Mommy Matters: Holy Laptop Batman! This is the life!

Thursday, November 04, 2004

Holy Laptop Batman! This is the life!

My hubby has this week off. Kind of a small break before the resteraunt opens and I never see him again. He is doing what any loving, family man would do, and is taking off into the back country with my dad for a three day backpacking trip. These men, though I love them muches, are nuts. Why would you go out into the mountains of Wyoming in November? There is snow out there people! Really, it's okay with me. They are their toes. They can freeze them off if they want to.

So while they brave freezing temperatures I am at home with the LAPTOP! The laptop is hubby's, and he uses it for work, so it's rare that it's here in our home. I get to use it some evenings to surf or play SIMS, but that's it. I have always dreamed of a laptop of my very own. One I can keep on the kitchen counter during the day so I can use the internet and not have to haul my kids down to the basement, where they are sure to get into trouble, even with me sitting feet from them. With hubby off in the wilderness, the laptop is here with me!

I am currently sitting at the kitchen table, enjoying a bagle and tea, while my kids are playing My Little Ponies. This is wonderful! I have technology right here at my fingertips while I unload the dishwasher. I can get some housework done and still "check my stuff" (which is how I refer to anything I might want to do on the internet, so as to make it sound a bit more important than it actually is).

I've been down in the dumps lately because I'm having a hard time keeping the house clean while dealing with my blog explosion addiction, and I've promised myself that I am not going to let the computer distract me from my responsibilities anymore, but this is seriously going to put a damper on that. Excuse me while I make another cup of tea...

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10 Comments:

It's a rite of passage I think, losing stubborn toes to frostbiye in Wyoming.

By Anonymous, at 10:28 AM

I love my laptop. It's wonderful to be able to plop it on the kitchen counter and read my email as I cook dinner. (Or, if you check my blog entry for today, as I DON'T cook dinner.) It's not quite as grand as it used to be, though, because when we moved, we put the regular desktop computer in the kitchen. So instead, I haul it down to the basement with me when I do laundry. ;-)

By Meg:, at 5:43 PM

Two things that dramatically changed my life: my laptop and putting WiFi in the house. So, I can surf in the bathroom if I'm really possessed to do so.

-G

By DementedPhotographer, at 8:28 PM

Blog explosion is a horrible, horrible thing that has invaded my house as well! Why, oh why, can't someone invent a self cleaning house, so us mothers can do other more important 'stuff'?

BTW, find your site via blog explosion ;)

By Amelia, at 9:48 PM

Frozen toes, snow, rain. These things are all just little annoyances and easily overlooked when faced with the opportunity to go backpacking.

Of course, my wife doesn't get it either.

By jeckles, at 11:42 PM

Laptops are amazing. I take mine to different parts of the house so that I can have a change of scene. I can also work if I'm waiting for one of my kids at the dentist's office. I can't remember my life BL (Before Laptop).

Ann
The Mother of All Blogs
http://anndouglas.blogspot.com

By Ann D, at 4:58 PM

What is this "keeping the house clean" thing that you spoke of?

By Mamacita (The REAL one), at 12:08 AM

I love laying anywhere in the house while working on my laptop. And on those warm summer days I can lay in the hammock out back and surf the blogs. Enjoy it while you can, but maybe you can get one of your very own for Christmas.

By tmitche2, at 10:23 AM

I just found your blog, enjoyed it! Wanted you to know I signed up for blog explosion through your link & it listed you as my referrer. :)

By Unknown, at 8:35 PM

Hey! Lovely blog! Lovely kiddo! And speaking of lovely, mmmmmm, yeah - LAPTOP!

My ode to my laptop: http://gracedavis.typepad.com/i_am_dr_lauras_worst_nigh/2004/10/warning_dangero.html

Bravo to you on a really sweet site.
GraceD
'I Am Dr. Laura's Worst Nightmare'
http://gracedavis.typepad.com/i_am_dr_lauras_worst_nigh/

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