Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Living Up to this Blog’s Name – Unperfect

December 22, 2023

Well and the Oh Crap part too because…

Oh Crap – It’s almost Christmas and I’ve been depressed for at least a month if not more.

Oh Crap – We’ve all been down with colds here for about 10 days so some stuff hasn’t gotten done which means that…

Oh Crap – …my west coast kids won’t get their gifts until after Christmas (le sigh)

Oh Crap – I forgot to add milk to my grocery pick up today which means going to another store right after the pick up.

On the other hand, all the other gifts are in and they just need wrapping. We have one more goodie to make and that’s getting done today by one of my elves (i.e. kids). We didn’t bake a lot but I do have plenty of bought to fill it all out with.

After today I shouldn’t need to set foot in any stores until after Christmas. All the food for our Christmas Eve and Day celebrations has been bought. Phew.

So it’s not all bad and I just need to slow down and breathe and get done what I can and say “Oh well” to what doesn’t because in the end it’s all going to shake out fine. Even in the years we barely had two nickels to rub together the kids were happy with whatever we had. And there were a couple of years that the older kids chipped in to make the season bright for their family.

So if you are the homemaker or the main person who does it all in your family don’t forget to take care of yourself because YOU are a part of the family you take care of. And it says in the Secret Mommy Handbook – you cannot get sick (I loved that commercial and laughed every damn time). And if you don’t take care of yourself you will get sick. Ask me how I know. :P

Okay, have to run, but seriously, take your time today, take time for you, and don’t get caught up in the hustle and bustle – know that whatever you have done will be fine and that the over marketing and mass consumerism are missing the whole point of this holiday. And offer up your frustrations for broken families who are having worse problems than not getting their gifts out on time – it’s not joy to the world for everyone.

Oh and welcome Winter Solstice as of yesterday. The only good thing about that is the days will be getting longer again. :D

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December 22, 2023

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