Archive for June, 2009
Mommy Tips
12 Awesome Tips.
1. Stay true to yourself. You don’t have to give up your own passions and interests once you become a mom. It’s important that you find time for what YOU love to do. Reading, writing, exercising – make these a priority and find a way to incorporate those into your routine. Easier said than done, I know, but you should at least aim to keep doing what you love, even if you don’t get to do it as often as before. If you take care of your own needs, you will be happier and will function better as a mom.
2. Don’t be a martyr. The kids didn’t ask for it, they don’t need it, and they certainly don’t need to pay the price that comes with being mothered by a martyr. Need some time alone? Let the kids watch TV for an hour and go read a book. Feel like you haven’t had adult interaction in ages? Leave them with Dad for the evening and make plans to have dinner with a friend. Getting to the point where you are utterly exhausted is not good for you or for your kids.
3. Don’t try to be perfect. This is true for life in general, and is a major personal goal of mine, regardless of motherhood. Striving for perfection is always a bad idea, because life is messy and unpredictable and full of surprises. Trying to create perfection, or to maintain complete control, is simply impossible and should never be your goal. Once you become a mom, life is messier and crazier than ever before, so it’s more important than ever to let go of that perfectionism. You need to accept that the house will sometimes be untidy, that once in a while dinner will be takeout, and that the kids will sometimes have to entertain themselves while you recharge and regroup.
Posted in How to be Crafty
How to mount a clock on canvas at Real Living magazine
Potato printed grocery tote at Martha Stewart
Patchwork oven mitts from Lindamade
How to make a pop-up photo at Wikihow
Paper fortune cookies at For the Love of Paper
Sewing machine cover at Spool Sewing
Hello Kitty papercraft from PaperKraft
Pieced-paper hurricane candle holders at Martha Stewart
Wildflower pincushion by Anna Maria Horner at BHG
Crayons.
I got this from Stacy Julian’s blog:
“We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty,
some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all
have learned to live together in the same box.”
Robert Fulghum (b. 1937)
author, pastor
be you. be colorful.
get along!
