Happy 1st Blogaversary to Me!

Wow, one year ago on 11/18/10 I started this blog. I did not know exactly what I wanted to do with it or what I wanted from it. I simply wanted to write and try my hand at something new so Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas was born/created.

Tonight, I went back to re-read my very 1st post and I could not stop laughing. An entire year has passed, so many new things have happened and yet my life is mostly the same today as it was that day. It was a "Mom" post, a glimpse into my unglorious daily life and it made me smile.

Today, I would like to share it with you again since there are so many more of you here with me now then there were back then. I think that very 1st post deserves a few more eyes on our 1 yr. blogaversary, don't you?

Tomorrow, I Will Do it All 

(originally posted 11/18/10)

I always thought being primarily a Stay at Home Mom would mean I had time to do everything! HA! What a ridiculous notion! Despite my best intentions, I just do not complete my To Do List on any given day. Why? Children & Life are unpredictable!

Here's a perfect example of what I mean:

I woke up this morning armed with my mental To Do List -

1. Throw in a load of laundry while getting everyone up & dressed

2. Drop off library books before dropping girls off at school at 9am & put in a few hours at work

3. Leave work early enough to run to the grocery store for milk, OJ & bread before picking girls up at 12.

4. Catch up on e-mails, return calls, & finish work while girls nap in afternoon

5. Finish laundry while girls are at dance class

Seems doable right? Wrong! Here's why:

My girls decided to wake up on the wrong side of the bed! For starters, they argued about everything from who would get to use the bathroom first to what they had to wear. Amidst the chaos, I completely forgot about throwing in a load of laundry - I was focused on just getting them dressed and downstairs for breakfast. Maybe at nap time I can get the laundry done.

Getting off to school was another adventure! The Littlest Diva decided she wanted to wear flip flops (not allowed). After 5-10mins of a struggle, I finally wrangle socks & sneakers on her amidst high pitched crying on her part. We're finally ready to go! Of course, the Oldest Diva now needs to use the bathroom! Now we are officially running late! I guess the library will have to wait until after I pick the girls up from school.

I drop the girls off at school (finally!) where the teacher asks me if I can come in early to help sort papers that need to go home today :) Of course I say, yes!

I rush to work to get what I need to finish today completed with (hopefully) enough time to get to the supermarket before I return to the girls school to help the teacher. Of course that did not happen! My desk is piled with things that need attention, calls are coming in, e-mails are awaiting answers and I have less than 2 hours to accomplish everything! I end up losing track of time and barely make it back to school with no more than 15 mins to help the teacher. We will have to stop at the library and the grocery store on the way home from school!

After school I stop at the library. Before going in we go over the rules: 1. quiet voices  2. stay with mommy. As soon as the door opens, both girls go running - so much for rule #2! I chase after them and decide my best bet will be carrying the youngest to ensure their cooperation. This leads to wails and cries of "put me down" - so much for rule #1! I speed  through the drop off and check out process in record time - it still can't be fast enough for me at this point!

In the car the girls begin to fight over who can see which book first while I am driving. At the next red light, I confiscate all books which only leads to crying from both of them. I finally make it home, only to realize..... we never stopped at the grocery store! Aargh!

After lunch, I put the girls in their beds for a nap and hope to finally get some things done. Nope! After 30 mins of them playing and my going back and forth trying to force convince them to take a nap, I give up! I am just to tired to fight about it. So much for getting some housework done.

By the time dance class is over, dinner has been cooked and eaten, dishes done, baths given, stories read and the girls are finally tucked in bed for the night - I am EXHAUSTED! I think about my To Do List and all that I did not accomplish. Oh well! Tomorrow, I will do it all!

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See what I mean? Same thing, different day! Ah, the glamourous life of a Mom. Yet, I wouldn't trade it for anything because not only do I get blog writing material from it (haha!) but I am truly blessed to have had this time with my girls and we have made many wonderful memories together in this last year. It has been a privilege to share it with you, to grow this little blog and to find our way. 

Thank you for letting us into your lives, for sharing in ours and for being with us along for the ride over this past year. I am sure there will be more changes, more growth and even more of the same of what you've come to expect (and hopefully love) from us. I am looking forward to it all and I hope you are too!

Bern