I might sound CRAZY...but I have recently fallen in love with my apron and the fly lady. WHAT? who is the fly lady? whats up with the June Cleaver apron? well yes I might just be feeling a little like June these days.
I have been trying to find a way to cram EVERYTHING into my days. how in the world do I keep up with the laundry and the dog and the three kids and now my part time obsession (photography) and still have a halfway clean house and do the things I want to do? hmmm...you don't know? well neither did I and I was getting VERY frustrated. And then my friend told me about a book she was reading... the fly lady, she is teaching me how to fly {finally loving yourself}.
I have to say I was motivated right away. I have been so excited about following her steps, It sounds goofy and you have to check it out to really know what I am talking about ..but keeping my sink shining is helping me in so many ways I can't even begin, The kids and have this routine down to a science this week and I am shining as much as my sink is. Now for the apron part. Since the fly lady sais get dressed all the way to your shoes even first thing in the morning, I need something to keep the bleach and other stuff off of my clothes so hence the apron. plus it makes me feel all homemakerish and these stylish aprons I found are so CUTE!
TESTIMONIAL: o.k. so maybe ya'll aren't as big of slackers as I am and you all have this cleaning and kids thing down to a science. but since I have started this I have been on time. I am always ready to go and my kitchen has never been shinier. Not to mention my arch enemy the LAUNDRY is almost all the way caught up, and it has been painless. I sound like a goof. BUT I wanted to share, because so far I have LOVED this. Thanks Cathi this came at a time I REALLY needed it!!
check them out.
click here for the Aprons
click here for the fly lady
Jan 18, 2009
Jan 9, 2009
"If I had my child to raise over again"
"If I Had My Child To Raise OverAgain"
I'd finger-paint more and point the finger less
I'd do less correcting and more connecting
I'd take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play
I'd run through more fields and gaze at more stars
I'd do more hugging and less tugging
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later
I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of LOVE
The new year always brings for me motivation for change, to try harder and to give away old habits that are not fitting into my ultimate plan. This year though as I have tried to implement some of these things I want to work on I have more stress and anxiety than will to improve. There are a lot of crazy things going on in the world all around us. It is hard to keep focus. I find I put a lot of pressure on myself to, DO IT ALL.... I think we all do for the most part. But when it really comes down to it all that matters is that we develop the most precious gift God has given us and that is out children. I have kept this poem on my fridge for the past few years. I loved it because it is so easy to get caught up in the daily grind. The other day there was an old lady by me in the grocery store. I had all the kids with me, and she told me wished for the time when her kids were this age. She said it goes so fast and then they are off and they have their own lives, and i realized That in a short 10 years Halli will be graduated and Ethan going on a mission, and It affirmed to me that while it is important to do things for myself and to clean the house and all that....well it is even more important to treasure the gifts of life that were put in my trust.
I am feeling all sad and nostalgic. Those of you that know me well know that I had a very hard childhood, that my "mom" has never really been my "mom" that I fill that roll for most of my brothers and sisters. Having my own children and raising my brothers, has given me even deeper feelings of loss for that in my life, especially at times when I feel like I do now. I am not trying to have self pity or complain, but sometimes it just hits me...my whole life. Sometimes I am at loss for what to really feel. All I know is that I am grateful for my grandparents, and for my husband and all his support and understanding. So while I made HUGE lists of all the things I need to do better. Most of all I just want to be a better mom. After all you really only get to clean up throw up and change diapers for so long, and then we will be standing in the grocery store behind a mom with young kids wishing back the hair raising stressed out times we wished away in the moment.
Treasure your gifts.....
I'd finger-paint more and point the finger less
I'd do less correcting and more connecting
I'd take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play
I'd run through more fields and gaze at more stars
I'd do more hugging and less tugging
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later
I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of LOVE
The new year always brings for me motivation for change, to try harder and to give away old habits that are not fitting into my ultimate plan. This year though as I have tried to implement some of these things I want to work on I have more stress and anxiety than will to improve. There are a lot of crazy things going on in the world all around us. It is hard to keep focus. I find I put a lot of pressure on myself to, DO IT ALL.... I think we all do for the most part. But when it really comes down to it all that matters is that we develop the most precious gift God has given us and that is out children. I have kept this poem on my fridge for the past few years. I loved it because it is so easy to get caught up in the daily grind. The other day there was an old lady by me in the grocery store. I had all the kids with me, and she told me wished for the time when her kids were this age. She said it goes so fast and then they are off and they have their own lives, and i realized That in a short 10 years Halli will be graduated and Ethan going on a mission, and It affirmed to me that while it is important to do things for myself and to clean the house and all that....well it is even more important to treasure the gifts of life that were put in my trust.
I am feeling all sad and nostalgic. Those of you that know me well know that I had a very hard childhood, that my "mom" has never really been my "mom" that I fill that roll for most of my brothers and sisters. Having my own children and raising my brothers, has given me even deeper feelings of loss for that in my life, especially at times when I feel like I do now. I am not trying to have self pity or complain, but sometimes it just hits me...my whole life. Sometimes I am at loss for what to really feel. All I know is that I am grateful for my grandparents, and for my husband and all his support and understanding. So while I made HUGE lists of all the things I need to do better. Most of all I just want to be a better mom. After all you really only get to clean up throw up and change diapers for so long, and then we will be standing in the grocery store behind a mom with young kids wishing back the hair raising stressed out times we wished away in the moment.
Treasure your gifts.....
Jan 1, 2009
A Day Trip
This whole christmas holiday has been Coreys vacation from work. We stayed home for the holiday and relaxed and have had a great time. We really wanted to do something with the kids t hough that would be fun. We are always up for a road trip!! This one was pretty close to home. Lucky us, Monday it was like 60 degrees and sunny. It was absolutley perfect. First we went to breakfast and then took the kids to see bedtime stories. It was really cute and the kids loved it.
Then we decided to go up to Auburn and see Sutters mill. This is where they first discovered GOLD in California. It was so beautiful. All the old buildings, It was fun to read about all the history. They actually had a little exerpt out of a journal from one of the men in the mormon batallion who had been through there before they discovered gold, and he wrote that they found something that looked like gold. but they were actually hired to build the wood mill so I guess they were too busy to get rich??? anyway thought that was cool. I had no idea that there were so many different ways to get gold, it was a huge opperation, they sucked those mountains out of tons of gold. It was amazing.
I went a little camera crazy taking pictures. It was such a beautiful day and beautiful setting, I just could not help it.
Then we went to Costa Vida on our way home, and the kids ate FREE for family night!
and we came home and played some board games with the kids, it was a full day of FUN! the best part was that it was cheap, and we created some great memories and had LOTS of fun.
ENJOY THE PICS!
I WARNED you I went a little "CAMERA HAPPY" and I did not even get close to posting them all.
Then we decided to go up to Auburn and see Sutters mill. This is where they first discovered GOLD in California. It was so beautiful. All the old buildings, It was fun to read about all the history. They actually had a little exerpt out of a journal from one of the men in the mormon batallion who had been through there before they discovered gold, and he wrote that they found something that looked like gold. but they were actually hired to build the wood mill so I guess they were too busy to get rich??? anyway thought that was cool. I had no idea that there were so many different ways to get gold, it was a huge opperation, they sucked those mountains out of tons of gold. It was amazing.
I went a little camera crazy taking pictures. It was such a beautiful day and beautiful setting, I just could not help it.
Then we went to Costa Vida on our way home, and the kids ate FREE for family night!
and we came home and played some board games with the kids, it was a full day of FUN! the best part was that it was cheap, and we created some great memories and had LOTS of fun.
ENJOY THE PICS!
I WARNED you I went a little "CAMERA HAPPY" and I did not even get close to posting them all.
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