Tuesday Tips

TIP #1: When you throw away markers, make sure you get them all. Look under cushions, couches, toy boxes, and everything to make sure there really are none around for someone to get her little hands on...

TIP #2: Never, ever think you have two seconds to check your email. You don't.

TIP #3: When your daughter goes to the bathroom, do not go into your workroom to close down what you are working on...

TIP #4: Room spray does not make for good breath freshener...

TIP #5: Have Poison Control's number easily accessible.

TIP #6: Do not leave your two year old alone for any amount of time, even if it includes going upstairs to put the baby in his bed.

TIP #7: Throw all of your scissors away. Or put them under lock and key. For some reason, they always turn up for Mallary to find...

TIP #8: Tell your son's Kindergarten teacher your 2 year old ate his homework sheet. It's much less embarrassing than saying that she found your scissors and cut slices through it.

TIP #9: Fight the urge to crawl under a rock when you don't follow any of these tips.

The day of four words was quite a day...

Mallary had been doing so wonderful, so I thought that I could actually get some sewing done for the first time in a long time. I sewed six squares of fabric together while listening to Mallary talk sweetly to, and play with Jonah. I finished sewing those squares, and looked around the corner and saw the above...

The hardest thing about that was, that while I was sewing I was going over a list in my head of all these things I was going to get done in the near future (personal and buisness), and I was getting excited about doing all of those things. When I looked around the corner and saw the marker madness, all those thoughts crashed back to the reality that I have young children, and those things will take twenty times longer to do than I want.

I think I was more mad at myself than I was at Mallary. One, because I had missed a marker and she had found it. Two, because I was thinking I could do all those things I had been thinking of doing. What was I thinking? I guess it was my wake up call.

"Hi. Is this Holly? Just wanted to remind you that you have three kids under the age of 5. Some of your dreams and aspirations are just going to have to take a backseat right now."

Just to be sure I actually heard that wake up call. Mallary drinks Scentsy cinnamint room spray.

"Hi. Did you not get the first message? I don't know what you were thinking. You could have waited until she was done in the bathroom to close Microsoft Word. Keep dreaming sister."

Oh, and one more for added measure.

I'm searching fonts to finally get my logo finished, and I hear Mallary behind me. I could just tell by the look in her eyes I needed to check on what she was doing. Then I found the scissors along with the homework calendar. (later I also found the cut up coupons).

"Is this Holly again? Really? Give it up."

For your information: If you come and visit me, and you leave an unpleasant aroma in my bathroom, the room spray can now be found underneath the bathroom sink. Push down on the child safety cabinet locks to open the door. Thank you.