Wits...meet END!

[PrincessFiona]

I'm officially at my wit's end...someone bring the straight jacket because I NEED it! Wihle I was busy cleaning up the noodles that Aidan spread all over the kitchen floor while I was folding laundry Alex was playing in the family room with this special pillow that Thomas got for Christmas...you know the kind...filled with sand-sized styrofoam pellets that mold to your head? Do you all hear where this is going? The pillow (4 times the size of my only vacuum bag in the house) ruptured, spilling its little sandy styrofoam all over the 1. family room 2. freshly washed/folded laundry. It is sticking to the walls, me, even my diet coke can has little sandy things all over it. The baby got covered and then walked through the kitchen to me while Alex tried desperately to clean it up and carried the mess all the way to the bathroom.

I have been cleaning and cleaning and cleaning...and these things are everywhere.

[PrincessFiona]

In the meantime, Aidan spilled the drink that was on the table all over the kitchen floor that I just had cleaned.



I'm having a bad, bad mommy day!

Ugh! That stinks!

[mommax3]

Kris,

This is EXACTLY why I won't have one of those pillows in my house. Some relatives of ours have them and my kids were begging for them this fall, but I knew it would lead to a humongous mess and would be the final rung on my descent into madness.

God bless you, is all I can say.

Sally

[SueC]

I thought about getting one of those pillows, but I'll consider that fair warning. Then again, I just remembered that Mitchell has a teddy bear made out of that stuff.
Maybe someday you'll look back at that story and laugh at the insanity. It does seem like that type of stuff always happens all at the same time. Maybe you could pay the kids for each sandwich bag they can fill with the stuff???

[BonBon]

Yikes, sorry about the pillow explosion and subsequent mess. I too will consider that fair warning.

I like the idea of paying the kids to clean it up.

[Phoebe]

Oh Mann! As Swiper says! I Hope tomorrow is a less hectic day. Ella is in that mode now liking to get into the cupboards and throw everything out.

I had a moment like yours the other day but I caused it. I got some big boxes delivered full of that styrofoam popcorn stuff. Avery dumped some out and I thought I would be a cool mom throwing it all out on the floor and pretending it was snow. It was fun until I had to clean it up and use the shop vac which proceeded it blow it all over the rest of the house. Not one of my brighter moments!

Jennifer

[HeartRN]

Ugh! I am so sorry about the disastrous mommy day. However, I seriously think you could make some $$$ with you and your kids starring in a reality TV show. The stories you tell really are akin to a cartoon! Maybe like somebody else said someday you can look back at this and laugh a little....I know it's no fun right now, though

Ohhh....between that and the "Are you P.T.?" you must be about to lose your mind.

Hey, if some of the little balls land on where the juice spilled, you would have a new kitchen throw rug!
:!

[PrincessFiona]

Thanks you guys! Sadly, I didn't handle it as well as I wish I had...I've become the ranting, yelling mom that I vowed I'd never be because my house looks like...my room as a teenager No matter how hard I try I just can't get it picked up.

Yesterday I just resorted to throwing things away. Instead of going down and putting away the lovely christmas candle holders that I have, for example, I just tossed them. Why? The candles dripped wax all over them and I just don't feel like wasting my time cleaning them up. I'd rather waste my time online :>

I had a cow and made the kids help clean the house from top to bottom and am just ashamed of my rant-o-rama (some of which Kelly caught the tail end of ) There she was redirecting Cade in this soothing supermom voice and I was shrieking "I'm on the phone..can you not SEE that"

Time to withdraw my application for mom of the year.

kris

[Rapunzel]

Oh Kris, get a housecleaning service!!!! It's amazing how wonderful it's been for the last couple of weeks! I am still busy with laundry, cooking, dishes, and de-cluttering but I don't have to look forward to the nitty-gritty stuff every week. I'm the kind of person that gets extremely stressed out in a messy environment. So, I tend to do all the stuff I have to do during the day and then kill myself trying to keep my house spotless. Result? Grumpy, tired Mommy. This has been such a stress reliever and it's not as expensive as I thought it would be....

Jennifer

[houseelf]

There she was redirecting Cade in this soothing supermom voice and I was shrieking "I'm on the phone..can you not SEE that"

:rofl Oh, no, I REFUSE to be heralded as a "supermom". Poor cadeycakes has had be-yatch mom reel his little post- Christmas overly spoilt butt in the past few days. Honestly, I have kept him on a short leash lately. I felt so out of control there for awhile and while I don't like his behavior, I REALLY don't like my behavior.

He really needs to get on over this whole sibling rivalry stage. We have gone out of our way to spend oodles of time with him, try to get him to talk about his feelings, and the like, but I'm just to the point where I want to say, "Buck up buttercup, she is here to stay." You throw another tantrum and you go to bed thirty minutes early every night for a week. You hug her too agressively and you lose gymnastics class. That is the way that it goes and I won't feel one tiny little once of guilt. Period.

Anyway, how did I get off on this tangent? Oh yeah, my dear friend who I've confided my darkest parenting secrets to called me a supermom. :rofl

I think that we're all getting cabin fever in a bad way.

Kelly