Recently I was complaining to Craig about my confusion as to why my family can never seem to be places we’re supposed to be or do stuff we’re supposed to do. This confusion and panic always sets in at the beginning of the school year, when the four million papers times THREE start flooding in the house via the childrens’ terrifying backpacks. I spend all day worrying that right now, at this very moment, I am missing something important. And I usually am.
As always, I have very good intentions. But we all know that the road to the principal’s office is paved with those. I place all the reminders and announcements and event flyers in nice neat piles, telling myself that after the kids go to bed I will READ them carefully and WRITE things down, but then, you know: the couch happens to me.
Anyway, in response to my “life is too hard” monologue to Craig, he took my hand and walked me into the kitchen. He stopped in front of our family calendar. He stared at it, so I did too. I asked him what the hell we were doing there.
Then with much fear and trembling, he shared his idea that if we wrote things on the calendar, we might look at the written down things, and then we might be reminded to do things. Obviously, my response was to wonder aloud if perhaps he had never been taught to write, or if maybe he was unable to locate any writing instruments himself. But I got the point.
Still, I didn’t write anything down because it’s not a good idea to admit that your husband is right STRAIGHTAWAY. Who knows what would happen? He might become drunk with power and start making MORE suggestions. So I waited two weeks. And then last night I did it. I took down my calendar and I wrote things on it. I tried to make it look more like my friends’ calendars. Here’s how it looked when I was done. I proudly showed Craig.
Here is what Craig HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME.
“Those are good reminders, honey. That’s awesome. That’ll definitely help. But it’s September now.”
Whaaaaat? When did that happen? So much wasted work. THAT’s why calendars annoy me. Starting over every MONTH?? But I fixed it. Here’s my September calendar.
I think things should go more smoothly for us Meltons this month.
In addition to my detailed, completely organized calendar, I bought THIS yesterday. It is a sink thingee holder.
It holds my scrubber thingee, which we use to scrub both dirty dishes and the kids’ fruit, which is so gross I can’t think about it too hard. I really don’t want to talk about it, please don’t mention it. Instead- LOOK! A sink thingee holder!!! To me- this sink thingee holder says to the world- THIS WOMAN HAS SO MANY BIG THINGS HANDLED BEAUTIFULLY, THAT SHE HAS LEFTOVER TIME TO ORGANIZE HER SINK THINGEES. BRAVA, WOMAN WHO LIVES HERE, BRAVA.
Am Some Sort of Domestic Goddess.
Happy Labor Day, Lovies. Laboring is so hard.
Let us take a day OFF.
Love, G
This is your best line ever, “As always, I have very good intentions. But we all know that the road to the principal’s office is paved with those.”
I love this. I have the same feelings. I wonder what it says about me/my life that I am just now reading it on September 11th?
I feel strangely ousted yet ‘at home’ by your public spotlight on the sink organiser thingie…ive got one, and have been similiarly oh so proud of it, even in the face of my HB who points out its unhygienic nature. (I won’t share, promise!). Brava mamma indeed! Love you G x
OMG. You’re such a goof. I love you.
Hugs and smooches,
Honest Mom
Just want to tell you that I SO look forward to new posts. I always feel happier after I read them. Thank you.
this is why pinterest makes me feel so good….like i’m being all crafty without actually doing anything.
and all the while, forgetting things i’m *supposed* to be doing. 
WHERE have you been all this time??? How is it I am just now finding your amazing blog?? (I found it through reading Kelle Hampton)
So, so happy to be here. Really and truly.
xo
lynn
welcome, Lynn, so glad you are here!!!
Love it!
I don’t think I knew I was supposed to scrub the fruit. Rinse thoroughly…yes. Scrub…not so much. I’ll try to get on that.
Our family calendar hangs on the wall near the land-line phone. Now that the grandparents have died, that phone only rings if it’s telemarketers, so we NEVER answer it. And we recently noticed that the calendar is “stuck” on June 2011. Why? Because now EVERYTHING is on our iPhones. We use the calendar function (you can set recurring “meetings” like choir practice, church, massage appointments, monthly mani/pedi, etc.) on each of our phones, and mine synchs with my work calendar. And all of our friends call each of our mobile phones directly — hubby’s, daughter’s, and mine.
So now I need to figure out how to get rid of the land-line. Problem? We have DSL on that same bill, AND my long-time email address is the phone company (@sbcglobal.net). So we pay more than $60 per month just to have the internet, because we have it bundled with the useless land line, and I don’t know how to transfer all my old email records.
Anybody have any ideas?
When you change servicers, they can advise you how to set up new email and make the switchover. (You can even have all correspondence to your old address forwarded to your new one for 6 months to give people time to switch your address) We ditched the landline years ago for the same reason. Just be cautious that in an emergency, a landline can identify your location to 911 where a cell phone can not. Just something to deliberate.
So – totally loved the blog – as always…
Then reading through everyone’s comments was inspired to check out cozi and flylady. Got all excited about cozi and set up my account – went to put the app on my phone, only to find that it is only available in the US. I’m all the way away in Australia, so I can’t use it. So unfair!!
Oh well… enjoy it if you have it!
OMG, how much do I love your “calendar entry”? We’ve been trying to invite each other via our work calendars to the things that happen on evenings and weekends and, well, I thought it would work better than the wall calendar but today I’m feeling overwhelmed by it all. That is a sign that I should probably focus on my thingees in my sink, yes? Yes, I thought so. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m late for… something? I’m not sure what.
Are you my sister from another mother?? I always feel this way… always asking my husband how other families (with even less available time) do it… everything from getting lunches packed to papers filled out to afternoon activities signed up for and transported. It’s overwhelming! And forget about dinner on the table every night???
One of these days I’m going to research and write a book to help people like me:) But, for now, my husband says that ACTION is the answer…
Have you ever checked out the FlyLady.com? She has helpful tips for the easily-overwhelmed… or as I like to say the Big O
Clever title for the post ! Now I will never hear that song again without thinking of a calendar…
I too had a sink thingee for awhile…it eventually just got in the way. But is does look great…I LOVE the calendar. So funny…I had issues with appointments and especially reminders till I got a planner. I think I would forget my head…well you know the saying. Good luck…
Love the post…thanks
FUN! FUN! FUN! I hope Craig laughs a lot, he should, cause you’re pretty funny. I love when people laugh, unless it’s my children laughing so hard milk is coming out of their noses. I am really enjoying your new friendship with Kelle, but I wish I lived in Naples too and could hang out at the pool all day. Life in Florida is GOOD! I lived there (St Pete) for 2 years and spent most time out doors, wore a bathing suit and no shoes most of the time and took my kids to the pool before and after nap time. GOD, it was GOOD! I know LIFE IS HARD but I think it might move to to LIFE IS A LITTLE EASIER when the weather’s always sunny! (or has the potential to be after that brief afternoon rain shower)!
Anyway, ENJOY! I will wave to you and Kelle from Sanibel Island when I am there at Thanksgiving. By the way, that’s a lovely little spot. But then again you are surrounded by some of the BEST BEACHES in the WORLD!
I think you’re going to LOVE it! Hope so!
PEACE!
You are hysterical. Your messages always resonate with me and inevitably make my day a little brighter. Thank you, once again, for the smile on my face. It definitely helps as I begin Day 1 with students back in the building (I am a HS Guidance Counselor). Fake it ’til you make it, right?
A calendar and a sink organizing thingy… I think your work is done for the year
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I always start out trying to be organized and have everything written down and then it all fars apart about a week in or maybe day in to the school year.
This post is seriously hilarious! Thanks for that!
I like to organize myself by making lists. To do lists, grocery lists, lists of lists I need to make . . .
Then I lose them.
Same thing for me !! But it seems like just writing it down helps me keeping it in mind.
Yup!
I love you!
BLESS YOUR HEART!! I got my big calendar out today and tried to write on it and had a mini panic attack. Then I had to fill out some school forms and had a bigger panic attack. Then my daughter had to remind me that I had to send a check for something to school tomorrow for something important, and I had a nervous breakdown and thought I AM THE WEIRDEST MOTHER EVER!! Then I read this, and laughed, and sympathized and stopped feeling alone and weird. Bless your heart.
You (we) are so not alone!
I adore you Glennon.
I tried a sink thingee holder too, but the suction cups gave out in a week and then all my sink thingees just pile in the bottom of the sink *sigh* Oh, well, I tried, right?
The best thing I ever did to help manage the chaos was to buy large magnetic file “buckets” for each of the kids and one for myself and stick them on the fridge. Papers for each kid go in there so I know where it is. Every few months I clean it out and at the end of the school year it is emptied out and important papers filed away. It has made my life so much easier!
my fridge is not magnetic. damnit. more ideas!!!!
Laughed out loud! I have three too and the schedule OVERWHELMS me!
What helps me a teeny tiny, itty bitty little bit is that I have a paper organizer thing in one of my cupboards (to keep the mess away from other eyes). I go through their papers and throw LOTS away right away. Then, the ones I think I need to still reference, I put in that organizer. I also try to write down important things on a calendar (a smaller one, the big ones overwhelm me). I haven’t done it yet this year which is prob the reason I have also just nearly missed important meetings. (thank God for friends who mention it that day!) The calendar is kept at the top of that pile. Then, I go through those papers every couple of days to make sure I’m not forgetting anything.
I KNOW!! A few years ago we bought a really neat-o french-doors-2-freezer-drawers fridge. Fantastic, right? I now know where everything is inside this amazing fridge! Problem? It’s stainless steel. No one told me in advance that they ARE NOT magnetic. My fridge is now no longer cluttered, but where do I put the stuff that used to go there?? Like the magnetic church-key-type can opener? You know, the one for opening imported beer (once in a blue moon!). And all of the cute fridge magnets that I have??
Thankyou! This article made me smile and then made me laugh.
Those whosimawhatsits are brilliant for storing those thingies.
G,
You always have a way of making me laugh and feel totally normal. Thank you.
XoXo Susie M.
amen, sister warrior. Off to take a nap…
Sarah
Love it! I always feel so normal when I read your posts!
We just moved into a new house at the beginning of the summer…we bought it from a family that has 5 kids and the Mom seemed pretty organized. I thought, this is so great because look at all the bulletin boards and chalk boards and white boards with calendars already up in the utility room…NOW I will stay organized for sure! I will have no excuse because all those organizational tools are already up on the wall. Yep, well, the big chalk board still has the same note on it left from the previous homeowners sending us good wishes in our new home. And the calendar….it’s still blank. And the scary backpacks, they hang up in the nice little cubbies installed by the previous homeowners, and I avert my eyes from the backpacks every time I come in the door form work. I already had one crisis on a Monday morning when I opened my first graders back pack to find Friday’s stuff….including a brown paper bag with a note that says “fill this with items for show and tell for Monday.” So you can imagine the chaos that ensued that morning as we raced around finding items for the bag that should have been filled over the weekend. How many more of these Mondays to go before next summer? Like you said….grateful for this Monday off!
Awesome and real you are, G. Thank you.
Dear Monkees: Here’s another getting organized suggestion. Keep all your unfolded laundry in the living room. Then the kids always know where to find their clothes!! Saves me sooooo much time.
I totally do this. Seriously. Totally works.
As do I! So glad I am not alone.
http://www.cozi.com and Cozi apps for each phone. It saves my sanity every day.
I use the same app & love it. If I don’t post it in this calendar, it does not get done!
I was going to suggest Cozi Calendar too! I love that my husband and I can both add to it from our own phones or computers and it all syncs up
Years ago, when it was my job to recruit ‘workers’ for Sunday School and special events, one mom answered my requests with what I thought was an ‘odd response”. Consistently she would say,
“I’ll have to get back to you after I have reconciled the calendars.” The first several rounds this didn’t make any sense to me.
She acknowledged the need to put together all the parts of family obligations on the calendar before she’d commit to picking up additional responsibilities.
After a long while, I got to the point I understood and began getting on with reconciling/updating out family’s schedules … Doing better that way more lately!
Sure enjoyed others’ comments- makes me feel better!
I too am terrified of my son’s backpack! Mainly because of the third grade math sheets that he comes home with, that I know I’ll have to help with! How sad is it that I am afraid of 3rd grade math?! And don’t even get me started on the jam packed mantilla envelope his teacher sent home with us at meet the teacher! Took me over an hour just to fill out all that crap to send back! And now I dread Fridays because that’s the day all his old papers get sent home…
Ummm, manilla envelope, not mantilla…
I was totally amusing myself by picturing a lacey envelope when I read it. Thanks for the giggle.
I. Love. You.
I. Love. You.
Christine
This one was sooooo funny! I thoroughly enjoyed it – and can totally relate. I never thought about it quite this way before, but “terrifying” is the perfect adjective to precede “backpacks”! I too wash dirty dishes and scrub the children’s fruit with the same scrubber, and my print calendar is perpetually blank. If I ever do manage to write anything on it, I don’t remember to look at it. I finally learned that the only way I can keep up with things is to enter them on my phone and have it beep at me as many times as possible in the countdown to important events. Anyway, thanks for sharing and making me laugh.
My husband updates things on my phone because he is such a love. It comletely freaks me out when it starts beeping!
Here’s the deal about scrubbing stuff with the same scrubber. Good news? You’re helping your kids’ immune systems. Bad news? Maybe there is no bad news.
I do keep two separate sponges in use. One to wash dishes; one for counters & spills. When the one for counters/spills gets icky, I toss it and replace it with the dishes one (which is still quite nice), and pull out a brand new one for dishes. It’s the only weird thing I do in the kitchen.
At least, I think it is. I could be wrong.
Oh, G, I love you so. I do the whole calendar thing, and I STILL miss half the stuff I’m supposed to go to. This is my first year with all FOUR of my little ones in school (preschool, kindergarten,3rd, and 5th) and the paperwork coming in is astounding.
I especially loved the part about wondering if Craig had the ability to write…I wonder the same about my husband. Why do I have to be the one to keep track of all this stuff?!?!
Long ago, radio program touted the benefits of being organized. “When you feel overwhelmed by everything in life, simply clean out your purse/wallet. It will give you a sense of control over something, and a better perspective towards your other challenges.” something like that. SINK THINGEES count!
That’s right : everytime I feel overwhelmed in my work, I stop what I am doing and start a clean-out-campaign. It does not solve the problems I have in my work, but it seems to clean out the mess in my HEAD, so I can think better to solve those problems…
You could also say that I have enough mess in my head, so having mess in my physical space is too much for me to function without failure… Like “mess inside + mess outside = TOO MUCH mess. Start cleaning the easy one !”
Ha! My floors are strewn with toys, the beds unmade, and the children unbathed… but, darn it, my calender looks nice so I must be organized!
Dear Glennon and fellow Monkees,
You make my heart smile! I love you all so much I’ll let you in on one of my best secrets: I have a housekeeping fairy godmother! Her name is FlyLady (www.flylady.net). Although she sells some stuff on her site (the stuff I’ve bought so far is AWESOME), her wisdom is FREE. She’s my housekeeping guru and she helps me keep my head together domestically.
I think she’s a Monkee but doesn’t know it. She’s all about loving yourself (“FLY” means “Finally Loving Yourself”) and about digging out from under CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). She teaches that we can take baby steps and that we can do anything for 15 minutes. (“We can do hard things!”)
She was hospitalized many years ago for depression, and some loving ladies (must have been Monkees!) helped get her back on her feet. She shares what she learned on her web site and through a free mailing list.
The very first step in FLYing is shining your sink! She has a wonderful calendar (18 mos. for those of us who forget to buy one) with fun, useful stickers (and she provides CALENDAR LESSONS!) and a 1-hour weekly plan to “bless” (sounds SO much better than “clean”!) our homes that I think of as my weekly housekeeping “reset.”
Her community consists of FlyBabies, mostly SHEs (Sidetracked Home Executives) from many walks of life and from all over the world–SAHMs, full-time employees, moms and dads, people without children, retirees, newlyweds, college students. I don’t specifically remember any comments from Lyme-y folks, but I know there are Flybabies struggling with severe arthritis, cancer, ADD, OCD, clinical depression, fibromyalgia, the burdens of being a caregiver or having multiple jobs, shift work, spouses who are deployed, etc.
None of this is Martha Stewart-type stuff. FlyLady teaches about letting go of perfection, which is a hard concept to grasp, but my house really did get better after I let go of the idea that every task around here had to be done perfectly.
Her Holiday Control Journal alone (also FREE!) is worth a stop by the site. It helps me make it through the holidays every year without my little SHE head exploding.
Love you all so much! I hope this helps someone.
i wondered if anyone would mention flylady! I just started with her. I think i will probably pick and choose her tips that work for me. My sink, however, is amazing!!
Hi, FlyBaby Jen! FlyLady is very adaptable. Recommendation: I have my e-mails “bundled” into one a day using digest mode. I don’t like getting individual e-mails all day long. I always recommend digest mode. It seems the folks who don’t take that advice are the ones who quit using Flylady and complain they don’t like all the little reminders.
I was doing my FlyLady bizniz (Home Blessing) today and thinking about how similar Momastery and FlyLady are–I think FlyLady is definitely a secret Monkee. I found her years ago, before I had stepkids and was trying to be a full time stepmom, a full time teacher, and a part time grad student with a coaching gig on the side. If it weren’t for FlyLady, I would have lost all my marbles long ago. If it weren’t for Momastery, I wouldn’t be able to lose the occasional marble with a modicum of grace and a good belly laugh now.
The best part of FLYing? She encourages you to remember that “you are not behind, just jump in where you are” and to stop resenting the other people in your house for not helping enough. She’s right: when you just quietly take care of business and stick to a routine, everyone else gradually notices and ends up pitching in. Maybe not at the exact moment you’d like for them to, but eventually and without all of the hysterics and pouting.
(This is not to suggest that everything is milk and honey–it’s just manageable and homey. Also, I’ve noticed that my house is never as clean or as organized as it is when grades are due, I have a paper to write, or my tax return needs to be completed…)
I’ve spend my yesterday evening shining my sink, it looked beautiful this morning as I was making breakfast
Hope I won’t become maniac about it…
I am SO glad I am not the only one that doesn’t write things on the calendar. I also make piles ( I even bothered to make folders!) for the kids “important” school papers that I need to read so I don’t miss something and I don’t read them either! What is wrong with us?! It should be such a simple, motherly task but I’m hopping on the couch right there with ya. As you know, old habits die hard my friend.
xoxo- Kate
Priceless!
G! You are an evil genius husband masterminder! I must learn your tricks with Craig and follow suit. I have not gotten my fiancee to lovingly bend to my will yet, and trust me when I say I am taking your techniques into account. Bravo (a) on the calendar and on the sink thingeeeeeee! I always expect a round of applause and a foot rub after washing all of our dishes (we live in a apartment with NO dishwasher) but I never receive one. This must change and soon. You always, always, always make me smile and give me some much needed soul nourishment. We can do hard things…including the dishes and other super lame grown up activities! xoxo
I just bought a calendar with color stickers, little symbols like a dishwasher, a toiletbrush, meaning housework, you know ? It’s meant to remind people what to do every day, but Sweet Love said “You know, I am not willing to let a calendar tell me what to do every day, I am free, I work hard, and when I come home I am tired and I want a little rest, so I do what I can when I think of it, not when the calendar tells me to !”
I know, i am machiavelic.
Well, I did NOT reply “Do you think I am NOT tired when I come home after work ?! Who will do all the work if I do nothing, just like you ?!” No no no…
I said “OK Honey, so let’s use this calendar to make us proud of ourselves : every homework I do, I will write it on the calendar, and you can do the same, so the next time I accuse you not doing anything in this house, you can prove me I am wrong. I would love to be wrong.”
It started september 1st. For now it works…
Thanks, G. I’m realizing the statement, “I really needed the laugh today” is overused, but I REALLY TRULY did!
Love you.
I love September. It feels like we’re on the way to winter already, when just a few days ago, in August, it felt like we were right in the middle of Hell. I mean summer.
This has been one hot summer in SoCal without air conditioning.
September is terrifying. Let’s drink cucumber martinis and read nice things instead.
Also, this week! I totally snort laughed. You have to be careful not to let that last week feel left out.
Hilarious!! I’m so glad I’m not the only one who “the couch happens to” after the kids go to bed!
For the record, I totally wash dishes with my scrubber thing and clean cat vomit out of the carpet with it. I try not to think about that too much either. At least you wash their fruit.
This comment cracked me up!
XoXo Susie M.
As long as you don’t use it for the toilet, everything’s OK… ^__^
Laughed out loud!
Whereas the couch happens to you…the internet happens to me
I was just thinking this morning (which I almost just wrote as the smorning???) about my one, individual, solo, hardworking sponge as I was scrubbing our breakfast peaches with it. You make me happy, G. For real.
Ooh. I have a hardworking sponge too! So reliable!
Maybe I should give her this Labor Day off. Yes, that’s what I’ll do. A special day at the Bosch spa. She’ll be so excited!
I love you Glennon even when I write things down and think I put them both on my calander and my phone I normally forget one and double book. I love your september calander and I hope you have a relaxing day. Love you!
My daughter just started kindergarten. I dread her backpack already. I keep thinking I have to pace myself. It IS kindergarten – I can’t be overwhelmed already!! And yet…I am! Maybe a sink thingee would help.
My daughter starts kindergarten tomorrow.
I forgot to buy her a backpack! Oops . . .
perhaps i shall not be the class parent.
I understand the calendar aversion. It seems that it would be just TOO SCARY to look at ALL THE THINGS that need to be done THIS WEEK. But, in truth, they are way scarier ricocheting around inside my brain. I find that when I do force myself to write them down, they are not nearly so bad as I have been imagining.
So, be brave. Write them down. You’ll be surprised how much more peaceful your brain feels when you aren’t trying to remember everything.
Gosh, maybe I should follow my own advice? I just realized that my September calendar is blank.
That’s so funny! We’ve officially lived in our house for TWO YEARS as of the middle of August. I had decided just this week that I needed a sink thingee, so I bought one. Great minds think alike!! (Ok, your great mind and my mediocre mind, but whatever.)
Love your blog!
Katie:)
love…Love…LOVE your posts!!!! Well done, again, G3.
I so dang get this!!! The scrubber…and fruit. And I mentally criiiinnnggggg everytimeiuseit! and wonder if my OCD hubby will notice….so I scrub really, really fast. A manic Silkwood Scrubbing.
Mrs.Calendar. Ha! Have many such “people helpers”….everywhere in the house… with pretty pictures….cute pets….random, lift-me-up sayings…..but not one reminds me to ACTUALLY WRITE ON IT! Sometimes, I justify NOT using the calendar for rememberings cuz’ I just may want to frame that darling curled up cat and couldn’t bare the thought that there was indentations from my heavy-handed markings on the other side that said: “yadda, yadda, yadda.”
And, finally, if there could be such an award….AND THERE SHOULD BE…like a Pulitzer…Yes! A Pretending Pulitzer Prize for…well, pretending.
Hmmmm, everyday is dress-up and pretend day for me….Chef, Cowgirl, Gardner, Singer…..an endlessnessofpretends.
Ahhh, a Princess Pretend Pulitzer.
There ya’ go.
My sink scrubbie thingie can ALSO scrub kid fruit?? So versatile! So multi-functional! You’re GENIUS!
Love you, G.
Sooo glad to know I’m not the only one the couch happens to. I had to share that with my husband so he knows too, and he can quit thinking he married the slothiest slug in the world.
I made my oldest put his stuff on my calendar just so I know it is there…and do you know? He thought that meant I would wake him up in time for his early Saturday morning school thing. (note: He is almost 17, junior in HS, can drive) It was ON MY CALENDAR. He put it there himself! Now it’s MY responsibility. Huh….
If he thinks “MY calendar = MY responsibility”, maybe he should have his own calendar in his room ? ^_^ So he would be right, and you would have one less thing to think of
Wish this blog comments area had a “Like” button, Caro. This is exactly how I got our daughter to be more self-responsible when she was in High School. It worked like a *charm*. She’s now the most responsible early-20′s I know. Nanny to 2 small children, and always knows what’s on her calendar and to-do list.
Anyway, “LIKE”!!
Ahhhhhh. Good laugh, and I know you said not to mention it but I am going to say lots of people use the scrubby thing for ALL the same things….. Just saying.
. Xoxo
YES !! such a cute post !
Im just like that … first day of the month . I always write things down on my calendar .. then .. put it back on my bag .. and forget it to check back .. I sooo wish be more organized ,, but anyway ..at the moment just being happy to be myself ..
lots of love to all..
Run your scrubby brush thing through the dishwasher every day and you’ll feel better.
Bingo! Me too. Actually, I like to have 2, so one can be in the washer while the other one is being used. It helps if they’re different colors. I sound organized… I assure I am not. Just a little OCD in the kitchen is all ; )
Wow… Never had that idea ! Thank you girls !
I knew I loved you for a reason, G
muchas smoochas!
That was perfection! Exactly my life!!!
Happy Labor Day – heading to the basement for some cleaning out of stuffage!!
Also note how you are saving the planet by reusing paper. Two months on one sheet!
Damn, girl – you are on a ROLL!! Note to self: catch up with G. BUY A CALENDAR and a SINK THINGIE!
Seriously, I’m WORSE than you are – I totally forget appts. till they call to tell me I’ve missed them! OOPS!
Enjoy your Labor-less Day – at the pool, I’m sure!!
Now all you need is a couch thingee. A beautiful basket where the childrens’ scary papers are stored so that when the couch sucks you in for the evening, the beautiful basket of papers is within reach. Perhaps three beautiful baskets? Colour coded ribbons and such so that you know which child each paper belongs to? Oh! And it is the job of the children to empty the important papers from their scary backpacks into their individualized beautiful baskets nightly!
Literally 5 minutes ago my daughter and I were adding Important Things to our calendar because now that SHE CAN READ, she has an opinion about changing the calendar to September. From June. Ah, the opinions of a 6-year-old. Also why she’s not allowed to shower with me anymore.
Glennon,
I am also excited that you are now in Naples! Welcome!!! Naples is a beautiful place to call HOME! <3
HI! This is my first comment on your blog. My friend, Kelle Hampton, introduced you to US! And, may I say, I am SO glad she did. I started reading your blog, and I am HOOKED! From what I have read, you seem to be a REMARKABLE person! I find you so relatable, and real…which is awesome, cuz you are…real that is!
You make me laugh SO hard, Domestic Goddess!!!!
LOLLOL I so needed that laugh this morning. As I sit here procrastinating. Today is a day “off” from outside the house work. But with 3 kiddos, it will most most definitely not be a day off “work”….with laundry piled so high that it looks like the dryer threw up all over the house! ugh!
Here’s to getting your family calendar together and then actually looking at it! Ours is on the fridge and it is really a life saver (if I remember to look at it). Once the boys get older, I plan on using Cozi. Have you looked at that? It’s online (calendar, to do list, and a bunch of other things, with alert reminders sent to your email or text) It might help. :0)
As usual, LOVE! xoxo
Nice sink thingee!! I think a sink thingee is step one to taking over the world! Well done!
Amen sista. I totally get this post.
Perfect timing!!!!! I, too, get so overwhelmed that I will miss something important or forget something completely. Why oh why am I harder on myself than ANYONE??? Thank you so much for this blog. I’ve been a Monkee for about six months and I love, love, love reading your posts!!!! Thank you so much!!!
I’ve read somewhere : “Be gentle to yourself : if you’re not, who will ?”
Brava, Woman Who Lives There. Well done.
Any suggestions for a rainy Labor Day with the kiddos when my husband still has to work? He said to me, “Shoot – I don’t have a day off on Monday.” My response: “Oh. Apparently I don’t either, then.”
Happy Labor Day. Your sink thingee is awesome.
Zoo, long walk, favorite park where you can see them play and sneak peaks at the book you’ve been meaning to read. Talk to them. What are their hopes & dreams for the new school year? What would they change about your family if they could? How do they hope to grow this year? Time is so precious; watch things you wouldn’t have time to other days; bugs, clouds, children playing. Have fun!
Wow, I am impressed by your sink thingee holder! I need many more things in my life that might help me look organized… but I’m not organized enough to find the order thingees…. so oh well. As always, I love you!!!