Let's Get Real About Something!!

Their is a certain blogger out there who would lead a person to believe that they are busy, busy, busy. This person seems to have her life all nice, neat and orderly. Her kids are happy and well behaved, her hubby is happy, and she lives a godly existence toiling away day after long day cooking from scratch, homeschooling, cleaning, and blogging away about her Home Management Binder and Schedules. Interesting!!

Now, let me tell you what life is really about!! It's about getting up with PMS. Your husband wants a full breakfast and your baby has been up all night!! You are working away at housecleaning and your kids are tearing up your hard work just as fast as you can get it done! You are trying to get them under control and your phone rings. It's your adorable husband wondering if you can run some errands. Your laundry is piling up. Your kitchen needs cleaned. You're tired. Your baby is still crying. And your kids aren't cooperating. Your toilet just sprung a leak. Everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong and it's only 10:00 am!!

Now our favorite HMB queen would have you believe that while these things do happen, you can still go through your day with a smile and happy heart!! After all, you are being selfish if you allow yourself to have a bad day.

Well, you do need to do something to get your day back in order. But it's not by telling yourself that you are selfish. It's not by smiling. It's by calming yourself down!!

In just a few steps, you can get things back in order and while you may not be smiling, you will feel like you have accomplished something.

1. Tell your husband no. The errand will have to wait. Period. End of story.

2. Close your eyes while you take a deep breath. Go to your happy place just long enough to get your blood pressure down.

3. Turn off the water to the toilet and call a plumber, but only call a plumber if this is your only bathroom and it's in your budget. If you can't afford a plumber, don't let the kids drink anything until you can fix it.

3. Stick your oldest kids in front of the TV. I know, I know, TVs shouldn't be baby sitters. But, this is an emergency. The rule of thumb is this...during an emergency, anything goes!! Even the dreaded TV.

4. Pick up your fussy baby, sit in a comfy chair, hold your baby as long as she needs it and while you're at it, take a nap. The kids are watching Hannah Montana (they are not going anywhere). Just make sure that you lock your door and if you are like most moms, the minute your older kids move...your eyes will pop right open. I think God give this little gift just to mothers.

Everything else can wait!! Tackle the other things as soon as you feel mentally and physically able to. Don't worry about the kitchen. Don't worry about the laundry. It's not going anywhere
either!!

But please, do remember to fix the toilet first. There's nothing as worse as hearing kids whine about having to go to the bathroom.

Alot of the post was written with tongue in cheek. However, the steps are basically real. Calm down and just go with the flow. Remember your priorities and you will do just fine. And if your husband comes home and says something about the dirty house. Oh well!! I promise you, it won't be the last time that happens!!

That's life and that's real!!!

Welcome Everyone!!

Welcome to by page!!

I started this blog for one simple purpose. To help the homemaker. Any homemakers. All homemakers. Gosh...even working women, single women, and even men are welcome here. Period. Simple. To The Point. Christian, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim, Wicca...it doesn't matter. I'm not going to stuff my religion down your throat like some of my most popular counterparts. Now while I may throw scripture around here or there and I may talk about a great Christian book I read or a great Christian Artist that I've heard, I won't post anything disrespectful or inaccurate about your own religion. That's not my gig.

I will be posting articles about cleaning, cooking, child-rearing, homeschooling and just about anything else that comes to mind. I'll post as I find the time. I can't promise everyday I'll post but I will try to post once every couple of days.

Oh!! One more thing. I will not...I repeat...I will not heavily moderate, edit , or not publish your comments. If you want to comment, go right on!! Some of my fellow bloggers like to heavily moderate their comments with the excuse that they don't want vial...no that's vile...and disgusting language posted on their site. That won't happen here.

Be patient while I figure this blog thingy out. Give me a day or two to get some posts and various other things up.

Peace, Love and Chicken Grease