OK, so every night as I am sipping (wait, make that gulping) my glass of wine on the couch I think "Tomorrow is the day I will become organized - I will have the kids backpacks all set for preschool, I will have the diaper bag pre-loaded, and I will clean my "designated' section of the house without fail (more on this brilliant idea later.....)" and every day SOMETHING creeps up, the baby won't nap, I can't seem to find any clean clothes that fit me (post baby bodies are awesome!) or a friend calls for coffee which I can't pass up of course....my house could be overflowing with dirty clothes and dishes and if I get a call for coffee I am THERE, seriously, besides drinking wine it is one of my favorite activities. I actually had to laugh at my first blog as I thought I would start an "Idea of the week or month or whatever" - here's an idea for me - get at least one thing a day crossed off your "to do" list! Until I have a semi-clean house and some groceries in the fridge I am in NO SHAPE or FORM to be giving out ANY organizing advice. It is actually funny as one of my passions for a long time was organizing and I wanted to become a professional organizer - this makes me laugh now (hysterically laugh actually).
I am still in my bathrobe today and it is after 2:30 pm. Why am I in my bathrobe? Because it's easier than getting dressed. It's much more comfortable and if the baby spits up on me I can just wipe it off rather than being upset that my new $200 Juicy sweatsuit is now ruined (um, wait, I don't have $200 Juicy sweatsuit - but I think I have a $20 one from Old Navy, does that count?) 2/3 of my kids are still in their pajamas too - the only reason why my daughter is dressed is because she was with my mom today - sad isn't it? Why does it seem like every mom I know gets their kids dressed early in the morning and themselves all showered and cute and then runs a million errands and then says to me "I am taking the day off today, after all it's the weekend...." If I accomplished all those things in one day I would be so proud of myself that I would actually hire a local skywriter to let my neighbors know that YES, I did get out of my pajamas today!
TIP OF THE DAY:
I learned this from a friend the other day - don't let your kids stick peanuts up their nose as you will spend your whole day in the ER and then at some specialist's office trying to get it out and that will interfere with your viewing of back episodes of Ellen and Oprah......
