Creative projects you've done while lo is at MDO?

wheninrome

Lo is three now and is now attending an MDo for 3 hours, two days a week. For some odd reason I feel the need to use my time in the most efficient way possible, or at least creatively. I am currently working out for the first hour, then reading or making an errand or two. Honestly I'd rather not go home and clean....I like doing it throughout the week. I would also not like to shop all the time. As I make a list for myself of sort of a bucket list of tugs to do during this time....I start to think what other creative things have you done while they're at school? I will mention sometimes I feel like my mind is not as stimulated as it should be. This may be from missing work a bit. Please share any great ideas y might have;) I haven't been in here in a long while...but hopefully with this little bit of time now I can join the boards again;)

wheninrome

Heehee....I know it's the easiest thing to do but I just feel like I am often times begging for time to "do projects" and it's like now that I have a little.....I' don't even know where to begin. Lol looks like I may be on here more often.

MomIn2013

I would probably get myself a nice big Starbucks and either walk around the mall, walk around Chapters, walk in a park, sit on a bench in a park, or just sit in my car and enjoy it in peace. Productive? Maybe not so much. Enjoyable and relaxing? Absolutely.

Andrewsgal

Sleep, workout, lunch with friends, shopping. These are my top MDO time choices.

thechickencoop

DS doesn't go to preschool or anything yet, but I have a few hours of naptime a day.  Some days I do nothing - tv, computer, read, veg.  Other days I may sew something, work on art projects, etc.  I'm one of those damn crafty people so it's usually just fun stuff that I enjoy doing.  Or home projects - the other week I took down all of our shutters and door (well, H and I took them down) and I refinished and painted them all, then H helped me put them all back up.  I also painted our entire chicken coop and finished up some outside art from pieces of our OLD chicken coop that we took apart :P

Yea....but I'm kind of a dork like that haha.  These next couple weeks I'm going to be finishing up adding some embellishments to bridesmaids dresses for my sister's wedding; I'm procrastinating with it though because it's something I HAVE to do, which means, meh, I don't want to do it.

meglew

Back when it was just DD1 at preschool, coffee and The Today Show was as project-y as it got.  :-)
I have been on a fall cleaning kick and and am evaluating each floor of our house and what needs to be done.   So far I have cleaned and organized the pantry, re-arranged the family room, and organized and de-cluttered the playroom.  I still need to clean out and organize the foyer closet.  Stuff like that.  But coffee and tv usually wins out.

MomIn2013

sing4mysavior said:

sing4mysavior said:

I do watch my shoes sometimes. I also sew (usually dresses for b), paint...I made quiet books for church, I work on our photo albums...I do seasonal crafts for the house (sometimes) or get stuff together for future projects with the kids. Some people do knitting, pottery, read a book?

What do you watch them do?

Hahaha! Shows. My shoes watch shows.

Is it bad that I thought sitting and watching your shoes was an entirely acceptable and appropriate thing to do during MDO off?

id012

I am like in extreame neating mood or thing. I have been going through every nox in my basement and throwing away or donating pretty much everything. I also completely cleaned out all the closets.

notkateanymore

It's called Mother's Day Out, not Mother's Day to do Pinterest Projects. I go get pedicures, grocery shop, have lunch with friends, SIT, play on my computer...

vlagrl29

Today I cleaned the inside of my car when DD was at preschool.  I like to catch up on chores/shop/business catch up when DD is away