Stay at home?

Whoever coined the phrase "Stay-at-Home" mom should be publicly ridiculed. I"m talking much finger pointing and laughing. There is no such thing!!

We had quite the day today.

We had an appointment with our ear, nose and throat doctor today. It's been 2 weeks or so since J-man had his new set of tubes put in. The Doctor said his tubes and ears look great. J's also been talking more lately, so it's been a blessing.

Then we took some donations to a group that aids foster families.

We went to the bank.

We took a blouse that got doused with coffee to the cleaners.

We went to McDonald's to play in an inside play place. The park we were near was SWARMING with children, so we went to McD's for a little less "Swarm".

We went to a cookies by design store and picked up a cookie bouquet - and took it to the Professor's work place. His co-worker, of the same rank as he, is leaving at the end of the week. So we wanted her last week to be sweet. And that's exactly what my post-it note said. (There was no way I was going to take in 4 kids into a Hallmark. I'm a coward. I admit it.)

Then we came home - and the littles took a nap. I fell asleep,too.
Woke up and fixed a dinner for a friend who just had surgery -- and took that to her and her family. We came home to find The Professor fixing our dinner.

I love my man.

After that kind of a day - my patience was a little thin.
That is the one area I'm most concerned with my re-presenting of Christ to the World. My kids push my buttons faster than anyone possibly can. I would hate to find out later that it was because of me - that someone completely rejected Jesus.

So I'm going to put my feet up and watch "Stranger than Fiction" with The Professor. And probably eat some Ice Cream. Even though - tomorrow is weigh-day at TalesfromtheScales (it probably won't be pretty. at least for me.)