What do you do when you're home alone?

[kelownagirl]

I have not been home alone for months. And when I am, it's usually only for an hour or two on a weekend afternoon....

[Kano]

Last time I was home alone for a week....

I PLANNED to spend some time in my sewing room. Finish a couple of projects.

That was almost a year ago. Those projects are not done yet.

I was in my bathroom, and decided I couldn't look at that wall paper for one more week. What the heck, I thought. It's only going to take a few hours to pull it off the walls, and by tomorrow night I can have them freshly painted, and THEN I'll sew all week long.

Yeah, right....

The paper didn't want to come. It took parts of the sheet rock with it. The room was SCARY.

I got a mess of plaster, and started troweling it on. Eventually, I had all of the walls completely covered with a great texture. Then came primer, paint, and then, the worst part: the clean up!

It kept me busy every available minute of the entire week, and I never did do any sewing!

Karen in Boise

[Grog]

I "clean," e.g. I get ALL the clothes out of my closet and try to rearrange them. Or do the same with the bookcases. Drawers. Whatever.

Right now my sweetie is out on a bike ride and I have this impulse of "cleaning" up my desk.

The problem is that it is never done, there are always those bits and pieces that don't belong in a rightful place, and the place ends up messier than it was...

I love it though.

[Brandi]

Considering my dh and work together almost 24 7 I relish it when he has to go on a trip withot me.
I eat all my favorite foods. Taco salad is my first choice. Then I watch stuff like Sex in the City and all the shows he hates to watch. I go to bed early almost every night. I don't clean the dishes. And I don't shave. Ha sounds like fun huh? Oh and sometimes I have a girls night when all my girlfriends come over in their pj's and we girly stuff. Like our nails and facials etc...

[OakLeaf]

Sulk. Eat frozen dinners and can't be bothered to cook even when my body is screaming for real food. Forget to go to sleep at night. I HATE being home alone. But I do enjoy not having the stupid TV on.

[Starfish]

Live my life.

[Zen]

Starfish

[nomummytummy]

I have not been home alone for months. And when I am, it's usually only for an hour or two on a weekend afternoon....

Ditto but I do have a fantasy that involves DH & 3 boys going away for 4 days. Day 1, I get to clean the house from top to bottom. Noone around to mess up where I have just tidied. Change sheets to white ones, have a bath & get into bed early with a good book. Day 2 - wake up, lie in bed realise I am alone in house. Feel the cleanness all around me. Bliss. Get up go to kitchen to make coffee - wow it's still clean from yesterday.

Spend next 3 days enjoying tidy quiet home, eating when & what I want - you know how sop is a meal for a woman, but not for a man. Just that kind of thing.

i am however confused about how this became my fantasy. When did raunchy get replaced with tidy????

[Bklynmom]

I realize that with 2 boys and one husband, I'm only alone during the day when I'm supposed to be working, or riding the bike.

I would love an evening alone -- and I would buy a big stack of mystery books, order sushi and buy a really good bottle of white wine and drink one glass (OK maybe 2) and do nothing but read.

Sign me up!

[Zen]

i am however confused about how this became my fantasy. When did raunchy get replaced with tidy????

let me introduce you to the UPS Man/Boy

[emily_in_nc]

So I am home alone until Thanksgiving day, when I'll join DH down at our boat for the long Thanksgiving holiday. I miss him already, but I'm having a pleasant evening, hanging out online and watching TV (Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead on Lifetime, fascinating...if you're into psychic stuff, check it out!)

It's going to be a long few days, but at least we can talk on the phone. I'm sure I'll keep busy. Already have a long list of everything I need/want to do this weekend.

Emily

[nomummytummy]

let me introduce you to the UPS Man/Boy

so Zen does he have nice biceps from lifting all those packages?

[Starfish]

i am however confused about how this became my fantasy. When did raunchy get replaced with tidy????

Hey, who says they have to be mutually exclusive? Maybe you need to tweak your fantasy!