Epiphany

I hate to do the laundry.  I mostly just hate putting it away.  I hate hanging up all of Noelle’s little dresses and finding the little panties that go with each one to hang them up as a set.  I hate that there are always matchless socks.  I hate carrying mass amounts of laundry up and down the stairs.

I hate to clean the house.  I love for things to be clean and organized but I hate making it that way.  I hate that when I clean I feel angry at the people who made the messes.  I hate that I  always put everything off until the day before I go back to work so that I feel rushed and anxious about getting it all done.

I hate dinner.  I don’t hate cooking nor do I hate eating nor do I hate spending time with the family at the table, in fact I love all of those things.  I hate trying to figure out WHAT is for dinner.  What do we have time for, what I have the ingredients for, what will be creative and delicious.  I’m so sick of all of our staples and I have been staying away from all convenience and prepackaged foods in an attempt to not only teach our children about healthy eating but also in an attempt to give them a more refined palette. 

I thought and thought and thought about all of these things for a few months….

Then my good friend Beth put a post on Facebook about how she was having an epiphany and I decided that I would have one too!

I had heard of other people making menus for the week (like my awesome neighbors) or even the MONTH (like crazy Christina, miss you!), but I never thought that would fit my lifestyle.  I had also heard of people making schedules for their housekeeping, like Brandi, http://dillydabbler.blogspot.com/search/label/house%20keeping , who has inspired me several times even though I have never met her! 

If you know me you know ILOVE LISTS!  I am the listy-est person I know.  I was very hesitant about making these lists though because if I write it down it must be done!  I was very worried that if I started making weekly menus or chore lists and then didn’t complete them I would feel like a failure and then I would be worse off than I already was!!

After thinking about it forever I just decided to go for it, to let my epiphany take over my life.  I needed new direction and a purpose!  I work 72 hours in 6 consecutive days so that I can spend 8 full days at home with our children.  But I found that a lot of those days were wasted running around doing errands or other days just lounging around feeling bored.  I wanted to shake up my life!

I know you’re thinking, with a menu? 

This is the longest post ever!  So, I’ll finish by telling you I have been working my epiphany for a month or so and I’ll blog in a few days about how it’s going.

As a treat for sticking around this long, here’s Pismo!  She’s growing like a weed and contrary to what Dave might tell you she is not the most dimwitted dog on the planet!