I've been thinking a lot about my mom lately. That's not to say that I stop thinking about her, far from it, it's just she's been in my thoughts quite a bit lately.
The other day my eldest was having a meltdown for some reason (to tell you the truth, I can't remember if it was because of clothes, homework, reorganizing her room...) and I just sat down calmly with her and said, "Well, let's figure this out". Saying that TOTALLY brought me back to when me and my sisters would have a problem. My mom wouldn't freak out or yell at us, she would calmly say, "Well, let's figure it out" or "Let's see what we or I can do". She was SOOOOO awesome that way!! She brought the tension level way down and brought us down to be calm and have us totally trusting in her to help us out. And she always did help us out.
I was talking with my sister, Heidi, the other day and we were talking about how a lot of our mannerisms are a direct copy of our mom. Sometimes I'll position my hands in the same way Mom did, or talk in a certain way that she did as well.
It's hard to believe that it's already been a little over a year since she passed away. I sit here and still can't fully grasp that she's gone. If I sit and really think about it, I will feel SOOO alone and lost without her.
As Heidi and I were saying, there's so much we want to just sit and tell her. I loved talking to my mom. I would call her at least twice a week, most of the time more. And whenever hubby would go out to sea, I would call her EVERY DAY. I kid you not. Even if I was just on the phone for five minutes, I would still call her every day. Boy is my sister going to be in for a surprise when hubby starts going out to sea again. She is going to get SOOOO sick of hearing my voice! LOL!!! I'll try and break it up and call my aunt or my other sister too, along with my cousins. It's just when he's out to sea, I need to talk to SOME adult, a family member every day.
Back to mom.....I truly, truly know she is in heaven, and watching over us. I'm not sure exactly which one she watches over the most, probably the grandchildren. I know that my grandma watches over me. Some people may think it's a bizarre thing, but I KNOW she's watching over me. I just know, you know?
One of the hardest people I had to tell, when my mom died, was my friend, Stacie. She grew up with me. She has been my friend since my baby sister, Heidi, who is now 27, was born. I rarely ever think about that day, after we left the hospital, because it is still just too painful to deal with again.
Before, growing up, whenever I did mannerisms or things my mom did, I would so try and change them. Because, of course, I wanted to be ME, not my mom. Oh my goodness, like who would want to be that (in my totally Valley Girl voice). But now, I cherish the mannerisms I have from my mom. I adore saying some of the things she did. It makes me so proud to carry on things she did. She was such a good mom to us and totally devoted her whole life to raising us and loving us. There were times when money was so tight, we would have soup and corn muffins for dinner, but mom made it to be a treat for us. That, and cottage cheese and peaches, or macaroni & cheese and hot dogs were SO special to us!
Mom made the little things so special for us, and I truly hope that I can do the same thing for my girls.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Because I did!!
Well, I had this other entry I had typed to put in here, but apparently I pushed the wrong button and lost the whole damn thing. So I'll just sum it up. Got no sleep because a duraflame log lasted too long and wouldn't go out without drenching the damn thing. Can't function on no sleep, become Mr. Hyde. Get enough sleep, I'm Dr. Jekyll. Yada yada yada.......... (really, I thought it was a good post, but apparently the computer didn't and erased it for me.......
So onto the phrase, "Because I did!" This is my youngest's absolutely, ultimate, without a doubt, favorite phrase.
We ask, "Why did you hit your sister?" She replies, "Because I did!"
"Why did you color on the couch?" "Because I did!"
"Why did you put the whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet?" "Because I did!" Hey, at least she's honest and admits she does it!
We always joke that later on in life she'll do something horrendous and when they ask her why she did it, she'll say, "Because I did!"
Hubby always sucks himself into that "Because I did!" black hole. He asks the question to her and then when she says her catch phrase, he'll keep pulling himself deeper and deeper in and asks her why she says that and of course, her retort? "Because I did!" Sigh........
I admit, I get sucked into it too at times and I almost always laugh after she says it. At least I have found a way around it and I'll ask her if she did it (and she'll always admit to it), then I'll ask her if that was a bad thing to do (and she'll usually say yes it was), and then I'll ask her if she's going to do it again (She SAYS no, but hey, she's a 3 year old......they're going to do it again.....). But every once in a while, I'll slip up and ask "WHY did you do it?" Her answer?
"Because I DID!" LOL!!!!
Damn, I love her..... Never a dull moment around here, I'll tell you that!!! :D
So onto the phrase, "Because I did!" This is my youngest's absolutely, ultimate, without a doubt, favorite phrase.
We ask, "Why did you hit your sister?" She replies, "Because I did!"
"Why did you color on the couch?" "Because I did!"
"Why did you put the whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet?" "Because I did!" Hey, at least she's honest and admits she does it!
We always joke that later on in life she'll do something horrendous and when they ask her why she did it, she'll say, "Because I did!"
Hubby always sucks himself into that "Because I did!" black hole. He asks the question to her and then when she says her catch phrase, he'll keep pulling himself deeper and deeper in and asks her why she says that and of course, her retort? "Because I did!" Sigh........
I admit, I get sucked into it too at times and I almost always laugh after she says it. At least I have found a way around it and I'll ask her if she did it (and she'll always admit to it), then I'll ask her if that was a bad thing to do (and she'll usually say yes it was), and then I'll ask her if she's going to do it again (She SAYS no, but hey, she's a 3 year old......they're going to do it again.....). But every once in a while, I'll slip up and ask "WHY did you do it?" Her answer?
"Because I DID!" LOL!!!!
Damn, I love her..... Never a dull moment around here, I'll tell you that!!! :D
Monday, January 16, 2006
My Friends.......
On Friday night I got together with a bunch of my friends to do a gift exchange (yea, we're a little late, but at least it wasn't during all the hustle and bustle of Christmas), and then we all went out for a bite to eat. We had SOOOOO much fun talking and laughing and such! I just dig all my friends you know? I'm so blessed to have them, as well as all my other friends.
One friend of mine was saying how I have my "category" friends (and not in a bad way). I guess that's true in some respect, and it's not a bad thing. I think everyone has friends in certain areas of their life.
I have friends that I've known since high school, my scrapbooking friends, my email friends, friends from having our husbands all be in the military at one point, family friends, and friends from my daughter's school. I feel SOOOO blessed to know all these people and have them in my life.
I remember growing up and not having such a wide variety of friends. I had more of a variety in high school versus grade and middle school, but nothing like this. I truly enjoy being able to associate with such a wide variety of people. And even within each group of friends, they are all diverse as well!
Not everyone likes the same music, or has the same taste in different things, but we all have a common interest, and we all respect the fact that we are not all alike, and accept that. That, I think is an amazing thing in today's world. We have come SOOOOO far in society in acceptance, but we still have a ways to go. I don't mean that we all have to be "Politically Correct" either. I like someone who will say how they feel, but also accept the way I feel as well, and not dislike me as a person for it.
One thing I think that a LOT of people in today's society need to work on is manners. I get so choked up when I see people do good for others, just because, you know?! But I certainly don't see that as often anymore. Too many people are in such a hurry to just even hold the door open, or watch where they're going. Hopefully we as moms will be able to have our children help to bring those manners and "niceness" back to each other.
One friend of mine was saying how I have my "category" friends (and not in a bad way). I guess that's true in some respect, and it's not a bad thing. I think everyone has friends in certain areas of their life.
I have friends that I've known since high school, my scrapbooking friends, my email friends, friends from having our husbands all be in the military at one point, family friends, and friends from my daughter's school. I feel SOOOO blessed to know all these people and have them in my life.
I remember growing up and not having such a wide variety of friends. I had more of a variety in high school versus grade and middle school, but nothing like this. I truly enjoy being able to associate with such a wide variety of people. And even within each group of friends, they are all diverse as well!
Not everyone likes the same music, or has the same taste in different things, but we all have a common interest, and we all respect the fact that we are not all alike, and accept that. That, I think is an amazing thing in today's world. We have come SOOOOO far in society in acceptance, but we still have a ways to go. I don't mean that we all have to be "Politically Correct" either. I like someone who will say how they feel, but also accept the way I feel as well, and not dislike me as a person for it.
One thing I think that a LOT of people in today's society need to work on is manners. I get so choked up when I see people do good for others, just because, you know?! But I certainly don't see that as often anymore. Too many people are in such a hurry to just even hold the door open, or watch where they're going. Hopefully we as moms will be able to have our children help to bring those manners and "niceness" back to each other.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Such A Nice Day With The Children....
Today was one of those days that makes me enjoy being a mom.
I helped in my youngest's preschool class today (She goes to a preschool through the parks and recreation department in my town - it's such a wonderful program, I think. Each session is 10 weeks and you HAVE to help out at 3 classes and go on all field trips. I love being able to get to know the kids and the parents too), and I so enjoyed being around all the kids! (Yes, I said that, I'm not crazy, I just finally got enough sleep!) I got to catch up with her teacher (she was the same teacher that my eldest had quite a few years ago), and get back in that "mom" mode.
What, you say? You mean I'm not always in a "mom" mode? No, boohoo. Work calls, the house calls, bills call, people call, etc..... Sometimes things get so hectic. I do love working, (it's just part-time and I get to bring my youngest with me), but I would love to be able to take a month off, and just be a complete stay-at-home mom and catch up on all that I need to do.
One thing I do love about after the holidays, is that you are so used to things being so hectic and having so much to do, that when January comes around, and things have settled down, you feel like you now have tons of time to get things done. Not that it always gets done, but at least you finally feel like you have down time.
Anyway, back to my nice day today. After I helped out at my youngest's preschool class with her, we went and got lunch and brought it to my eldest at her school, and sat and ate lunch with her and her friends. It was so nice and calming, and I got to enjoy watching my children.
Afterwards, the youngest and I came home for a while, before we had to go back and pick up the eldest from school. Then I came back home and made dinner for the family, gave the youngest a bath, and then she fell asleep sitting next to the oldest at the computer, allowing my husband and I to actually sit on the couch and watch some TV together. That's a rarity.
It is just so nice to sit here and be so calm and not worry about all the crap I've got to get done. Oh believe, me I do have a LOT of crap to get done, I'm just not worrying about it right now. I'm reflecting back on the nice day I had with my children.
I helped in my youngest's preschool class today (She goes to a preschool through the parks and recreation department in my town - it's such a wonderful program, I think. Each session is 10 weeks and you HAVE to help out at 3 classes and go on all field trips. I love being able to get to know the kids and the parents too), and I so enjoyed being around all the kids! (Yes, I said that, I'm not crazy, I just finally got enough sleep!) I got to catch up with her teacher (she was the same teacher that my eldest had quite a few years ago), and get back in that "mom" mode.
What, you say? You mean I'm not always in a "mom" mode? No, boohoo. Work calls, the house calls, bills call, people call, etc..... Sometimes things get so hectic. I do love working, (it's just part-time and I get to bring my youngest with me), but I would love to be able to take a month off, and just be a complete stay-at-home mom and catch up on all that I need to do.
One thing I do love about after the holidays, is that you are so used to things being so hectic and having so much to do, that when January comes around, and things have settled down, you feel like you now have tons of time to get things done. Not that it always gets done, but at least you finally feel like you have down time.
Anyway, back to my nice day today. After I helped out at my youngest's preschool class with her, we went and got lunch and brought it to my eldest at her school, and sat and ate lunch with her and her friends. It was so nice and calming, and I got to enjoy watching my children.
Afterwards, the youngest and I came home for a while, before we had to go back and pick up the eldest from school. Then I came back home and made dinner for the family, gave the youngest a bath, and then she fell asleep sitting next to the oldest at the computer, allowing my husband and I to actually sit on the couch and watch some TV together. That's a rarity.
It is just so nice to sit here and be so calm and not worry about all the crap I've got to get done. Oh believe, me I do have a LOT of crap to get done, I'm just not worrying about it right now. I'm reflecting back on the nice day I had with my children.
Monday, January 09, 2006
Sleep, what's that?
Geez, you think I had a newborn again, with as sleep deprived as I've been the last week. It seems like every other night, I'm getting no sleep. On Wednesday of last week, the youngest took a VERY long nap during the day, and by 12:30 that night, she still wasn't asleep. So I was extremely tired then. Then on Friday night, I went out, and got home at a decent time, 11:30, was in bed by midnight and the youngest (who fell asleep in our bed and stayed there the entire night) proceeded to keep kicking the covers off of her, and then pulling them back on her for at least two hours. So I was dog tired on Saturday. At least I got to take a little nap on Saturday.
Then comes last night. She crawls in bed with us in the middle of the night, which is fine by me, I don't mind, but then she did the kicking covers off again, along with grinding her teeth, after hubby's alarm went off at 4:00 a.m. (which he had forgotten to NOT set so early) and thus, a lack of sleep again.
I can't stand it when I don't get enough sleep. I need at least 7 hours of sleep a night, preferably 8 or even 9, but 9 is VERY rare indeed. I just can't function when I don't get enough sleep. I feel like a total sloth and feel like my whole day is wasted because I just don't have the energy to do anything, and it sucks because I just have absolutely no energy to exercise either and I love to exercise in the morning, it gets me moving for the rest of the day. (You know, and that's just not good for my "ubermom" status LOL!!)
I've always been this way though. Even before I got married and had kids, if I went out the night before and didn't get at least 7 hours of sleep, I called in sick to work. I'm not kidding! My body just can't function, it's just the way it is.
When the youngest was a baby, I was SOOOOO sleep deprived, that at one point I laid my head in my husband's lap and started crying because I was so tired.
Another thing that drains me? Whining!! Constant whining totally drains any energy I have in me. I'm telling you, they should tape kids whining all day long and put that in the enemy's camp, they'll surrender in no time!
On a good note, the youngest finally seems to be potty trained, yea!!! She gets to go in the 3 year old preschool class starting tomorrow. I'm so excited for her, but also nervous as well. Sometimes she'll hold it until the last minute and then have an accident, and I'm worried that that will happen at preschool. I was going to go look at furniture tomorrow, but I think I might stay a little closer to home, just in case I get a call that she's had an accident. I hope not.
I just hope I get more sleep tonight...........
Then comes last night. She crawls in bed with us in the middle of the night, which is fine by me, I don't mind, but then she did the kicking covers off again, along with grinding her teeth, after hubby's alarm went off at 4:00 a.m. (which he had forgotten to NOT set so early) and thus, a lack of sleep again.
I can't stand it when I don't get enough sleep. I need at least 7 hours of sleep a night, preferably 8 or even 9, but 9 is VERY rare indeed. I just can't function when I don't get enough sleep. I feel like a total sloth and feel like my whole day is wasted because I just don't have the energy to do anything, and it sucks because I just have absolutely no energy to exercise either and I love to exercise in the morning, it gets me moving for the rest of the day. (You know, and that's just not good for my "ubermom" status LOL!!)
I've always been this way though. Even before I got married and had kids, if I went out the night before and didn't get at least 7 hours of sleep, I called in sick to work. I'm not kidding! My body just can't function, it's just the way it is.
When the youngest was a baby, I was SOOOOO sleep deprived, that at one point I laid my head in my husband's lap and started crying because I was so tired.
Another thing that drains me? Whining!! Constant whining totally drains any energy I have in me. I'm telling you, they should tape kids whining all day long and put that in the enemy's camp, they'll surrender in no time!
On a good note, the youngest finally seems to be potty trained, yea!!! She gets to go in the 3 year old preschool class starting tomorrow. I'm so excited for her, but also nervous as well. Sometimes she'll hold it until the last minute and then have an accident, and I'm worried that that will happen at preschool. I was going to go look at furniture tomorrow, but I think I might stay a little closer to home, just in case I get a call that she's had an accident. I hope not.
I just hope I get more sleep tonight...........
Friday, December 30, 2005
I got a look!
Okay, the day started out with me reading about Barbies. Now, I, personally love them! I so enjoyed playing with them when I was little. I never compared myself to them, they were plastic dolls after all, just a toy. The most envious I ever got, was when my friend got the Barbie Dream House for Christmas, and I didn't. But, being the good friend she is, she let me play with it too.
So, fast forward to this afternoon. A friend of mine dropped off my eldest child. After she left, I left the kids in my husband's capable hands to go off and do errands, mostly just dropping off items at the Salvation Army. Gotta get that write off in before year's end, ya know......
Anyway, so I'm in my Hyundai Santa Fe, driving down my street, and I get to the stop sign. There's a truck in front and to the right of me, turning right, while I want to turn left. I look over to the right to see if any cars are coming, and glanced at the guy in the truck. No big deal, I do it all the time. Then I noticed him looking at me with a little smile. Oh my goodness, I'm getting looked at! I'm actually getting looked at, complimentary! Okay, let me just say that this certainly hasn't happened in a long time, and let's face it, I'm with my children most of the time and what guy is going to look at a mom with two kids?! So yea, I tried to play cool and calm and then I just started grinning from ear to ear. I couldn't help myself. I was friggin' getting looked at!
So as soon as I get home, I go to hubby, "Guess what?! I got looked at! A guy actually looked at me!" LOL!! What a thing to tell your husband! He was so amused at it!
Now don't get me wrong, I get compliments from my husband and "looks" from him and I love that and it makes me feel so special, especially after 13 years of marriage. He truly makes me feel beautiful.
Okay, so you all think, big deal, whoopee, I got a look. But let me tell you, when you're a mom of two, have had an extra 30 pounds on you for 10 years or so (which are gone now), and a hectic life of shuttling kids around, doing dishes, cleaning house, balancing checkbooks, yada yada yada, it's nice to get a compliment out of the blue from a stranger. Yes, I know my life is so boring that a look from a decent looking guy is so exciting I have to write about it, but hey, that's my life and I love it. :)
So, fast forward to this afternoon. A friend of mine dropped off my eldest child. After she left, I left the kids in my husband's capable hands to go off and do errands, mostly just dropping off items at the Salvation Army. Gotta get that write off in before year's end, ya know......
Anyway, so I'm in my Hyundai Santa Fe, driving down my street, and I get to the stop sign. There's a truck in front and to the right of me, turning right, while I want to turn left. I look over to the right to see if any cars are coming, and glanced at the guy in the truck. No big deal, I do it all the time. Then I noticed him looking at me with a little smile. Oh my goodness, I'm getting looked at! I'm actually getting looked at, complimentary! Okay, let me just say that this certainly hasn't happened in a long time, and let's face it, I'm with my children most of the time and what guy is going to look at a mom with two kids?! So yea, I tried to play cool and calm and then I just started grinning from ear to ear. I couldn't help myself. I was friggin' getting looked at!
So as soon as I get home, I go to hubby, "Guess what?! I got looked at! A guy actually looked at me!" LOL!! What a thing to tell your husband! He was so amused at it!
Now don't get me wrong, I get compliments from my husband and "looks" from him and I love that and it makes me feel so special, especially after 13 years of marriage. He truly makes me feel beautiful.
Okay, so you all think, big deal, whoopee, I got a look. But let me tell you, when you're a mom of two, have had an extra 30 pounds on you for 10 years or so (which are gone now), and a hectic life of shuttling kids around, doing dishes, cleaning house, balancing checkbooks, yada yada yada, it's nice to get a compliment out of the blue from a stranger. Yes, I know my life is so boring that a look from a decent looking guy is so exciting I have to write about it, but hey, that's my life and I love it. :)
Thursday, December 29, 2005
A day of #2's and screaming cries in the mall, not necessarily in that order.....
Sigh........
What a day.........
It started out great! I got to sleep in for a little bit and got up to do my pilates DVD I got for Christmas from my sister. Of course the pilates workout was amusing. I was able to do some of the moves, and then comes this one move, laying on my back and I'm supposed to put my legs over my head and the butt supposed to go too. Well, the mind said, "Yea, sure you can do it", but the butt? Hell no! I think it kind of just laughed at me as I was trying to get my body to go that way. Oh well, it WAS only the first time doing it after all.
So I get the kids up, breakfast made, showered and dressed, dressed the kids and we all piled into the car to go shopping, and use those wonderful gift cards we got for Christmas.
No problem, things are going good, the youngest needs to use the potty and tells me. Hey, potty training has come along pretty well, I never thought we'd get to this point. But wait, there's a glitch with this one, I think she's afraid to go poop, so she holds it in until she can't hold it anymore. And by holding it in, it makes her grumpy and cranky and wants to be held all the time.
Ahhh....the shopping continues....we go to Sears and the "butt-clenching-to-hold-it-in" child is getting crankier and starts crying and yelling very loudly. Now, before I had this one, I would think when I heard a child crying, "Geez, get some control on that child, what is wrong with them?" Now? Bwahahahahaha!!! I have total empathy! Sure, I used to get embarrassed when she would do it, but now, I'm just too damn tired to care, and I'm used to it. Of course I do try to calm her down and I get out of there as soon as I can, but I no longer just drop my stuff and run out of the store. I'm going to pay for my stuff first! I don't have time anymore to just try going shopping a gazillion times to get things I need.
So the shopping finally gets done, and yes, the butt clenching is still going on with the little one.
We get home and do our various things, yada yada yada. I start cleaning out the hall closet to reorganize it, and the youngest is crying, saying she needs to go to the bathroom. So we start the dance of going to the bathroom, to try and go poo. She'll sit down, go pee and then 1/2 second later, she's crying because the poo may be coming out and she's afraid. I truly think that's the only thing it could be, because she certainly never had a problem going in her diaper! I'm sitting there, holding my child while she's sitting on the toilet because she's crying about going poo! Other times I'll walk away and see if maybe she just needs "privacy", but then she'll scream my name like she's being tortured! So this dance goes off and on for probably about a 1/2 hour until FINALLY! :::::::::trumpets blowing::::::::::: She finally, literally, lets go! And what does she say? "See, it DIDN'T hurt! Now I get to have a slurpee because I went poo-poo in the toilet!" Sigh........
Is that the end of it? Nooooooo, because she's been holding it in for so long, we have to do this dance again and again for about another 1/2 hour.
Well, finally she was done and I got to finish cleaning out the closet.
Sigh.....now we get to go through this again next week.............
I love my children SO very much and I love being a mom and going through all this, and thank goodness I have a sense of humor over everything, otherwise I'd have gone running and screaming out of the house a LONG time ago! Of course I still go running out of the house at times when the husband gets home, but at least I'm not screaming and pulling my hair out. Sometimes moms, like kids, need some down time. Thank goodness for retail therapy............
What a day.........
It started out great! I got to sleep in for a little bit and got up to do my pilates DVD I got for Christmas from my sister. Of course the pilates workout was amusing. I was able to do some of the moves, and then comes this one move, laying on my back and I'm supposed to put my legs over my head and the butt supposed to go too. Well, the mind said, "Yea, sure you can do it", but the butt? Hell no! I think it kind of just laughed at me as I was trying to get my body to go that way. Oh well, it WAS only the first time doing it after all.
So I get the kids up, breakfast made, showered and dressed, dressed the kids and we all piled into the car to go shopping, and use those wonderful gift cards we got for Christmas.
No problem, things are going good, the youngest needs to use the potty and tells me. Hey, potty training has come along pretty well, I never thought we'd get to this point. But wait, there's a glitch with this one, I think she's afraid to go poop, so she holds it in until she can't hold it anymore. And by holding it in, it makes her grumpy and cranky and wants to be held all the time.
Ahhh....the shopping continues....we go to Sears and the "butt-clenching-to-hold-it-in" child is getting crankier and starts crying and yelling very loudly. Now, before I had this one, I would think when I heard a child crying, "Geez, get some control on that child, what is wrong with them?" Now? Bwahahahahaha!!! I have total empathy! Sure, I used to get embarrassed when she would do it, but now, I'm just too damn tired to care, and I'm used to it. Of course I do try to calm her down and I get out of there as soon as I can, but I no longer just drop my stuff and run out of the store. I'm going to pay for my stuff first! I don't have time anymore to just try going shopping a gazillion times to get things I need.
So the shopping finally gets done, and yes, the butt clenching is still going on with the little one.
We get home and do our various things, yada yada yada. I start cleaning out the hall closet to reorganize it, and the youngest is crying, saying she needs to go to the bathroom. So we start the dance of going to the bathroom, to try and go poo. She'll sit down, go pee and then 1/2 second later, she's crying because the poo may be coming out and she's afraid. I truly think that's the only thing it could be, because she certainly never had a problem going in her diaper! I'm sitting there, holding my child while she's sitting on the toilet because she's crying about going poo! Other times I'll walk away and see if maybe she just needs "privacy", but then she'll scream my name like she's being tortured! So this dance goes off and on for probably about a 1/2 hour until FINALLY! :::::::::trumpets blowing::::::::::: She finally, literally, lets go! And what does she say? "See, it DIDN'T hurt! Now I get to have a slurpee because I went poo-poo in the toilet!" Sigh........
Is that the end of it? Nooooooo, because she's been holding it in for so long, we have to do this dance again and again for about another 1/2 hour.
Well, finally she was done and I got to finish cleaning out the closet.
Sigh.....now we get to go through this again next week.............
I love my children SO very much and I love being a mom and going through all this, and thank goodness I have a sense of humor over everything, otherwise I'd have gone running and screaming out of the house a LONG time ago! Of course I still go running out of the house at times when the husband gets home, but at least I'm not screaming and pulling my hair out. Sometimes moms, like kids, need some down time. Thank goodness for retail therapy............
I've been "tagged"!
Okay, my friend put one of those questionnaire's on her blog and wanted her friends to partipate as well, so here I go! ......
7 things yet to do with my life: in NO particular order
1. Go to Australia
2. Go to the New England states and look at our country's history.
3. Go on a cruise. (you get the gist of traveling now, don't you?)
4. I think I would love to get something published too, whether it be any article, or scrapbook layout.
5. I would love to run in a race, too bad I don't like to run!
6. Maybe learn to surf?
7. Dang, this is hard! I guess I'll stick with the traveling stuff and go to Europe!
7 things I can’t do:
1. Listen to Howard Stern, I can't stand him.
2. Roller blade....give me skates any day.
3. Paint a picture. I suppose I could paint walls of a house, if my husband would ever let me, but painting a picture, naw. Not unless it's a paint-by-number!
4. Knit. Actually I was able to do it once, but I couldn't stand it and didn't like doing it.
5. Cut a straight line by eyeballing it.
6. Cook fabulous gourmet meals.
7. Be "fake nice" to someone I don't like.
7 things I admire about my spouse:
1. He has such a strong work ethic, that he will do it until the job is done.
2. That he takes care of me when I am ill.
3. That he puts up with my wacky, crazy behavior, especially when I am majorly PMSing.
4. He loves me.
5. That he can be just as goofy and dorky as me, and will do a crazy dance, just to make me laugh.
6. He serves his country in the United States Navy, and sacrifices time with his family so he CAN serve his country. Hell, I couln't go away for six months and not be with my family.
7. He loves his daughters and will sit and read to them and play games with them.
7 things I say most often:
1. "Bite Me!"
2. "Cool Beans"
3. "Hi darlin'!"
4. "Yada yada yada"
5. "Are you ready yet?"
6. "Not until you've finished (whatever it is the kids have to finish)"
7. “Knock it off!"
7 books I love:
Books?!! Holy crap! Okay....
1. ">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I actually love ALL the Harry Potter books, but I think this is one of my favorites.
2. ">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince This would be my 2nd favorite.
3. Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels This series of books is such a nice light read and it's SO enjoyable!
4. Mr. Perfect, by Linda Howard. It's a nice light smut book to read.
5. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. My mom loved this book as well. I also like the sequel, Scarlett.
6. Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This goes back to my childhood days, as I love all her books, but probably liked this one the best.
7. The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown. Okay, I haven't actually READ this one yet, but I'm dying to read it and I have it on my bookshelf for almost a year now. Maybe I'll get time this upcoming year to read it.
7 movies I’d watch over and over again, and do!:
1. Roller Boogie, ahh, love those boogie dance scenes!
2. Stargate, I just love this one!
3. Steel Magnolias, a good chick flick to make you cry.
4. The Idolmaker, ahhhh, Peter Gallagher was so hot in this! I think this was his first movie, actually.
5. Now and Then, I love this movie, it brings me back to my childhood days, and wish that childhood days could be this carefee again.
6. The Cutting Edge, "Toepick!"
7. Pump Up The Volume, ahh, just one of those guilty pleasure ones.....
7 songs I can’t get enough of: I agree with my friend that songs are so hard to narrow down, because I love a lot of different ones, so I'll just pick certain ones out of music styles....
1. My Sharona, by The Knack.
2. Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit. Oh yes, when I am in a pissed off mood, this sure hits the spot. It's great for working out with too.
3. How Soon Is Now, by The Smiths. LOVE, LOVE this one! It totally brings me back to the days of summer with me and my friends in high school.
4. American Idiot by Green Day. This one makes me want to just head bang!
5. Wide Open Spaces, by the Dixie Chicks . I normally don't like too much country, but I like Dixie Chicks' old stuff, and some songs by Garth Brooks too.
6. Yea, by Usher. Makes me want to dance!
7. Don't Know Why, by Nora Jones. I just love this song.
7 people I want to join in, too: Bwahaha! Yea, right! Not gonna happen here! Okay one of the two people I know who have blogs, "tagged" this for me. Let's give a few a try.
1. Heidi
2. Shawni
3. Dianna, when she finally gets hers started. Hint Hint. Dianna, I'm adding her too.
4. Sue.
Whew, I'm done!
7 things yet to do with my life: in NO particular order
1. Go to Australia
2. Go to the New England states and look at our country's history.
3. Go on a cruise. (you get the gist of traveling now, don't you?)
4. I think I would love to get something published too, whether it be any article, or scrapbook layout.
5. I would love to run in a race, too bad I don't like to run!
6. Maybe learn to surf?
7. Dang, this is hard! I guess I'll stick with the traveling stuff and go to Europe!
7 things I can’t do:
1. Listen to Howard Stern, I can't stand him.
2. Roller blade....give me skates any day.
3. Paint a picture. I suppose I could paint walls of a house, if my husband would ever let me, but painting a picture, naw. Not unless it's a paint-by-number!
4. Knit. Actually I was able to do it once, but I couldn't stand it and didn't like doing it.
5. Cut a straight line by eyeballing it.
6. Cook fabulous gourmet meals.
7. Be "fake nice" to someone I don't like.
7 things I admire about my spouse:
1. He has such a strong work ethic, that he will do it until the job is done.
2. That he takes care of me when I am ill.
3. That he puts up with my wacky, crazy behavior, especially when I am majorly PMSing.
4. He loves me.
5. That he can be just as goofy and dorky as me, and will do a crazy dance, just to make me laugh.
6. He serves his country in the United States Navy, and sacrifices time with his family so he CAN serve his country. Hell, I couln't go away for six months and not be with my family.
7. He loves his daughters and will sit and read to them and play games with them.
7 things I say most often:
1. "Bite Me!"
2. "Cool Beans"
3. "Hi darlin'!"
4. "Yada yada yada"
5. "Are you ready yet?"
6. "Not until you've finished (whatever it is the kids have to finish)"
7. “Knock it off!"
7 books I love:
Books?!! Holy crap! Okay....
1. ">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I actually love ALL the Harry Potter books, but I think this is one of my favorites.
2. ">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince This would be my 2nd favorite.
3. Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels This series of books is such a nice light read and it's SO enjoyable!
4. Mr. Perfect, by Linda Howard. It's a nice light smut book to read.
5. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. My mom loved this book as well. I also like the sequel, Scarlett.
6. Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This goes back to my childhood days, as I love all her books, but probably liked this one the best.
7. The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown. Okay, I haven't actually READ this one yet, but I'm dying to read it and I have it on my bookshelf for almost a year now. Maybe I'll get time this upcoming year to read it.
7 movies I’d watch over and over again, and do!:
1. Roller Boogie, ahh, love those boogie dance scenes!
2. Stargate, I just love this one!
3. Steel Magnolias, a good chick flick to make you cry.
4. The Idolmaker, ahhhh, Peter Gallagher was so hot in this! I think this was his first movie, actually.
5. Now and Then, I love this movie, it brings me back to my childhood days, and wish that childhood days could be this carefee again.
6. The Cutting Edge, "Toepick!"
7. Pump Up The Volume, ahh, just one of those guilty pleasure ones.....
7 songs I can’t get enough of: I agree with my friend that songs are so hard to narrow down, because I love a lot of different ones, so I'll just pick certain ones out of music styles....
1. My Sharona, by The Knack.
2. Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit. Oh yes, when I am in a pissed off mood, this sure hits the spot. It's great for working out with too.
3. How Soon Is Now, by The Smiths. LOVE, LOVE this one! It totally brings me back to the days of summer with me and my friends in high school.
4. American Idiot by Green Day. This one makes me want to just head bang!
5. Wide Open Spaces, by the Dixie Chicks . I normally don't like too much country, but I like Dixie Chicks' old stuff, and some songs by Garth Brooks too.
6. Yea, by Usher. Makes me want to dance!
7. Don't Know Why, by Nora Jones. I just love this song.
7 people I want to join in, too: Bwahaha! Yea, right! Not gonna happen here! Okay one of the two people I know who have blogs, "tagged" this for me. Let's give a few a try.
1. Heidi
2. Shawni
3. Dianna, when she finally gets hers started. Hint Hint. Dianna, I'm adding her too.
4. Sue.
Whew, I'm done!
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
I just love my sister......
I absolutely adore my baby sister! Of course she's not a baby anymore, she's 27! She just called me about a 1/2 hour ago to let me know she made it to New York safely! I am so envious of her, getting to go to New York! I am also VERY happy for her! Her boyfriend took her there for New Years. Is that awesome or what?!
There are VERY, VERY few times that my youngest sister and I have every argued. We are 10 years apart in age, but we have always gotten along very well. Sometimes I see so many similarities in our lives, it's almost creepy seeing her do some things that I used to do when I was her age.
Just about everybody loves her as well. She's such a doll!
I hope she has a fabulous time in New York! How exciting for her!
There are VERY, VERY few times that my youngest sister and I have every argued. We are 10 years apart in age, but we have always gotten along very well. Sometimes I see so many similarities in our lives, it's almost creepy seeing her do some things that I used to do when I was her age.
Just about everybody loves her as well. She's such a doll!
I hope she has a fabulous time in New York! How exciting for her!
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
It's that time of the year again.....
....when everyone goes through their house and declutters. I was reading my friend's blog on how she was cleaning and decluttering one of her rooms, and it made me realize that a lot of us do this right after Christmas. What is it, with it happening right after Christmas? Is it the fact that we take all of our Christmas decorations down, look at our rooms and realize, wow, it looks so nice too, without all that stuff everywhere? Is it because we get presents and have to find a place to put everything, so we start cleaning out closets? Is it the retail industry selling so many storage totes after Christmas that we feel we need to declutter and store? Who knows.......
I do know that I love doing it though. Today I put away all my Christmas decorations and even labeled the totes, according to decoration type (tree, mantle, shelf, kitchen, boxes & bags, etc.) It really made me feel like I accomplished something. Last year I had no desire to organize the Christmas decorations, I just wanted them down and away. I wanted to have nothing to do with Christmas then. I am glad to say that it was a pretty good Christmas this year though. It's been a year since mom passed away and while I still miss her terribly and my heart breaks when I think of her dying, I KNOW that she wanted her girls to continue loving Christmas like we always have in the past. That was her favorite holiday and she helped us to make it our favorite holiday too.
Okay, enough teary eyed stuff......back to the organization......
I have a mental list going of all that I want to do. I got some of my scrapbooking stuff stored away and organized. I just need to finish that and then work on the hall closet. I always have to clean that out about twice a year. I'm going to go through the games and puzzles and get rid of some more. I want to have room in there to store more toiletries and such. I went to Bath & Body Works the past two days and stocked up on bath gel and hand soap. Gotta love their deals!! I spent so many years buying the cheap stuff, to be on a budget, and now that we are able to make a little more, I am treating myself, damnit! I deserve it.
Tomorrow is a work day for me though, so it looks like I won't be getting too much organization done. Dropping one child off at a friend's on the way to work, picking that child and her friend up on the way back from work so they can spend time over my house playing with her new Christmas toys.
Speaking of toys....we got the family a Playstation 2 and I am having the most fun playing with the Dance Dance Revolution game we got for it!
Ta for now!
I do know that I love doing it though. Today I put away all my Christmas decorations and even labeled the totes, according to decoration type (tree, mantle, shelf, kitchen, boxes & bags, etc.) It really made me feel like I accomplished something. Last year I had no desire to organize the Christmas decorations, I just wanted them down and away. I wanted to have nothing to do with Christmas then. I am glad to say that it was a pretty good Christmas this year though. It's been a year since mom passed away and while I still miss her terribly and my heart breaks when I think of her dying, I KNOW that she wanted her girls to continue loving Christmas like we always have in the past. That was her favorite holiday and she helped us to make it our favorite holiday too.
Okay, enough teary eyed stuff......back to the organization......
I have a mental list going of all that I want to do. I got some of my scrapbooking stuff stored away and organized. I just need to finish that and then work on the hall closet. I always have to clean that out about twice a year. I'm going to go through the games and puzzles and get rid of some more. I want to have room in there to store more toiletries and such. I went to Bath & Body Works the past two days and stocked up on bath gel and hand soap. Gotta love their deals!! I spent so many years buying the cheap stuff, to be on a budget, and now that we are able to make a little more, I am treating myself, damnit! I deserve it.
Tomorrow is a work day for me though, so it looks like I won't be getting too much organization done. Dropping one child off at a friend's on the way to work, picking that child and her friend up on the way back from work so they can spend time over my house playing with her new Christmas toys.
Speaking of toys....we got the family a Playstation 2 and I am having the most fun playing with the Dance Dance Revolution game we got for it!
Ta for now!
Saturday, December 24, 2005
It's Christmas Eve......
....and I am finally done with everything! I finished my youngest's stocking today and now it is hung on the mantle with everyone else's. My body finally said, "THAT'S ENOUGH!" and so I went a took a nap for a while. Definitely needed it!
Wow, I can't believe Christmas is tomorrow! I almost made it through this holiday without crying, thinking about my mom. Friday night when we were leaving hubby's parent's house, I started thinking about how much I missed her and started crying in the car on the way home. I do miss her so much! It is amazing though how fast a year has gone by though. And it is true, the pain does fade and not hurt so much and be so intense. I will always, always miss her, but I know she's up in heaven and she's watching over all of us.
Okay, my kiddos are getting ready for Santa. I just read them 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, and now my eldest is putting cookies and milk out for santa, and carrots outside for the reindeer. Don't you just LOVE Christmas!!!
I am so excited for tomorrow, to see their faces opening their presents. I will truly miss having so much family around, but I will love the fact that it's just the 4 of us, celebrating together.
Now, of course, neurotic person I am, I always think ahead. Hubby will go back to sea duty next year and the year after that, he will go out to sea for six months, and it's a good possibility that he might not be home for Christmas. I've had Christmases without him, but this will be the first time without him and my mom, so at this point, I am unsure as to what we are going to do on Christmas. Stay home, just me and the children, or go up with family? Okay, that's like over two years away from now, let's not think about that. I can't wait until Monday and I can hit the after-Christmas sales!!! Teehee! Gotta love shopping!!!!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!!!!!
Wow, I can't believe Christmas is tomorrow! I almost made it through this holiday without crying, thinking about my mom. Friday night when we were leaving hubby's parent's house, I started thinking about how much I missed her and started crying in the car on the way home. I do miss her so much! It is amazing though how fast a year has gone by though. And it is true, the pain does fade and not hurt so much and be so intense. I will always, always miss her, but I know she's up in heaven and she's watching over all of us.
Okay, my kiddos are getting ready for Santa. I just read them 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, and now my eldest is putting cookies and milk out for santa, and carrots outside for the reindeer. Don't you just LOVE Christmas!!!
I am so excited for tomorrow, to see their faces opening their presents. I will truly miss having so much family around, but I will love the fact that it's just the 4 of us, celebrating together.
Now, of course, neurotic person I am, I always think ahead. Hubby will go back to sea duty next year and the year after that, he will go out to sea for six months, and it's a good possibility that he might not be home for Christmas. I've had Christmases without him, but this will be the first time without him and my mom, so at this point, I am unsure as to what we are going to do on Christmas. Stay home, just me and the children, or go up with family? Okay, that's like over two years away from now, let's not think about that. I can't wait until Monday and I can hit the after-Christmas sales!!! Teehee! Gotta love shopping!!!!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!!!!!
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The Hustle and Bustle of Christmas.....
Ahhh...........I finally have a few moments to sit down and type here... This past month has been one of the busiest months I've had in such a long time!
Wanna-be UberMom, here, decided to be the room parent for my eldest's classroom. Which means I have to coordinate class parties, contact parents, etc. So, okay, that's fine, working on that. Oh wait, now I've got a preschooler, and that child has a Christmas/End of the Session Party as well. No big deal, make the cupcakes, okay, fine. Oh wait, need to get a gift for the preschool teacher. Crap. Okay, did that..... Now the eldest is doing a play for her colonies project. She doesn't have a dress to wear. Sooo.....what do I do? Run to Wal-Mart, pick out a pattern and material and make a dress for that, along with a hat and apron. Next, I open my big mouth and offer to make a hat and apron for my friend's child as well. Okay...... now MY child wants me to make pound cake for their play...... Well, I just added that to my "baking" day with the cupcakes.
Oh wait.....did I mention that it's December and I have to do Christmas shopping, Christmas cards, finish a stocking I started for my youngest, edit a DVD for a Christmas present, go to my husband's Christmas party AND mine? And on top of all that, work outside the home part-time? Oh yes, and then there's the house. Clean it? Naaaaawwwww, forget about that for the time being. Yes, there's my one flaw in trying to get to "UberMom" status. I don't like to clean and will put it off, if other things come up.
Now, it's 5 days before Christmas. I've got my packages mailed (yes, did it on the busiest mailing day of the year, December 19th), the Christmas/Holiday/Winter Parties are done at the children's schools. The Adult Christmas parties are done with, the DVD's are edited and mailed, all the plays and "non" Christmas cooking is done, and with the exception of a couple of stocking stuffers for the hubby, ALL my Christmas shopping is done. All I have to do now is wrap them, and make my Christmas goodies. Oh crap.........eldest child has an orthodontist appointment today, AND it happens to be right in the middle of the day, when I was going to go grocery shopping.....well, let's hope they will let me reschedule......yea! They let me reschedule! Oh crap, it's getting late, I need to wake up the children and cart them off to the grocery store!
Ta!
Wanna-be UberMom, here, decided to be the room parent for my eldest's classroom. Which means I have to coordinate class parties, contact parents, etc. So, okay, that's fine, working on that. Oh wait, now I've got a preschooler, and that child has a Christmas/End of the Session Party as well. No big deal, make the cupcakes, okay, fine. Oh wait, need to get a gift for the preschool teacher. Crap. Okay, did that..... Now the eldest is doing a play for her colonies project. She doesn't have a dress to wear. Sooo.....what do I do? Run to Wal-Mart, pick out a pattern and material and make a dress for that, along with a hat and apron. Next, I open my big mouth and offer to make a hat and apron for my friend's child as well. Okay...... now MY child wants me to make pound cake for their play...... Well, I just added that to my "baking" day with the cupcakes.
Oh wait.....did I mention that it's December and I have to do Christmas shopping, Christmas cards, finish a stocking I started for my youngest, edit a DVD for a Christmas present, go to my husband's Christmas party AND mine? And on top of all that, work outside the home part-time? Oh yes, and then there's the house. Clean it? Naaaaawwwww, forget about that for the time being. Yes, there's my one flaw in trying to get to "UberMom" status. I don't like to clean and will put it off, if other things come up.
Now, it's 5 days before Christmas. I've got my packages mailed (yes, did it on the busiest mailing day of the year, December 19th), the Christmas/Holiday/Winter Parties are done at the children's schools. The Adult Christmas parties are done with, the DVD's are edited and mailed, all the plays and "non" Christmas cooking is done, and with the exception of a couple of stocking stuffers for the hubby, ALL my Christmas shopping is done. All I have to do now is wrap them, and make my Christmas goodies. Oh crap.........eldest child has an orthodontist appointment today, AND it happens to be right in the middle of the day, when I was going to go grocery shopping.....well, let's hope they will let me reschedule......yea! They let me reschedule! Oh crap, it's getting late, I need to wake up the children and cart them off to the grocery store!
Ta!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Happy Halloween????
Just came back from taking the children trick-or-treating and there were VERY few people out! Came back and hubby said that NO ONE has come by trick-or-treating!! A couple of people have come by since I've been home, but geez people, what's going on? Are there just not that many kids in our neighborhood anymore? I do know of a few neighbors that are going to a local Halloween carnival at a church. That seems to be the big thing nowadays, I guess......
It's just not like the old days, you know? I used to go trick-or-treating in my grandma's neighborhood growing up. We went up one side of the street and back down the other side, and we knew all the neighbors.
It seems like the neighborhoods just aren't like they used to be when I was growing up.........:(
It's just not like the old days, you know? I used to go trick-or-treating in my grandma's neighborhood growing up. We went up one side of the street and back down the other side, and we knew all the neighbors.
It seems like the neighborhoods just aren't like they used to be when I was growing up.........:(
Friday, October 28, 2005
A Bittersweet Year.....
Today my eldest child was saying how this year has been such a good year. It is, and it isn't....
So far this year, I've lost 25 pounds so far, I'm in so much better shape, I'm so much more active, I'm the room mom for the eldest child's class, the youngest is in preschool and getting a handle on potty training, I helped my eldest's class to win the prize for the most creative basket for the silent auction at school, and yet.........it's the first year without my mom........
So many good things have been going on this year and yes, I'm happy about that. But I'm also so very sad that I don't have my mom anymore and that I can't just pick up the phone and call her and tell her about everything that's going on. Oh, I know she knows what's going on, I know she watches over us, but still, it's not the same.
I was looking at her picture the other day and just thinking about how I'm the oldest of me and my siblings, and how, because I'm the oldest, I was automatically the one who was supposed to be the more responsible one and help my mom. Of course now, I'm the executor for her estate. But she knew I was to be the one to do it. She made sure I knew to be responsible and fair.
Sigh............
So far this year, I've lost 25 pounds so far, I'm in so much better shape, I'm so much more active, I'm the room mom for the eldest child's class, the youngest is in preschool and getting a handle on potty training, I helped my eldest's class to win the prize for the most creative basket for the silent auction at school, and yet.........it's the first year without my mom........
So many good things have been going on this year and yes, I'm happy about that. But I'm also so very sad that I don't have my mom anymore and that I can't just pick up the phone and call her and tell her about everything that's going on. Oh, I know she knows what's going on, I know she watches over us, but still, it's not the same.
I was looking at her picture the other day and just thinking about how I'm the oldest of me and my siblings, and how, because I'm the oldest, I was automatically the one who was supposed to be the more responsible one and help my mom. Of course now, I'm the executor for her estate. But she knew I was to be the one to do it. She made sure I knew to be responsible and fair.
Sigh............
Monday, October 24, 2005
Too Much Work!!!!
AUGH!!!! Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed with all the stuff that I have going on!! Right now I have to put the finishing touches on for the silent auction basket for my child's school. Plus I have to somehow fit in dinner, straightening up the house, and take care of the children! I hate it when I get this busy and overwhelmed! I snap at my kids, which I really hate doing. All I want to do is cuddle up with them and play games! Alas, no can do right now.....
At least I'm done for the night, for the most part. Tomorrow is a semi-lax day. The little one has gymnastics and that's pretty much it. I do have to bring some stuff to the older one's school in the morning. Maybe the little one and I can play tomorrow............
At least I'm done for the night, for the most part. Tomorrow is a semi-lax day. The little one has gymnastics and that's pretty much it. I do have to bring some stuff to the older one's school in the morning. Maybe the little one and I can play tomorrow............
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
A Slacker Mom......
I was waiting for my child to get out of school today and I went into the book fair that was going on at the school. I was talking to this one friend of mine who, let's be honest, used to intimidate me. She just has her crap together, you know? She has 4 kids, a spotless house, skinny (yes, after 4 kids no less!), a nice person, AND helps out a few times a week at school and is heavily involved in the PTA. Now damn, wouldn't YOU be intimidated by that? When I'm next to her, hell yea, I feel like a slacker mom! I should be baking something right now instead of sitting her on the computer typing on this blog!
She was showing me this book, "Confessions of a Slacker Mom", joking with me, yea, this is you, huh! Well............ I would say that I used to be that, and hell yea, I sometimes still am! I do feel like I've come a long way from vegging out a lot.
I would love to NOT be able to clean my house! I would love to be able to NOT cook dinner. I love my children with ALL my heart, but yea, sometimes I'd sure like a nanny when I'm in a mood....
I'm sure everyone out there has someone they know that is just intimidating to them. When I first met her, she definitely was intimidating to me, with ALL the stuff she does, and makes it look so easy!
I've definitely organized myself a lot more than I did last year. My little one is a year older and more apt to help and listen (is that possible?), I'm off my butt more (no, seriously I am, I don't ALWAYS spend my time on the computer), dinner's just about ready when hubby comes home, I'm trying to work on my crafts more, the house is picked up more. The only thing I slack on, and I'll freely admit it, is cleaning. That is just one thing I loathe doing, but once I do it, I love doing it! It's a love/hate relationship I've got going with the cleaning thing. I used to know this friend who cleaned her floors EVERY day, repaint her baseboards once a month, and her house was spotless! I'd love to be able to do that! Of course she yelled at her kids quite often too. I'd rather not have a spotless house and not yell at my kids. I do have to say my hosue is a lot cleaner than it used to be. I'm not saying my house was a pigsty or anything like that, but when my oldest was younger, and my youngest wasn't born yet, I definitely had more time, and the house was pretty spotless most of the time. It's slowly working it's way back to that. Plus, I've got help now! I can enlist the help of my oldest to help clean too!
A Slacker Mom......naw, I don't think so.......in the cleaning department? Probably... In the raising kids department, definitely not. The house will always be there, the kids won't always be so small and wanting to listen to mom.....
I really should get that book and read it though.................
She was showing me this book, "Confessions of a Slacker Mom", joking with me, yea, this is you, huh! Well............ I would say that I used to be that, and hell yea, I sometimes still am! I do feel like I've come a long way from vegging out a lot.
I would love to NOT be able to clean my house! I would love to be able to NOT cook dinner. I love my children with ALL my heart, but yea, sometimes I'd sure like a nanny when I'm in a mood....
I'm sure everyone out there has someone they know that is just intimidating to them. When I first met her, she definitely was intimidating to me, with ALL the stuff she does, and makes it look so easy!
I've definitely organized myself a lot more than I did last year. My little one is a year older and more apt to help and listen (is that possible?), I'm off my butt more (no, seriously I am, I don't ALWAYS spend my time on the computer), dinner's just about ready when hubby comes home, I'm trying to work on my crafts more, the house is picked up more. The only thing I slack on, and I'll freely admit it, is cleaning. That is just one thing I loathe doing, but once I do it, I love doing it! It's a love/hate relationship I've got going with the cleaning thing. I used to know this friend who cleaned her floors EVERY day, repaint her baseboards once a month, and her house was spotless! I'd love to be able to do that! Of course she yelled at her kids quite often too. I'd rather not have a spotless house and not yell at my kids. I do have to say my hosue is a lot cleaner than it used to be. I'm not saying my house was a pigsty or anything like that, but when my oldest was younger, and my youngest wasn't born yet, I definitely had more time, and the house was pretty spotless most of the time. It's slowly working it's way back to that. Plus, I've got help now! I can enlist the help of my oldest to help clean too!
A Slacker Mom......naw, I don't think so.......in the cleaning department? Probably... In the raising kids department, definitely not. The house will always be there, the kids won't always be so small and wanting to listen to mom.....
I really should get that book and read it though.................
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
UberMom anyone?
I don't know if you've heard the term "UberMom" before or not. It's one of those moms who does EVERYTHING. Cook, clean, take care of the kids, even work, help out at school, take them all to soccer/softball/whatever practice, have a fabulous body, shop, etc, etc.... you get the gist. And all without taking their kids ADHD medication. Now seriously, who can do all that and remain completely sane? There are some moms at my child's school who would sometimes be considered an "Uber Mom". But then you get to know them, and hey, they don't always do it all themselves, sometimes they get help. Some have maids so they don't have to clean. Some don't have other hobbies. Some only have one child to take care of. Some have husbands who do the cooking or other stuff. It definitely empowers me when I realize that, "Hey, they aren't perfect. They do have flaws". Hmmmm....makes me feel like I am actually accomplishing something.
I do think I certainly do a lot more than I used to. I used to weigh 20 more pounds than I do now, not exercise, barely clean, and be cranky a lot. I'm telling you, finding time to exercise in my busy schedule was rough. So I did what my SIL did, I woke up earlier than everybody else and did it then. Now I certainly don't get up as early as she does, or run, like she does, but I do get up and get my exercise in. It definitely has made a difference in how I feel about myself, and I actually get a lot more accomplished now too, now that I have more energy. Will I become an "Uber Mom", hmmmmm, by the true definition, probably not, but I like to do what I can. I am helping out more at my child's school, I work part-time, the house is looking cleaner, it's starting to get back to what it was before I had child number two, and the errands are getting done. Of course I did miss an orthodontist appointment for my child............ Whoops!
I do think I certainly do a lot more than I used to. I used to weigh 20 more pounds than I do now, not exercise, barely clean, and be cranky a lot. I'm telling you, finding time to exercise in my busy schedule was rough. So I did what my SIL did, I woke up earlier than everybody else and did it then. Now I certainly don't get up as early as she does, or run, like she does, but I do get up and get my exercise in. It definitely has made a difference in how I feel about myself, and I actually get a lot more accomplished now too, now that I have more energy. Will I become an "Uber Mom", hmmmmm, by the true definition, probably not, but I like to do what I can. I am helping out more at my child's school, I work part-time, the house is looking cleaner, it's starting to get back to what it was before I had child number two, and the errands are getting done. Of course I did miss an orthodontist appointment for my child............ Whoops!
Friday, September 02, 2005
Doing The Single Mom Thing For A While......
Hubby just got sent over to Pensacola, Florida with his squadron to help with the relief effort from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, so I'm doing the single mom thing now for a while. He is definitely needed back east, so it's a small sacrifice I have to make, for him to help others. And plus, it's not like I haven't done it before when he's out to sea. At least it's only for a few weeks and the oldest is in school anyway. So at least there's some routine going on for me.
Hey, my mom did it my whole life, and a lot of other single parents do it all the time, so I will try not to bitch about it.
It's times like this when I think back about my life growing up and how my mom did it all on her own. We didn't have much growing up, but I did have VERY good friends, and my mom and grandparents did what they could for me, and I hope that at some point, I did appreciate it back then. I know I certainly do now! I knew mom couldn't afford things, and I don't think I even asked that much. Sure I wanted to do gymnastics and a lot of other stuff, but I knew we couldn't do it. I remember when I was on the vollyball team and I needed shoes, and we had to wait until payday so I could get them. My coach kept getting on me about it, and I just kept thinking, geez, coach, I'll get them in a few days.
Sometimes part of me wishes that my girls didn't have so much, so they might appreciate the things they do have more. And I do think they do. Because I know that they certainly don't have as much as some of their friends, but I know they have a lot more than I did growing up.
I know I am VERY lucky to be able to only have to work part-time, and have a wonderful husband who works hard and provides for us. Granted we don't have as much as a lot of people, but we do okay on our own. Sure we'd love to have more stuff, but hey, who doesn't? In this day and age, it all seems to be about "instant gratification", and I know I'm guilty of that at times too. But with all the loss that part of our nation has experienced, I have to remind myself, along with my children how much they DO have and to appreciate it.
Okay, enough ramblings.......I've got to get a move on and get some crap done around the house. The inlaws are coming next weekend and I've got to get the house in tip top shape. Got to be the best "Wannabe UberMom" I can.
Hey, my mom did it my whole life, and a lot of other single parents do it all the time, so I will try not to bitch about it.
It's times like this when I think back about my life growing up and how my mom did it all on her own. We didn't have much growing up, but I did have VERY good friends, and my mom and grandparents did what they could for me, and I hope that at some point, I did appreciate it back then. I know I certainly do now! I knew mom couldn't afford things, and I don't think I even asked that much. Sure I wanted to do gymnastics and a lot of other stuff, but I knew we couldn't do it. I remember when I was on the vollyball team and I needed shoes, and we had to wait until payday so I could get them. My coach kept getting on me about it, and I just kept thinking, geez, coach, I'll get them in a few days.
Sometimes part of me wishes that my girls didn't have so much, so they might appreciate the things they do have more. And I do think they do. Because I know that they certainly don't have as much as some of their friends, but I know they have a lot more than I did growing up.
I know I am VERY lucky to be able to only have to work part-time, and have a wonderful husband who works hard and provides for us. Granted we don't have as much as a lot of people, but we do okay on our own. Sure we'd love to have more stuff, but hey, who doesn't? In this day and age, it all seems to be about "instant gratification", and I know I'm guilty of that at times too. But with all the loss that part of our nation has experienced, I have to remind myself, along with my children how much they DO have and to appreciate it.
Okay, enough ramblings.......I've got to get a move on and get some crap done around the house. The inlaws are coming next weekend and I've got to get the house in tip top shape. Got to be the best "Wannabe UberMom" I can.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Being Sick? Yea Right!
It's so hard being a mom and being sick at the same time! It's not like you can just take a sick day, crawl into bed with your kleenex, chicken noodle soup and old movied and go from there. Time does not stop for you when you are a mom. You still have to get them up and dressed, off to school, fix dinner, keep the house semi-straight. And naps? Unless your little one takes a nap, forget about taking one! Well, when the hubby comes home from work, he'll take over for a little bit, but then he has to go bed because of course he has to get up for work too. You just hope that the kids go to bed at their bedtime so you can go to bed right after them, and you pray that none of them get sick while you're sick, because that's just too much on your plate. Then? You hope that you CAN get to sleep and your sinuses aren't so bad that you can't even find a comfortable position to sleep.
It just sucks being sick and still try to get things done....
I just want to get better so I can get back to all the crap that's building up around the house. Maybe I need to go lay down for a while........yea right!
It just sucks being sick and still try to get things done....
I just want to get better so I can get back to all the crap that's building up around the house. Maybe I need to go lay down for a while........yea right!
Friday, August 05, 2005
Eating SnoCones....
As I sat at the table eating a sno cone with my youngest, I was so at peace and relaxed.
Too often there is just so much going on in my life that I don't get that much time to "stop and smell the roses" When my oldest was little, I didn't have as much going on in my life and I really was able to enjoy everything around me. We rented back then (or should I say in Navy Housing), I only had one child, I didn't work as many hours (not that I work a whole lot now, but it was still less back then), and actually I didn't have as many friends then either. Everybody always say to appreciate them when they are young, because they grow up so fast! I made sure and did that with my first. Sadly, with my second, I haven't had the chance to enjoy her as much.
We own our own house, which comes with so much more responsibilities, hubby was gone for 7 months out to sea shortly after she was born. And now I have to take care of two kids, instead of one, I work more now (and I bring the youngest with me, so it's not like I even have much "down time"), I do have more interests and hobbies and friends.
But sitting there, this afternoon and eating a sno cone with her, was just such a precious time for me! I absolutely ADORE watching her and listening to her. She is such an active child and can really get on your nerves at times with her "habits she picks up from her older sister", and the way she will repeat things until you want to pull your hair out, but she has such an active imagination and will get so excited about things, you can't help but smile and my heart just swells with love!
It's just times like this that make me remember to just stop all the hustle and bustle and go eat sno cones with my children.
Too often there is just so much going on in my life that I don't get that much time to "stop and smell the roses" When my oldest was little, I didn't have as much going on in my life and I really was able to enjoy everything around me. We rented back then (or should I say in Navy Housing), I only had one child, I didn't work as many hours (not that I work a whole lot now, but it was still less back then), and actually I didn't have as many friends then either. Everybody always say to appreciate them when they are young, because they grow up so fast! I made sure and did that with my first. Sadly, with my second, I haven't had the chance to enjoy her as much.
We own our own house, which comes with so much more responsibilities, hubby was gone for 7 months out to sea shortly after she was born. And now I have to take care of two kids, instead of one, I work more now (and I bring the youngest with me, so it's not like I even have much "down time"), I do have more interests and hobbies and friends.
But sitting there, this afternoon and eating a sno cone with her, was just such a precious time for me! I absolutely ADORE watching her and listening to her. She is such an active child and can really get on your nerves at times with her "habits she picks up from her older sister", and the way she will repeat things until you want to pull your hair out, but she has such an active imagination and will get so excited about things, you can't help but smile and my heart just swells with love!
It's just times like this that make me remember to just stop all the hustle and bustle and go eat sno cones with my children.
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