Top Ten Tuesday: Top 10 Things I Should Be Doing . . . But

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This morning I was grasping for a blog post when my good friend Amanda, @OohAmanda on Twitter invited me to participate in her Top 10 Tuesday meme. She even suggested the awesome topic, top 10 things I should be doing but I’m on Twitter.  Yes, I am a Twitter junkie.

So, here’s my top 10 things I should be doing, but I’m on Twitter.

1) Taking a shower. I’m still sitting in my PJs and it is 8:20 am, yes I’m a stay at home / work at home mom.

2) Eating breakfast. My stomach is rumbling yet here I sit.

3) Folding the mountain of laundry. I really need to do this, but the task seems so great.

4) Cleaning off my desk. You should see the papers, oh my!

5) Cleaning the bathrooms. Oh wait I did that yesterday, {happy sigh}.

6)  Doing my budget, yes it’s already April almost.

7) Balancing my bank statement, it’s a hard job but somebodies gotta do it.

8 )  Laundry, yes unfortunately there is still more to be done.

9)  Unloading the dishwasher. It’s a morning routine.

10) Any number of other “household” projects.

As you can see I have a pretty good running to do list here.  The life of a mom is never done right?

Looking Forward To

I tend to live life, “looking forward to”.  This may be a bad trait to have in that when I don’t have something to “look forward to” I feel a bit let down.  However, lately I haven’t had that problem because I’ve had a lot to “look forward to”. This weekend that was my baby boy’s first birthday party, which was celebrated in more ways than one.  Not only did we have our closest family members over to sing him “Happy Birthday” and eat cupcakes, but my husband and I have also spend the last 48 hrs. prepping our house for the event.

If I’m honest, we actually started before that, because I started my “home improvement” projects LAST weekend, when I painted our kitchen, laundry room, the kid’s bathroom and hallway.  This weekend, starting Thursday night and Friday we tiled the back splash in our kitchen.  I wanted it all to be done by the party.  So, I looked forward to it.

It took two very late (staying up past midnight) nights for us, but we finished and today we celebrated, our success in our projects and our little  man’s birthday.  I am proud of both!  And of the festivities themselves as I tried to emulate my online friend Amy of Mom Advice’s birthday bash for her little boy a couple of week’s ago.  Her post on her blog had me inspired to be able to frugally throw a great party.

I am so proud of each detail, from the cupcakes, to the lemonade, from the hot potato salad to the little sandwiches.  Everything was yummy and my man tore into his cupcake and enjoyed every bite. Happy 1st Birthday Brady Cade, we love you, and we have much more “to look forward to” in life because of you!

It’s Either ALL, or Nothing

Don’t ask me why, because I’m not quite sure honestly, but for me I’m either ALL or nothing.  It is like my air conditioner, which has been broken in a way for 2 plus years in my family van.  It either blows full speed or not at all,  it is all high and no low.  That’s me most of the time.  I’m either working full steam ahead on a project or I’m barely working.

I love new projects, they energize me and I seem to plow ahead, but then there are those times that even the new projects aren’t enough for me and I just tend to dabble here and there.  I”ve always been this way.  I tend to get “lost in the details”.  You ask me to clean the kitchen, I end up organizing the shelves.  You ask me to clean off the desk I end up organizing the drawer.  It infuriates my own self sometimes.
I OVER plan.  I OVER think things.  I obsess.  And honestly I don’t know how to stop.  I am looking for balance in my life and I can’t seem to find it.  Suggestions?

Photo credit: D Sharon Pruitt

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