Since having a baby, I've have learned that sometimes a mom (and a dad) need time to do things for themselves. Luckily, hubby and I have one date night a month, courtesy of our friends, The P's but that is usually planned weeks in advanced. Hubbers and I are pretty much on our own the other times, which is makes it hard to be super social in a city that is all about being social. I suppose, I should find a babysitter but it's hard to trust just anyone with the most precious commodity of your life! So I guess it's a good thing hubbers and I enjoy spending time with our little family! Anyhow, Mom and also Dad needs a break every now and then for some good old fashion "me" time. Dad escaped the house the other day to see a movie and I decided to take an even bigger escape and take 2 days off from work. Since it wasn't busy it was the perfect time. I took Penny to daycare on both days and one day I headed to the relaxation of the spa with a giant sushi pigout afterward and the second day I scrapbooked. I love scrapbooking but who gets time to do it? Even during naps I have chores and housework to do. I happened to be looking at my paycheck the other day and I noticed I had a lot of vacation piled up so I decided that my "me time" would come in the form of 2 vacation days. In three words "It was heavenly." I love my kid, my dog and my hubbers but sometimes its just nice to be left with your own thoughts. I took Baby Girl to daycare so I didn't have to worry about her so I was left with a calmness. I used my gift certificate to Burke Williams and I got an 80 minute massage along with a spa manicure and pedicure. I was int he spa from 10am till 3:30pm and it was divine. I read magazines which I never get to do. I ate a banana at my own leisurely pace. I sat in the jacuzzi. I felt so relaxed. Then to top it all off I went to Kabuki and had happy hour sushi which means good sushi for half price which means that my tummy was full when I went to pick up Penny!
On my second day off, I went to a few of my favorite scrapbook stores. I was looking for some themed paper. What I found is that both of my favorite, go-to stores had moved and their new stores were small with not much product. I guess the economy hit the scrapbook stores especially hard. I did manage to find some paper but I felt the whole effort of it all was wasted. My precious time was wasted finding these places. Next time I will jsut go to the big chain, Michaels and get what I need and leave the visits to the scrapbook places to the weekends or when I have the family with me. Not worth taking vacation time on the weekdays to go. I scrapbooked for 5 hours and I got 30 pages plus a lot of Baby Girl's mini-birthday book completed.
Now that I have experienced momma bliss I think I am going to have to take more days off in the future. I've always just worked, worked, worked. Now its time to take some time for Momma.
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of ...
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