Comments on A Day in the Life ...: Friday Fragments - One week down

I can only imagine how hectic things are right now...

2009-09-30T13:32:57.556-04:00

I can only imagine how hectic things are right now with everyone adjusting to the new schedule. I hope that things will smooth out for you all soon and work starts to feel more second nature.
I'm glad to hear you mom is taking some time for herself!
Hang in there. I'm thinking of you.

Glad the transition back to the working world is g...

2009-09-29T16:53:24.601-04:00

Glad the transition back to the working world is going well, and I'm also glad your Mom is blossoming!

My Dad used to LOVE Swiss Chalet. :)

Hang in there! Just think, in a few months you'll ...

2009-09-29T06:21:11.988-04:00

Hang in there! Just think, in a few months you'll be gliding smoothly through this new schedule and wondering what you used to do with all of that extra time.
Your Mom sounds cool and gives me much hope for my future (imagine dressing in things that won't have handprints or chocolate mouth smears on it) :-)

The oven on? All day? Oh no. I don't even like lea...

2009-09-29T00:32:04.821-04:00

The oven on? All day? Oh no. I don't even like leaving the coffee pot on without anyone home!

It is good to hear that your mom is doing well and finding more about who she is. A personal reinvention is always a good thing. Ask Madonna. :)

I'm so glad that seeing your mom think of herself ...

2009-09-28T23:54:27.939-04:00

I'm so glad that seeing your mom think of herself for a change is a good thing. If this were a movie vs. real life, you'd be bitter and wonder if she ever cared for him. Real life is better sometimes, huh?

Your dad is watching her, happy that she is still the woman he fell in love with. And watching you, proud while you figure out how to navigate this working mother and wife thing.

I'm glad to hear you are surviving. It will get e...

2009-09-28T14:31:07.523-04:00

I'm glad to hear you are surviving. It will get easier before long.

You know, it's beautiful that you are happily watching your Mom's transformation. You are a good daughter. I bet your Dad is happy to see her doing well too.

Do you have DreamDinners or a similar meal-prep pl...

2009-09-27T21:19:25.044-04:00

Do you have DreamDinners or a similar meal-prep place around you? It's been a life-saver for me to get dinner on the table quickly!

Hang in there, you will get the hang of this, and before you know it, you'll have a routine down.

Just don't be afraid to ask and use help whenever and wherever you can!

Hi Karen. Wow I have owed you a visit to your blo...

2009-09-27T17:12:28.657-04:00

Hi Karen. Wow I have owed you a visit to your blog in like forever and have felt like crap about it until I read your Friday Fragments and after hearing about your busy life, I thought you'd most likely understand. :-)

I don't pretend to be on top of it in anything especially my blogging life so.....

I need to visit here more often because it seems you always keep it real and tell it like it is which is always what I need to read when I cruise around blogtown....

Hope you had a great weekend!

Lee

Thanks for all the fragments and tidbits of what m...

2009-09-27T10:36:29.922-04:00

Thanks for all the fragments and tidbits of what must have been a whirlwind of a week. It must have been exhausting, physically and emotionally. You did it--and there was never any doubt that you would! It's an adjustment for everyone and it will all be fine.

I tried a recipe on Friday that was one of those leave-the-oven all day things. It was a pork loin roast. I was home so it was safe to try. It turned out that I had to crank the temperature up anyways at the end and it took the same amount per pound at the high temperature as it probably would have had I not left it all day on low temp.

My mom blossomed after Dad passed away, but my dad...

2009-09-26T23:04:31.681-04:00

My mom blossomed after Dad passed away, but my dad was overbearing, controlling and cranky. I'm glad you have good memories to hold onto.

I'm SO with you on the exhaustion. (Case in point, my only just now getting to fragmenter #15 of 38.) Today, I drove 3 + 3 hours taking Kyle to visit a college. I am lying almost completely horizontal on the couch, trying to stay awake.

I love 2 truths and a lie :)

I've left the oven all night before to cook someth...

2009-09-26T13:54:15.339-04:00

I've left the oven all night before to cook something and that was fine. I'd imagine it would be similar. That said, I'm not even sure if my current oven would stay ON that long. I think it has some sort of auto-shutoff.

Just think in another few weeks you will have the ...

2009-09-25T19:20:46.227-04:00

Just think in another few weeks you will have the morning routine down pat, a month's worth of meals in the freezer and everyone at the office wrapped around your finger. Here's hoping.

Um, here in Idaho (can you say hick?) we cook thin...

2009-09-25T17:14:26.283-04:00

Um, here in Idaho (can you say hick?) we cook things in the oven all day. And I have neither burned a house down nor died of some horrible food poisoning, so there you go. :)

I know that you are tired and cranky, and all I can say is that it will get easier; hang in there, okay? Besides, a snack before dinner is, in some places, called an "appetizer." So there. :)

Hugs.

I enjoyed your post very much. Your mom sounds lik...

2009-09-25T16:35:06.094-04:00

I enjoyed your post very much. Your mom sounds like a sweetheart and I love your comments about your dad.

Leaving the oven on all day?? crazy.. never even h...

2009-09-25T14:59:30.666-04:00

Leaving the oven on all day?? crazy.. never even heard of that..

Love the term Superior Wifeness.. :)

Thank you! Now I know what to call my crankiness.....

2009-09-25T12:30:11.703-04:00

Thank you! Now I know what to call my crankiness... Superior Wifeness... I love that!

Hope the new job keeps being awesome and you can relax into it. The kids and hubs will get the routine down too, all will be good in the hood.

(yeah, I'm with ya too on the whole leaving the oven on. That would seriously creep me out all day.)

right there with you on the oven- who knows what c...

2009-09-25T12:03:47.421-04:00

right there with you on the oven- who knows what could happen!

Good for your mom!

Lovely words about your dad.

Happy Friday!

I loved these fragments. I feel as if you were wri...

2009-09-25T11:31:26.442-04:00

I loved these fragments. I feel as if you were writing for me today. The exhaustion that comes with the juggling and time constraints never seem to go away, no matter what kind of groove you get into. Maybe when they're older it will feel less hectic. I won't have to do so much for the two smaller ones. But then I'll start to feel guilty for neglecting them because they become self-sufficient. Yeah, this is a lose-lose situation.

I wouldn't do the oven all day long either. Call us crazy or paranoid. I don't care.

2 truths and a lie game at the office? Nice. Maybe I should start that game here....if only the ladies in the office weren't so anti-fun.

Happy Friday.

Sometimes I even get nervous leaving the slow cook...

2009-09-25T10:29:52.900-04:00

Sometimes I even get nervous leaving the slow cooker on!

What a neat mom you have. I want to be like that, too, at 72

hope the time out with your mom goes well

2009-09-25T10:28:21.458-04:00

hope the time out with your mom goes well

Yay for slow cookers..nay for all day oven on..wha...

2009-09-25T10:28:02.842-04:00

Yay for slow cookers..nay for all day oven on..what the heck???

Your dad sounds exactly like mine...quiet and confident, glad you are holding that close to you

Your mom sounds like one hip mamma! My mother in law (MIL) is 70 and she is an old 70...very granny like....needy, whiney...but good natured...maybe she need some leopard print to spice her up!!
Have a great weekend!

Love your mom! Here's hoping your weeks get easie...

2009-09-25T09:22:14.364-04:00

Love your mom! Here's hoping your weeks get easier.

That is strange that a cook book would suggest to ...

2009-09-25T08:27:11.742-04:00

That is strange that a cook book would suggest to leave the oven on all day. I would never do that. Ever. Have you thought about contacting the publisher to voice your concerns about that? I bet they'd like to hear that.

I smiled really big when I read about your Mom in her pink shirt. :)