Confessions
I have many confessions to make, but most are none of anyone's business. So, here we go...another one of my crazy lists.
1- I'm not excited for Christmas. I know, I'm crazy! I have everything I've ever wanted and I'm still not excited for Christmas. This is what I've come up with: For the past five years I have dreaded the holiday season...its all about families and we were unable to start ours...turns into a big, fat pity party. So, I've conditioned myself to dread Christmas. Well, now I have my little family and I'm still not excited. Baby steps, I guess...I dunno. So, this is what I'm gonna do..go through the motions and hopefully the excitement will begin. By "motions", I mean, decorating, baking, parties, shopping etc. I'll let you know how it goes.
2- I'm a lazy sack of bones. I have confessed this several times on past posts, but let me tell you, it's on a whole new level now. My house is, a good portion of the time, a mess. My old routine when it was just my Bubba and me, doesn't work now that we are a family of three. I use to be able to do laundry maybe every week, but most of the time every two weeks. I would clean my whole house once a week in just a few hours. Groccery shopping, if Brad was lucky, happened every two weeks. And, if there was nothing to eat, we would go out...no big whoop! This no longer works AT ALL!! I'm lucky if my floors get swept and mopped every week! And for the laundry...Grady's gets done. Ours gets done when we have no more clothes or undies left. See, lazy sack of bones!! So, what have I done? Yannette introduced me to the Fly Lady. She tells me what to do and how to do it. Just what I need!! I've modified her way to fit with mine. I feel a lot better now!!
3- I haven't had a pedicure since August!! I know, what the hell?!?!? But, I finally got my eyebrows waxed for the first time since August last week! It was an ugly mess. Now I feel like I can go in public again and people aren't staring at the eyebrows!!
4- I no longer have a memory. At least, a short term memory. I have done above and beyond my normal quota of airhead moments. I'm almost worried about myself. Almost.
5- I've gotten Grady to sleep 10-12 hours at night by letting him sleep on his belly!! Gasp!! His belly!!
6- I've been having Grady sleep in his pak-n-play the majority of the time now. I tell Brad that he needs to get use to sleeping by himself and we need to start now. Grady could care less if he's sleeping with us or not. It is us who have a hard time with it!! Brad wants him in bed with us EVERY night. So, for the past five days Grady's been sleeping by himself and one of us is up at least every hour or two checking to make sure he's fine...he is, we're not! So, at 6am every morning Grady's still sound asleep and Brad moves him into bed with us so he can have some time with him before he goes to work. Funny huh? Like its quality time...he's asleep.
7- Now that Grady's a good sleeper....I can't sleep a straight eight hours. I find myself waking up every 3 hours still. And, once I get 6 hours of accumulative sleep in...I'm wide awake! So, there's been a few mornings when I'm wide awake at 4:45am! Again, what the hell??
There are more things to confesss, but I just noticed that I need to start getting ready to go to work. So, this may be continued...
1- I'm not excited for Christmas. I know, I'm crazy! I have everything I've ever wanted and I'm still not excited for Christmas. This is what I've come up with: For the past five years I have dreaded the holiday season...its all about families and we were unable to start ours...turns into a big, fat pity party. So, I've conditioned myself to dread Christmas. Well, now I have my little family and I'm still not excited. Baby steps, I guess...I dunno. So, this is what I'm gonna do..go through the motions and hopefully the excitement will begin. By "motions", I mean, decorating, baking, parties, shopping etc. I'll let you know how it goes.
2- I'm a lazy sack of bones. I have confessed this several times on past posts, but let me tell you, it's on a whole new level now. My house is, a good portion of the time, a mess. My old routine when it was just my Bubba and me, doesn't work now that we are a family of three. I use to be able to do laundry maybe every week, but most of the time every two weeks. I would clean my whole house once a week in just a few hours. Groccery shopping, if Brad was lucky, happened every two weeks. And, if there was nothing to eat, we would go out...no big whoop! This no longer works AT ALL!! I'm lucky if my floors get swept and mopped every week! And for the laundry...Grady's gets done. Ours gets done when we have no more clothes or undies left. See, lazy sack of bones!! So, what have I done? Yannette introduced me to the Fly Lady. She tells me what to do and how to do it. Just what I need!! I've modified her way to fit with mine. I feel a lot better now!!
3- I haven't had a pedicure since August!! I know, what the hell?!?!? But, I finally got my eyebrows waxed for the first time since August last week! It was an ugly mess. Now I feel like I can go in public again and people aren't staring at the eyebrows!!
4- I no longer have a memory. At least, a short term memory. I have done above and beyond my normal quota of airhead moments. I'm almost worried about myself. Almost.
5- I've gotten Grady to sleep 10-12 hours at night by letting him sleep on his belly!! Gasp!! His belly!!
6- I've been having Grady sleep in his pak-n-play the majority of the time now. I tell Brad that he needs to get use to sleeping by himself and we need to start now. Grady could care less if he's sleeping with us or not. It is us who have a hard time with it!! Brad wants him in bed with us EVERY night. So, for the past five days Grady's been sleeping by himself and one of us is up at least every hour or two checking to make sure he's fine...he is, we're not! So, at 6am every morning Grady's still sound asleep and Brad moves him into bed with us so he can have some time with him before he goes to work. Funny huh? Like its quality time...he's asleep.
7- Now that Grady's a good sleeper....I can't sleep a straight eight hours. I find myself waking up every 3 hours still. And, once I get 6 hours of accumulative sleep in...I'm wide awake! So, there's been a few mornings when I'm wide awake at 4:45am! Again, what the hell??
There are more things to confesss, but I just noticed that I need to start getting ready to go to work. So, this may be continued...
posted @4:26 PM
5 Comments:
I've got some confessions too- but I will save them for later.
We all have confessions but I haven't come out of the closet yet about all of mine but let me just say if you think this is bad-wait just wait, it goes along like this and then well it just gets worse and better. I know it doesn't make sense, but it will, later.
Take Care-JoLynn
He he. Is not showering till noon a confession? Cuz that's pretty normal for me.
Ah, Fly Lady. Sometimes we love her. Sometimes we hate her.
so glad to hear that Grady is sleeping through the night...maybe he could have a talk with Keira!
Holly- come on girl. fist- There are few mom's out there who have a brain - at least the memory part of it. 2nd-no ones getting peticures these days so no worries. 3rd-you will LOVE Christmas especially now that you have Grady. just bake, play christmas music, go to holiday parties etc. it will come naturally. 4th no mother of young kids has a "normal" sleeping pattern. look at me I'm up at 1:30am even though I know I'm exhausted and will be super crabby tomorrow but I still stay up late...at the dispense of my kids. It's my only me time. Sorry your sister moved.
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