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DH came home yesterday afternoon! YAY! I didn't think he would be back until mid-week. The boys and I had to run out to buy his birthday presents & fixin's for birthday dinner - since his birthday was last week! I don't do Mother's Day, so it was nice to have a diversion -we had birthday dinner!
Today is my last day of work...snarfle!
Hey M. - I love - love - love your sense of humor - I so relate w/you I am really looking forward to meeting you.
I was a very active Mom when my kids were young. Although I worked - I was still the den mom, girl scout leader, little league team mom, soccor mom, etc. In those days I was the exception - working vs SAHM - and a lot of the SAHM's couldn't find the time to be invoved w/their kids. Their loss!
What do you mean "was" active? It sounds like you're still going full speed! I'm looking forward to meeting you too!
My mom was the SAHM scout leader, skating team manager, baseball team mom, room mom, PTA somethingorother, etc. I only volunteer for jobs that enable me to spend time with my kids. I don't do paperwork/organizing jobs. I am a professional fundraiser (really!), so the kids groups always want to rope me into that. I offer to advise & get out of the way. PTA isn't even an option - they have the meetings at 10 am on a school/work day and wonder why the same 10 moms do everything.

I actualy don't DO that much. I'm a scout leader, hockey coach & I can usually make 1-2 field trips a year.
My next task is to buy a glass computer desk because the moving company is much more careful with glass items than anything else. Actually, they send out a specialty company to dismantle, secure and crate up anything like glass tabletops, DS's antique firetruck push pedal car etc. Pretty sad that I have to buy stuff based on whether or not the movers can destroy it.
Isn't that amazing? The movers take much greater care of my $100 tempered glass patio table than my antique dining room table.
If you like those schedules, don't ever move to Jersey. We go back right after Labor Day and get out 2nd to 3rd week of June....
That's what school was like in Ohio when I was a kid.
My kids are going to have a LONG summer vacation this year - out mid-May in Alaska, back to school after Labor Day in VA/MD.