I really should not read other blogs. Those bloggers posts are SOOOO unique and intriguing. I'm jealous that I can't come up with such neat ideas.
Can I still blame mommy-brain even though the baby is 14 months old? There's a good idea-I'm going to scientifically prove the mommy-brain syndrome.
Stay tuned!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
unappreciated
We Have a Beautiful Mother-
We have a beautiful
mother
Her green lap
immense
Her brown embrace
eternal
Her blue body
everything
we know.
- Alice Walker
Okay, so I'm having a bad day. I'm throwing my own little pity party and the great thing is-if you don't want to come, you don't have to and I'll never be none the wiser.
My husband is high maintenance. Special diet. Lots of meds. Strict intake/output monitoring. I do all this. He couldn't do it for himself.
Babyman is *EXTREMELY* high maintenance. The "EE". The allergies. The attachment. The lack of support. His meds. His diet. His doctors. My diet. I take care of all this too. His dad has never made the effort to learn anything about this.
The 13 year old. Suddenly he thinks he's an adult in this house. He hasn't exactly had the best role models in life on how a man should act so he's not real good at pretending to be a grown up. However, he's REALLY good at being a disrespectful, smart mouth punk, who bullies his little brother and cusses his mother then waits for his dad to defend him when mom tries to punish. But, I digress.
Here it is 1:12 am on Wednesday morning. I'm up because everyone else is not. Make sense?
I went to bed at like 7. They trashed the kitchen. They drank the last of MY Pepsi. They were loud. They don't care.
We as moms try to teach them things that will help them function as contributing members of society when they grow up right? Why can't they just see that now and say "oh yeah. mom does know what she's talking about" but no. everygthing has to be challenged. I know I'm not alone in this. Why do they do this?
So at midnight I was cleaning up their mess they left from supper because it's not going to do it itself. They will get up in the morning and demand breakfast and get it at the clean kitchen table. Not even pausing for a minute to think "hey, there were messy chili bowls on the table when I went to bed. Where did they go?"
And thus the thanklessness begings.
I got yelled at for threatening to quit.
He said how lousy I was for "quitting my kids"
Is it really quitting if you just need to walk away for a minute?
I'll come back, I promise.
I couldn't give this up. Not for long.
Just need a break sometimes. Is that too much to ask for?
We have a beautiful
mother
Her green lap
immense
Her brown embrace
eternal
Her blue body
everything
we know.
- Alice Walker
Okay, so I'm having a bad day. I'm throwing my own little pity party and the great thing is-if you don't want to come, you don't have to and I'll never be none the wiser.
My husband is high maintenance. Special diet. Lots of meds. Strict intake/output monitoring. I do all this. He couldn't do it for himself.
Babyman is *EXTREMELY* high maintenance. The "EE". The allergies. The attachment. The lack of support. His meds. His diet. His doctors. My diet. I take care of all this too. His dad has never made the effort to learn anything about this.
The 13 year old. Suddenly he thinks he's an adult in this house. He hasn't exactly had the best role models in life on how a man should act so he's not real good at pretending to be a grown up. However, he's REALLY good at being a disrespectful, smart mouth punk, who bullies his little brother and cusses his mother then waits for his dad to defend him when mom tries to punish. But, I digress.
Here it is 1:12 am on Wednesday morning. I'm up because everyone else is not. Make sense?
I went to bed at like 7. They trashed the kitchen. They drank the last of MY Pepsi. They were loud. They don't care.
We as moms try to teach them things that will help them function as contributing members of society when they grow up right? Why can't they just see that now and say "oh yeah. mom does know what she's talking about" but no. everygthing has to be challenged. I know I'm not alone in this. Why do they do this?
So at midnight I was cleaning up their mess they left from supper because it's not going to do it itself. They will get up in the morning and demand breakfast and get it at the clean kitchen table. Not even pausing for a minute to think "hey, there were messy chili bowls on the table when I went to bed. Where did they go?"
And thus the thanklessness begings.
I got yelled at for threatening to quit.
He said how lousy I was for "quitting my kids"
Is it really quitting if you just need to walk away for a minute?
I'll come back, I promise.
I couldn't give this up. Not for long.
Just need a break sometimes. Is that too much to ask for?
Friday, July 16, 2010
Getting Started
Okay, since everyone else is doing it so should I right?!
If everyone else jumped off a bridge would you do it too?
Maybe......
So since everyone else is blogging so am I.
We (mostly I) have decided for the well being of our family as a whole, we need to take a more natural approach to living.
This has been coming about for quite some time-starting with changing our eating habits to accomodate Bob's health considerations. I cook most everything from scratch. I mean everything. Sauces, Soups, Stews, Breads, etc. You name it-I can do it. I. Have. Skillz. Mad mad skills in the kitchen. Yes, I'm bragging. It's my blog and I can say what I want.
Anyway, fast forward.
Kids.
I'm more of a gentle type disciplinarian.
Baby.
I (still) breastfeed my 13 month old. I'm not going to try to defend that. I'm just telling you - This is what's right.
We also, cloth diaper. They are a whole new generation from the pre-folds and plastic pants of days of yore. They are adorable, all in one, pin free, easy-peasy options.
We recycle.
Most people do I know. But we are getting soooooo good at it.
I'm going to homeschool/unschool our 3 youngest school aged children this year. Our district here is headed straight to hell and they can no longer provide a quality education and meet the needs of my kids.
I'm not rich, I freecycle. I'm wanting to live simply by simply living.
Yes. I have hugged a tree.
If everyone else jumped off a bridge would you do it too?
Maybe......
So since everyone else is blogging so am I.
We (mostly I) have decided for the well being of our family as a whole, we need to take a more natural approach to living.
This has been coming about for quite some time-starting with changing our eating habits to accomodate Bob's health considerations. I cook most everything from scratch. I mean everything. Sauces, Soups, Stews, Breads, etc. You name it-I can do it. I. Have. Skillz. Mad mad skills in the kitchen. Yes, I'm bragging. It's my blog and I can say what I want.
Anyway, fast forward.
Kids.
I'm more of a gentle type disciplinarian.
Baby.
I (still) breastfeed my 13 month old. I'm not going to try to defend that. I'm just telling you - This is what's right.
We also, cloth diaper. They are a whole new generation from the pre-folds and plastic pants of days of yore. They are adorable, all in one, pin free, easy-peasy options.
We recycle.
Most people do I know. But we are getting soooooo good at it.
I'm going to homeschool/unschool our 3 youngest school aged children this year. Our district here is headed straight to hell and they can no longer provide a quality education and meet the needs of my kids.
I'm not rich, I freecycle. I'm wanting to live simply by simply living.
Yes. I have hugged a tree.
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