A week alone-- 8 things that I was reminded about myself and my life as a wife and mom
So what happens when your college girls have a different spring break from you, and your high schooler wants to spend a week with Dad golfing? Mom gets Spring Break week at home- alone. This is the first time in 21 years that I have been home alone, all alone. No kids. No husband. Here are 8 important things I learned from staying home alone. 1. The only dishes that I had to wash are the ones I used. Now THAT is a novel idea. Really novel, when you realize that paper plates worked just fine. :) And you know what, everything else in the house stayed clean too!! Crazy, right?? 2. I found out that I am perfectly capable of painting a room with zero assistance. Well, maybe just a little- I had to ask the lady at the Home Depot Counter if I needed to have her mix white paint..... she was kind enough not to laugh. (For reference, you don't. She will just shake it for you...) 3. Nights were long. Really really long. Sure, I could climb under a heated bl...