Where the Hell is Matt?

If you are ever having a bad day take a look at this project and email me if you AREN'T smiling after watching this!!!! This makes me feel almost as good as when I'm watching the Olympics....


Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

How many times a day do you warm up your coffee?

OK.....so it is 11:35 a.m. EST on Friday and I just warmed up my coffee for the 5th time - I am not exaggerating either - I swear - I warmed it up two times with fresh coffee and three times in the microwave - it is so weird not to even have time to sit and drink a cup of coffee anymore. (I got through only writing two paragraphs of the blog today and decided to ditch the coffee for a healthy snack of nachos - I'm not sure why people don't look to me for health advice....?)

I have read at least a dozen "organizational" books that say to start your morning earlier than your family by about an hour or so - this enables you to do the things you want before your household gets up. No offense to these authors as I truly respect their ability to write and get published but who can really do that? I just got through my newborn phase with baby #3 and he was sleeping through the night (briefly) and then the teething started (here we are up again in the middle of the night) so I am still tired in the morning and the only thing that gets me out of bed is a poopie diaper or one of my kids complaining of hunger pains.





NEW FEATURE (How exciting is this???!!!)
My favorite website of the day:
Do you have a dog? We have just one now after losing our older dog earlier this year - but I promise you if you click on this website you will get as laugh and your little ones will love it!

http://www.funpic.hu/swf/monitor_cleaner.swf


Today's post is dedicated to Chance - we miss you buddy!

What is the real deal with "The Secret"?

OK.....so for months now, ALL people have been telling me is "You have to read 'The Secret'" or "Did you hear about whats-her-face and what happened to her after she read 'The Secret'"? So, I asked my sister (who lives in L.A. and seems to know what is going on) - what is the real deal with "The Secret" and why is everyone reading it and RAVING about it? She told me crazy stories about people she knows who have read this book. She even told me that after she read the book several times she came into some money which she really needed at the time (it was owed to her but the person who needed to pay it couldn't locate her for a while - I'm not claiming she won Publisher's Clearing House or anything like that....) I am still skeptical at this point after she tells me all this and then I see Oprah and Ellen talking about it - well now you have peaked my interest even more, because if my "daytime friends" (yes, they are my friends in my head - I'm not crazy, just suffering from momnesia, mommy overload, being committed at an early age, blah blah blah).
So my sister recently brought the book home as she was visiting from L.A. and my dad (who is an even bigger skeptic than I) read the financial section a few times per my sister's request. Well, I have to tell you that two days later someone put a letter in his mailbox telling my parents that they were interested in buying their house! (in this economy, how many notes like this do you think are flying around???)
So, today I logged on to amazon.com and purchased my own copy of "The Secret" - a friend told me not to get it from the library because I won't want to return it (which angers our local librarian) and I will want to write in it (which makes the library staff angry as well). I will write about my newly discovered fortune after I read the book on my vacation next week.......stay tuned....
(Please note: I am in no way affiliated with "The Secret", the people who wrote it or illustrated it or published it and I do not receive any residual checks from amazon.com for recommending books - although that would be nice don't get me wrong.....)

Today is a new day....

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......

Mom Is The New Blog Is Born!

So today is the first day of my blog. I have been thinking about writing this blog for a long time now and never started it because I wasn't sure if I had anything to say that was worth reading...I guess my daily life has taken a turn that I am so unfamiliar with I thought maybe writing about it might help. I just had my third child and when asked the other day how life with three was treating me I responded "There are two groups of moms - those who do well with a lot of kids and are patient and organized and then there is the second group who seems to be trying to keep their head JUST above the water on a daily basis - I am in the second group - maybe moving on to the third group soon...." Why is daily life so difficult? Why do I seem to be the only mom who looks like they were dragged behind their car the whole way to school? Why can't I seem to get a shower in? Why do I never seem to be able to finish a cup of coffee in the morning? I am not complaining - don't get me wrong - I love my kids and would die of anything happened to them but I am really not so great at my job - If I had a review right now I believe I would be placed on probation. The kids are fed and clean and loved - so DSS will not be visiting anytime soon but is it that hard to find a clean outfit without having to dig through the dirty clothes pile in the basement? I decided I would create a "Idea of the Day" or a "Idea of the Week" - heck, it might even have to be renamed at some point to "Idea of the Month" depending on how I am doing.....I have tried all the organizing websites and they just don't seem to work for me and my style - I don't have time to keep a journal or have index cards etc. - I know people swear by the Flylady (and I think she is just wonderful for what she has done for thousands of people!) but I just couldn't get her system to work for me - again, something I am not good at.....

TODAY'S MOM IS THE NEW BLOG "IDEA OF THE DAY":
Give everyone their own dirty clothes basket in their rooms. Every day of the week will be one person's day for the wash and that way you will not waste time sorting the laundry, You can wash, dry, fold and put away that person's wash. The other days can be for towels, sheets or general household items. Having 5 people in my family and a dog I am going to try this and see how it works. I'll let you know...wish me luck.