Is it just me? The dirty dishes and laundry conspiracy.

I think there's some kind of dirty dishes and laundry conspiracy to keep me from leaving the kitchen. It seems that every time I think "good, I'm done", there's another bunch of dirty pants and little dresses, and after I take care of those, I turn around to find a dozen of glasses next to my dear hubby's computer (I think his religion forbids him to pick them up and take them to the kitchen sink, and forget about washing them).

What's going on? We are only four in the house, two lovely children, my husband and myself. Are we doing laundry for the neighbors?

Are aliens abducting laundry from other houses and throwing it on my hamper?

Maybe I forgot to pay the bill at the restaurant and now I'm forced to do their dishes.

I don't know. But I think my choice today is to leave it all as it is, put the detergent down, and just make myself a cup of coffee (which I'll have to wash later on), grab my brushes and paint something nice.

What do you think? Is it just me, or did this ever happened to you before?

5 minutes for mom!

This is a very good cyber spot to visit!

I'm not particiating in the contest, but I just wanted to share this with you.

Changing directions

There are time where you shoudl just stop, take a breath, and decide if you are going in the right direction.

This happened to me afew years ago. I was working as office manager for a developer. The job was ok, the pay was good, but I found myself draging my feet to go to work. One day I realized I wasn't happy working in an office. I was feeling tired, and with a headache all the time.

So I decided to leave everything behind and start over.

I spend all my life taking art related courses and workshops, since I was almost 8, but when it came the time for me to pick a career I chose Business administration (amongst other failed careers), because they were good money making careers... and left the art for myself, hidden in my house.

After I left my job, and didn't know what was I going to do for a living, I tried many other things, thinking that maybe the problem was the office, until it hit me.

I did know about the law of attraction, but didn't really give it a lot of thought, until one day my daughter invited her friend over to play, when she and her mom arrived, the mom pointed out a sculpture to the little girl, so we started talking about art, and I did something I never thought I would do, I told her that I was a painter, and she told me she would like to see my work, because she was an art dealer and had a gallery.

Well, need I say more? I'm happier than I ever was. I do what I like now.

And this taught me to tell my children they should choose to do whatever they like in life, I used to do that before, but now I really mean it.

I'm taking the day off

I love taking care of my children, my husband, the house, my work, pets, plants, etc, etc, etc.  But sometimes I need little time for myself, from time to time, when life gets too real, I send my husband to the park, movies, and maybe Burger King with the kids, and just take the day off.

I start with a long bubble bath, and my favotire music,  then I put my feet up with the detox foot patches,  great to relief stress, put on all sorts of creams on my legs, hands, face, and read a book or a magazine, drink a cup of coffee, some juice....total relaxation.  After a couple of hours I'm completely recharged.

What do you do to beat stress?

Back up your movies!

I don't know about your kids, but mine can watch the same movie over, and over, and over again... and then some more.

I had to buy The Incredibles twice, because they played the dvd so many times it wore off!!!

But the other day I found a software to back up the dvd's.  It's called 123 copy DVD. I haven't tried it yet, but I think it's a great idea to have a back up of the dvds.  If you've tried it let me know.

It seems very easy to use, I'll see what happens.

Great for young readers

This is a great tool, I like it as much as hooked on phonics, very interactive.

I got it from a place called Click'nRead Phonics, my kids are only 5 and 7, so this is great for them, it gets harder as the lessons advance. The best part is they have a great time and learn at the same time.  They think it's a great game...how cool is that!

Children, children, children!!!

Hi there! Having two little kids of my own (plus nieces and nephews too), these are a few of my favorite sites.

The I SEE ME site offers personalized books with the child's name on it. They have "my very own fairy tale", "my own abc's", the world according to your child kit and book is great, they send you some interview questions to ask the child, such as what the child wants to be when he or she grows up, the child's favorite things, and more. Color markers and drawing sheets are provided for the child to do 6 drawings, including a self-portrait. Once you complete everything, you mail it to them and they will make a beautifully printed book that I'm sure you'll treasure forever!, and my favourite, the personalized floor puzzle, it was a great hit at my nephew's birthday party! Of course I'm only the coolest aunt ever...

Check it out and let me know how did you liket it!