As I came to the computer to blog, I was prepared to write on something positive, on the differences of each one of my kiddos. But when I sat down, this came flooding out of my fingers and I didn't stop it!
So how does everyone do it? How do you keep a clean house?
How is it that you are a full time Mom and keep your house to perfection, including totally dusted??
(when I was a stay at home Mom, people expected so much of me and I had to tell the kiddos all the time "I'm a Mom, not a maid)
How is it that you manage a job and a household?
I really don't know how people manage both well! If I'm doing one right, I'm doing the other one wrong!!
How is that I can walk into your house and its clean, totally clean, right down to the dusting and everything in it's place???
I CAN'T do it, it's impossible!! Even as I sit here and blog, I barely have enough energy to blog, let alone cleaning something!!
How do you all do it??
I have been to so many, of my friends houses, that are so immaculate!! How do you do it??
Enquiring minds want to know, or at least I do!!
And how do you do it, without the help of the kiddos??
Or do you do it with the help of kiddos??
Do your kids have chores?
EVERYDAY???!!
My kiddos have chores and please don't tell my kiddos if your kiddos do not have chores!! (That's just something they don't need to know and neither do I)!
I can't keep up, I can't keep it immaculate, even if everyone is doing their part!
It's lived in, ALWAYS, lived in!!
Even if we are planning a major party our house shows signs of LIVING IN IT!
Then you add the fact that I set my kitchen on fire, at the end of November, and we are living out of boxes and through construction!! YEA, WE HAVE A LIVED IN HOUSE!!
There is always laundry to be done and even if I stay up to conquer all of it, someone does NOT walk out of the house in their PJ's and POOF there is a load of laundry!!
There's dog hair on the floor! I think, dream, of not having dogs and then I'm sad!!! My family is SAD!! So the dog hair stays!
There is always dishes to be washed and they are on the counter, in the sink, in the dishwasher (if I'm lucky), on the table and in a room somewhere!!
There is always a sink or toilet or a shower that could use a scrubbing!!
So tell me, PLEASE, how do you do it??
Do you have Super Woman energy?
Do you have Wonder Woman powers?
Do you have Samantha's Nose?? What is it?
Do you have an Alice??
Or do you deprive yourself of sleep and eating??
TELL ME!! 'CAUSE I DON'T GET IT!!!! AND I NEED TO!!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
I Agreed!
I know everyone has days like this, but this the first one I have had exactly like this!
I was preparing my burnt to a crisp kitchen for the removal of the counter tops, granite counter tops that I adore, when I grabbed the broom out of the stairwell leading to the basement! I vaguely remember my hubby telling me about a leak!
I grabbed the broom off of the wall and saw the water, downstairs!
I was still in my PJ's at 10:30 am!
I was cleaning from the moment I awoke! I mean after I awoke and had my 2nd cup of coffee!
When I grabbed for the broom in the stairwell I peered down the stairs and realized there was water at the end of the stairs! In the 3 years we have been here I have never seen water at the end of the stairs! I knew I needed to find out where the water was coming from. I told myself that there had been alot of precipitation in the area, so I left it off to being so much water in the area. It must have been too much precipitation in the area at the time.
I discovered a sprinkler, from the main water pipe to our home, in our basement! Jammie's and hair soaked, but I discovered our problem!
I walked back up our stairs, wet, in my Jammie's (mind you I am almost 40 and as much as I work out and as many push - ups as I do, I cannot fight gravity), dialed the phone to tell my husband that it was an issue of our pipes and hubby hung up to call a plumber!
At that very moment, someone knocked on the door. I have people replacing a pipeline on my property right now and the people at the front door had on alot of reflective gear, including hard hats! so I answer every knock on the door, especially those with personal protective gear on (uh-hum PPE)!
Did I tell you, I'm still in my Jammie's, uh-hum, after cleaning like a fiend and finding a sprinkling pipe in the basement! OH YEAH, I was frickin' hot, almost wet T-shirt contest hot!! Amazing even! One boob pointing north and one south!!
I'm not quite sure who was more embarrassed, me, as I crossed my arms several times, in several different ways, or the Contractor, that could barely look at me and apologized for catching me on a "lazy day in my Jammie's" (if he only knew) or the foreman, the gentleman he was introducing me too that couldn't even look at me (probably for fear he would ask "could you please put a sweatshirt on and we can start over")!
We finished our conversation, hubby called a plumber and I showered and put a bra on, oh yeah, and some other clothes too!
All I can think at this time is: "when it rains it pours" and then I told myself "God has a promise and I believe it! and then I told myself that I needed to look forward to the "bright sunshine at the end of the rain"! I found promise and love, in my moments of OMG! I also told myself "as long as there are people working on the property, even in my Jammie's, I will be wearing a bra, even if that means I have to sleep in it"!
Afterward, I reflected and I prayed! God reminded me that I don't suffer without love, that my weakness is made perfect in His strength! And then He reminded me that it was up to me, to make sure, I was wearing proper clothing when answering a door, because it was better for everyone! I agreed!
I was preparing my burnt to a crisp kitchen for the removal of the counter tops, granite counter tops that I adore, when I grabbed the broom out of the stairwell leading to the basement! I vaguely remember my hubby telling me about a leak!
I grabbed the broom off of the wall and saw the water, downstairs!
I was still in my PJ's at 10:30 am!
I was cleaning from the moment I awoke! I mean after I awoke and had my 2nd cup of coffee!
When I grabbed for the broom in the stairwell I peered down the stairs and realized there was water at the end of the stairs! In the 3 years we have been here I have never seen water at the end of the stairs! I knew I needed to find out where the water was coming from. I told myself that there had been alot of precipitation in the area, so I left it off to being so much water in the area. It must have been too much precipitation in the area at the time.
I discovered a sprinkler, from the main water pipe to our home, in our basement! Jammie's and hair soaked, but I discovered our problem!
I walked back up our stairs, wet, in my Jammie's (mind you I am almost 40 and as much as I work out and as many push - ups as I do, I cannot fight gravity), dialed the phone to tell my husband that it was an issue of our pipes and hubby hung up to call a plumber!
At that very moment, someone knocked on the door. I have people replacing a pipeline on my property right now and the people at the front door had on alot of reflective gear, including hard hats! so I answer every knock on the door, especially those with personal protective gear on (uh-hum PPE)!
Did I tell you, I'm still in my Jammie's, uh-hum, after cleaning like a fiend and finding a sprinkling pipe in the basement! OH YEAH, I was frickin' hot, almost wet T-shirt contest hot!! Amazing even! One boob pointing north and one south!!
I'm not quite sure who was more embarrassed, me, as I crossed my arms several times, in several different ways, or the Contractor, that could barely look at me and apologized for catching me on a "lazy day in my Jammie's" (if he only knew) or the foreman, the gentleman he was introducing me too that couldn't even look at me (probably for fear he would ask "could you please put a sweatshirt on and we can start over")!
We finished our conversation, hubby called a plumber and I showered and put a bra on, oh yeah, and some other clothes too!
All I can think at this time is: "when it rains it pours" and then I told myself "God has a promise and I believe it! and then I told myself that I needed to look forward to the "bright sunshine at the end of the rain"! I found promise and love, in my moments of OMG! I also told myself "as long as there are people working on the property, even in my Jammie's, I will be wearing a bra, even if that means I have to sleep in it"!
Afterward, I reflected and I prayed! God reminded me that I don't suffer without love, that my weakness is made perfect in His strength! And then He reminded me that it was up to me, to make sure, I was wearing proper clothing when answering a door, because it was better for everyone! I agreed!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Lil Moments
Sometimes I have to stand back and take it all in.
I have to watch in order to find a new perspective.
I found myself becoming negative and edgy and forgetting the bigger picture.
I was getting lost in the moments!
I have to remind myself that success/failure isn't, necessarily, the end, it comes during the journey.
Of course, there is always the final result, but I could have failed in the final and succeeded on the journey. After all, isn't the journey just as important as the final? Just thinking.
I have stood back, watched, listened and mostly just didn't talk, just looked around and searched.
LOW and BEHOLD, there it was, MY NEW, BETTER PERSPECTIVE!
BUT now, I'm working on it!
Working on the journey and not getting lost in the moments.
Enjoying the journey and not getting frustrated at it.
Changing my view point and looking at it all from a different perspective.
NOT getting lost in the moments,but seeing the bigger picture.
Sometimes, it just takes a moment to get the perspective right and sometimes it takes longer!
I'm working on the journey and not just the lil moments along the way, of course I am enjoying the journey and the lil moments along the way, but I'm not getting lost in the moments!
Finding both success and failure along the way.
Enjoying the successes
and Learning from the failures.
The journey starts again with the right perspective.
I have to watch in order to find a new perspective.
I found myself becoming negative and edgy and forgetting the bigger picture.
I was getting lost in the moments!
I have to remind myself that success/failure isn't, necessarily, the end, it comes during the journey.
Of course, there is always the final result, but I could have failed in the final and succeeded on the journey. After all, isn't the journey just as important as the final? Just thinking.
I have stood back, watched, listened and mostly just didn't talk, just looked around and searched.
LOW and BEHOLD, there it was, MY NEW, BETTER PERSPECTIVE!
BUT now, I'm working on it!
Working on the journey and not getting lost in the moments.
Enjoying the journey and not getting frustrated at it.
Changing my view point and looking at it all from a different perspective.
NOT getting lost in the moments,but seeing the bigger picture.
Sometimes, it just takes a moment to get the perspective right and sometimes it takes longer!
I'm working on the journey and not just the lil moments along the way, of course I am enjoying the journey and the lil moments along the way, but I'm not getting lost in the moments!
Finding both success and failure along the way.
Enjoying the successes
and Learning from the failures.
The journey starts again with the right perspective.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Valentine's Day
is fun!!
maybe amazing!
We never "plan" to celebrate!
But we always do, in some way, shape or form!!
I'm blessed enough (or lucky enough) to be married to my best-friend......THE FIRST TIME!
We never plan to celebrate "sweetest day" in October and we ALWAYS do, in some way shape or form!!
(((I'd post a pic of him and I right here, but he's sleeping sound, OHHHH so sound and that makes me happy, so no pics, but picture, a happy couple, SMILING and in love and talking, cause we always talk, he's really good at talking)))))))
Any who, we do buy cards for each other, usually, on Valentine's Day and WE both make sure, usually him, more than me, make sure the kiddos are ON for Valentine's Day!! There is nothing better for a wife with children, than to have her husband on board with the whole "kiddos come first" thing!!! But this year, none, uh-hhuuuummm, NONE of that happened! No prebought cards (is that a word? if it isn't it should be)! No chocolates. No flowers! This year! We were both busy and LOST in the busy!! Even too busy for the kiddos (I'll buy them 1/2 price chocolate and cards tomorrow, hhmmmm, We're on to something here)!! That too busy for kiddos started out hurting and ended up being REAL matter of fact! Mommy and Daddy have been crazy busy and you all are doing well, so get it together and stop looking for the chocolate and GET YOUR CHORES DONE!! Love Mom!
BUT
I have a hubby that likes too talk and will! So on my way home from work, we decide that the kiddos aren't damaged and that I would leave 1/2 price chocolates and cards at home tomorrow!! Although, I t ell him, I like it better when you do it, but OK for this year!!
But in our talking, I realize, I'm not getting a card either! So I don't stop to purchase a V-Day card and I find, the sweetest, most kind, handwritten, note, Valentine card!! I'm blessed, very very blessed! I'm teary because of his note, then on FB, I read several friends posts, out loud to him~ and WHOA, I'm overwhelmed! He's with me, completely with me! He says "awwweee" right where I would've, if he didn't take my breath away, with his "awwwee"!!
Now that's a fantastic Valentine's Day!!
maybe amazing!
We never "plan" to celebrate!
But we always do, in some way, shape or form!!
I'm blessed enough (or lucky enough) to be married to my best-friend......THE FIRST TIME!
We never plan to celebrate "sweetest day" in October and we ALWAYS do, in some way shape or form!!
(((I'd post a pic of him and I right here, but he's sleeping sound, OHHHH so sound and that makes me happy, so no pics, but picture, a happy couple, SMILING and in love and talking, cause we always talk, he's really good at talking)))))))
Any who, we do buy cards for each other, usually, on Valentine's Day and WE both make sure, usually him, more than me, make sure the kiddos are ON for Valentine's Day!! There is nothing better for a wife with children, than to have her husband on board with the whole "kiddos come first" thing!!! But this year, none, uh-hhuuuummm, NONE of that happened! No prebought cards (is that a word? if it isn't it should be)! No chocolates. No flowers! This year! We were both busy and LOST in the busy!! Even too busy for the kiddos (I'll buy them 1/2 price chocolate and cards tomorrow, hhmmmm, We're on to something here)!! That too busy for kiddos started out hurting and ended up being REAL matter of fact! Mommy and Daddy have been crazy busy and you all are doing well, so get it together and stop looking for the chocolate and GET YOUR CHORES DONE!! Love Mom!
BUT
I have a hubby that likes too talk and will! So on my way home from work, we decide that the kiddos aren't damaged and that I would leave 1/2 price chocolates and cards at home tomorrow!! Although, I t ell him, I like it better when you do it, but OK for this year!!
But in our talking, I realize, I'm not getting a card either! So I don't stop to purchase a V-Day card and I find, the sweetest, most kind, handwritten, note, Valentine card!! I'm blessed, very very blessed! I'm teary because of his note, then on FB, I read several friends posts, out loud to him~ and WHOA, I'm overwhelmed! He's with me, completely with me! He says "awwweee" right where I would've, if he didn't take my breath away, with his "awwwee"!!
Now that's a fantastic Valentine's Day!!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Finished With Singles!!!
Out of the single digits and into the doubles!!
My Mitchy, the baby, turns 10 today!!
And he LOVES chocolate!!! (Is it possible to get "that" from the neighbor)
HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY TO MY MITCHY!!
WELCOME TO THE DOUBLE DIGITS
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Always REASONS to be Thankful!!
making my way out of being stuck in a SNUNDERSTORM!! I found my way home, really home, with a rest day, for the first time in 12 days! With 3 of those days, totally stuck at work! And as much as I would like to be getting stuff done, I just can't find my way out of this warm chair, from the side of a warm fire! I love being home and can't wait until the kiddos get home from school and even more can't wait until my hubby get's home from work (he's NOT working ot tonight, because I'm home), I love the man that gives up OT for family time and even more wife and hubby time! But for now, I'll enjoy my 2 biggest babies ever! My 2 biggest babies, yeah right, I mean OUR 2 biggest babies, every family member in this house has something to do with the spoildness of these two babies!! So tonight I get to FINALLY see my Mitchy enjoy Karate, it will be his 4th lesson and I have yet to see it!! I have had video and pics sent to me, but I get to enjoy it in person tonight, hoping the timing lands right! I get to take my big boy Adam to the Dr. for a check and find out how we are doing with the changes set in place! As Adam and I speak I notice a difference, but Adam has a way of being candid with his Dr. unlike how he is with me! So I am anxious to see where we stand and what the next step is!! My baby girl just changed her earrings for the first time this morning and she NEEDED my help, ok so not really, but she pretended and I'm OK with that! I'm in anticipation of having my entire family together this evening and still can't find my way out of this chair, by the warm fire, to get stuff in order and have it done so we can just sit and enjoy one another! But did I tell you I've been tromping through this snow for 11 days in boots that weigh 50lbs each (not really, but they are heavy and the snow doesn't make them lighter) and that I have endured a few blows at work that really took me down! DON'T worry I am rising to meet the occasion and I keep reminding myself, that what was depicted is not necessarily true....it is only someone's version of the truth! I've taken a few blows personally lately too, but I know, know know, love always shows through! The truth is always behind the love!
And I leave you with the text that got me through the past few days: I've been thinking about you alot! I know you can get through this! Only 2 more days....you can do it!! I LOVE YOU!!
And that is why it is so important to marry your BEST FRIEND!! OF course it helps if your hubby is good at using his words and mine is! I'm thankful!
Monday, February 7, 2011
When the Coffee isn't Enough
After knowing the kiddos were well taken care of and happy at their situation! I was able to turn and face this at work:
Along with the rest of the Midwest!
I packed my bag and headed out! Hoping it wasn't going to be as bad as the predictions and really hoping that I would pick my kiddos up from their snowstorm hideaway, with their grandparents, on Wednesday morning!
But much to my dislike, I had to use my packed back and even had to purchase more clothing!
Knowing my kiddos were well taken care of and that they were actually happy about their situation, made it very easy for me to focus on what was right in front of me: Keeping all of us, that were snowed in at work safe, keeping all of us warm and trying to keep positive attitudes and a good outlook for all of us! In spite of the problems we had, between losing all power, to losing most power, to equipment failures, to tromping through 20 some odd inches of snow and 6 foot snow drifts in heavy boots and the lack of sleep from all!On Friday morning, when I finally made it home, knowing I had to turn around and go right back, I was barely able to sleep! But I did FINALLY get to see my kiddos and my hubby and their smiling faces made me feel like we had done right! Well taken care of and happy!!
So as I begin to recover from this crazy snunderstorm 2011, I'm finding that even my coffee isn't enough for the long days and little sleep and the tromping through the snow (in boots that I promise you weigh about 50lbs each) that has taken place!
But the smiling faces of my kiddos, the fact that they were well taken care of, has given the peace I needed in order to go back to bed on this Monday morning and sleep til 10:30!!
NOW, I will enjoy my coffee! And pray my body has recovered from the abuse I have put it through this week!!
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