Well, here it is. My first blog. I am actually at work right now. (Don't worry, I'm on my lunch break. I'm not stealing tax payers money.) Anyway, so as you can see from my title, I am a mom...a lazy one at that. Maybe you are asking yourself how can a "mom" be lazy??? Well, we can be. Somedays I like to stay home and do nothing except play with LaLaLoopsy, color, paint, and watch TV. Yes. Watch TV. We watch it and so does my 2-year-old. Big deal. A lot of the children's shows are educational these days. I am just amazed at how much my daughter has learned from Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi! (I'm being serious by the way) So, ya. Back to the mom thing. I am a mommy to a beautiful, funny, and VERY talkative two-year-old. She is great. I should also mention my wonderful husband. Without him, I wouldn't have my awesome two-year-old. If he knew I were writing this right now he would just die. I can't wait to tell him. OH! My wine was just delivered!! Yep...I am part of a wine club. Mom's Who Need Wine. Oh ya...that's the name of it alright. Don't worry, I only get a delivery every other month. Back to the husband...he thinks blogs are silly. I am sure he will appreciate me telling you that. Maybe I won't tell him about this so I can talk about him. I enjoy telling stories about my husband. He is 28 going on 68. Seriously. I love him dearly and I wouldn't change a thing about him............... :)
So about me...I just started working part-time about 3 months ago so I could be home more with my daughter. I LOVE it! Although, I have always had the fear that I would be a "lazy" stay-at-home mom. Meaning, I don't want to get out much. At first, I spent my days off at home...doing laundry, washing dishes, that kind of stuff. But then my husband reminded me of the "Game Changer." Oh yes...the Game Changer. Things change when you go from working full-time to part-time. Meaning, I have to go out and grocery shop during the day...just me and the kid. No more evening or weekend shopping as a family. Don't worry, I will elaborate more on the Game Changer another time. So, I guess the Game Changer was good for me because it got me out of the house. But here is my problem. You see, we like to sleep in. The kid usually gets up about 8:30-9 and then comes into my bed to watch cartoons. By the time we get downstairs for breakfast it's already about 10am. We eat, play, watch some TV, and before we know it, it's lunch time. After lunch is nap time....so what did we get accomplished OUTSIDE of the house?? A whole lot of nothing. Then the kid naps for about 2 hours and by the time she wakes up, the day is almost over and it's time for daddy to be home. After dinner I say, "Let's go shopping!!" And to my surprise, he says, "What have you been doing all day? Why didn't you go earlier?" OOOPS! It has gotten better. I am planning on shopping tomorrow as a matter of fact. And yes, I will go...I have an appointment to look at a preschool at 10am so I will be forced to get dressed, throw on make up, brush my hair and get out of the house. Ugh. I'm just not good at this stay-at-home mom thing. NOt yet anyway. I hate the park. I dislike mean children who's parents ignore the fact that their children are rude. I know all kids are not rude. It's just those one or two who kill it for me. I need to take my kid to the park. She loves it. Sigh.
Well, my lunch break is just about over. I suppose I should sum this all up. Maybe I will stick with this, maybe I won't. The point is, I LOVE being a mom. I love that kid more than anything in the world. And like most parents, I want to do the very best for my kid. I will get better at play dates, the park, and mom groups. It all comes with time. For the time being, we are happy and my daughter is loved and cared for. Any advice to be a better SAHM is much appreciated. I will leave you with one question this afternoon....why do the straps on the car seat get twisted up so easily??? It gets me. I was late to work today (only by 8 minutes) because I was trying to untwist them. I was not successful. Why do car seat straps suck??
Windizzle
And thank you to my dear sister-in-law J for inspiring me to write this. She blogs and I thought it was cool so I wanted to try it. Maybe you think it's lame. I really don't care. Just as long as I made you smile and/or laugh just once.
