The first few weeks of this Stay at Home order made me feel like I was pretty awesome.  I'm a homebody so the chance to not leave, no activities to rush to and the chance to wear my fav elastic pants all day. I was a little excited for it!  I had an organized schedule with great time blocks for work stuff and then e-learning stuff. I was organizing closets on the side and keeping up with three meals a day with some sweet snack breaks. 

And then pretty quick things turned into not so awesome...

My balanced work times started to bleed into the scheduled school times. Meals turned into fend for yourself in the pantry, just no talking to me so I can finish up an important work task. Checking off school lessons as we go, turned into papers all over the place, not knowing what day it even is, and no idea if I'm even helping anyone or harming their learning at this point. 

One week I'm giving advice on how to balance working from home and e-learning. The...

‘Tis the season 

We just finished the gauntlet that is “the holiday season," we rounded the corner on Thanksgiving and ran headstrong into the Christmas season. Schedules were packed full kiddo’s Christmas programs, office holiday parties are here, and for a lot of families some creative and crazy travel schedule to make sure you can fit in all of the events you had.  Then it’s over in one fell swoop and we are staring at all of the “New Year, New You” posts. 

Are you going to be a new you? Or is it time to give ourselves some grace, realize our year was filled with mistakes, not good enough moments and we still crushed it?  I may have volunteered for a snack I forgot about at my kid's school party but I also remembered 900 other things I volunteered for. Also, note to self, no one likes frosting free, food dye free cookies at a class party so save your money and don't volunteer for cookies next year. 

For so...

I freaking love this holiday. Getting spoiled and basically doing whatever I want in the spirit of Mother’s Day. I got to sleep in, plus a long run, plus everyone putting away their own laundry without a peep of complaining...and my whole family was actually happy about all this. They even showered me with gifts telling me how much they love me. It’s seriously the best holiday. With so much indulgence and feeling so loved, it’s kind of impossible to think there are days where this gig is anything but pure bliss. We are their world and they are ours. Motherhood is a deep bond where no matter how different we are, we share this part of us.  We are women who love something more than ourselves and wouldn’t think twice about sacrificing everything to make these little creatures happy. We are women almost always second guessing our decisions and comparing ourselves to others only because we want to ensure we are doing our best. We are women that feel...