Keep your eye on the prize

So, lest my last post sounded a little too "my life is perfect," this one is dedicated to some things I've been thinking about this month. maybe you can relate.

-I love my kids. They bring me so much happiness. Each time there's a new addition to the G household, I am surprised at how much I completely love them and how perfectly, absolutely, they belong.

-With that said, it is a daily struggle to keep my house clean and in order. I can imagine that one awesome thing about daycare/school is that no one is home during the day to mess the house up. We are home all the time and no matter how much I pick up, there is a new mess waiting for me. It's hard to get motivated when everything is undone so quickly.

-Laundry is the mother of all swear words at my house. There is always a pile of laundry to be folded. And clean laundry is almost more daunting then dirty laundry! why can't it just make its way back to its home? ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME?

-Do people have dogs to eat all the food their kids throw off the table? seriously annoying. I swept at least three times today.

-Selling a house really suuuuckkkkkkks. Especially when you have mixed feelings on the matter and are going to lose big money. Alas, its just money, right?

-Why can't Alabama and Utah border each other? There are so many amazing, wonderful people in this little town in Alabama. But it's soooooo far away from family and my mom. Especially my mom.

-There are certain realities to having young kids. For example, there are times when my friends need help with something and I want to be there, but . . . I have 3 kids.

-Going along with that, church can be crazy. For example, now that Kyle doesn't sit with us the kids and I have been working on being more reverent in sacrament meeting. "It's how we support Daddy in his calling." Fine and dandy. Until i have to play the piano and farm my kids out to willing members of the congregation. And until they start MEOWING the hymn "there is sunshine in my soul" like loud, happy kitties! Trying to shut your kids up, while playing the piano, while maintaining the spirit of the meeting in such a small building is comedy at its best.

-When Kyle gets home my first instinct is to say "TAKE THEM." But he works hard too, so usually we have dinner, he gets an hour or so of bike or golf in, and THEN i say take them. But somedays that moment just doesn't come fast enough and I feel like if i don't get out of the house this second I am going to explode.

Anyway, these aren't real problems; people with cancer have real problems. So I am not sharing this to whine or whatever. I'm just saying that sometimes it's okay to be real about things and if you ever need to talk to someone who understands, I am your girl.

I am also recommitting to a better attitude. It seems like I routinely start the month with a good attitude and then all the little things hack at it until I have to shake off and start anew. Anyway, here's to keeping our eyes on the prize and all that. Cause even with all the craziness there are those moments of pure joy that make it all worth it.