Today I am...

my little happy calendar at work

Wearing... grey dress, pink tights, houndstooth Sorel boots, white puffy coat, red/white stocking cap, black/white/red mittens.  Rocking the snowstorm fashion. 

Listening to...  Def Lepard, Joan Jett, Duran Duran.  Its 80's on Pandora people!  Whats not to love?

Trying to remember... that some day bedtime battles will be over and that I will miss snuggling those cranky little people that live in my house. 

Drinking... lots and lots of coffee.  3 am starts to the day will do that to a girl. 

Playing... Candy Land (always the yellow piece) and Go Spidey (marvel's version of Go Fish).

Laughing... at Dottie's constant need to "shake her booty" even if she prefers to do so without underwear. 

Wishing... Charlie was a better sleeper, how can such a happy daytime baby be such a crabby night time baby?

Looking forward to... seeing Barb this weekend and Luke's wrestling tournament. 

Breakfast Table(desk)scape

Everyone knows that breakfast is supposedly the MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY.  Man, wellness people are so insistent.  (another topic entirely).  I struggle to eat breakfast on a regular basis because I wake up at 4:30 every morning.  Nothing tastes good at 4:30 in the morning. 

I have been known to hit McDonalds at the more respectable 5:30 in the morning, but most days its coffee. Sometimes I have a little something else too.  That is probably why by 8 I am freaking starving.  

This morning, I have my normal coffee but in a much happier coffee cup than my go to travel mug.  My work friend also brought in blueberry muffins.  The cup was a birthday gift and says, Love the Moment.  I don't really think, as much as I would like to be, that I am a Love the Moment kind of gal.  Usually in the Moment, I am freaking out about something or haphazardly struggling to accomplish meaningless tasks. 

I read a lot of stuff about cherishing the moments with your kids.  Don't get me wrong, I do cherish my KIDS but not really the moments.  The moments are full of anxiety of "did I remember to run the dishwasher before I left for work?", "did I charge the old ipod so the kids have white noise at bedtime or are we out of luck? " or, "is it today or tomorrow that the book order is due?" or one of my favorites, "will Mike forgive me for being such a harsh jerk this morning?"

So instead of admonishing you to Love the Moment - how about instead a less demanding instruction.  I think "life is ok, it will all get done somehow" seems more appropriate for those of us that get bogged down in the details.  And if it doesn't get done (I am looking at you laundry) then it will wait til tomorrow (or we will have to go to Target and buy clean underwear). 

Have a great Friday. 

Ventage Tuesday - Around the {eeek} House

The idea of the five of us sharing the details of our days/closets/lives sounded awesome when I was in charge of the prompt.  This weeks prompt in true Halloween fashion is SPPPPOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKY.  In fact, it is terrifying to me.  

Prompt?  Five things around your house.  

My first instinct was to take five VERY VERY cropped photos of things in my house.  

If I do say so myself, I have some cool stuff on the walls at my house.  I have  a series of canvass kitchen art.  It is colorful, cool and if you look at the walls, you are not looking at the mess on the floor or the counters.  

At my house, we also have boxes full of stuff in many places.  Not organized.  Right now, the above photo of a bazillion K-cups is located in a very logical place.  On top of another box on my washing machine.  

You see, my friends, there is only one organized cupboard in my house.  The cupboard that houses about 1/3 of my fiestaware dishes.  Looks nice, right?  Well, if you love dishes, get your ass over to my house.  There are dishes every where.  In every room, in every closet.  Mike has put me on a moratorium from buying dishes because there are so many.  If I am ever called upon to host the entire city of Green Bay for dinner, I will be prepared. 

I like to think that all the clutter is spurring creativity.  See Dottie's magnet art work on the fridge?  This should be the nerve center of my house (according to all the home/lifestyle blogs).  Instead?  Random assortment of stuff we have no idea where else to put it.  Old pictures of me as a baby?  Fridge!  Packer schedule?  Fridge!  Rebate forms that are probably expired?  Fridge!  You get the idea.  

But, because I promised to share.  Because our theme is to keep it real.  Here is what my living room looks like right now.  7 loads of laundry sorted and folded, waiting to be put away.  Notice the (2nd) box of KCups on the shelf?  Notice the random assortment of other crap that needs to be put away on the shelf?  Its a disaster.  And this is all I am willing to share.  

Check out the other girls for today's challenge.  Em, Steph, Barb and Katrina.  

True Romance

Some people may have visions of romance looking like this.   

Cute, fashionable couple.  Highly accessorized, sharing a pumpkin spice latte. 

But friends, know the truth.  Romance?  It looks like two haggard parents of three children four and under.  In their PJs.  One sleeping on the couch with a baby recovering from an ear infection.  One sleeping with a thrashing soon to be three year old.  An accumulative 5 hours of sleep between them. 

Sexy?  A husband who blearily delivers you coffee while you are trying to look cute for work in the 10 minutes you have to get ready - in the dark so you don't wake said almost three year old. 

Someday we will be well accessorized.  And drinking pumpkin spice lattes in a park. 

Right?  RIGHT?