{"id":6169,"date":"2013-10-31T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2016-09-26T15:13:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T20:13:25","slug":"my-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=6169","title":{"rendered":"My List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC_0093\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope it goes without saying how grateful I am to be awarded the luxury of staying at home with my boys. Andrew has a killer job which enables us to live comfortably on one income in a great part of town, in a city we have grown to love. I have had a hand in creating a good life for us, but in no way do I take it for granted or forget to be grateful every day. I have a lot of freedom in deciding what I do with Emil in the mornings while the boys are in school, and in any beautiful weather we will be found outdoors breathing fresh air, whereas I know many do not have that option. I love this job, I do!<\/p>\n

That being said, since becoming a mama six years ago, it has been a struggle to find room for the extras. It is that way for everyone, I’m sure. Becoming a parent forces you to make decisions and reprioritize. There are only so many hours in the day, after all. I imagine that this issue is even more extreme for working mamas. How do you find time to take care of everyone, work,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>do the things you love to do?<\/p>\n

I think this is amplified when children are very young. You’re not sleeping well and some days are just survival mode. I ran out of the physical and creative energy required to pursue my hobbies early on in motherhood, and after having my boys back-to-back, the pregnancy, the breastfeeding, the weaning, and then doing it all over again… twice… it took all of my concentration, all of my physicality. Things I had time to do before fell to the wayside. But now that Emil is two and Milo and Oliver are in school for a good part of the day, I am beginning to see that I will have more time for myself again, and soon!
\n\"DSC_0114\"<\/a>So I’ve decided to make a list. It may be silly. It is subject to change, but for now, I have this list of things I want to do when my days open back up and my boys are more independent. Here goes!<\/p>\n

Start playing violin again.\u00a0<\/strong>I played all through grade school, high school, and here and there in college, but my violin needs serious work, I need a new bow, and well, the time and space and quiet to practice again. I can’t play after the boys go to bed, obviously. I would love to break this thing out and play with Andrew and the boys in our living room by the fire in the colder months!<\/p>\n

Take a photography class.\u00a0<\/strong>Despite taking pictures nearly every day, I have absolutely no clue about the technical aspects of photography and I would love to have the time to learn the right way. I think I might be good at this if I give it a try!<\/p>\n

Start running again.\u00a0<\/strong>Running used to be part of my daily routine before kids, and it made me feel balanced, relaxed, and healthy. And though I’m not interested in running another marathon, I see myself clocking a few miles every day while the boys are in school.<\/p>\n

Garden.\u00a0<\/strong>I know, I know. I technically already do this, but not nearly as much as I would like. Our flower beds have been suffering in light of my focusing on our veggie garden and I can never find the time to weed, mulch, and tend to it the way I wish I could. I have tried to do this with Emil by my side, but the little bugger keeps running down the sidewalk laughing. And he is fast. In addition to our own gardens, I am dying to find the time to volunteer at our local elementary school, where I would love to include the kids in planning and tending to a community garden right outside their own school. As soon as Emil is in preschool next year, I can’t wait to volunteer my time for this!<\/p>\n

And that’s it! Do you have a list? If so, what’s on it?<\/p>\n

P.s.- Happy Halloweeeeeen!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hope it goes without saying how grateful I am to be awarded the luxury of staying at home with my boys. Andrew has a killer job which enables us to live comfortably on one income in a great part of town, in a city we have grown to love. I have had a hand … Continue reading “My List”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[95,48,175],"class_list":["post-6169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motherhood","tag-lauren","tag-motherhood","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6169"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12027,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6169\/revisions\/12027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}