what do lone parents get up to wen kids are asleep?

[liveinazoo]

my kids are now sleeping and got that ok,what shall i do now?feeling.what do you do,esp if got no family/babysitters/money and the walls are closing in on you?!!!

Tonight I made an apple pie and banana bread. Sounds keen but really had to do it cos the contents of the fruit bowl were going off!
I am going to teach myself how to make some sugar flowers - nothing fancy but just cute ones that will sit on a fairy cake (sorry, hate the cup cake craze).
I want to put some on a xmas market stall I'm doing so am making my eyes ache watching vids on youtube and looking at these amazing womens' websites!

I do the million jobs I can't do when they're awake, and then eventually I sit down and have tea and watch TV. I can honestly say that I have never been bored.

I have lots of hobbies - I paint, make crafts, bake, watch films and TV, read a bit, phone friends, occasionally get an early night, potter around organising things, I spend quite a lot of time on the internet. Have you tried Pinterest? it's brilliant for inspiration. I wish there was more time in the evening to do all the things I love doing.

I thought I was so alone, until I cam on this thread! I'm not the only mummy feeling like a saddo watching tv, playing on internet and doing housework every night! I sometimes wonder about getting a babysitter, then wonder what I would do if I did? All my old friends have drifted away, my confidence is shot and all I have to talk about is my baby! Feel like a right saddo!

Ironing
Wine
Bath
Musnet
Cooking the tea

Sometimes not in that order what a party zone aye? HEE HEE

i watch telly /go on skype with my friends/ play scrabble online/ sometimes sneak a friend with benefits in / wine / and yes mumsnet as well its never ending im just loving my life the way it is at the moment. And in the daytime im just plain hardworking serious looking Chubbasmum ;)

I have just started a part time HNC, so.. Studying, playing the piano, watching tv, and I make patchwork quilts/cushions etc to sell, so I do that too. Sometimes wish they went to bed earlier! But then littlest starts nursery after Christmas so I will have a couple of hours of a morning available too :-)