Over Labor Day Weekend, Matt took the older kids camping while I stayed home with Jarom. I needed some alone time and the weather predicted rain and I just don't camp in the rain anymore. While Jarom napped and after he went to bed at night, I worked on the next chapter in my sewing book. And during the first week of school, I finished the chapter (thank you nap time!). I made a tote bag to hold a baby shower present for Matt's cousin, and I made myself a new church bag with three compartments and three pockets, and I made a soft pencil case to hold all our crayons and markers in the Sunday bag. Now I can find what I'm looking for faster and my stuff is separate from the kids' stuff, too.
I'm seriously going to have to sit down and plan what I want to do with my alone time. I've never been home alone with one kid and not been pregnant and in bad need of a nap myself every day. Jarom sleeps 1 1/2-2 hours every day. The first week of school I sewed, this week I've been wasting time mostly. Which is great, too, but I have enough time on my hands each week now to really get something done. Question is, what do I want to DO? Write (which I always try to get out of)? Read? Sew? Put together and edit photos? Exercise? What do you do with your spare time?
2 comments:
Oh, you lucky girl. I'm home alone for half the day with only one child, but he gave up naps ages ago. In fact, today I took a nap while he played on my iTouch. Mostly, he just wants to chat my ear off. I kind of enjoy it, but I won't be home alone for two more years. I think you should do some of everything you listed, Why limit yourself?
Your totes look great!
I always have huge plans for my alone time, but seldom do I every get those plans completed. Let me know what you come up with. Right now I am just trying to get the two little ones to take a nap at the same time. When that day happens, watch out world. Or so I plan. ;)
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