Vince comes home for lunch every day. He’s home a little after 11 and since lunch is our main meal, I try to make it a decent meal (instead of a cold sandwich) . I usually go over to the sewing room shortly after 7 and spend an hour or two knitting with Boots, then come back to the house and get lunch going by 9:15 or so. Vince leaves about noon and by the time I clean the kitchen, take a nap, go out and make a trip around to check on the chickens and see if anything needs watering, come back in and get laundry going, or do a bit of ironing, or clean the bathrooms, then I go back over and knit for a couple of hours with Boots and then it’s time for Vince to be home from work.
I don’t know why I think I should have ALL day to do what I want to do just because Vince isn’t coming home for lunch. It isn’t like I spend ALL day getting lunch done. Today was one of those rare days when he wasn’t coming home for lunch. I knew I needed to fix something yummy for lunch yesterday so I would eat leftovers today because I’m not much of a fan of leftovers. I made crawfish etouffee for lunch yesterday and all morning, I could hardly wait to have leftovers for my lunch. I stirred up some coleslaw and sat and ate while watching The Grocery Girls’ podcast.
Lunch with The Grocery Girls
Not surprising I suppose . . I haven’t had nearly as much knitting time as I had hoped to have. I’ve been in the sewing room almost all day. I came back to the house several times to transfer clothes to the dryer and get another load going. I’m going to spend the next hour or so ironing and then try to get in another hour of knitting before Vince gets home.
Days go by too quickly when there’s so much I want to get done . . never enough time!
dezertsuz says
I know that feeling. I dream of a day when I am the only one in the house for the ENTIRE day. LOL But I still wouldn’t get as much done as I think.
debbierhodes says
Since mine retired I dream of a day alone.
Linda in NE says
I hear you! I thank God mine has some fishing buddies and some days they’re gone almost all day.
montanaclarks says
How did we ever have time to work?? Lately I’ve been thinking about my Mom who worked a full time job when we three kids were growing up. Mom and Dad both worked hard but Mom came home from work, cooked supper, if it was summer she canned/froze mounds of produce and still found time to make clothing for herself, my sister and me. How did she do it??? As we grew older I began to have supper ready when she and Dad came home from work. We kids were expected to shell beans/peas, clean corn, etc. having it ready for her to process when she came home. I really don’t know how she did it!
Wanda says
How do you hear your lunch if you don’t use the microwave? Just wondering especially today lunch.
Laura Haynes says
Ironing? in September? In TX? For an Hour?! Oh my! That’s where your knitting time went.
Nancy says
Goodness I kept thinking that once I retire I will have time to accomplish more of the stuff around home and then you write that there is ‘never enough time’. How disappointing.
Judy Laquidara says
I’m sorry you find it disappointing. I suppose it’s all in how we look at things. If I don’t have at least 30 hours worth of stuff to do during my 16 “awake” hours, I feel like a slacker. I never get everything done that I want to get done but, for me, having more on the to do list than I can possibly get done is what keeps me going at a faster speed and keeps my day exciting. For others, getting everything done and sitting down with nothing to do may be what makes them function better. The most important thing is finding what works for you and what makes you happy.