Confessions

So, I've been a bit negative lately. A bit might be an understatement. I go reading all these other love my children, life is wonderful type of blogs from other mothers and I feel repentant. I shall begin to be the Picture of Positivity! I don't think that's an actual Webster Dictionary word. It comes from the Kelli Hansen Dictionary of Words on the Fly.

Things that have been adding to my negativity:
Barry still not knowing if he will be changing jobs
Still not knowing where we will be moving because of the JOB
Sara getting her own opinion
Jena trying to cope with girl emotions
Ryan trying to be 16 when he is only 6
Me trying to be mom to 3 kids when dad is always gone to school or work and there are 3 other 'parents' in the house named Uncle Matt, Granny and Grandpa, who with the best of intentions only cause mass confusion as to who the children should be listening to.
Wow, did that make any sense at all. It was a mouthful for sure.

So on my road to being positive I encountered a list made by another mother. When asked by her husband what she did that day, she responded with the usual, Nothing. But when you really think about nothing in the sense of a mother, that nothing is a whole lot of something.

Here is my list of Motherly accomplishments for the day...
Loaded the dishwasher twice.
Unloaded the dishwasher once.
Fed 3 children 3 meals and 3 snacks.
Cleaned up the kitchen 6 times.
Took 2 children to school.
Picked 2 children up from school.
Had 4 fillings replaced.
Sold over $300 of Scentsy to my Dentist's Staff. :)
Applied for a Job at Kohls. (Why? Barry asked me the same thing, I don't know.)
Finished Jena's quilt top.
Paid 2 bills.
Went to the Bank, the Library and the Fabric Store Twice. (Yes, twice in one day.)
Folded 1 Load of Laundry.
Cleaned out the office closet and a 4x4 sq ft of floor in front of it. We haven't seen that bit of floor in months!
Played Nintendo with Ryan for 30 minutes.
Tried unsuccessfully to pull 1 tooth.
Successfully talked Ryan down from 2 melt downs.
Grounded Jena to her room for the evening for writing on the couch and herself with pen.

Not my most accomplished day, but it makes me feel better to write it all down and realize that while I think I may not have accomplished huge things, it wasn't like I was sitting around eating cheesecake and drinking Pepsi all day. Although I did have 3 cans of Pepsi and 2 slices of Angle Food Cake.

I HEART Pepsi and Angle Food Cake!
I also HEART Oreo Cookies but they are now forbidden from our house for this very reason.

Speaking of things I love lately.

I love the comeback of aprons. The adorable retro aprons are my favorite! I could by 10 and where a different one everyday. It would dress up my usual jeans and white T-shirt! They could almost make me enjoy cooking, cleaning and laundry. Wait, scratch the laundry part. Maybe I could just look like I'm enjoying it?

They remind me of my Grandma Mae. She would be so proud of me. Just imagine me with pink fingernails, roller curled hair, in a darling apron kissing my husband hello with dinner served and are 3 adorable children all sitting quietly at the table waiting patiently for...oh hold up y'all, the pink fingernails are never going to happen! I need to cut back on the cough medicine.

Here are some cute ones that I found on Etsy. I could spend so much time and money on this website! There are also some super cute ones here. They actually categorize them, hostess aprons, chef aprons and matching mitts and tea towels. They have super cute kids ones too.

Maybe next time you come to my house I will have just baked a cake in my lovely apron and you will want to just smack that cheesy smile right off my curly little head!

Me in pink fingernail polish and curled hair, can you imagine!