It's a juggling act

Every day I get up and have plans on conquering the world.  Something's happen between when I wake up and when I go to bed cause I have yet to conquer the world! LOL :)   This past month I have taken on more responsibilities at work which has made my daily to-do list grow longer and longer. There have been days lately which I want to yell and just give up.  I want to put my leggings and plant myself on the couch with a half-gallon of ice cream...  But then I look around the house and realize that yes I might be struggling to keep up but atleast I am not giving up!

So since my list seems overwhelming right now I have decided to break the list up.  Instead of one HUGE list I broke it up by if it was at work or at home.  And my home list is broken down by rooms.  Now it seems manageable :) 

So tomorrow morning I will wake up and try this juggling act between my outside job, my job that I do from my house, my kids, and my sanity.  And tomorrow night when I go to bed I will count my blessings on what I was able to accomplish.  I will not make myself feel like a loser for all the things still on my list because I have to remind myself that I tried.  And in reality that is all that counts!


Thank you for reading this :)
Shawnda Rae

Sunday night ughhhhh !

Where did the weekend go?!?!?!?! Here it is Sunday at 6 pm and I feel like I haven't done anything productive all weekend. It's not like I sat around all weekend and at bon bons. Okay I did sit around a lot on Saturday but I had a good reason I swear! Saturday morning, after only having less then 3 hours of sleep, I picked up my kids from their dad's. Okay picked up 2 out of the 3 cause my middle daughter had a school event. Then ran all around town errands until it was time to pick up the middle one. Then had the middle one and my son (youngest had sleepovers to go to). By the time I dropped them off I felt like I had put in a full days work at two jobs and it was only 3:30! So I took the rest of the day and spent it with my oldest daughter. We watch movies and tv shows that she liked all night. Then we went and got some ice cream and watched more movies. Its been awhile since my oldest and I have had the day together so I said "screw the to do list" for the day. So now I am doubling up on my "to do list" chores today.

  I am NOT Susie homemaker WHATS SO EVER! But I love Pintrest. So tonight I am trying to make Golden Pork Chops. Key word TRYING. Right now the pork chops are in the oven and the rice is on the stove. While all that is happening I have been doing the dishes, painting my oldest's fingernails, on the phone with work, and trying to get some laundry done. Oh oh oh and working on this blog :) Even though I am running around this house trying to get stuff done and spend time with the kids I know I am not going to complete my list for the day but sometimes you just need time with your kids.

  Thank you for reading :)
Shawnda Rae

Not perfect

I set up this blog to post all the non-perfect events I come across. After I set it up it took me over a week before I even tried to write something. Why you may ask. Good question! I wanted my first one to be PERFECT. For thousands to read and go WOW! After a week of sitting with the lap top in front of me trying to find something to talk about it was like a light bulb went off *ding*. The whole reason I am writing is to show everyone (or at least the one or two people who might happen to read this) that you don't have to be perfect...... you just have to try.

  So speaking of reality checks......here I sit still in my pj's with the computer in my lap and my ever growing to-do list sitting next to me. All I can think is how much I need to do and it is never enough time to get it all done. Ever feel like no matter how much you try it is never enough? I know I do. For me no matter how hard I work around the house, or how hard I work at my job, or how much I do for my kids..... I feel like I could still have done more. If I didn't take my shower that day I could have rearranged my kitchen cabinets. Or if I didn't sit down to eat lunch I could have scrubbed out my fridge. But in reality I needed to take that shower and I needed to eat lunch. So I have to have the reality check that it may all never get 100 percent completed but sooner or later my ever growing to-do list will be completed.

  I have never been one to put make-up on and make sure my hair is in the latest fashion style. But recently I realized I need to stop being "a hot mess" and take the time to make sure I look nice. So on my daily to-do list I make sure I put "do hair and make-up". I may not always look perfect and I will probably still look like a hot mess every once in awhile.... but at least I am trying. And in reality that's all I can ask myself to do. If I keep trying then at least I am better then I was this time last year or even last month. This is what I am encouraging everyone who reads this : No matter how long your to-do list is or how much of a hot mess you are please remember you are NOT perfect! But as long as you are trying that is all that counts.

Thank you for reading this :)
Shawnda Rae