Another Day in Motherhood
Another Tuesday.
Out of creamer this morning so I ran to the store before my coffee.
The big event of the day was to take my kids and their two friends who happen to be brother and sister as well to McDonalds for lunch and then out for a game of bowling. I decided to bowl today.
We were all feeling competitive. 3 of us were first borns and we all wanted to win!
All the kids made up names for themselves to put on the screen.
Thirty minutes has passed since I began my entry. I made dinner for the kids. My daughter is having toquetos and rice. My son is having macaroni and cheese, toquetos, and rice. I am having falafel. Well just a little bit of falafel. I'm taking the rest with me to my class tomorrow because I will be hungry when it is over and I probably won't want to eat much since I am taking my son and his friends out to dinner tomorrow night for his birthday. I hope I have a good appetite because it will be a treat for me to get to go out for dinner. It's almost been 3 months since I've had a decent dinner. My life is all about macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, spaghetti, sandwhiches. Lately, I've gotten my son to eat salad. I'm very impressed with that! I can eat a salad with him. Otherwise it's crackers and cheese for me pretty much with carrots and an occasional artichock. I can't remember the last time I had a fillet steak! Back in the day we ate them all the time. But those days have since passed me by. I remember when I met my husband I hadn't eaten red meat for over two years. It's not that I'm against meat (well kinda against chicken just cuz the fat and veins are gross) it's just that I was a broke student so I lived on salads and cheese and crackers. Oh and beer.
So today my son tells me on the way home that I do not punish him enough and he wishes I would be harder on him. So before we got home I gave him and his sister a 30 minute time out that was to commence as soon as we arrived home. He seemed pretty content after that. Their friends were shocked to see that he wanted a time out. They get in trouble a lot more than my kids do, but they are not bad kids, they just want attention from their parents. I'm the type of parent who makes the mistake of laughing at their inappropriate jokes. Or acting silly with them. Sigh, my living room is a mess, my bird is staring at me, my kids are bathed at least, I better get in the shower.
Oh, but I must clean up the kitchen a bit before. I've slacked on the house for a few days and now I have to get my butt in gear and clean. And do some wash. And pick up the house. And . . . grocery shop, but not until Thursday. Oh and i wanted to wash the car today. I'll just have to go to the car wash tomorrow. Sigh some more. . . . I really miss having a house cleaner. I miss a lot of things but it does me no good to dwell on that. What's the next indicated thing to do. Get off the computer and put the food away, etc. Put a load of laundry in and take the bird upstairs and get into the shower. Too bad I'm getting in the shower with Mr. Wonderful - I could some of that! Later Blog Freaks! Lisa
Out of creamer this morning so I ran to the store before my coffee.
The big event of the day was to take my kids and their two friends who happen to be brother and sister as well to McDonalds for lunch and then out for a game of bowling. I decided to bowl today.
We were all feeling competitive. 3 of us were first borns and we all wanted to win!
All the kids made up names for themselves to put on the screen.
Thirty minutes has passed since I began my entry. I made dinner for the kids. My daughter is having toquetos and rice. My son is having macaroni and cheese, toquetos, and rice. I am having falafel. Well just a little bit of falafel. I'm taking the rest with me to my class tomorrow because I will be hungry when it is over and I probably won't want to eat much since I am taking my son and his friends out to dinner tomorrow night for his birthday. I hope I have a good appetite because it will be a treat for me to get to go out for dinner. It's almost been 3 months since I've had a decent dinner. My life is all about macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, spaghetti, sandwhiches. Lately, I've gotten my son to eat salad. I'm very impressed with that! I can eat a salad with him. Otherwise it's crackers and cheese for me pretty much with carrots and an occasional artichock. I can't remember the last time I had a fillet steak! Back in the day we ate them all the time. But those days have since passed me by. I remember when I met my husband I hadn't eaten red meat for over two years. It's not that I'm against meat (well kinda against chicken just cuz the fat and veins are gross) it's just that I was a broke student so I lived on salads and cheese and crackers. Oh and beer.
So today my son tells me on the way home that I do not punish him enough and he wishes I would be harder on him. So before we got home I gave him and his sister a 30 minute time out that was to commence as soon as we arrived home. He seemed pretty content after that. Their friends were shocked to see that he wanted a time out. They get in trouble a lot more than my kids do, but they are not bad kids, they just want attention from their parents. I'm the type of parent who makes the mistake of laughing at their inappropriate jokes. Or acting silly with them. Sigh, my living room is a mess, my bird is staring at me, my kids are bathed at least, I better get in the shower.
Oh, but I must clean up the kitchen a bit before. I've slacked on the house for a few days and now I have to get my butt in gear and clean. And do some wash. And pick up the house. And . . . grocery shop, but not until Thursday. Oh and i wanted to wash the car today. I'll just have to go to the car wash tomorrow. Sigh some more. . . . I really miss having a house cleaner. I miss a lot of things but it does me no good to dwell on that. What's the next indicated thing to do. Get off the computer and put the food away, etc. Put a load of laundry in and take the bird upstairs and get into the shower. Too bad I'm getting in the shower with Mr. Wonderful - I could some of that! Later Blog Freaks! Lisa
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