Now, I don't mean to be negative. Real life isn't necessarily negative. Real life is a roller coaster complete with shrieks of joy and vomiting both. Well, mine is anyway because I'm a stay-at-home mom. Maybe I did get a craft project done--but I'll be you that it took 5 afternoons and the dishes in my kitchen are piled up like a page out of Dr. Seuss.
Take today, for example. Today I set up this blog. The process started at 9:00 and since then I have been interrupted by two screaming sessions by the infant, one nursing session, three poopy diapers, three time-out sessions for the toddler, and a break to shape the sticky buns and allow them to rise. Here is a good example of the roller-coaster. Most of the morning is basically cruddy and at best mundane. I have not showered in a few days. But here I am now with a few minutes to myself and I am eating a sticky bun with a hot cup of decaf--decaf because although I am exhausted by my 1.5 month old getting up 3 times a night, I have discovered that caffeine makes him super cranky so I have to cut it out. yeay. Up and down, up and down and I could go on. Here are some pictures...
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| The sticky buns. I ate half of them already because I didn't realize I was hungry and its actually lunch time...also note the spices in the background that are in a box because we are too busy to make three simple shelves on the wall for them. On top of the spices, you will see the bread machine cook book. Yes. I used to make bread from scratch and was very self righteous. Now I have children and must pick my battles. The bread machine is my new best friend. |
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| Here you will see a very un-staged photo of me over-eating the sticky buns while blogging and using toilet paper to wipe my toddler's nose incessantly. Note the messiness. I usually like to pride myself on being tidy, but today, with the launching of this blog, I am starting to try life without the constant feeling of pressure to look perfect. |
