Tired Mommy Tales

Good Intentions

I start every weekend with them. I have a mental list of all the housework I can tackle: rooms tidied, laundry washed, dried, folded AND put away, meals prepped and frozen…

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Then I have the mental list of all the fun activities I can do with Brooke: play outside, paint, cook & bake, play games, build puzzles…

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The reality? By the time I get breakfast made and cleaned up, I look at the clock and realize I need to start thinking about lunch. Lunch is thrown together and I try to get Brooke to eat faster, faster, faster so her nap doesn’t start crazy late.  In a nutshell, my weekends are gone before I even realize they’ve come.

Since moving here to Tennessee, the weekends have gotten better.  We’ve made a real effort to do more during the week so that we aren’t bogged down when the weekend rolls around.  I still struggle with balancing the things that need to be done around the house with spending quality time with both Brooke and Keith but I feel our situation has improved and will continue to do so as we continue tweaking our new routine.

What are your weekends like? Is it a time of relaxation and reconnecting or do you cram your days with chores and catch-up?

This post is linked to Working Mommy Wednesday