Home Alone
Posted on April 28th, 2010 in daily mocha
If you had a day alone without the spouse or children, what would you do? I thought about this today, and came up with my top 5 things I would do if ever left home alone:
- Shower: Yes, I know a daily shower should be apart of my normal routine. But. 7 kids, 4 dogs, 1 husband, and a container vegetable garden say otherwise.
- Brush my teeth slowly: Looks like my day alone would be dedicated to my hygiene. I digress. While my husband and children hum lovely show tunes while brushing their teeth…I have to think of my dental hygiene as a covert operation. Get in. Get out.
- Hog the Bed: Technically, I wouldn’t be hogging the bed if I were home alone. But since I can’t hog the bed any other time. This would be the perfect opportunity. Right now I’m designated to a small landing strip in the upper corner of my bed. If I move from this teeny tiny landing strip, I wake up mysteriously covered in pee. Accident? I think not. It’s a warning. STAY ON YOUR LANDING STRIP OR ELSE.
- Exercise: The last time I exercised Jane Fonda was the hard body on the block. Wait. Has it really been that long? I double digress. Anyway, I’d pop a Jillian Michaels DVD in and let her Work. It. Out. I would then thank her for such a wonderful workout that I so badly needed.
- Make a milkshake: After the birth of my firstborn, the joy of savoring a milkshake by myself was RIPPED away from me. Literally torn from my hands. I have the bruises to prove it. So I would make me the most thickest and sweetest milkshake ever made – and drink it. ALL ALONE.
See. I don’t ask for much. My day alone would be oddly boring, yet perfect to me. What exciting things would you do?
Watch a movie uninterrupted. Eat a meal without having to get up and help anyone, or share my meal with a hungry little vulture. Nap on the couch.
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Stesha Reply:
April 28th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Nap on the sofa? What language do you speak? We aren’t allowed to nap. Didn’t you get the handbook?
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1. Roam freely about my house w/o someone saying “where’s Mom?”
2. Take a dump w/o an audience.
3. Watch TV and Movies. you know, things w/o Muppets, cartoon characters or dancing Australians.
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Great list! Mine would be to shower SLOOOOWLY and wash ever strand of hair and use up EVERY drop of the hot water. I would also raid my daughters bathrooms and get back all the good beauty products.
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I’d lay in bed with a bowl of something good and watch all my recorded shows. Ah…I can picture it now.
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I love your list. lol
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I did exactly what I wanted to do on my day alone Tuesday… sleep. Got up to eat and laid right back down. It was wonderful.
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Hygiene would be the last thing on my list, lol. I’d forgo showering and hog the bed ALL.DAY.LONG. Napping..watching TV..eating.. *sigh* Did you say SEVEN kids? wow! Bless your heart, I struggle with one 7 month old, lol
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Great list! I am now craving a chocolate shake!
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Love your list! I would take a leisurely bubble bath and stay in until the water was ice cold, watch a few of the 17 episodes of “The Good Wife” that are filling my DVR, hold a 30 minute phone conversation without interruption, and simply enjoy the silence.
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Yes, I like Mrs. TDJ’s love of silence. Husband is taking the girls out of town this weekend, and I cannot wait for the silence. And the napping.
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Stesha Reply:
April 29th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I’m jealous.
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Great list Stesha. While I don’t have 7 children (I’m childless at the moment) I can understand wanting a day just to myself. Just like you, I would do the personal hygiene thing, I’ll be a ped-egging fool on my feet, paint my finger and toe nails, go bra-less, and lounge around in my favorite organe pjs, (the ones my cousin left over my house the last time she spent the night.
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Sleep, really just need more sleep…
Read.. more than one page at a time (because I pass out from general exhaustion)…
Answer all the emails in my always exploding mailbox…
Write and publish a blog post before midnight…
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Wow. I thought I was the only one who thought daily showers were a luxury. I’m lucky if I can squeeze a five minute one in every two days. *hangs head in shame* I don’t forsee a day at home by myself for the next, ummmmm, 18 years. So I guess I have plenty of time to come up with a plan then.
Take care,
Shynea
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