Struggling to get time online to do some stuff, but the kids and dogs seem to think I'm their personal entertainment director. I'll walk into a room, only to be surrounded by a variety of beasts/folks and then the questions begin. Don't even tell me how blessed I am; I do realize that. But get this...I'll never have the empty nest syndrome, so looking ahead to the time when my house will be echoing is a lost conversation. It won't happen. Consider that I'm fifty (when did that happen?) and our youngest is seven. Do you see anytime when there won't be kids in the house?
Not that I'm anxious for anyone to move out. Nothing could be further from the truth. But I do wrestle with finding time to do what *I* want to do, and balance that with fulfilling some needs around here. My husband even asked last night what I was intending on feeling guilty about today. Rotten man.
So, that's what's on my mind. On one hand I have laundry to do, plus I really want to slap some more pink paint on the old china cabinet in the kitchen, and on the other the little girls want to sew. Fitting it all in is the plan, but on the realistic side, it's always a challenge to work it out. Life with a heap of kids is wonderful, but at the same time difficult to the limit.
If I could put the kibosh on all of the questions, I'd be happier. Least that's what I think.
Not that I'm anxious for anyone to move out. Nothing could be further from the truth. But I do wrestle with finding time to do what *I* want to do, and balance that with fulfilling some needs around here. My husband even asked last night what I was intending on feeling guilty about today. Rotten man.
So, that's what's on my mind. On one hand I have laundry to do, plus I really want to slap some more pink paint on the old china cabinet in the kitchen, and on the other the little girls want to sew. Fitting it all in is the plan, but on the realistic side, it's always a challenge to work it out. Life with a heap of kids is wonderful, but at the same time difficult to the limit.
If I could put the kibosh on all of the questions, I'd be happier. Least that's what I think.
