Mom Tip

Ok, now I know I said not to look for tips in this blog, but apparently, i lied. sorry.

Mom Tip #1: Never, ever, ever clean out your "Mom Van" (or whatever you drive) completely. The excess junk comes in handy.

For instance: when you are all loaded up and down to the end of the road to wait for the school bus in the morning and your six year old daughter says, "Mommy, today is my SHARING day (show and tell), and you FORGOT!" And of course, even though the teacher has sent home a CALANDER of when this occurs, you have forgotten. You can simply look around on the floor and/or cupholders around you and find many rare treasures.

We were able to find some "rare" rocks and two foam Turkeys (Thanksgiving craft that got left in the van after church on sunday) to send in for Sharing day.!

Homework....DONE!

Vintage Childrens Table

So...here it is. Not only did i score finding this table, but I got 2 of them! YES, I repeat... 2 of them! Along with 8 chairs, for the grand total of...(drum roll).... $40!!!! Along with this AWESOME find, the nice lady who sold me this, threw in 3 really nice bean bags, a really nice child's xchool desk AND a train table for FREE! I feel like it's frickin Christmas!

If only, I could have found one of these tables in adult size!

Thinkin we are gonna use them for the kids basement play area. We are turning it into a store/school/restaraunti-type-a-thingy...lol.

Me and the girlz are working on cleaning their room today. I had to send them out for a break. I think my 6 yr. old is a little Hoarder in Training. Ohhhh...the stuff she wanted to save!!! There were tears. I needed a break.

So, I think it might be easier to finish myself. I made sure to have them do a lot of the work. And I made "O", my 6 year old, do a lot of the parting herself. (saw on Hoarders...they need to be in control.) It's not really funny, I believe Hoarding is actually a disease/disorder. But, give me a break! This girl is NOT keeping old My Little Pony fruit snack rappers in her Vanity drawer! What is left is just a pile in the middle of the floor. And I think I'm just gonna send them out to play and go through it myself.

It was a trip. I felt really bad for her though. She cried and I started getting irritated. So...whatever. Now she's drawing and I'm blogging...Lol.
but.. it's time to get back to work. Had I just bucked up and cleaned their room myself this week I could be enjoying the nice day outside with my kids. blah.

Some days I feel like Suzie Homemaker and other days I feel like Suzie Psycho!

That's because I am neither and both of those things. I am Me.

The Blogs name comes from the fact that I can be so sweet,and on top of things one day... and the next day, turn into psycho bitch... who is drowning in Housework from Hell!!

This is my first post, so I just want to forewarn future followers of what this blog is all about...
It is my life. My struggles, my victories, my good days and my bad days. This is the place where I can... "let it all hang out".

This is not a "How To" blog. You may learn some things from me, you may laugh at or with me, you might cry with me...or you might decide I'm a crazy lady and not follow at all! But, you will not find tips about organizing your cupboards on here.. (although I do it at least once a month!) lol.

My life as a Homemaker will probably be what is talked about mostly...that's what I do. But not necessarily the how-to's of it, but the happiness and frustrations that come from it. I am also a young woman and sometimes I forget about that and slip into a role of old and washed up.

I am looking to find the Tera underneath of all the labels again. The girl who could think and talk freely about my feelings, hopes, dreams and gripes... without all of the "little ears" (my kids) around to listen. I have a Family blog... about the happenings of our Home... this isn't it. LOL.

I want to be creative again, I was an artist at one time... now, it has been over 10 years since I have sketched or painted anything.. (besides fingerpainting, play-doh, and painting the kitchen!!!)
Now that my kids are a little older, I realize how much time was spent ignoring "me", while I was becoming a totally different person... my kids were all born back to back...I didn't have the time or energy to do "me" things. Now they are all off in Elementary school, and I look in the mirror and wonder..."Who are you?" N I am completely happy in my life, don't get me wrong. But I think I lost a bit of myself during the last 8 years of motherhood. It's really no big deal...it's just time for me to figure out who this new 30 yr. old, wife and mom really is compared to the 22 year old, just starting out Mom I was 8 years ago.
I'm different now, and that's not a bad thing. But I'm just noticing it, so it's all new to me...LOL.

Ok. I'll ramble more tomorrow.