We've instituted a wardrobe policy since this photo was taken.
Dear B-Rad and Barack,
Congratulations! You will both be experiencing the joys of working at home. I thought you might want a few pointers from my spouse who works at home when he isn't traveling, so I conducted the following interview in my kitchen at lunch time today.
Me: Carl, how long have you worked at home?
Carl: Five years.
Me: What are the best things about it?
Carl: The company lunch run, aka my kitchen.
I have an important phone call. Can you interview me later? I’m waiting for my hot chocolate to heat up.
Pause while Carl looks out the window to watch the grass grow.
Carl: Bad things: My wife tries to interview me for her blog while I am trying to work.
My hot chocolate isn’t going to be done in time. Can you bring it to me?
Me: Do I look like your secretary?
Carl: No, you look like my sexretary.
Me: You can’t say that in my blog.
Alice: Motorcycle.
Carl: Is my phone ringing?
Carl steals half of Alice's cookie.
Alice: Daddy take my cookie.
Carl leaves room and shuts office door. Alice follows.
Me, calling out: Alice, don’t go in Daddy’s office.
Alice: Want cookie.
Alice beats me to Carl's office and manages to open the door and scream "Cookie!" while he is on speaker phone. Carl motions for me to get her out of there. We leave. Interview over.
So, B-Rad and Obama, I wish you a smooth and timely adjustment with many cookies and very few toddlers. Further advice can be found at this post, which reviews any decrees made by working at home partners.
Sincerely,
Celia and
Alice the Office Gnome
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18 comments:
Did he really say "sexretary"? I must know.
You need to get yourself some secret service guys to protect your space when your man works from home. Also, since you are the 1st lady of your home with a work at home dad, maybe you can get your own "chief of staff". Michelle gets one!
Awesome interview. Because I know you guys, I could hear and see it in my head and it was like I was really there. Carl is funny.
I know there are lots of great things about husbands working at home but I know Dave and I couldn't handle it. He wouldn't get anything done and I would bug him all of the time.
Whoa, sexretary!
lol ... glad Alice won't be repeating that one.
My toddler, however, he'd totally repeat the one word that isn't pg. :-)
Love the office gnome pic!
Seriously when do you come up with these awesome blog post??? My clever funny friend...thanks for making me laugh everyday
That sweatshirt in the first picture makes me want to throw up. I hope you've burned it. And bought him an office chair that is not from the Palm Avenue house.
I don't even like the power struggle on the weekends. I can't imagine it every day. Congrats on remaining married. You deserve a prize.
AND I can't handle how gab's husband and carl are really really TWINS.
B-rad and Gabi are going to love this!
I truly enjoyed it, too...especially the part about Carl looking out the window to watch the grass grow.
I am glad that Alice went after her cookie. An office gnome's gotta do what and office gnome's gotta do.
I feel honored!
Why can't we live closer so the guys can share a home office, wear matching sweatshirts and talk about Porsches?
We could take Alice and the twins to Chuck-E-Cheese and compare sexetary duties.
Stealing a cookie from a toddler - what was he thinking!? He totally asked for the background screaming over his phone call.
methinks Carl got what he deserved!
And now he doesn't have church meetings amundo either, so even more togetherness. I wouldn't last.
Love the interview. My husband only works from home one day a week. There are definitely pros and cons. I don't like that we only have one computer and I am banished from it every Tuesday. But it's fun to have him around.
Your office gnome is very cute.
Serves him right for stealing that darling girl's cookie. Thomas and Alice would be darling together and make great babies. So put him in the line for future set ups with your daughter.
One thing about having the husband working from home is being okay with the fact that he is having sex with the secretary.
See, the whole sexretary thing is EXACTLY why my husband cannot work from home. Yay for you girls who can hack it. This girl can't!
[cue music] love in the afternoon...
Sky rockets in flight! Bewww! Afternoon delight!!!
You both crack me up! Sexretary??? I must not give my husband any ideas!!!!
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