Now that my kiddies are out of school for the summer, the weekends are no different than weekdays for me.

We usually get up around 9 am, eat breakfast and then the kids play or watch some TV while I tidy up the house, make the beds, etc. Then I pack up a picnic lunch in the cooler and we meet some friends at the swim club and the kids play together while the moms and I lay out and gossip. At around 3 or so, we head home, shower and dress, and then go out and run a couple of errands. Come home, fix dinner, eat around 6 then let the kids play outside while I do some laundry, pay bills, clean the bathroom....whatever big chore I have to take care of that day. They come in around 8:30, have a snack and a bath and are asleep by 9:30 or 10 and then I take an hour or two for myself and read, do needlepoint or whatever. Once or twice a week, Mr. KillarneyRose calls from the Middle East and we talk for a bit. One of the highlights of my day!

So, that's my life, day in and day out until September unless it rains :)

Well since I am a stay home mom the weekends aren't really much different for me than the weekdays. But usually on Saturday nights Mr. Soul and I go to our favorite watering hole---sometimes just the two of us, sometimes friends meet us there. We are good friends with basically the entire staff, so even if we go by ourselves we end up having a great time talking and laughing with everyone. The Friday night staff comes in on Saturday nights, plus we usually go there early so we can eat and then at 10 the early shift gets off and they join us too.

What else.....pretty much anything goes. The kids and I usually go out to lunch after sleeping late, and then maybe shopping or running errands. A lot of times if a babysitter is coming I race home and clean like a madwoman to get the house looking decent. Other than that, same old same old.

Well before my shift changed, I worked every single weekend from 1-midnight. Now that I work 7am-4 with weekends off, friday nights me and my co-workers go out for drinks, Saturdays, I sleep in, and Sundays I do all the things I was suppose to do on Saturday. :)