Having a grand time

So my husband rob is gone for the week. He was supposed to leave early yesterday morning. He got up early packed his things up and said his goodbyes and took makenna to school. Shortly after he comes barelling through the door all hysterical. Believe it or not....someone stole his lights off the back of his truck. Yes completely cut wires and took them. For those of you who don't know our home has been hit Sooooo many times it is getting really old. We have alarms, security systems, cameras you name it my husband has gone to great lengths to protect his things. You can see how well this has all worked. All he could do is rewind the cameras over and over and watch some hoodlum take something from his precious truck. It was obviously someone who knew we had cameras because they were wearing a huge hood over their face. So needless to say rob was all up in arms all morning trying to get lights so that he could leave on his trip to california. Finally after a lot of calling around and driving he left around 2 or so yesterday.

So today I have been a having a great time. What have I been doing you ask? You guessed nothing and everything that I want to do. One thing I decided to do today was clean my kids bathroom. You know the greatest part about it is that Iwanted to clean them. That is the best part to me. I get to clean the bathroom because I want to not because I feel it out of duty or know that it pleases my husband but because I want to.

A few years back my friend patty and I were at a progressive Christmas dinner party and we were at our old Relief Society Presidents Home...Sister Mcfarland. For whatever reason both patty and I had to use the restroom at some point. Let me just say it was the talking point for us the rest of the evening. Her bathrooms were immaculate! Not a drop of dust anywhere. I was so impressed! They were so clean that you felt like you could lay down naked and eat ice cream or something good off of the floor. Seriously! So I aspired that night to become like her and take pride in my bathrooms. Havent hit my goal yet, but I still have the picture in my mind.

So I put on my ear phones and ipod and went to cleaning. I listened to the beatles yellow submarine, Boston more than a feeling and then Lionel Ritchie came on Hello. I started cracking myself up remembering the video. Anyone remember it??? At the end the blind girl sculps this giant head of Lionel Ritchie. Funny how music helps your recall old memories that you have. I love that! I have had guests visiting for like the last 3 weekends in a row so I knew it was going to be a doozy.
I don't think that I have been that intimate with my toilet for a very long time. The dust behind the toilet was quite discusting. Sometimes I wish that I had a third bathroom simply because this is the bathroom that both my two older teenagers use and I know it isnt always as clean as it should be. But feel free if you are driving by and need to stop to go to the bathroom. I will gladly let you in without cringing.

I wonder what the next few days will bring? I love just being able to do whatever without having to be accountable to anyone but myself. There have been times that I have been a little envious of Kristen thinking she must have the best life having her husband gone and then come home every weekend. I am very independant and think I would really like that! The best part however would be the much anticipated reunion. You know....its just long enough to enjoy it and just long enough to really want them to come home! There are definately draw backs that I will be experiencing at the end of the week. I have to work thursday and friday and thursday night kailey has a meeting at the high school, kyle has his last piano lesson and his recital is friday night at 6pm. What am I going to do? I work until 7:00. These are the moments that I really feel for single women who have to figure it all out. In fact that brings my thoughts back to a comment that our new bishop said at sacrament meeting. He thanked and said he had a special appreciation for those women that for whatever reason are working and then coming home and trying to be a good mom too. I really appreciated that comment. In the past I have felt really judged because I havent EVER been able to stay at home and only be a mom. I have always worked and hate the fact that this has been the situation. In the past I worked for the money. Now I work for the benefits for our family. It is something I struggle with all the time but really appreciated his thoughts. Usually they have stay at home moms get up and say something. While most are awesome there have been a few that rip those of us who work. It just creates bad feelings all the way around. Thank heavens I have a strong testimony or I could have let my offended heart take me away. Really I know what is going on and am ok with the fact that some people arent aware of other peoples circumstances. I will chalk it up to being "young" how about that? Well I must run there are lots of things I want to do, Woo Hoo.....I promise rob that by the end of the week I will miss you!