I've discovered that I'm not a great phone conversationalist, especially with some of my family members.  It's not that I don't like talking on the phone, I just have very little to say to the question, "So what's new at your house?"

There is rarely anything new.  One weekday looks pretty much like another, Sundays are all very similar, and Saturdays don't vary enough to merit talking about them.  This is not a complaint...this is a routine I have chosen, and it seems to be the natural product of our homeschooling style.  We get up, do chores, get breakfast, do school, have lunch, have reading time, school...you know the drill.  The difference between school days is often limited to the clothes we're wearing...and that's nothing worth noting in phone conversations.

I can't help but wonder if my conversation partners are pitying me.  Are they thinking, "Poor girl.  What a dreadful monotony."?  If they only knew how very full my days are, and the joy it gives to see my children growing, slowly and steadily, into people who love to learn, who can work contentedly toward a distant goal, and who seek to honor the King in all they do, say and think.

Nothing new going on over here...how about at your house?

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Posted by Anonymous

I'm bored.

Bear

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Posted by hippiechyck

i'm calling you right now! 8-)

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Posted by mom2rebels

I can completely relate...in fact, even our school clothes don't change day to day as we wear a uniform! My family thinks we are insane and my mother insists I must be suffering depression because I never want to leave the house or spend hours on the phone with her and my sis. Whatever! I like our routine and our monotany and don't find it monotanous at all.

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Posted by 5solasmom

YUP. Same here! EXACTLY. Family pity me I know it. :( Maybe that's part of the reason I am totally phobic of talking on the phone - cannot STAND it!!!!

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Posted by hippiechyck

gee what a funny accent you have ;-)

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Posted by foreverinmyheart

Oh, I can relate to your post. I have the same thoughts when talking on the phone.

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Posted by 4Js4HIM

It seems our days are like that too. My family just keeps saying they can't believe we don't "do" anything. Huh? We do lots of stuff, we just don't always "go" somewhere.
I agree with the phone. I have a true love/hate relationship with the phone. I do get very lonely for adult conversation, but dread picking it up. In fact, normally, if I do not recognize the number, I don't pick it up. I have everyone's name that currently calls me, that way their name comes up with their number, and I know to pick it up. Dh thinks I am becoming a recluse, but I just don't want to be bothered by people I don't know calling me to sell me something, poll me for a survey or collect charity money from me.
I wouldn't think that Kiersten would have a wierd accent, Pokey. Everyone tells me that I have a midwestern accent. They hardly ever can tell I am from Texas.

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Posted by hippiechyck

she ain't from Jesrey! ;-)

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Posted by Dell

I too love the rhythm and pattern of our lives. But... it isn't usually all that DIFFERENT day to day.

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Posted by MarinesWife

Nope, nothing new. See blog.

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