Took the First Step!

 

Yep I am that old...Yep I remember this show...Well my Hubby Wubby and I are like George and Wheezy (did you ever wonder if she had asthma...) and we are movin' on up!

We took the first step to selling our house. We called our glorious, wonderful realtor who has helped many in our family and sold us our current home, and told her that we are going to start the process of decluttering our house.

Yep that's me!

No it's not really that bad, but sometimes that is how I feel!
So we are going to get the storage building to move some extra furniture in, pack our personal crap up, you know like all those shows say to do in order to sell your house. No we wouldn't have to do this if we had enough room for our 3 kids, and our own crap. Yes I know I am thankful for a home. I am thankful that we have jobs.

1. Why don't you purge your house and get rid of things?

We have done that, every other year when my family all gets together and has a big ol' Texas Garage Sale. People, I still got alot of crap.  

2. Why are you getting the storage building?

Have you ever watched one of those sell my house shows? Where do they put all their crap?! Seriously?! Are they like throwing it away? Donating it? What?! Like for real, we don't have a garage because my husband's shit has taken it over for his "hot rod" or what I have termed, "The Real Pain in my Ass." Plus even if we had room he wouldn't let anything go in his garage. A bicycle can sit in my living room but he will swear up and down that it does not belong in the garage...

Yeah makes no damn sense huh....


Anyways. We have paid all the old "I was young and dumb and didn't know or care what a credit score was so let's sign up for credit card to get a free tshirt or not pay a bill so we can go drink beer!" charges off. All but one because I honestly think that company is crazy....
So now we get to go through a new experience in life. Selling a home and all that it entails. Selling and buying all at the same time. This scares me. More then anything because I don't want to end up with everything in a storage shed and all of us in a freaking pay by the week roach hotel listening to cumbia music and people getting drunk on what is in their paper bag!

Oh goodness here we go!

It's inevitable

You are sleeping soundly, you have an hour or two before the alarm goes off for work, and you hear "MOMMY" and you belt into your child's room and they say the words that makes every mommy cringe: "My tummy hurts." First you wish and pray that it is just that they need to pee, or fart but then they do the face and it is a race to high tail them to the bathroom before they stain and mark up the carpet, the bed, and leave a trail for you to clean on the way.

This isn't my first rodeo folks. Many a time, I have not made the trip to the potty, and we have had spots, and messes to clean. When the kids get bigger, the messes get bigger. Depending on the kid they may just do the freeze barf. My oldest daughter is a good example of that, bless her heart. She just stops where ever she is, and unloads. It doesn't matter if you are standing in front of her, you better move.

My son is like me, he thinks if he talks to his stomach, and ignores the problem that it won't happen. So he tries to reason with it, promise things like that he won't ever eat that cereal again or drink that many cokes.
It never fails though. He barely makes it the toliet because he was talking to himself. I was the same way, and still am. Hate to barf, try to breath like they teach you in lamaze class, and promise God all sorts of things. Yes I realize I am going to hell for that but dang people, throwing up is bad.

So here we go with another stomach bug. Kind of like spin the bottle and wondering who it will point to next. Coming from a germ crazy person, I feel horrible as a mom that I am not cuddling and loving on my child in their misery but dang people, throwing up is BAD!!!!

Negative Nelly in the HOUSE!

Not in mine but totally in others! I get really bogged down with negative attitudes. Through work, I find that when one person is negative it spreads like wildfire. No one else can understand that you have a life, and that you live your life the best you can...so when you are not able to live up to whatever expectations they have they become negative. I try very hard to push out positive. No matter what, I put out positive. Many years that has been hard because of my job. I am now in a position where I can help others, not only kids but teachers and staff try to see silver linings. I just don't know how long it will take me to develop the force field to constantly defend myself from the negative.
I like to try to understand someone's reasons for their crappy attitude, or their stress. I like to think that there is a reason that they are acting the way they are. I think that is just the counselor in me. I have always been that way. If you talk to anyone in the profession, they will do the same thing. We are NOT excuse makers, we are practical, and we try to understand and see all sides of a story. You have to because you do not understand what that person is going through. Love this quote from Pinterest

Says alot if you think about. So the next time you want to ream someone out think about what they are going through. You may be having a bad day, but their day may really be worse!