Here is what I’ve determined today – I AM A TOTAL LOSER!!!!!! I spent a little too much time browsing on ye ol’ world wide web today and it really hit me like a ton of bricks…
Have you ever gone to a friend’s blog and then ended up seeing her friends, then those friends, and on & on??? That’s what I did and that’s how I came to realize what a l-o-s-e-r I really am.
This is what other SAHMs are busy doing while I’m neglecting my kids – well, they are on their computers in their rooms (I think we have too many computers) and hanging out online….
Making homemade soaps, jams, bracelets, quilts, pillows, hair bows, backpacks, etc. ALL of which are very crafty & cute! They are baking & cooking all kinds of fabulous pies, breads, sandwiches, iced cookies, etc. AND then taking & posting pictures of their creations. They’re taking amazing photos and digitally making them works of art. Many of these ladies are sewing experts and seem to push out at least a dozen or so different CUTE outfits for their little ones every day! Some of them have multiple blogs – one for each kid, one for photography, one for their online business, one for their pets, etc. etc. They post about their fav. beauty products and rename their hair color! MOSTLY, what so many of them blog about is how freakin’ organized they are. As if I didn’t already feel badly enough about my non-creative, non-baking, non-good-camera-having self!!!
So, let me be REAL for a moment…. Here is what I’ve gotten accomplished today: I did get up early, but then went back to bed. The kids had pre-packaged food for breakfast. We haven’t left the house yet. I’ve baked nothing, cooked nothing, made nothing, created nothing, and cleaned nothing. I bought nothing on sale. I did manage to do a couple of loads of laundry. I stripped my bed, but haven’t remade it yet. I talked on the phone for at least an hour or two. I am dressed.
Man, that is the last time I go for a "quick" browse on the internet… thanks for nothing!
6 comments:
Actually, I think you are normal! I do sometimes wonder about these people who are so crafty, take pictures of their meals, especially sandwiches, and twitter about their constant goings on. I don't have much of a life, but I don't think anyone needs to know what I am up to throughout the day. I don't even update my FB account!
You are someone I can relate to, and thats why you are my friend! I am thinking that tomorrow I will go back to bed, in honor of you!
if anyone deserves to go back to bed, it is YOU!!! :)
obviously it would be boring to read about people's mundane lives on blogs, etc. BUT do you think that these women are really THAT creative, or they do it just so they can blog about it?
i know, sandwiches??!!!
From one loser friend to another...
Reading your description of these got-it-all together women reminds me of some of the women you can see in church. Hair perfect, family all neat in a row, and when you talk to them they are always fantastic. ... and fake! I prefer REAL people - those who are honest with me.
BTW, I assume you must not've read about my latest cooking adventure ... check it out on my blog :)
Oh my, I totally love this post - I'm SO with you on this. I'm a loser too. :) Actually neither one of us are losers - like Amy said, we're normal, which is totally ok. And really, you, my dear, are hardly NORMAL - you are superwoman - I'm constantly amazed by you and all you do with and for your kids. Those other moms with the crafty cooking blogs have got nothing on you - you are a military mom and you are a HERO to many of us!!! Be proud of all you've accomplished!!
Anne - you are too kind! Thanks!
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