When reading other people's Blogs I sometimes wonder where they write. I picture quiet home offices with the sun streaming in gleaming windows. There's usually a cup of tea perched beside this imaginary writer and perhaps a cat curled up nearby. Alas, this is not my reality. Last night's post was quickly typed in a sea of the usual chaos that is my home. Behind me, my husband was doing the dinner dishes and chatting to me throught the pass through. I was sitting at the dining room table, in my flannel jammies of course, looking kinda like I was dragged through a bush backward after spending the day looking after a sick, fevered
2 year old. My view into the living room was of my children climbing the furniture and the walls (literally scaling the moulding around door frames to climb the walls), while the unwatched TV blasted and the kids screamed and played.
There I sat, writing my Blog. Now I have to say, I'm a little impressed with myself for being able to write in such chaos but also a little disturbed that I am able to tune out my entire family so effectively. How long would it take for me to notice if the house was on fire??
While there are certainly some people who live in a quiet, orderly home and there are moments when I crave the same (usually while wailing to my husband: "This place is such a mess! I can't stand it!"), I can honestly say I wouldn't change a thing about my small, cluttered, dishwasher free, 90 year old home because that's where my heart is and those 3 boys I live with and cook with are my true loves.
Happy Cooking!
About Me
- Jennifer
- Ottawa, ontario, Canada
- When you actually sit down to "describe" yourself, it's actually a bit daunting! Let me just say, I'm a Mom of 2 young boys, a wife, I work full-time and am blessed to be surrounded my many friends and a very involved extended family. I can often be found in my kitchen, in my pyjamas of course, cooking dinner or baking or lamenting over the dishes to be done. I like the comfort and serenity that puttering in my kitchen offers. It is sometimes calming, sometimes a disaster, most times a mess but always filled with love.
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