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Since I’m here anyway, I have to tell you what happened yesterday. We were getting in the van and Chloe and Luke both went around to the passenger side to get in. I was putting Audrey in her car seat on the driver’s side and went to put the diaper bag down on the floor of the van, and almost set it on…a black widow in a web!
Thank God Chloe and Luke went to the other side because it was right where they put their hands to climb in.
And it was mean! It went right into attack mode when we tried to kill it.
Needless to say, I’ve been a little twitchy while driving since then!
Lately I’ve had so much trouble thinking of anything to blog that is more interesting than “grrr…argh…frustrating kids…must wash more dishes…” and I’ve realized that I am burned out. I’m tired and I feel like I spend 70% of my day yelling at or in some way disciplining my kids, 25% cleaning and 5% sleeping.
And I don’t want to be *that* mom, who resents her kids and complains about them all the time.
My dad is coming in two days and is going to spend an entire week. He’s going to help with some household projects and the kids love playing with him, and I am going to get out a bit. I’m going to leisurely browse Lifeway and find a new book to use for my quiet times, since lately I seem to just be reading the Word blindly with almost no comprehension, much less any application to my life. We’re also going to do some fun trips as a family, and it will be so nice to have someone help with buckling three kids into carseats in 100 degree weather!
I may even get the last of the boxes in my bedroom unpacked and have a yard sale so I can finally park in my garage.
I’m going to take a break from the blog for the next week or so, and hopefully I’ll come back refreshed and finding joy in my life again!
Have a great week.
Something had to change. Luke has been terrible at bedtime since Isaac left. He’s up for about 2 hours every night after bedtime yelling and screaming for different things- drinks of water, using the toilet (which he refuses to do during the day), needing a different blanket or pillow…the list goes on.
So Audrey has been sleeping in my room since she couldn’t share with him, and I wake up at every little noise she makes.
I was exhausted and frustrated with my kids. So I decided to move Audrey’s crib into Chloe’s room and totally rearrange the furniture there. By myself.
Halfway through, I thought, “What in the world was I thinking?”
I took a break for a few days, but finally sucked it up and finished moving things, and here is how it turned out-
So now Audrey and Chloe are sharing a room, and Luke is still up 12 times a night, but at least I’m getting a little more sleep!
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Ok, seriously. I have nothing to write about. I have been wracking my brain trying to think of something funny, but my days lately, well, they haven’t been exciting.
The most thought-provoking thing in my life right now is what sort of bed to buy Luke. And I am really struggling over this. The movers lost pieces of his toddler bed and he has been sleeping on his mattress on the ground since we moved! And I just can’t decide- should we get him a regular twin like Chloe’s? If we have more kids or adopt this would give us the most space.
Or we could get a full-size bed, which we already have a mattress for in the garage. Then it could serve as a guest bed when family comes and Luke could sleep in Chloe’s room.
And I won’t even get started on the various bunk beds.
It’s riveting stuff, I know.
In other news, our personal financial information has been stolen for the third time! Tomorrow I have to place a fraud alert and order copies of our credit reports. Again!
Oh, my dad is coming to visit for a week, and we are going to paint one wall in my living room, and paint and install cabinets in my laundry room. Is anyone out there good at decorating and painting? Because I really need some advice. There are all sorts of funky niches and cutouts in my house and I just can’t decide which walls to paint and which to leave white. But I did decide on a color- the one on the very right.
Maybe tomorrow I’ll take some pictures of my walls and see what ya’ll think I should do with them.
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