Know the difference? I'm finally realizing what it means to me. It wasn't an epiphany or a light bulb suddenly being turned on. It came on slowly. But it did happen.
I am not a Supermom. I am not perfect and I don't want to me. I don't want to live with the pressure of failing and everything falling apart. That being said, there is nothing wrong with always having a nice looking home or looking put together, its just not me. At least not 24/7.
The thing is, I'm more non-perfect than perfect. At any given time there will be toys on the floor, dirty laundry baskets in every room and more than one dirty dish in the sink. My kids are often cranky an I have less patience than I would prefer to have. But, I work hard to keep the house from being a disaster zone and make sure that my kids aren't going hungry.
But I'm not feeling guilty. Nope, that a thing of the past. (at least for today). I'm trying hard to keep the piles form over taking everything. I've been doing really well with keep the dishwasher loaded with dirty dishes and at least keeping the table clean.
I made my kids (4,2,2) my own version of chore charts. They were actually very excited about it. I went over what would be expected of them (complete with pictures) then they went right to work to make sure their chores got checked off. This morning, my son even asked em to make sure and help him make his bed so he could get a check. I don't know what it is about checks but he does just about anything for them!
I don't care if my floors aren't all clean and the living room is in bad need of a vacuuming and there are 2 baskets of laundry begging me to fold them... but I think I'll sit back with my sandwich and bag of chips and watch my favorite show. Until next time, what are you up to?
~ Samm
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