by Maggi Burchall

Created on: July 19, 2008

A day in the life!

Help! Please can I have a new day? This one just isn't going the way I'd planned and I'd like to start again from scratch with a totally new version....

It was a hectic, stressful week, and even yesterday wasn't as relaxing as I like my Saturdays to be, but I was determined today would be stress free to get me ready to face the coming week. I'd envisaged a nice long sleep-in, a leisurely breakfast with the Sunday paper, the kids playing quietly outside and the dog keeping them company. Did I get it? No way!

6.40 A.M. dog starts gentle barking and I think if I ignore him, he'll go back to sleep. Barking gets a little louder still ignoring him. Next thing a huge slobbery lick from chin to hairline and a low growl that seems to say, "Get up and let me out or there's lots more where that came from"! Darned dog don't you know it's Sunday?
OK fumble my way out of the bedroom in the semi-darkness trip over one of the kids' toys in the hallway and curse about the stubbed toe, and by the time I let out the dog and limp back to bed, the kids are calling out that I woke them up and now they want breakfast! Oh well, I guess as I'm awake, have been slobbered all over by the dog and got a sore toe, I might as well get up and make breakfast. Then I'll convince the kids to play quietly outside and I'll get a chance to relax with the paper and a big mug of herbal tea..

"Right-oh kids what would you like for breakfast?" Why oh why did I ask them that question? I should have just made them some toast and they'd have been happy with that. But no, big mouth, big hearted me has to ask what do they want. And of course the answer, as it usually is when they're asked, is "pancakes please!" Well now, I love pancakes too, but they are a little more time consuming to make than toast, and the kids like to help', which makes it take even longer. But I did ask, so pancakes it is..

So, the arguing starts "I'll get the eggs out" "no you won't, I will, I'm older than you are you get the flour" "no, I want to get.." Smash! Three eggs scrambled on the kitchen floor.. "He did it" "no, she did, I didn't even touch them" "Never mind who did it let me get them cleaned up and then I'll get the new carton out. You two sit still and be quiet or you'll just get dry bread!"

Great start not! Oh well, cleaned up now and mixing under way using the hand held electric mixer as there's not as much cleaning to do later with that one. "Can I do some mixing please?' says young master 6 years old..

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