Shabbat

This is the first time that I really felt that I understood the meaning of "hirhurim mutarim" - that it's permissible to think about things that we aren't allowed to do on Shabbat (creative acts). I'm just so full of design ideas that I can't stop thinking about them.
I also spent most of Shabbat alone (everybody else had activities to go to away from home), and I realized how much I enjoy my time alone. Sometimes it leads me to wonder how I survived the "mother of small children" era of my life.

One of my favorite quotes :

Living with small children is like having a bowling alley set up in your brain.

Martin Mull