Comments on: So This Is What It’s Like…

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:12:19 +0000

Glad you had some time away from the boys! We are in a similar situation-no family nearby. We have had ONE overnight since having our son (he is 4), thanks to a GREAT friend! We have finally (fingers crossed) found a reliable babysitter. And, I second Andrea’s comment-be sure to reciprocate at some point so they’ll do it again!

By: Andrea Clarkson

Andrea Clarkson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:50:07 +0000

Yes sistah I hear ya! So glad you got such a nice free day! We have one reliable babysitter, but are often too cheap to get her. One set of parents are non-existant and the others are in a different state and not so useful to begin with. Plus my boys are crazy. All of my friends ask, why can’t your parents take care of them for a weekend, to be honest, I don’t trust them. And, it seems that every neighbor around us has someone else to rely on, are friends with, can drop their kids off to, except US!! You got lucky–don’t forget to reciprocate so they’ll do it again. Glad we’re not the only ones in this position.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:24:09 +0000

Teresa, the sad thing is we chose to paint the molding. Sigh.

By: Teresa Eliason

Teresa Eliason — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:12:56 +0000

That’s got to be a great feeling!

My husband and I were sharing an ipod last week and he decided he should listen to these Manic Mommies that I talk about and whose Escape I went on. Of course he picked the Sex Therapist episode. Since I listened to it so recently, I started laughing when I heard you had that time alone, at home without the kids…finally you had time to take some of her “naked” advice!

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:37:30 +0000

I’m so not moving away from our free babysitters! I toy with the idea but after reading that… Um no!
I’d babysit for you if we didn’t live so far away! If you ever come to south dakota you can drop the kids off!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:49 +0000

Brilliant……Jealous, most definitely!

By: Barcelona

Barcelona — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:57:43 +0000

You see, I am jealous of you. Where I live the baby sitters start at 15 dollars/h and do not come for less than 4h. Our parents are in Europe, so no chace of a weekend alone.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:55:59 +0000

AWESOME. Vent: at this very moment, as I scramble madly through my list of friends and babysitters to try to find someone to watch my little guy for just a few hours on my husband’s birthday, and finding not one person to assist, I read the above with sheer delight for you two!! Yes, an overnight for the two of us, which we’ve done ONCE in the last five years, cost us $200+ for the babysitter, plus the hotel et al!! Sigh. Enjoy every second and give those neighbors a nice bottle of wine…