Blonde Moments or Parenting Moments . . . hmm?

Okay.  So no judging here.  I am going to share with you a few of the "blonde" things I have said or done since I've had children.  You know, those adorable little creatures who sneak away with your brain cells when you're not looking.  Even before they arrive they somehow manage to make you blonder. lol.

Here you are my dear friends, my blonde soul . . .   be gentle with it . . .

I should tell you first though,  I still have issues with deciding quickly which is my left hand and which is my right, I have been known to use my fingers as a calculator from time to time - okay - every time, and I confuse the word Lebanese with lesbian.  And sadly, this was way before kids could be blamed.   

BC (before children) I was a paralegal.  I did real estate closings daily.  Once I got pregnant though, the closings ran a bit less efficiently. If it was an a.m. closing, I would usually have to excuse myself to throw-up. Multiple times.  As if that wasn't distracting enough to the new home buyers, their attorney, their mortgage broker, and all other parties in the room, as the closing continued I would forget the names of simple things - say like the mortgage or deed.  The words WOULD NOT flow to my brain.   Picture also, I did not look pregnant at all. 

When my first two were little, we had a pool in the backyard.  One day I looked out the window and noticed the pool gate open.  In that "mom voice", you know, the one you get when you are momentarily terrified out of your mind, I yelled out, where is Nick (who was 1ish at the time).  To which my brother replied, "ahm.  you're holding him".    WOW!  He had officially become an appendage LOL!

A few years back I texted my oldest son Ryan and asked, "Where did the Spanish Inquisition happen?"   He didn't respond.  I had to look it up.  Spain just seemed too obvious to me. 

Before house phones were virtually obsolete, I misplaced 5 of them.   One time I was driving home and in the middle of the street where I turned to go into my subdivision I saw a phone in the road. It was mine. Smashed.  I had left it on the back of the Suburban, got distracted with kidlets,  and then drove off with it.  I did this more than once!  And if I didn't drive off with it, I lost it somewhere else.  Mark finally resorted to really really cheap house phones.

I love my blonde moments, they make funny memories, life much less dull, and make me laugh out loud.  And when you have one of those moments when you say to yourself, "I think these kids are making me go crazy", know this - they are!  But it is a beautiful, harmless crazy.

I also LOVE blonde jokes, like this OnStar spoof my brother told me about years ago.  BlondeStar. Ridiculous!  LOL.  And if you want to make someone feel really blonde - try this knock knock joke out my sons pulled on me . . .

You:  Hey, I have a great knock knock joke for you.
Them:  oh yeah,
You:  Yeah, you start
Them:  Knock Knock
;-)

For cute "bloody blonde" goodies, like the coaster pictured above, click here. 

(note:  not to digress, but . . . after the multiple phone loss incidents, plus a few other "crazy" things, I went to the doctor and found out my thyroid had basically shut down - soooo . . . it wasn't completely a blonde thing! Thyroid issues can make you feel depressed, unusually tired, and really really BLONDE.  Visit here to see the symptoms and whatnot of hypothyroidism.

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Declutter Goodness

I was a stay-at-home mom for 17 years.  I loved everything about it, but when my boys were much younger, there were a few years [read few plus plus plus] I had a hard time finding the time or energy for a housecleaning routine.  There were many days where I was simply too tired, too pregnant, or too overwhelmed with mommy duties - school, soccer, scouts, volunteering, church, karate, blah blah, you know!  I am sure you are living your own version of crazy busy insanity right now.  There were so many days when picking up or even taking a shower were put on the back burner.  Well now my kids are much older and incredibly self sufficient.  [deep breath - sigh of relief]

A few of the things I found helpful in making my life manageable were teaching my boys how to play on their own for short lengths of time when they were super young, how to prepare a simple meal on their own around the age of 8, when they were 10ish I taught them how to do laundry and mend/sew, but one of the most helpful things I did was follow The FlyLady.  It's an amazing site that motivates you to get the job of organizing your home and life done one baby step at a time.  The Flylady was life changing for me.  It broke tasks down which seemed so overwhelming and ominous to do-able bite size pieces.  Everyday there is a task to do, a 15 minute little thing for you to take on.  And honestly, once you see the progress of your house getting organized, you feel empowered to take on even more.  You know it is no longer an impossible task - You have seen results - It's very encouraging!

Now that I am a new working-outside-the-home mom I have found myself getting a bit overwhelmed again. I nanny two little ones during the day, then I go home to make dinner for my family, get homework done, do the mom-taxi thing, spend some fun time with my boys, and then work my other jobs of personal assistant and blogger.  Laundry and dishes can pile up quickly in a house of 6 people - three of them teenagers (who bring lots of other teenagers home with them lol).  I am thankful to have a neat perspective right now on mommy life.  I am with a 2 yo and a 9 mo old during the day and get my fill of diaper changes, bubble blowing, nap time, bath time, coloring, book reading, tiny and not so tiny tantrums, kisses, hugs, and adorableness.  Then I go home to my boys who, honestly, when they walk into the kitchen I have to look up and ask myself, who is that man standing here! My little ones turning into grown-ups is a super hard thing to wrap my head around.  The relationships are still sweet and beautiful and strong and close but so so different. But I digress, my point is . . . I love this new adventure in my life as nanny and mom, but am having to take a few baby steps in getting the house organized again.

So FlyLady, I am back!  Thanks for being there to help me get a little bit of what's left of my sanity back.  Heart You!   And I was excited to see The FlyLady in coherts with Cozi - my fave family calendar EVER!  So if you are feeling overwhelmed, definitely check out The FlyLady.  Her site is AWESOMELY helpful, as are the books she has written:

Sink Reflections

 $10.20

Body Clutter

$10.80

oh sanity, how i've missed thee!  The quote at the beginning of this post is one of my favorite.  I have it on a sticker, but I think I am going to have to grab this kitchen towel too! and check out Blended - she wrote a fun post for multi-tasking moms!

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