So I figured, since I didn't have much to talk about regarding my cycle (which I will gladly take boring and regular any day) it would be fun to put together a little Day in the Life post for the blog. I've been thinking about doing this for a while and finally did it last Thursday, it was a lot more work than I had thought and this isn't how every day goes for me; some days are busier, I get other chores done or have to run errands, some days there are appointments or gatherings to attend when other days are a bit lazier and I spend it writing or working on little projects. But this was a typical day at home while my husband was at work...
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Our alarms go off at 6:45am, groggily I take my temperature and it is good, 98.23 degrees, which suggests that I did ovulate yesterday but the next two days will confirm it. Dyl and I snuggle for what feels like a minute, trying to delay the inevitable as the clock reminds us that Dyl needs to go to work. Finally we drag ourselves out of bed and I head for the kitchen to start putting together his lunch for the day while he gets ready. We put Rosie out, she's always hanging outside for what seems like forever, but it's a little colder today so she hurries in. We get to spend some time together while he has breakfast but it isn't much longer before he is leaving me with kisses as he heads out the door.
7:30am - Hello there Rosie, she's waiting to go back to bed but I have to clean up the mess from making Dyl's lunch first and I would like to go to the bathroom too.
So, that's me in the morning, a wild mess of hair, no make up and hubby's shirt - he loves me enough to share, haha. I jump on the scale quickly, we used to have a really unhealthy relationship but I've lost weight since our last pregnancy and feeling healthier than I have in a long time.
8:00am and I am finally sitting down for breakfast, I think I slow down after the initial rush of getting Dyl off to work. Nutella on whole wheat toast, a glass of milk and that nasty pink pill - I feel like a kid having Nutella for breakfast, I mean come on it's practically a desert but I'm okay with that this morning.After having a mid panic attack over what I first thought was the fire alarms going off (but was actually just my nephew's toy going haywire) I crawl back into bed, hoping that a moment laying down will calm my upset stomach (which btw I'm choosing that it wasn't my practically-a-desert-for-breakfast that did it)
But I wake up at 10:30am, what? what happened?! I was supposed to lay down for a moment, not almost two hours! I guess Rosie was right about us heading back to bed - oh, silly girl! Our bed is sort of a weakness of mine; it's just so comfy and warm, I debate staying even longer than I already have - I mean, it IS rather cold out there anyway... ;) But I reluctantly pull myself out and make the bed, a preventative measure to keep me from crawling back in and I like that doing just that one chore instantly makes the room look better. With my unexpected nap behind me, I'm starting to feel rushed with the things I wanted to get done today, but first I need to look a little more human - teeth brushed, dressed with my usual minimal makeup, bangs pinned up and my mess of curls braided down the side I'm ready to get on with the day... finally.
3:00pm - You read that right, four hours later I'm printing the final copies, not only are they complete but I am very confident in the quality and contents - potential employers would be stupid to pass up on this one. With that behind me I sort my laundry and get that on the go, realizing that I probably could have gotten it done while I worked on the cover letter and resume - Oh well!
I still have a couple of hours before Dyl finishes work, so I pull out my recipe book and start on a cookie recipe that I have been itching to try myself. I have been hoping to find a good, universal cookie recipe for a while now and I think I've found it. I know it works well with it's original butterscotch and white chocolate chips, so I am attempting to try white chocolate chunks this time and see how it goes, hopefully the recipe will be just as accepting with chocolate chips too. My sister in-law actually tried the recipe first, she found it off of Pinterest (by the way I love Pinterest, holy bananas how did the world manage without? Recipes, craft ideas, hair styles pretty much anything you can think of can be found there) this recipe is from Lil Luna but I have made a few alterations here and there to suit my personal tastes.
5:00pm - the kitchen is bustling; my parents are making a variety of seafood for their dinner while my sister in-law fries up some thin steaks and potatoes for her little family. Sometimes I feel like we're working in a restaurant kitchen, dancing around one another, it's sort of fun. As my last batch of cookies are fresh out of the oven, I quickly finish up dishes and start to think about what I should do for dinner. I should note, for anyone who might not know our living situation; my husband & I live with my parents, my brother, his wife & their son (soon to be two sons). It' sounds crazy and sometimes it is, but we each have our own space while we share the mafloor, and generally it works out pretty well. Sometimes we all do our own dinners but more often then not we have everyone sit down together - we try to trade off who cooks, but because I am currently rocking the "housewife" title, more often than not, I take on dinner and it is going to be WEIRD when we are living on our own & I am only cooking for Dyl (& hopefully our baby).
7:45pm - While Dyl does a bit of reading, I quickly drop in on one of my favorite Youtube vloggers, dailyBUMPS (they have an eerily similar story to us, so if you are looking for more people to connect with that have gone through pregnancy loss, I strongly recommend them - however, they are pregnant right now so if that is a trigger you might want to take that into consideration) despite pregnancy being a usual trigger for myself, seeing people who have gone through the same pain we have and have come out with a healthy baby gives me so much hope, I can't wait for them to welcome their little boy this summer.
8:00pm - we are snuggled up on our couch ready to watch a couple episodes of Supernatural, we actually started watching this show last winter and have been hooked since! While I could probably skip out on some of the unnecessary low/no-respect-for-themselves-girls, there have been some kick butt female characters along the way and the story line, the character development, the way they have me on the edge of my seat every episode - it's amazing and we have been eating through the seasons. Plus, the gag-reels at the end of each season are golden.
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This was so much more work than I had imagined, I had to stop every single time I started something and pull out my cellphone. Which is why there are some gaps but I figured that 20 photos were a good amount to document a day in my little housewife life. Despite how much effort this took, I'm thinking this will probably happen again sometime, maybe when we have a baby here? Who knows.
xo, Anne.
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