Goodbye Galore, Hello…..Couch?

Our honeymoon in L.A. (the house is Dr. Phil’s)

Many of you know of the scrapbook store that I have worked at for a few years, Scrapbooks Galore. Sadly, Emily has closed the store as of the new year. I was already transitioning into working from home, but this sealed the deal. I have officially been a stay-at-home (actually, work-at-home) mom for a couple months now. I wish I could say I had this great routine and do bunches of work while keeping our house spotless, exercising , cooking nutritious meals…you get the idea. But, well, if you know me personally you are probably cracking up right now.

I am trying to FLY with FLYlady, but sometimes I don’t even get past the getting dressed with shoes. And after getting up super early to get John’s breakfast (just oatmeal…not a big deal) and lunch ready and packed, then getting Cali up and ready for school and sent off…that bed just calls my name. Most days I sit on my little end of the couch and work on my computer all day (between “will you play with me?”, chicken nuggets, and “can I –insert a question that the answer is no—?” anyway). Balancing all of this stuff has been interesting. Lol.

I am so thankful though that I get to stay home with Cali. She may be changing schools and going where her half sisters go next year. We would have her half the week and her mom would have her half the week. My little heart is breaking:( I love waking her up and picking her up from school and cuddling on the couch with her. She said she wants to keep things like they are-school here and mom’s on the weekend, but I have a feeling it isn’t going to turn out that way.Besides driving 30 minutes to school instead of one minute, I worry about her having someone to go through her schoolwork and being attentive. Her mom has 4 kids total, one being a baby, so I know even if she was super-mom her attention is still divided. And that is after she comes hoome from work, exhausted I’m sure. Have I mentioned how blessed I am to stay home?

Enough rambling.

I have been doing Project 365 so I will try to post some of my pics. I’ve neglected this blog for months, so I really need to get going. When I see the hundreds of visits on my blog I feel bad….what are they reading? NOTHING NEW! I’ll try to do better. Cross my heart and pinky swear.