Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Mom Ordinaire

The other day Chris and I were discussing one of my brown-paper-packages-tied-up-with-string things, blogging, and I mentioned bloggers that seem like they have it all together. Now, he didn't mean to offend me, but he kind of did when he commented that he thought people who read my blog could think that. What!

Now, I don't think Chris would exactly score an 800 on a critical mom blog reading SAT test, and most of my readership consists of family + friends who know that I normally have a what-in-the-world-is-going-on look going on. Still ... in case anyone has the wrong impression and thinks that all the fitted sheets are folded perfectly in my linen closet instead of lumpy piles, I want to share some photo blogumentation of instances that are just a few out of many. 
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Yesterday Chris came home and teasingly observed, "Hey! You have one almost dressed child if you put them together."



^^^ Put 'em together and what've you got? Bippity-boppity-still-missing-pants-boo!

^^^ Chris snapped this one before he went back to work one day. I had settled down to work from home, and the living room looked toy-free for the first time in a week. However, that stack of clothes on the floor behind me? Those were supposed to go up on eBay ... two weeks ago. The plate in the folder in the giant stack of papers is from Ryan's snack in the morning. There are stickers covering the end table in the background. The tissues in the tissue box are all restuffed in there after a certain someone took them all out. I'm still in flannel pajama pants at two in the afternoon, and there is not a spot of makeup on my face.

But I did end up changing my pants by 5pm! 

I changed into yoga pants.

^^^ Last week, we invited Chris' friends from RCIA over for dinner, and of course, the kids brought out their brooms, and witching hour coincided with the mad dash to get everything done. Maybe if their brooms were Nimbus 2000s, they wouldn't be so clingy during that not-so-magic house, but nonetheless, I found myself wearing Conor on my back, chopping potatoes for potato soup, tossing them into the pot on the stove to my right and singing with Ryan while he took a sink bath to my left. Don't worry, I scrubbed the potatoes before Ryan deemed the sink as luxurious as a claw foot tub.
^^^ My golden moment: the scene thirty minutes before I had to leave for a short office meeting. I am still in a sweatshirt, and I am wearing Conor on my back while pumping. It's a good thing that part is out of the photo. I am trying to eat a late breakfast for lunch while Ryan is standing pantsless on the toilet dancing to the rhythm of my pump while shouting about coloring on his "briefcase."

There we have it!

Care to share your moments like these? Please? I'm all eyes.

19 comments :

  1. Hopefully this isn't offensive, but my first thought was, "Wow, she does all of that and works! I'm totally impressed." But reading posts like this gives me hope for when we have kids. It will be good even if it is a little messy at times because sometimes the messy life is beautiful.

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    1. I only work 10-12 hours a week! And yes, messy is beautiful :)

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  2. Omg, yes, how in the world do you work?! You are amazing! And your messes are really not so bad. Our clutter tends to grow and grow and growww...

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    1. Well, not pictured are mountains and mountains of laundry and clutter :) It took me an hour to clear one section of counter space the other weekend!

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  3. You're adorable! I have no kids so no insight onto this but judging how well I manage my own life, I'm sure I'll have many a moment when I do!

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    1. What do you do even if it is only 12 hours a week I am insanely impressed!

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    2. I do! It kind of just landed in my lap. I conduct phone surveys for a local start-up. It's very basic.

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  5. I'm wondering the same thing as Elizabeth—what is the work you're doing? Major props to you for finding a way to work with two little ones!

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  6. I only have one and feel like my life is like this sometimes. I'm always happy when bloggers share posts like this one. Thank you!

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    1. Oh my life was like this even with Ryan :) I'm glad you liked the post!

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  7. Hahaha my entire life is like this. It would be easier for me to tell you moments where I have it together, because they're so rare.

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  8. Love this post, Katrina! Sounds all too familiar :)

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  9. What do you do for work (other than taking care of your kids, obvs)? I'm kind of looking for something to bring a little extra $$ and I'm always curious how moms make it work.
    At the moment, I'm doing another load of laundry bc someone had to go and wet the bed, trying to distract Grace the Grouch and hoping Soph will fall back asleep because I'm just not ready to get her up yet - I spent nap time cleaning and I'm tired too. :)

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  10. Haha... In my kitchen, I have 6 groceries bags that I brought home over 15 hours ago and still aren't unpacked (save for the perishables), all of the counters are covered in dishes (clean and dirty, I can't seem to find time to put the clean dishes away), I have 4 loads of laundry that need folding, and this isn't even mentioned the toys strewn all over the house or the chores that happen once a week (if I'm lucky--it's been a few weeks since any of my toilets have seen a toilet brush). Oh, and my son pooped in the bathtub this morning, effectively doubling the time it took to get him and his sister less stinky. Life is chaos...

    Off to drink some coffee before I tackle the groceries. I need a nap just thinking of my afternoon.

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  11. mom ordinaires are the best kind!! and a very happy belated!!!!!!

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  12. I love this! Thank you for sharing. It reminds me so much of my own life. I am definitely inspired to share a little of my own day to day messes.

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