Scrapbooking and lifestyles

This weekend (Thursday-Sunday) I'm at a scrapbooking retreat in Nokesville, VA.  I enjoy weekends like this because I usually get A LOT of scrapbooking done.  Now, my scrapbooks are of our family, the two humans and (now) the two pups.  Not your typical scrapbooker - meaning, usually scrapbookers are moms (of young kids).  Which leads me to this post.

Luckily, my good friend, MW, is also a no kid scrapbooker so usually we do these weekends together.  This weekend (so far), I realize how happy I am with my/our lifestyle of no kids.  Since we are close to "home", all of the moms are coming and going throughout the day because of their husbands working.  I keep thinking - "so much for a girls weekend of scrapbooking".  On the other hand, yesterday (since I was the first "guest" to arrive around 4 pm), I have basically been here by myself.  JN "the host", due to her hubby's work schedule change, has to take care of her kids.  She finally was able to come back around 8 pm, then 3 other moms finally came.  Everyone, except one, left during the night.  Then I was left alone again as the one that stayed went home this morning.  It's great that it's close to their houses so that they can go home, but so much with them getting their scrapbooking done!

Of course, conversations are usually about the kids.  They all know each other from their mommy's club.  You kind of feel out of the loop when you don't have kids and wonder, "OK, what do I have in common with these people besides scrapbooking?" and "Do these people have anything else going on in their lives?".  But I guess that's what happens when you have kids - they are your life and it revolves around them.

My life, on the other hand, revolves around work, hubby, and the pups.  Plus some other stuff - volunteering, hockey, and the benefits of not having kids (eating out when we want, doing what we want when we want, etc.).

Anyway, MW is here so now I have a non-mom buddy to hang out with and talk non-kid stuff.