JFF - Just One Thing..

I would work out. Well, I have to believe I would work out, but more realistically I would take a nap.

Sitting in complete silence! Well, I do get to do that a bit when I go to yoga class, but I would love to be actually by myself. I miss being able to really just sit and think and process this thing called life:)

Sit on the porch - uniterrupted- and sip an entire cup coffee. . . I cannot remember the last time I was able to get through a whole cup of coffee - alone and quiet.

Make photo albums for my kids. Not scrapbook, just writing dates and names on the back and sticking them on pages in chronological order.

Just ONE thing?! Yeah right!

-spending more 'fun time' with the kids (vs homework time)
-more time to read'
-more time to do puzzles
-more hours of daylight in general
-more time to take a shower! I've mastered the art of the 4 minute shower, but that doesn't mean I like it!
-3 day weekends, so we can do more family stuff vs. chores

Yeah, I can't pick just one :)

I need to find the time to practice my fiddle.

Travel...of course, that ALSO requires $$$ that I don't seem to have enough of either! ;)

Taking Piano lessons. I found it to be a real stress reliever but then I started having kids.

Spend more fun time with my husband.
He works so much and is so exhausted.. Plus money is always tight, so I would love to be able to splurge and really take him away.

When our daughter was young, I used to listen to books on CD..
She even liked some of them too. I had the ones I listened to in the car, and some I listened to on my portable CD player.. You can download them onto your ipod.

J.:

hhhhhmmmm good question...what would I want to do?

I think sit in a jacuzzi bathtub with Vivaldi's 4 seasons playing...I hate - I don't use that word often - hate my bathtub....so I don't do this...

Taking dance classes for myself. With two kids and their activities throughout the week, there is no time for me to take them when they're offered. :(

set up an easel and just paint. and do some sketching. that's all i want. maybe in 20 years when they're in college...

Travel, for sure. I want to see the world, but with 3 kids, who has the time or money?

Creating artwork. I am working on it. We have started having a monthly ladies arts and crafts night, unfortunately most of the time we end up drinking a bunch of wine and we have a great time but do not create much art. I have been able to get in maybe an hour a week. I am trying to get to it more.

simple answer -lonnnnnggggg showers
long answer- more quality time with my daughter, and energy to play

I'd want more free time - and then do whatever I want in that time. Between my kdis activities, my hubby working two hours away, me working full-time AND going to school for my MBA, there is NO time. Hardly even any cuddle time with my babies. So more free time. Even when I get to sit on the porch (which waiting for my youngest to get home from school) it's normally with a laptop writing a paper!

My scrapbooking... but for that I need time, money AND more patience! ha ha

I would just love to be able to do whatever strikes me. Shopping, reading, pulling weeds, staring at the wall, petting an animal. Just whatever...

My first off the cuff answer would be sleep. Knowing myself, I would not waste the time in bed. I would like to learn something new, tennis, skeet shooting or join a softball team. My competitive nature needs to be fed. I loved competitive sports/activities before kids. I do not get that anymore and no one likes the overly competitive sideline Mom. I have had to tone it dddddooooowwwwwnnnn. I miss it........

sleep. I haven't slept the whole night through since I was early prego with my 18 mo (pregnancy insomnia from 4 months on) and I am currently prego again and the insomnia has started!

I would love to spend more alone time with my husband. He's so much fun to be with. He makes me laugh a lot and I feel so loved when we have each other's undivided attention.

I'm with you, J..
Reading, hands down.

I do have some time to read, but I remember the pre-kid days where I would polish off a novel in a day or a weekend. :)

bubble baths

no. um. instead... relaxing on the couch catching up on tv shows, without having to multitask (do laundry at the same time, or something like that).

but really ....
SLEEPING IN. I think in 3.5 years I've slept in 5 times.

I would stay in bed all day and do nothing

Oh man! I would love to read too! Or take a nap, thats a close second!

Mind would simply be to sleep.....boring, I know but that's what I need right now....

spending time as a whole family.

My husband and older kids get home at 4pm.
I go to work at 5pm, get home after everyone is sleeping. ( I have T & W off)
My son has football practice M-F from 5pm- 8pm
Weekends I'm working.
Sunday's my son has football games.
E/O Friday night my oldest son has pep band
E/O weekend my two boys are at thier dad's.
Every Wed & Thurs my two boys are also at thier dad's.

We never get a full day together as a family. I don't even remember the last meal everyone was home at the same time so we can all eat together :( For me definatly more family time as a whole family.

To be able to set up my at studio and just draw.
No one else around.
I would have my music, coffee and my art to create

Ah that sounds so nice

Work out *alone* without thinking about all the other things I still need to get done: cooking, cleaning, getting this one here and that one there, the dog's vet appt, etc etc etc.
And when I say alone, my kids are schooled online at home so they are ALWAYS here when I am, and my husband works odd shifts, so he is here for a few hours most mornings...so unless I GO to a GYM (which there isn't one nearby and I don't want to pay for) then I have a house full of people when I feel like/am motivated to work out. My only "alone" time is after everyone goes to bed after 11pm.... and you aren't supposed to work out within a few hours of when you plan to go to bed. :(

I would love to get some good sleep. Like atleast 6 hours straight, without being woken up for one thing or another.

I would exercise as long as I could stand it! I had to take the morning off because that extra hour I take to myself along with my shower takes away from my job of keeping this house nice. I just got back inti it and I feel so proud if myself after a good sweat fest! Then I would lay in bed with husband, just us two!

sleep in very late till noon if i wanted!

or get in the car and take a day trip all by myself!

Take a bath...alone and in silence...and sleep without someone else coming in in the middle of the night asking to go to the bathroom. ;)

Visit face to face with my out-of-town girlfriends. If I have the time, they don't. And v.v.

Go to the museums. NOT the Children's Museum!

I think reading would be it for me too. I used to read several books every week, now I'm lucky to get through one or two in a month. :(