I know this is an old post but it really spoke to me. First off I have to say that I'm rather envious, but more on that later. In our little family I work and my hubby's a stay at home dad. At my last job I would call home on lunch to just say hi, but at my current one I can't. Well I can when I have my cell phone but we can't really afford cards for it at the moment. We don't even have prospects for a babysitter other than relatives and they live so far away it only happens on rare occasions. As to alone time, we used to make time, by either waiting till the kid went to bed or getting up super early. That wasn't a big deal, because I get up to work on my writing in the mornings. I'm an aspiring writer. Lately though we haven't been doing either. Now as to why I'm envious, my hubby used to do little things for me, but not so much anymore. Actually the best I can hope for is a candy bar when he goes to the store. As to putting on a movie for the kid, no luck there she's three and I really don't feel comfortable leaving her alone since it's never just a few minutes. Although I'm actually hoping if I try to put more spice in our life we'll get back to making more time to be alone. So if any one has any suggestions as to how I can remedy this I'm all ears.