Alternate title for this post: The Experiment So, admittedly, I am not a naturally tidy/organized person. This isn’t for lack of trying on my mother’s part. She taught and trained us well. It’s just I let my lazy, selfish nature take over more often than not. That, however, is not what I want to teach my kids. Also, we have …
Breastfeeding Challenges: Mastitis {Guest Posting at The Humbled Homemaker!}
When my firstborn was about a week old, I was a mess. Although I had had the textbook natural labor/delivery that I had hoped and prayed for, I had a hard time adjusting to life “on the other side.” I was exhausted, sore, achy, and had the memory of a 90 year old alstheimers patient. So, when I started getting …
Manic Monday: The Family Clothes Hamper {Guest Post}
Guest Post Written by Erin Odom of The Humbled Homemaker Laundry has always been one of the areas of my home that always—literally—piles up on me. I try to do one load each day, but if I miss just one day, it seems I have a mountain of clothes and linens waiting for me the next morning. I used to …
Raw
(alternate title for this post: Emotional Road Rash) Raw. Exposed. Sore. Tender. Burning. These words are my emotions soul this week. I am raw, exposed, and in pain. To say my emotions are raw seems like an understatement. My spirit has been scraped, the essence of who I am grated upon until the tender layers underneath are exposed to the …
Manic Monday – Menu
When we lived in the States, and thereby lived by the American clock/calendar, I made a weekly menu plan. I planned what meal we would have on what night, and keep a running list of the ingredients needed for those meals to organize my weekly shop. I would shop once a week, and that was it. It worked great! I …
Manic Monday – The House Check
This is another trusty-dusty tidbit from my childhood. It’s also another one of those ideas that when you read it, seems almost silly to devote an entire post to because it’s a bit, well….“Oh duh.” However, the amount of times I neglect this little golden nugget either out of sheer exhaustion, or forgetfulness, is staggering! So, here goes… Before we …
War Stories
We’ve all heard them… “I was in hard labor for 96 hours and the epidural didn’t take.” “My baby’s head was the size of a 5 year olds’.” The war stories of womanhood. What is it about childbirth that compels us to tell our story to any and every woman who will listen? You’d think we’d get tired of it; …