Wow, I was amazed when I logged onto my blog and realized that I have not posted ANYTHING since April. How terrible am I? Well I can say there has been a lot going on in the world of Mom, Mom, Mom, What is for dinner. I know everyone is waiting on the edge of their seats to hear about all the exciting stuff thats' been going on so.....
Now I must warn you my life might not be as exciting as others but I think it is pretty great.
When the school end came to a close I was faced with 70 days... 70 long days with children who think they are the only kids in the world that are bored. If I had a dime for every time I heard "Mom I'm bored there is nothing to do..." Well I would be rich and that would be another story. I listened to a very wise man who said when my kids used that line we would hand them a cleaning towel and tell them to dust the baseboards. Huh I wonder if that would work?? Its' worth a shot. Not only would I not hear those famous words again but my baseboards would be clean. I set it into motion and the first time my son said he was bored I looked at him, smiled, and walked to the linen closet. He looked as if wow, my mom is going to give me something great... Until I pulled out the old cloth baby diaper (no they were not used for the kids.... I wouldn't know how to fold one into a diaper if I tried but they make great cleaning rags.) Well the sudden interested took a different route. I told him well if you're bored clean the baseboards. Suddenly an amazing thing happen. The world opened up and became an open adventure. He was off running to play cars, or Wii, or something and well my baseboards still haven't been dusted. Maybe I should get bored...
Actually this summer has been pretty great. My boys are very active in Cub and Boy Scouts and my daughter is active in well being a girly girl. While the boys are off camping and hiking, my daughter is sneaking nail polish to have a nail salon. My toes have never looked prettier. We have had sleep overs, play dates, and swim days, to occupy our time.
So as this summer is coming to a close and school is 10 days away!!! (I am not counting or anything but I can if you want) I am faced with the idea; what am I going to do when school starts? My daughter starts school this year and I am faced with 4 hours each day that I will have no children. Sit and eat bon bons while watching soap operas? No.... Sleep until I have to pick up the kids? No.... Hey I got it, I should start school too. So thats' what I am going to do. I am going to go back to school to get my BS in Healthcare Administration. So as my family starts this school year, the kids are not the only ones who need to dust off the brain cells and hit the books.
I am making a personal goal to blog every week. It could be a recipe, a funny story, or ramblings from a tired mom. So hang on, enjoy the ride, and every now and then leave a comment so I know I am not the only human being in the world wide web reading this.
Have a great rest of the summer and I can't wait for my new journey to start.
Until next time....
