Good intentions

Photo from here.

It seems to me like it takes a little more than good intentions to keep my life running the way I want it to - I want a clean house, I want a happy family, I want to know where my shoes are when I am ready to walk out the door...

What I don't want is to be running around like a crazy mother the morning of show and tell because I haven't got a clue what the category for today is - and I certainly have no idea where the list that tells me is!!!

The house?

I feel like I can spend an entire week scrubbing my house like the perfectionist I am, weeding the gardens, washing the curtains, cleaning the light switches, unpacking and organising kitchen cupboards...

And then 3 days later?

Absolute chaos!

What am I doing wrong???

The worst part of all? I still have one room in my house that hasn't been unpacked since we moved into this house in April - boxes were dumped there and the door was closed and now the room is an absolute shambles. A half sorted bookcase, boxes still unopened, and craft supplies balancing on top of every surface that's showing... I call it my 'shut door' room.

I took 'before' photos of that room this morning - it was supposed to motivate me to get going in there and be productive so that I could final conquer it. But then I decided to just check something real quick on Facebook before I started - and 3 hours later I am still sitting here...

Sigh!!

I am so tired of it - all the good intentions I have are doing jack all for me. I write to do lists, I write down the my goals, I write down a timetable for the day so I can plan and be productive, I force myself into action and spend the day getting things done - but then when I turn my back for one moment it all falls apart.

Am I ever going to be able to actually get organised?

Are these lovely organising blogs I read all make believe? Because IT DOESN'T WORK WHEN I DO IT!!!!!

Ok, rant over.

I better get up and get something done - right after I just check one last thing on Facebook real quick.

I'm back!!

It's been almost a year since the last time I posted on this blog - at the moment I honestly can't even remember a year ago! It's really scary how fast life passes you by if you don't sit back and appreciate it along the way.

So very much has happened in the last year but this little one has definitely been the main event!



Isn't she just delicious!!!

Motherhood the second time around has been awesome - everything seems a little easier (including the dreaded 2am feed!). I have been able to bask in her newborn awesomeness this time around - my first newborn experience was just tainted with moody outbursts and exhaustion. It's so wonderful to have a newborn in the house - it's just made our little family that much more perfect - bless!

I've really missed writing in a blog, just like I always miss having a journal in my bedside table. I stopped feeling comfortable writing things down at some point - probably got sick of getting busted by Mum after she'd found my awesome hiding spot and read all of my rebellious confessions when I was a hardcore, know-it-all teenager.

I can't wait to write in here properly again - it's going to be great! Xx