Surviving At Home

It’s absolutely insane that I am still awake. It’s not like I didn’t do anything today. In the midst of getting the kids to school, keeping the house cool, and preventing the puppy from jumping on our furniture, I also got my car jump-started and the battery replaced (if only I could boast that I did that myself)! Never mind the fact that I was doing some client work as well.

And yet here I sit…at 2:38am…unable to sleep.

So why not redesign my website? I never have time during the day because of my VA client work (which I totally love; this is NOT a complaint!) so I’ve put my lack of sleep time to good use.

My body won’t agree with me when the alarm goes off in 4 short hours but hey, I’m flexible. This is yet another blessing about working from home.

I’ve also been doing a lot more writing and have put together a summer ecourse with lots of ways to keep your kids active and thinking this summer, rather than plugged into their favorite games. Believe me, this will be a HUGE challenge with my kids as well but they will be my guinea pigs for testing these activities. The program is totally free; you can see the signup box in the right sidebar.

Wishing you all a well-rested and productive Wednesday!

Funny comment from the 6 year old:

HER: Boy, that’s a rip off! (sitting on floor playing with her feet)

ME: What’s the matter?

HER: You only get 5 on each foot.

ME: 5 what?

HER: 5 toes!

ME: Well, how many do you want?

HER: 10!

ME: 10 on each foot?

HER: Yeah, that would be better.

I’ll get right on that request…

I’m beginning to wonder if we are seriously the only parents on earth who do not allow our kids to have televisions in their bedrooms.

Ever since 2nd grade my oldest has asked for a tv, mostly to play video games, all because her best friend (at the time) had a tv in her room. We stuck to our guns and said no, because we all know how kids can be. For sure, she would try to sneak extra tv time or game time after lights out.

We’re still saying no, three years later, because we have an abundance of televisions in our home. There is always one to choose from and I think 11 years old is too young for setting up a bachelor pad in her room.

But did you see Oprah’s show on Thursday with the wasteful families? Every single child on that show had a television in their room! And not just small ones from dad’s old apartment. Big, brand new tvs. One kid even had a plasma screen!

Just wondering if we’re the weird ones or if there are other sticklers out there, who think the kids should be spending time with family rather than holed up in their rooms.