw your post on my blog...LOL! you might have recognized a sort of Anne-esque semi-quote... from the first letter she writes to Gilbert from Windy Poplars? I think it was the first... or was it the second?

Anyway, I'm so glad I found your blog. It was LM Montgomery that started me wondering about quilting. And here I am! I am looking forward to getting to know you better! Thank you for visiting my blog too!

CGDK said...

HI, thanks for dropping over, sorry I missed you -there really was no hurry to rtn the pack!
Enjoy your YOU time won't you.

ps I know a good fencer