Midnight Meanderings

I am waiting for my FTP system to upload all my work for the day. My husband is asleep snoring on the couch, and James Bond is playing on the TV. I am so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open, and yet I know it will still take me a good half an hour before I can wind down and fall asleep once I am laying in bed. I used to try my best to read my scriptures in the morning, but now I grab my wonderful i-phone and just read my scriptures on there while I try to go to sleep.

Last night, at 2:30 am to be exact, I read from this past April conference's talks. A few of them really caught my attention. There was one concerning Mothers and Daughters, and another one about how mothers need to teach their children. It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day activities and schedules that it can be really hard for me to remember that I am responsible for teaching my children.

Does anyone have any good tips/ideas/links to good baby/toddler teaching ideas? I literally have no time to research it myself unless I want to stay up until 3 - which I don't want to do. I hear Elena stirring in the other room, so I hope this FTP system hurries up so I can go in.

Also, again - any good tips for keeping the house clean? My friend told me to make it a priority to do the dishes every night before I go to bed, but... It's 2 am and I don't want to spend another 40 minutes cleaning dishes from the day. I would do them as soon as I am done using them, but I really don't see how. It's lucky that I can squeeze in time to even make breakfast, lunch, dinner - little less get my kids to be patient enough with me to spend time cleaning up. I really do believe keeping up with kids and a house is a full time job. SERIOUSLY! Working/Student moms are seriously incredible to me. I only work maybe 20 hours a week and I am barely keeping it together.

I actually hired a cleaning lady to come and clean our apartment last week. It stayed clean maybe 4 days. Now its back to what I consider chaos to be.

I HATE laundry. It is even worse than dishes. It always consumes everything. It never is done. Either they are all clean and don't get put away, or they are all dirty and I have to clean them. I also am one of those horrible people who cannot put clothes that I have worn in the dirty clothes if they aren't actually "dirty", but if I put them away in the dresser it wakes my baby up - so soon my "clean" clothes become piles in my room, which my husband likes to add to, and before I know it we are living in a crazy laundry pile bedroom. Ugghh.

Yay, my blogs finally posted. I am signing off for the day. Good night. I don't think I will wake up to my 5am alarm clock... (sigh)

Why Mothers Need Their Sleep

James found me laughing my head off at this video. All you mothers out there will know exactly why. :)

Swagger Wagon - Dedicated to my niece Siena

Random Questions

Do you ever wish you could take sick days from being a mom? I do.

Did you go ever go through an awkward anti-social stage when you got married? I did. When does that go away? ... I'm still in it.

Do you ever miss your single days? Not because you wish you made other decisions or you would want to change anything - but you just miss that time of your life and the friends that you had and have since lost? Or the fun you use to have? I do. I miss roommates, dances, and old FHE brothers)

Do you ever spend minutes just watching your baby sleep because you think she is so beautiful? I do.

Do you wish sometimes you didn't eat so much chocolate and craved healthier things, like watermelon? Mmmmm. I do.

Do you ever feel really lucky with your choice in marriage partner after seeing how some of your friend's marriages have gone? I do

Does anyone else have a problem with going to bed early? UGH! I do.

Do you ever get downhearted when people tell you to your face that they think your child is behind other children his/her age? I do.

Do you ever miss your Independence? I did, but I think I'm getting more of my independent streak back.

Do you ever wonder why your husband chose you out of the hundreds of other people he could have chosen? I do. I feel lucky to have him.

Do you ever wish you hadn't wasted so many journals and notebooks writing about old crushes and lame dating disasters? I do.

Do you get tired of doing laundry on a consistent basis? I do.


Do you get excited with every new achievement your children do? Like more excitement then you've ever felt before you were a parent? I do.


Do you feel content with your life and your choices? I can say I do. :)

This is So My Life

Ugliest Bridesmaid Contest

Update: I WON!

Wow, thanks everyone who voted. I actually won the contest. Go to shabby apple's blog to see the post. :) Yeah baby.

And for those interested, I am getting shabby apple's this dress in purple. (rhodolite) :) I still haven't been contacted personally yet, but I hope to soon. I love shabby apples dresses, but their bridesmaids ones look a little on the shorter side. bummer. We'll see how that goes with a girl with a long torso and long legs. :)

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First, I need to say that I love my sister Jeanette and I think my mom does a great job sewing dresses. So this is not meant to be a cut to them or anything. But I am one of the top 5 contestants of the ugliest bridesmaid dress contest on shabby apple dresses, and if I win I get a new dress. I'm contestant #2. Number 4 is winning so far, but it is really blurry/pixely and hard to see - and I think her dress looks more like an 80s prom dress so... we'll see. :)

Anyways, if you have a moment go here and vote for #2.

Ugliest Kitchen

My old roommates brother-in-law really wants a kitchen makeover. It takes ten seconds. Just go to the link and click ten and you're done, and they have a better chance. It does look like it needs help. :) Check out that ceiling and those ugly cupboards. Make someone's day. Vote for them.



Vote here.