I love sorting clothes to put in the washer and transferring them to the dryer after they are cleaned.
Folding them and putting them away? Not so much. I'm borderline ridiculous
I mean, I have this pile here that needs to be put away.
Then I have this pile here that partially needs to be folded and put away.
And then I have this pile in the dryer that I just added today that needs to be folded and put away!
If you wish to volunteer to assist, please just come over!!!
I seriously want to be better about this. My hunk-a-hunk-a-burnin'-love REALLY, REALLY wants me to be better at this. So I told him how I could be better; I told him that I want him to make me one of these:
Fabulous, isn't it? I really really really really want something like this. I earnestly believe that I would do much better with a little organization.
So far, I still do not have one.......must remind hunk about how this will help him help me!
Here's my problem: I am told to eat the whole elephant and I freak out!
"What the...what elephant? What the heck is she talking about?" Let me explain.
My MOM always told me this: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."Apparently, I think you have to shove the entire thing down in one gulp. And that just causes you to choke and potentially die *says the girl who almost choked on a much-too-large piece of steak at dinner last night.* I KNOW this, and yet, I still freak out.
So, the elephant is your house, your room, your life, whatever OVER-SIZED dilemma you have facing you and the bite refers to how you handle it.
----> You want to run a marathon? Well, you have to take one step at a time.
---->You have a million piles of laundry lying around your house? you FREAK OUT!!!!!...
...*eh-hem* I mean, you have to take it one article of clothing folded at a time.
There is this amazing invention called a dresser, in which you can place your fabulously folded fabrics. <ah, alliteration again :)> Making everything happy and organized again! Until bath time. When your children and husband place their clothes in the laundry hamper you just emptied...
....or on the bathroom floor...
...or on the living room floor...
...or on the floor in their rooms...
...or on the couch in the living room...GAH!
Darn elephant...it's not you, it's me. I just see the mess everywhere and FREAK OUT!
Speaking of messes :
This morning Oliver was cleaning up his disaster (room) and I happened to look at his wall...
Oh my word...
He said he couldn't find his bear book. *sigh*...I am not cleaning that up. He will get that lovely responsibility. Magic Eraser, here we come! He DID apologize for this later when he saw the pictures I took to use in my blog. Such a sweetie when he wants to be!
I did get to take the little minion to school today. He asked me why Jesus had to keep dying on the cross. I told him that he only died one time and then tried explaining about sacrifices and how Jesus was the PERFECT sacrifice instead of having to keep killing animals for their blood sacrifice.
He told me animals do not have blood in them. I told them they did and then we talked about
blood using examples of the tubes in a playground that you crawl through as the veins, etc., and the kids crawling through them as the blood cells. We also talked about some other organs and how your body processes food, which made him cry out "I don't eat poop!" *Smacks forehead*
Then we talked about what a President was, since I was planning on voting after dropping him off to school...as I was in the middle of my amazing explanation he says, "I'm done with that." Gee...thanks.
Life is just one big Rabbit Trail in my little family. Could not stay on track to save our lives!
Speaking of bodily functions...Leah will not do her "dirty business" in the potty! I am beyond frustrated here. *sigh* She got cleaned off not once, not twice, but THREE times today (so far). I am so disheartened and am at a complete loss.
I LOATHE potty-training.
*pastes fake smile on face* "It's okay, Leah. You didn't go in the potty, but I still love you." *screams internally: ew, ew, ew, NOOO!* Why can't she just use the potty? *sob*
We were out today before her nap, so when we got home she was definitely due for her nap. First she got up to tell me she went potty. And she did water down the pot, YAY!!!! SO happy. Then, about 10 minutes later I hear her door open again. Then shut. I get up to check and see this:
Yup, she was going to take a nap on the couch. Sneaky little thing. So back to bed we went! Then she got up AGAIN and was getting in her chair at the table. After being reprimanded and sent back to bed I heard nary a peep from her non-stop motor of a mouth.
I can't help but love her motor mouth. "Oliger" "flayground" "lawter" ...
...believe it or not, those are actual words.
I did actually vote today. Then we watched the news coverage of the elections.
Little Skele-Tony. He was rooting for the "home" team with us all for a while. Waiting in anticipation. But ultimately I will accept whatever happens.
<The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Proverbs 21:1>
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