I quite like this time of year, it's nice to reflect on life. After the shocker of a year we had last year, things can only get better!
I think my general theme of 2017 is "self care" I got hit with my own mortality of late. I am not going to last forever, but I am going to be living in this body for a while. How long really depends on how I treat it now, ditto with my brain.
I have a LOT of paperwork to do so I persuaded Lewis to buy me a cute little laptop purely for my fostering notes. The up shot is I hope I will feel like blogging a bit more. I am also trying to be a bit more organised with my photos and will be buying a dedicated memory stick for 2017 photos.
Recently I watched the movie "Bad Moms" a movie I promised myself I would never watch because in my head "Hollywood should not endorse rubbish parents" Fast forward a couple of months, a birthday that made me feel old and a Christmas with 7 kids and then caring for 3 extras over New Year. Stuck in bed with flu, I caved and watched the film. It's like Julie B Beck's "Mothers who Know" General Conference talk, but with an 18 certificate. I could have done without the alcohol, drugs references (the film not the talk!) the bad language...but the message is more parenting, less micro managing. It made me ask my self some interesting questions,
"Why am I exhausting myself lugging wash baskets up and down the stairs, when I have 4 children who are laying around playing on ipads? Especially when one of them asking to go to the gym!"
"Why am I doing the breakfast dishes when my hands are literally bleeding because I am allergic to washing up liquid?" The list goes on. There are some of my children who need some kind of micromanaging, but we drew some boundaries, so I have some more time for me,
we gave the kids a list of chores we expected them to take care of and a list of rewards if they completed said chores. The last couple of days have definitely been a lot easier on me and I have more time for my kids, and I am more FUN! That's got to be a good thing right?
