You know, Mr. Man thinks you are wonderful. He thinks that you have endless capacity and that you can handle absolutely anything. Other women with five children might be completely overwhelmed, but he has faith in your ability to take everything in stride. I understand your irritation at his "spare time" comment but I think it's sweet that he respects your abilities and has so much faith in you.
Laura(southernxyl) | Homepage | 05.04.08 - 6:47 pm | #

Laura- Mr. Man will apprecaite the spin you put on that one lol. But after telling him for days how I need more time to get things done the spare time comment showed me he just wasn't paying attention
Nzingha | Homepage | 05.05.08 - 12:11 am | #

I feel for the couple too... but who does have the time lol. If it was me I'd prob be able to do it at this point - because I only have one child & she's getting to an easier stage. When she was Umar's age forget it. I'm sorry he's not paying attention though.

Scrapbooking.... I have missed that so much! But I found a silver lining a few weeks ago lol. Was trying to find something for an anniversary gift (now really who's idea was it to make the first one paper? Good grief) & found a scrapblogging site online. Most of my pics now are digital & we can't really buy materials now.. so this is perfect for me. I've been having a blast w/ it. Which reminds me, I promised to post a few more on my blog lol.. so I need to go do that before I head back to housework (ugggh).
Mama Kalila | Homepage | 05.05.08 - 1:52 pm | #

Wow - a mother of 5! I was overwhelmed with 3 sometimes. lol
I run a blog called Clutter Control Freak that gives lots of organizing tips. You might want to take a look.
I love your blog - it's very interesting to me living in the USA to see how others experience life in other parts of the world. Thanks for sharing you life with us.

~Eva
Eva Wallace | Homepage | 05.05.08 - 2:38 pm | #

You might want to let him know that I did all of our dishes last night and sorted out the laundry baskets for my wife.

Sometimes for the woman in the house to get some spare time the MAN has to give up some of his! LOL!
Abu Sinan | Homepage | 05.06.08 - 1:12 pm | #

PS.......I am jealous. I'd love to head to Syria again, but that would require some spare time! }:>)
Abu Sinan | Homepage | 05.06.08 - 1:13 pm | #

I don't know how you do it all. You are amazing!
Susie of Arabia | Homepage | 05.30.08 - 9:03 pm | #