"Daniel Cleans House While I sit Around and Watch"
A little back story:
Our house was a bit of a disaster in progress. From boxes of misc. Christmas decor to boxes of various wedding doodads. Craft projects litter my kitchen table and laundry has consumed the entire southwest corner of our bedroom. Only patches of my desk top can actually be seen under all the mail, christmas lists, blank Cd's, and a paper plate from Daniel's serving of cake the other night. OK so do you have a picture in your head yet of the state of our holiday home? ......Great....
So the other night Daniel came home from work and after cleaning up and changing, he picked up an arm full of laundry and headed to the laundry room (who am I kidding? the Garage that houses our Washer and dryer) and started the wash. He then went and took out the trash, put a fresh liner in the can and quickly moved on to the dishes in the sink. Meanwhile, I am taking care of Sterling. How could I expect my little four year to watch Jane and the dragon all by himself in our bedroom? Besides it was a very good episode.
After the program ended I followed Daniel around the house complaining about the lack of ideas we had for Christmas gifts. It is so stressful trying to figure out what to get everyone that is both practical and thoughtful and in our budget. I laid on the bed trying to brainstorm while I watched him fold the first load of freshly laundered clothes. I had to follow him back into the kitchen to continue our conversation when he went back to finish cleaning the counter tops. I talked and went through Store ads. He cleaned and listened.
Coming up with creative gift ideas is hard work I tell you!
I went back into our bedroom with a pen and blank piece of paper determined to be inspired by great gift ideas. After 2 mins I had nothing. I thought maybe if I closed my eyes that my visual imagination would take flight and the ideas would come flooding in.
I dozed off...
About 20 minutes later I hear toys being thrown in to various bins and buckets.
Daniel is cleaning Sterling's room while I stand in the doorway still complaining about my failed attempt at creating a list of gifts for our family members.
He seemed busy so I went to look through the store adds again. I came up with a few ideas ran them by Daniel real quick and then headed to the store.
After 2 hours of shopping I returned home with Christmas PJ's, an Audio book, and a new dress for myself.
I put it away in our closet and sat on the bed explaining to Daniel that I still was at a loss on some gifts. He listened thoughtfully while folding yet another load of laundry.
This time I helped.
Love, Your not so Homemaker Sister
Tomorrows Topic: "Grandma Got Ran Over on the Freeway" (thought provoking isn't it)
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*My sister and her family are visiting her husbands side of the family in Brazil this holiday season. My sister and I talk on the phone several times a day. It is expensive to call Brazil so frequently as you can imagine. So for 15 days I will be writing her letters and I will be emailing her and posting them here.
Her and her family living in Las Cruces is bad enough! Having them on a completely different continent gives me anxiety!
However I will Press on for the next 15 days, through frequent emails and a lot of talking to myself.
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