Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

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March 31, 2016

*I wrote this post on March 22 or 23 so the weather has changed a little – I’ll update at the end. :-)

Today is a raw wintry day despite the calendar saying spring started last Sunday. I had turned the heat off two days ago only to be turned back on this morning due to a brutal cold wind. Well, probably not as brutal as Minnesota, but to me it’s cold nonetheless.

We’re getting to the end of an emotionally difficult week and I’m taking time to slow down a little and read and relax. I have been feeling so overwhelmed this month and I’m glad that next month is our big homeschool break. I’m thinking about things I want to do and need to do and getting ready to put a plan in place. I need to add in time to take the kids places like a museum or the park or the town down the street because we haven’t been in a long time and everyone’s itching to go.

I had a counseling session that left me upset but it was good because it challenged me. She was wanting to know what I wanted to do for myself and ways to take care of me. I felt pressured though, so after I got home I wrote a list of things I wanted to do and what I didn’t want to do and that helped me regain focus. I’ve thought about it since and I know my number one priority has to be to get healthy. If I’m going to do anything else like taking care of kids, the house, or do something for me down the line like college classes, then I have to be taking care of my health first.

It was also really weird because the day after that session I went online and started finding a lot of help – it was as if God was following me around. I found this article about what self care is and isn’t. Then, I found this blog which I’d heard about but never really looked at but should have because it has a lot to do with books (and we all know I’m a bookaholic). Through her newsletters I was able to buy the e-version of Jewel’s book “Never Broken” for cheaps so I downloaded that and will listen to it next month when I have the time for something deeper. She (Modern Mrs. Darcy) has a great podcast called “What Should I Read Now” and I went to the library that day to get one of her recommendations from that show: “The Kitchen Counter Cooking School” by Kathleen Flinn. But, I also found Flinn’s first book, “The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry” about her time at Le Cordon Bleu so I took that out too. And finished it in two days. Today I will start the other one.

So, I feel a little buoyed up now and thinking about my life and what I’d like to do with it when the time presents itself.

*Today is March 31 so I’ll update. I am almost done with “Kitchen Counter Cooking School” and I would highly recommend it if you would like to learn to cook simple healthy meals for yourself/your family. Kathleen Finn also has videos on YouTube including videos about the volunteers for the books as well as tutorials like knife skills so check it out.

Only two days of school left and time for our break. I feel so depleted. Part of it is not taking care of myself and part is just exhaustion from the last few months. My focus for April will be taking care of me – my health and my sanity. I am also going to start decluttering each room – things are really messy right now.

And the weather has been a roller coaster ride. Warm, cold, warm, cold and last night we had tornadic storms. Welcome spring. :-P

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Weekend Gallery

March 20, 2016

Hey folks, just dropping in for a quick gallery. I’m cooking supper (pork roast, broccoli, and stuffing) but I wanted to post these while I had the time (and was thinking about it because my brain is like a sieve these days). Let’s go.

These are puppets my oldest daughter made for re-enacting a scene in Romeo and Juliet. Pretty sweet, no?

Here we have Twilight Sparkle and some unknown seahorse. At first glance you might think they’re totally unrelated, but look at the coloring. I think that one of them wants to be like the other one. Right?

Speaking of my oldest daughter, she is all about churros. So, when I spied these I knew I had to take a photo to show her. Personally I think they look sickeningly sweet. Like Oreo Twinkies.

And here we have Nut-trition packs for Men. Get it – nuts for his….never mind. :-)

It’s almost Easter and we all know what that means! Yeah, a SWAT team basket o’ goodies for your son. What a great way to celebrate the love and mercy of Jesus.

So, there you are – a quick run through of this week’s blog fodder. We only have two weeks of school before our BIG break in April and I’ve got plans for that. I know, like the plans I had for last week right? Well, I can dream.

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Spring Break

March 15, 2016

It’s spring break here and I had a great idea on how to use it, but decided piss on it. I’ll do the housework basics and then do some things that make me happy each day. I’m in a rocky patch again and wonder if the way is ever going to be smooth. I’m in counseling for the thousandth time. So it’s chocolate, magazines, movies, and a good cry.

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