No bunny slippers here, but I have some fuzzy blue booties that remind me of Cookie Monster’s feet. Love those. And pineapple upside-down cake. And every show on DIY/HGTV.

-GenerationXpert.com

PS. I’m not much of a sweets eater, but I do have a tendency to get into the leftover homemade soup.

I can’t tell you the number of people who have left their kids at my house because they have to work…or left their kids at my house because they want to go shopping alone or….and ditto with the bus driver and the kids too.

Yesterday, the neighbor came over because he couldn’t find some things in his house….did I see a robber sneak in and steal them? Seriously. I work….I don’t watch your house.

My other problem with working at home…people who ask me(like relatives) when I’m going to get “a real job”.

Oh well. Despite these things, I wouldn’t change it for the world.

2. The dog wants to go out 20 times a day.
No kidding. He’s a real pain. But a damned fine doorbell, should the UPS guy come.

3. Kids will not keep themselves occupied if they know you are home.
This is why God created Wii and PlayStation. You’re trying to be a good parent. Cut it out. Go electronic.

4. That key lime pie in the fridge won’t last a day.
Or chocolate chip cookies. Or M&Ms.

5. VH-1 Reality Shows are like a train wreck.
That’s your problem, not mine. But the Internet Gods giveth and they sure taketh away.

6. The more work I take on the more dust collects on my workout videos.
I go to the gym and I go for bike rides and I run. Not much stops my workouts. It’s a great excuse to get out of the office.

7. Twitter is addicting.
I don’t doubt it. Just say no. I’m totally frightened of Twitter. The last thing in the world I need is more communications coming at me unless they’re paychecks or job offers. Otherwise, buzz off.

8. It’s a given UPS will ring the bell the second I exit the shower.
In my case, the minute I start a phone interview with someone. Then the dog starts howling at the door.

9. I need to sit on my hands more often.
I’ve gotten better about it, but I still volunteer for a lot of things.

10. Working at home is nothing like I thought it would be during my office-working days.
It’s better, but still nothing like I thought it would be like. I rather naively thought I could take a day off from time to time and just do nothing. Silly me.

My sentiments, exactly!

Great post, Deb.

I definitely agree with the UPS man–he comes every day right around the time I walk the dog. If I’m expecting something and see the truck, I’ll beeline back to the door, but most of those times he’s there for someone else. The times that he’s there for me are the times that I completely miss him and come back to the dreaded note.

Luckily, I catch my VH1 reality shows when they first air at night, so they’re not taking away from my work day. Though I’m still bitter that Rock of Love Bus and Tool Academy were on hiatus last night. The week just got off to the wrong foot.

All points are amplified when you are trying to work at night. Dogs, kids, and a husband who rewinds the show because I just have to see something! Who invented Tivo anyway?!

Bikes (the handlebars) make good coathangers — I have two coats on mine. Switched to treadmill because I already sit too much each day.

#2 – That’s why I only own cats.

#3 – Just as I started reading this, my teen son came down whining that his sister is watching girly shows and won’t find something they both can watch. But just you wait, he’ll get even when later both mom and son watch Steve Wilkos together (falls under #5).

#4 – Chocolate is my weakness – key lime pie, I don’t worry about.

#8 – Really don’t worry about it because I shower at 5:30 a.m. and my UPS men know me so well it no longer matters what I look like when they come to the door. They’ve seen me covered in baby spit up from my teen neighbor’s baby and my nephew, they’ve seen me with and without make-up. I no longer care.

#9 – Quite seriously, for those like me, who still offer to make things for school. Author Joanne Fluke added a neat recipe to her upcoming book that I tested out this weekend. Don’t leave them lying around because they are addictive, but with two nilla wafers, a smear of red frosting, a chocolate covered shortbread cookie (round), a smear of yellow frosting, dyed green coconut and then egg white and sesame seeds, you can make these adorable hamburger looking cookies that the kids at my daughter’s basketball fell in love with. (we did skip the coconut since she hates it.)

This was a great way to start my Monday! And not I’m stalking you on Twitter!

I’m too lazy to cook lunch for myself and rarely go out anymore at lunch. So, usually it’s cereal, or – if I have them – leftovers. Not as glam as office lunches!

No. 3 is the biggest killer for me. I have an almost-three-year-old son. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had to do an interview when he was supposed to be napping and wouldn’t. I’ve had to say, “Can you excuse me for a moment?” and then furiously negotiate with him to watch an episode of “Sesame Street” while I finish up my phone call. Normally, he’d go for that because he doesn’t get to watch much television. But when I’ve got a hard-to-pin-down source on the phone, that’s when he suddenly, inexplicably doesn’t care that Elmo and Zoe are having a “who can wear the most hats” contest. Argh.

Re: #1 – No bunny slippers for me – GA redneck couture requires bare feet as often as possible.

Re: #2 – Dog wants out, dog wants in, dog wants out, dog wants … (you get the picture.) Cats – they think that when I open my office door it means the cat amusement park is officially open. Chase goes from chair to chair to top curio cabinet to top of bookcase to top of mom …

Re: #3 – Add in husband to that list. “Honey, you won’t believe what I just saw on the news.” (and let me spend the next 30 minutes to 2 hours telling you all about it) “Honey, we need to go to the grocery store.” (translates to “Drop everything and get your purse & shoes because I’m ready to go now.”) And the best … “Hey honey, since you’re not doing anything, want to fool around?” While you’re at it, add mom too. Ever since she retired, my phone rings off the hook with suggestions that we go shopping, go to lunch, go hang out, etc. It would be nice but unlike her, my house isn’t paid off, my mailbox doesn’t get retirement checks regularly and my kids aren’t all grown and out on their own.

Re: #6 – Six years later – oh yeah – we know how that worked out.

Re: #9 – I finally learned to keep my hand down and my mouth shut but sadly, that doesn’t affect my neighbors at all. The general consensus among my neighbors seems to be that I’m the backup baby-sitter. Want to hang out with your boyfriend after work instead of being home when your kid gets home from school? No problem! When your 9-year-old can’t get in, she’ll just walk the mile down to Kim’s house and she can stay there until 8 or 9 o’clock when you finish up. And don’t worry about getting your sorry butt out of the car to say thank you. Oh no … just sit in the driveway and blow the horn until your child comes out and then squeal tires to get away before Kim gets outside because you know that she’s going to chew you a new one for being so irresponsible. Decide to use your day off to go shopping and can’t make in home in time for your 8-year-old to be met at the bus stop? No problem! If you’re not there the bus driver will just drop your daughter off at Kim’s house because he knows that she’s home and she wouldn’t want a young child left alone.

I don’t Twitter, and you pointed out the reason way. E-mail, phone and other distractions (kids are teens, so that’s not an issue except for early am wars before school between kids and betweed kids and wife. Solid oak door not soundproof enough.