I Should Have Brought out My Apron
Posted in The Life of the Historian and tagged with food, singleness on January 21, 2009Staying home yesterday and today has made me realize something:
Staying home increases my domesticity. Yesterday I made tostadas for lunch and tuna casserole for dinner, sharing them with my roommate. Then today, I made no-bake cookies to take to a fellowship with my Adult Bible Fellowship class at church. Normally I just opt to bring something straight from the store as I don’t usually have much time to make things, but it felt good to actually make something for someone else. If I could find proper ingredients, I might just make something real for supper tonight, too.
While I’m glad that I don’t regularly work at home (I get lazy, and I probably would get stir-crazy if it was an everyday thing), I realize that I could really enjoy it if I had a husband and children. To be frank, to be a stay-at-home mother really is my dream job. That said, I really do enjoy my life now, and if the Lord never brings a husband or children into my life, I’ll be okay.
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January 21st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Speaking as a stay-at-home dad, I know what you mean. I rather enjoy cooking. Sometime, I might learn how to cook for groups smaller than 10, but my wife and I end up with a lot of leftovers (I made baked ziti a week ago … we’re finishing it tonight. We might never finish the chicken lo mein.)
January 21st, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Well, historian. Captured you over on Lalapoo’s site…maybe it’s time you posted pics of your cooking. If there’s nobody else in your life worth entertaining, might as well roll it with us! I’ll be adding you to my sidebar, just give us fair warning if husband-material tries to steal you away. (I’ll need time to grab my kleenex.)
January 21st, 2009 at 5:19 pm
You are funny girl! Glad you figured out that you can be at home and cook and enjoy it!
January 21st, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Good for you for flexing those domestic muscles! And you’ll have many days as a SAHM where you wonder about your sanity…but it’s all worth it. Have fun right now though while you have an outside life :)
January 21st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Hehe! I think I’ve always wanted to be a SAHM too, but while I was working I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though I loved the days off where I’d be “domestic” and bake or cook a big dinner for me and my roommates or my boyfriend {now husband}.
January 21st, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I haven’t gotten out of my PJ’s since Sunday. I’m totally loving it!
I left a little goodie for you on my most recent blog post.
Have a great rest of the week!
January 21st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Look at you being all domestic! Good practice for the real thing!
I made tostadas for dinner last night. Don’t think it gelled with my Think Thin Thursday weigh in tomorrow! Or the sausage dip I made today! LOL
January 21st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I’m kinda at that point of the husband search too. I’ve hit thirty, no one in sight, and I’m kind of ok with that. I would LIKE a husband and kids, but I will be ok without one too. However if I do get married, I would probably have to learn to cook.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Hey, look at it this way – at least when/if God gives you a husband, you’ll know how to cook. Poor Man beast…I didn’t know how to cook at all when we first got married.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:45 pm
As a stay at home mom, I can say that my cooking skills have definitely evolved. I confess to occasionally missing those carefree single dinners, though.
January 21st, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Your comment about marriage and Gods will reminded me of a childless friend I had years ago. She finally came to terms with not having children, relaxed and quit trying. She now has two sons. God is certainly in control. We have lost track of one another, but I remember so clearly the day she told me that she was not going to stress about it any longer and let God have his way.
He did.
So, my friend, continue to trust and brushing up on your cooking skills. There is certainly someone out there who is going to benefit:)
January 21st, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Check you the heck out Ronnica! I don’t always love baking and cooking but it does satisfy something deep inside that feels so accomplished when I *create* something wonderful for someone else to enjoy (and myself as well, obviously or I wouldn’t be carrying around 40 extra lbs!)
Wait, let me rephrase. I DO LOVE BAKING AND COOKING but it’s hard and not as enjoyable when I have 20 thousand interuptions like kids screaming, diapers to change, etc. But you’re reminding me to appreciate it!
January 21st, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I’m one of those people who didn’t know I wanted to be a SAHM until I became one. Now, I dread the thought of ever having to GO to work. Yes, my job is supremely harder than anything else I’ve ever done, but it’s also supremely rewarding (and I get to make my own schedule…oh, yeah, and I’m the boss..lol). You should keep practicing your cooking! Then you’ll be a step ahead when you DO get married (or IF that is). :)
January 21st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
In the meantime you could always cook for a single guy I know…he’s studying to be a doctor and everything…
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:25 am
I’d be happy to live with you! Tostadas for lunch and a hot dinner…and I don’t have to cook it? Yum!
January 25th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I went from working 40+ hours a week to being home the past 2 weeks. I enjoy this for the time being until I find another job but I don’t think I could continue it because I am just not that disciplined.