Housewife

So Jim, Pete, Jay and Mike will surely remember Thomas D. Wadsworth. There was a time when Jim, Pete and myself (not certain about Jay or Mike)hung out with Thomas on a regular basis. This was not all at once. It started with Jim, moved to me and then on to Pete. Thomas is an amazing man of many talents. Certainly his sports knowledge is incredible and he could certainly hold his own playing most sports. The other talents that you don't necessarily see in a male in his mid twenties included being a master of cheesecake making and then tatting. Yes tatting Thomas. The man has skills. I remember that everyone use to joke with Thomas that someday he was going to make someone a great housewife.

I sit at this keyboard tonight prepared to throw my hat in that same ring. Maybe it is because I had a tough day and beat myself up some emotionally that I had to find some good things about myself and my housework was something positive I could find. I actually slacked a bit earlier in the week and was not as diligent in my housework as I needed to be but I have pulled it back to standard tonight and that just feels good. The day has been full with laundry, cleaning, packing up the Halloween village (it is too much work to leave it up only for Halloween), vacuuming, cleaning the turtles tank, relocating the computer, and grocery shopping. Also managed to throw in a little time to get the gift basket order form nearly completed and move the big screen out and install Amy's old TV in it's place. I have made the entertainment center as small as I can - it still dwarfs the TV but we don't care, the kids are just thrilled to have the Wii operational again.

Well, I don't tatt and I lost a taste for cheesecake (had a bad experience camping with the scouts when a dutch oven cheesecake ended up all over my tent)but I do believe that I can compete in this housewife arena. I've got an outsiders chance anyway. The reality is that I have a completely new respect for housewife's. Keeping house is not easy. I don't know how many times I cleaned the living room today and though I have laundry caught up I will be behind again by morning. I have so much to learn, so much to work on. It isn't easy, I wish it were. So to all my housewife com padres out there. Keep up the good work, you're doing a great job. You too Thomas!