Hello, and welcome to my Blog Spot. Admittedly.... I haven't a clue at what I am doing, so just bear with me until I do. ;) Do you ever have those days were peace and serenity calls out your name, but instead, it's your kids and husband bellowing it out in soprano? Are there days were you wished that you could just sit and read a magazine with a cup of coffee or tea without being disturbed umpteen times for silly things? These are the days where I can almost see myself sitting in solitary confinement, while having the comforts of wearing a "Hug Me Jacket." AKA: "The Straight Jacket." I prefer mine in lavender because, pastels are soothing colors. I dream of saying; "Please Doctor, no visitors for me today, and keep those Happy Pills coming my way." LOL! Just kidding...just kidding. Or am I? Things that make me say: "Hmmmmm."

I am sure many of you are just like me in so many ways. You're a wife, a mother, a grand mother, you work a full-time job, you cook, clean, go shopping, do laundry, run the kids here-there-and-everywhere, and take care of a houseful of animals, and somewhere in between, you find a very small amount of time set aside just for yourself. Usually for me, it's a whole 5-minutes in the bathroom, just before someone knocks and asks if I'm busy? WHAT! (Sigh!) I always tell my family that I am going into the bathroom, and ask if they need anything first? The standard reply is that they don't. Well low and behold, as soon as my fat arse hits the bubbles in the tub, there's a faint knocking, which usually makes my eyes roll back into my head and I can swear I can hear myself thinking aloud, "What do they want from me now that they couldn't ask of me 5-minutes ago?" That knock appears again...and again until I answer. The questions are usually the same. ie,.."Can I go to my friend's house? When will you be out? What's for breakfast, lunch or dinner?, depending on the time of day it is. Are you almost done?, I have to go." Now mind you, we have two bathrooms. So why do they need to pester me now, and at this moment of "Me Time?" One time I got so annoyed, I told them to go outside behind a tree. LOL! I figured they'll get a little bit of fresh air and experience nature instead of being cooped-up indoors, in a small room with 4-walls, a tub, a sink and a toilet. It would almost be like camping, but in the Burbs with neighbors on each side of us. Hugs & Love, Linda :)