I am so stressed today. I cannot seem to get out of my rut and my decluttering efforts to create a cleaner and better run home are hampered by my very creative children. I love their zest for life and creativity but when I just dejunk the work room, leave to get the vacuum and come back a few minutes later to find my son trying to build a computer in the said room, I feel a little overwhelmed. I did not have a perfect mom moment and came downstairs to read my family forum which was a perfect solution. My mother posted the following (sorry Dad):
"Dad and I were playing a game with cards that ask you discussion questions yesterday. One was "What do you do to deal with stress?" My answer was to clean out closets and eat chocolate. Dad's answer made me laugh for a long time. He said, " I don't know.... Crunch up my shoulders and act like and an ***hole."
Thanks for the necessary laughs.
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Thanks to Maren's Dad for the abrupt, honest answer. Awesome. And Maren, next time just leave the vac for Trevor and tell him to take care if when he's done cleaning up the computer mess. Good luck with the organizing. Someday my house will look so good that I'll call Pottery Barn to come over and take pictures. However, today is not that day.
ReplyDeleteThe timing with that makes it great and funny. Anyway, even though we try to be perfect moms, we're not. And maybe Trevor will be a little more choosy about where he wants to work on his next project...like his bedroom and NOT the room you are desperately trying to organize?
ReplyDeleteI was always disappointed in my house. I realized when we moved to VA with just the two of us I finally made my home the way I wanted it. It was the way I thought it should have been when my kids were home. I was less realistic than I thought.
ReplyDeleteWhen I had 6 kids in such a short time, I had to go with the reality that I wanted them to experience life more than I wanted to have a beautiful home. We did have fun.
I wish I had created what I envisioned: a play room that opened up and dropped toys down a chute at the end of a day. Hose down capabilities. A kitchen constructed like taco bell where the kids could easily make a variety of foods all day and we could remove wooden slatted floor boards every evening and sweep up at night. (Teen years.)
If I had it to do over again, I would have made the house more functional. A huge outdoor play area where everyone could play, sleep and eat and I could have a cozy little off limits room. Wait a minute... that's what I did do!
Have fun experiencing life. What a dream to have a house that opened on the ocean where we would spend most of our time.
Shutting up.
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ReplyDeleteWhen you home school, do you structure time--satisfying, real, filling your needs time--for yourself? It really is a challenge but is totally necessary. I would not be good to try to run a business without frequently planned breaks for both employees and owners.
I guess it's scary to plan breaks when you are so behind in filling your needs that your needed break is two weeks at the ocean alone and a full time housekeeping staff.
just thinking.... Mom