What Hobbies??

          I'm not a writer, never have been, but its the middle of winter and we have about, I'd say, a total of  6 inches outside with ice chips here and there, so being a SAHM at this time of year means getting totally bored with your surroundings. I always thought "I will be a great Mom- I will be happy to clean! I'll be happy to pay the bills!"    
          Yeah.  
          Not so much.
          So I decided to start this blog!
        
         A couple things encouraged me.. one of which was more of a guilt trip I created for myself. First, I've been engrossed in a blog that was recommended to me at the beginning of December: The Gift of Rachel's Life. It's written by Rachel's Mom. I cry almost every day when I read it. But they are usually good tears. I want everyone in the whole world to read that blog!  http://www.thegiftofrachelslife.blogspot.com/
       
         Second, (this is the guilt trip one) Jon, a friend of my husband, who we hang out with pretty often invited us over for dinner one night to his new townhouse. Lily, my 4 month old daughter, was not a happy camper that night but I had no idea what to cook for dinner because I had no food in the house so the invite couldn't have come at a better time! She was asleep when we got to Jon's, but woke up pretty soon thereafter. While I was pacing around the house, Jon, who can I just say is such a genuinely nice person, asked how life at home with Lily is, I just said the same old everyday response of "Good!" The next thing he asked me really made me want to laugh out loud. "So- are you doing anything new? Start any new hobbies?"

       Okay first of all, I understand there are probably some amazing moms out there, who have their babies on such a timely schedule that they DO have time for new hobbies. But not this Mom.

       I just shook my head No, and Paul pointed to Lily, to explain to this bachelor that SHE is my hobby. My one and only. And I love that! But anyway long story short (which you'll learn is very hard for me), I felt embarassed and guilty. I thought - just because I take care of a "high maintenance" 4 month old and a crazy dog, who I forgot to mention earlier, doesn't mean I should have nothing to speak of! So I'll just write about everything and then maybe that will force me to actually do something with my time.

      With all this said, my first and most important job while I am home is taking care of Lily. She may have just woken up from her nap so I doubt I'll get to write more. Overtime I plan on getting my thoughts a lot more organized so I apologize if you all think this is a mess. Like I said- I'm not a writer. I am a perfectionist but I don't have the patience to perfect this skill.

  Later I will tell you what this blog will hopefully reflect about me- my Christianity, my family, and my dreams!