A Rant

The other day a good friend of mine and I were hanging out.  This friend also has 2 little ones.  While we were hanging out a mutual friend came by and we were all making chit chat.  While we were chatting, this mutual friend said, "so what do you do all day?".

Nothing gets under my skin as quickly as this question.  I know I shouldn't let it bother me, but it gets me every time.  So I'm going to elaborate for everyone what I "do all day".  Then you can decide for yourself if all I do is laze around.

Before I start I just want to say that I love my life.  I feel incredibly blessed to be able to stay home and care for my kids during this important time in their lives.  I wouldn't change my life.  It's amazing, and full of "little adventures" (like discovering your 3 year old is making a tower out of furniture and trying to climb it... allowing you to experience what a heart attack feels like!), and fabulous. 

Beginning of the day:

Firecracker wakes up.  Take him potty, brush teeth, get him a cup, try to keep him moderately quiet until Sweet Pea wakes up on her own.

Sweet Pea wakes up.  Change her diaper.

Breakfast for everyone.

Clean up both kids

Clean up the high chairs, the table and the floors

Clean the kitchen

Depending on the day- insert cleaning of some kind here (ie. bathrooms- which having a boy that is potty trained are almost always in need of cleaning, vacuuming, sweeping, mopping etc.)
Remember though, because there are 2 small children loose in the house I have to stop frequently to make sure they're ok/ not killing eachother/ not getting into anything.

Get Firecracker a snack (lately he's been hungry all the time, pretty sure he's going through a growth spurt.)

Play for a few minutes with the kids.

Fold laundry.

Feed the kids lunch.

Clean up both kids.

Clean up the high chairs, table and floors.

Clean up the kitchen.

Decide what to do about dinner and get that going.

Take Firecracker potty

Read a book

Firecracker's nap time

Go back to laundry (because this chore is NEVER ENDING)

After a while lay Sweet Pea down for her nap.

Get on line for a little bit. (I'm not gonna pretend like all I do all day is work work work,  I do get a few minutes here and there that I get to get on the computer, but is that really any different than a work place?)

Both kids are napping! =)

Shower (trust me it's hard to do when you've got 2 munchkins you're trying to keep from hurting one another, and in Sweet Pea's case from swallowing anything off the floor.)

Watch t.v. (it feels decadent =)

Kids are up. 

Play for a few minutes with the kids.

The Hubs comes home =).  He distracts the kids while I make dinner.

Dinner time

Clean up both kids

Clean up the high chairs, the table and the floor.

Clean the kitchen

Hang out as a family

Bath time- for the kids

Bed time- for the kids

Pack the Hub's lunch

Try to clean the house up so I'm not behind the 8 ball in the morning.

Collapse from exhaustion.

Don't forget to scatter several diaper changes a day into this equation.

This is a typical day in my life. Now I realize that I get to spend more of the day in my jammies, but it's still work.  I do not sit around all day eating candy and watching soaps.  Yes, I get a break at nap time to have a little down time, but don't you get a lunch break?  I just get the opportunity of having my break time at home.  And now you know what I do all day.  You know the most frustrating part?  I clean like this most every day, and still by the end of the day there are still dishes in the sink, toys on the floor, and a mystery sticky spot on the floor in the kitchen that seems to reappear every day in a different spot ;). 

Ok, rant over. 

I hope you all have a great day!!

Ms. T

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Moving

You might have noticed my absence last Friday, or maybe you didn't which is cool.  I'm not offended that you were using your internet time to read other blogs rather than taking the time to notice I didn't post last Friday =).  Anywho, the REASON I didn't post last Friday, was not because I forgot, but that I wasn't home to post.  I was helping my older brother and his family move.  We drove to St. Augustine on Thursday and spent Friday moving them in. 

It was exhausting for all involved.  Even the kiddos were wiped out, but their exhaustion was more from missing naps and running around like crazy people with their cousins, than from moving big boxes up and down the stairs. 

My Sis in Law unpacking.  And right now she's hating the fact that I put this up on the blog ;)

My parents came along too to join in on the moving fun, and while Daddy helped unpack the truck Mama took on "Gram Duty" which involved keeping all the kids occupied so that they didn't trip anyone that was moving heavy furniture.  Sure it's not a typical moving job, but trust me it TOTALLY helped. 

My nephew and niece, Tank and Princess (as dubbed by my bro.).  Being corralled by Gram (not pictured) ;)

I hope you all have a great day!

Ms. T


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Photo Shoot Attempt

The other day I attempted to take Firecracker's 3 year pictures.  I was hoping that since he's gotten older he'd be more cooperative... These are a few of the pictures I got proving just how wrong my assumption was:

And then I told him if he was cooperative and smiled for me that I would give him candy.  And I got out the candy and put it next to me.  Then I got these:

Oh the difference candy can make ;).

Hope you all have a great day!

Ms. T

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Alone

When I was in college I really hated being alone.  Aside from when I was supposed to be studying ;).  I would seek out friends that weren't working or studying etc. 

It's funny how time, and babies, changes things.  Now days I am NEVER alone.  I can't even go to the bathroom without a little person following me in (if I forget to lock the door), or standing/ sitting outside the door and sticking their fingers under it and saying "Mom, whatcha doin'?!", or "babababa" (depending on which child it is ;).

I love my life, my munchkins and my Hubs.  I wouldn't change any of it for anything.  I was just sitting here in the chaos I call home and this struck me.  How different life can become just a few short years later. 

Hope you all have a great day!

Ms. T


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***HOT COUPON TIP***

Publix's Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer (found on the rotating rack near the front of the store) has a 2.00 off of 1 box of Cheese Its coupon.  Not a bad deal, but then you pair it with Sweet Bay's deal....

Sweet Bay Supermarket has Cheese Its on sale this week for 2.50 each.  (Sweet Bay accepts competitor coupons =)  Makes it .50 a box!!!  Also, some have found 1.00 off of 2 Cheese Its manufacturer coupons on the boxes in the store.  (I was one of the lucky ones this time! =)  Which could mean FREE Cheese Its!!!

Happy Shopping!


Ms. T

New Shoes

I rarely buy myself new shoes.  I hate spending money on that type of stuff.  It's the same reason I don't get new clothes.  Don't get me wrong, I love new clothes, and new shoes.  They're snazzy and pretty and every girl loves snazzy and pretty!  Well, all the girls I know do. 

Anyway, I just can't usually bring myself to spend money on that stuff.  Because there is always something else I could use the money for.  You know "oh, I could buy that dress, or I could buy Firecracker some new shoes.  He needs the shoes more than I need the dress." etc.  I'm sure you Mamas totally understand where I'm coming from.

Well, Saturday night the Hubs and I went shoe shopping for him.  His work shoes needed to be replaced.  The store was having a buy one get the second pair 1/2 price so I thought, "eh I'll look and see if I can find something nice."  I did, and so I got them! Yay for pretty new shoes!

Now all I have to do is work on my tan lines =).  See what wearing flip flops 350 days out of the year gets ya? ;)
Hope you all have a great day!

Ms. T


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More Mysteries...

1.  Why can mayonaise sit on a shelf for like 4 years, but as soon as you open the jar it must be refrigerated?

2.  What magical substance is cling wrap made out of that the only thing it will stick to is itself?!

3.  Why do manufacturers even bother making kids plates, cups etc. that are not dish washer safe?!  I know not everyone in the world has a dish washer, but seriously, most of us Mamas do!!  One of the first things I look at is "is it dish washer safe? Because, I'm not washing it by hand!"

4.  How is it possible that every time a baby gets the remote they manage to put the t.v. on the Spanish channel?  (at least that what happens when my babies get the remote.)

So many questions that are puzzling..... Someone must know the answers right?!

Hope you all have a great day!

Ms. T



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