Good Morning Lovelies! Today you are invited to spend a day in the life of her.
You know that gal who you might think has it all together. The mama who seems to do it all. Well guess what? She doesn't. Let's fight those lies. This new series is an effort to get rid of the "super mom" image that we all make for ourselves in our heads. It is a time to inspire one another even more. We do not have to always have it together to be good moms, wives, and women in sisterhood!
I have invited some wonderful women to share their story with us and to be real with y'all. They will share their struggles, their victories, their frustrations, their joys, and everything in between. It may not be glamorous, but it is real and real is absolutely beautiful
Come walk a bit in the shoes of another....
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Today started
much like any other day – I wake before the alarm goes off at 6am
but still usually wait until I actually hear it before getting out of
bed! I like to check my emails, Instagram and Facebook accounts on
my phone before getting out of bed. (I know, not good. But hey, who
knows when I am going to get another chance, and I like to know what
has been going on in the world while I have been sleeping).
I go downstairs
and make a cup of tea, prepare breakfast for Mr 3 and make sure his
bag is all packed ready for nursery. Some days I might get a chance
to catch up with some emails, write a blog post or go to the gym, but
today I spend some time writing a note to a friend and wrapping her
new baby gift that I need to get in the mail today. Whatever I do, I
always check my diary. I love this little bit of “me time”
before the days gets going.
At 7am I wake Mr
3 with a cuddle and tickles, we play for a few minutes and then make
our way downstairs together.
Once Mr 3 is settled eating his breakfast, my husband takes over and I get showered and ready for work. By 7.45am Mr 3 is washed, dressed and ready to go, so we jump in the car, say goodbye to Daddy and start our day.
Once Mr 3 is settled eating his breakfast, my husband takes over and I get showered and ready for work. By 7.45am Mr 3 is washed, dressed and ready to go, so we jump in the car, say goodbye to Daddy and start our day.
Nursery is only
five minutes’ drive away and we talk about the shapes in the clouds
on the way. We have some great conversations on the way to nursery,
some of which I note down when I get back in the car for my Project
Life album.
Once Mr 3 is happily in his class with his friends, I jump back in my car and head off to work. On a good day it takes 20 minutes, but it can be up to an hour on a bad day. This is Dubai after all, and the traffic can be very unpredictable! On the way to work I review the goals I have set the night before, and start planning my day. All whilst singing along to whatever song the local radio station is playing!
Once Mr 3 is happily in his class with his friends, I jump back in my car and head off to work. On a good day it takes 20 minutes, but it can be up to an hour on a bad day. This is Dubai after all, and the traffic can be very unpredictable! On the way to work I review the goals I have set the night before, and start planning my day. All whilst singing along to whatever song the local radio station is playing!
If I’m lucky I
get into work at 8.45am, catch up with my team, get out the to-do
list and crack on. My favourite kind of day is one with a couple of
meetings, plenty of time to work, maybe a quick lunch with a friend
or at least the chance to take 30 minutes to read or write while I am
eating my lunch. I try to bring my lunch with me to work, but today
was a big fail and I ordered a healthy salad which I ate whilst
writing a letter to my grandmother. I love writing letters – email
is great but there is nothing like a proper letter. I pop to the
post office and mail the new baby gift too. That’s another thing
crossed off my to-do list, which always makes me happy.
At 4.30pm I leave
the office and head back to nursery to pick up Mr 3. I call a friend
on the way for a chat – I try to speak to my parents or a friend
each day when I drive home, to make good use of the time. Mr 3 loves
nursery and it is fun to watch him play while I chat with his teacher
and the other mums for a few minutes. The drive home brings more
questions from the little guy. Today’s big question was “How
many T-Rexs would have to stand on top of each other to reach the top
of the Burj Khalifa?” The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in
the world, and we are lucky enough to live in the same city and see
it from our house. It’s often a topic of conversation! We get
home at about 5.30pm, work out the Burj Khalifa question (the answer
is 138, in case you were wondering!) and play snakes and ladders
while Daddy cooks dinner. I also unpack our bags, putting the
lunchboxes in the dishwasher and taking out any artwork. I like to
put the date on the back before sticking it up in our “gallery”
(the kitchen door). Eventually it gets photographed and scrapbooked,
but that’s another story! We share
the cooking duties, as we share pretty much all the household tasks,
which makes life much easier for both of us. Opening the front door
to the smell of a good chicken curry is also a bonus!
We eat dinner at
about 6pm all together at the table. This is one of my favourite
times of day, when we sit down together and tell each other about our
day. This is so important as the three of us are apart all day,
experiencing different challenges and learning new things, which we
like to share when we get back together again. We don’t cook
separate meals for Mr 3, so this is also a good time to introduce him
to new foods and talk about healthy eating and where food comes from.
We love eating in this house! Apart from the Burj Khalifa question,
tonight we also talk about what we’ll do at the weekend, the Oscars
and the constellation Orion which Mr 3 discovered with Daddy last
weekend.
Once dinner is
finished we all help to clear the table and load the dishes in the
dishwasher. There is leftover chicken curry and rice, which goes
straight into Mr 3’s lunchbox for tomorrow. I pack his snacks too
and put it all in the fridge, ready for tomorrow morning. Packing
the lunches the night before saves so much time the next morning, and
I like to clean the counters and kitchen sink before finishing up.
After some more
snakes and ladders, I bath Mr 3, read a bedtime story and then lie
with him for 10 minutes while he drops off to sleep. He’s such a
cutie but I am ready for him to sleep tonight, as I have more work to
do from home and a blog post to finish. My husband is also working
on his computer so we chat away while we are working. It’s been a
busy day and I would much rather watch TV or do some scrapbooking,
but I have some things to prepare for tomorrow in the office and I
know that my day will be much smoother tomorrow if I get ready
tonight. I always try to clear my emails and write tomorrow’s
to-do list each evening, so that I can hit the ground running in the
morning.
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I turn off the
laptop and head to bed at around 10.30pm, pretty much my usual time -
I need my beauty sleep! I fall asleep knowing that I’ve had a
productive day, spent time with my family and spoken to a few
friends. I’m ready for tomorrow, when we’ll start all over
again! Good night!
Mel
Carruthers
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Thank you so much Mel for sharing a little bit about you and your sweet family:)
If you would like to be a part of the "A Day in The Life of Her" series, shoot me an email. I'd love to have you!
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XO Danielle
Thanks for having me Danielle! I thoroughly enjoyed documenting my day and sharing it with your lovely readers! xx
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