my all alone day--a poorly written fairytale with no moral whatsoever

Once upon a time there was a mom who got a day all to herself.

For the first time in a month Brad took the boys for the weekend. And I was all alone. And though I missed the poo out of my kiddos, it was good to catch my breath. Just so you know, to me "catch my breath" means to keep myself as busy as humanly possible. That makes sense, right?! Anyhow, this is how I spent my day when there was no one to take care of but me:



I slept in until 8:30. Woo-hoo! Then spent almost 4 hours mowing, weeding, pruning, and picking in my yard and garden. See how pretty!:

Blisters on my hands, not so pretty:

Took a loooooong shower (boy! did slaving away in the 95 degree heat make me stinky!), got dressed and I was ready to go. Look at me wearing a white shirt AND white pants. That is an outfit only a woman without children can wear (which is why I think I've wore those white pants minus 3 times up to this point....).
First stop was the trampoline store (did you even know those existed?!). Our well-loved trampoline went from looking like this: To this:
Not that this isn't totally attractive in my backyard, but I think it'll look better repaired.

First errand DONE.

As I drove around, I listened to her REALLY loud. And no one said "Mom! Turn it down! We don't like this music!" :)

Look at the beautiful Idaho scenery:

Don't try and move here all at once now!!!

Next, I went to visit with my mama: I know she's not really at the cemetery, but I think she humors me and hangs out when I come. We have some good talks together there anyway. She was a wise, wise woman---and I sure need some of her wisdom at this point in life.

By now it was after 4:00 and I remembered all I'd had to eat so far today was....water. So, I made a little stop here:
Mmmmmm.....dark chocolate with peanut butter and banana. Eaten with about 25 napkins spread over those darn white pants!

Last up was a stop at the tar-jay where the scent of popcorn and Isaac Mizrahi hung heavy in the air: They were in the middle of the summer to fall cHaos, so it was 99% junky clearance, but I had fun looking around and trying on hats. I even purchased exciting things such as a light bulb (!) and hand sanitizer (!).



Then it was back to home where I spent an hour folding this:

while watching season 3 of this for the eleventeenth time:

and hatching a plan to fix this poor pathetic wall that I have hated since I first hung all of it up two years ago: I love the idea of a family photo wall, but this one just never quite got done like I wanted. Wait till you see what I do with it (stay tuned later this week!....).

FINALLY, I finished my day catching up on all of your lives till the wee hours of the morning.....spreading my comment lovin' around like Keven Federline spreads his DNA...... and doing my best to bring peace, love, and joy to blogland. And that was my all alone day.

Oh yeah, and I lived happily ever after.

The End.