I'm starting to feel like myself again

There are certain things you lose touch with when you have children, especially the first few months when everything is so new and delicate. With my first daughter I completely lost the ability to take a shower unless someone was there to hold her. It's not that serious this time around, but still you lose touch with some things. I'm getting back into the parts of me that will help me be stronger for my daughters. With L my first it was snow skiing and yoga nights out. Now with W my second its slalom water skiing. I got a new ski for christmas this year which I haven't been able to use all season b/c I was pregnant or recovering from my c-section. Today for the first and most exciting time I was able to get up on my new water ski. This is a big step in the right direction. I was able to lose my baby weight from L by water skiing last summer. I'm hoping I'll get a good start on dropping some serious pounds before we pull the boat. By the way the last ski day last year was Oct. 21st. So I'm counting on almost two more months of skiing. Skiing and Skiing it's all good.

I had two awesome experiences with my girls this week. First I took the three of us up to Babies r us to get some stuff with gift cards. Afterwards I went out to lunch with my two girls. This was a big thing for us. Willow was snuggled up next to me in her wrap and L was such a big girl. I told her she had to hold my hand and stay close b/c we would be in the parking lot and the restaurant and she did. She understood that I wouldn't be able to chase her and I needed her close by. She stood right by me and she snuggled next to me in the booth for lunch. She also did a great job eating her grilled cheese and letting me eat my corn chowder. We had a nice lunch together my girls and I. There were some melt downs once we got home, but it was a step in the right direction.

The other awesome thing was at bedtime. I was singing the usually lullabies while L nursed to sleep. I finished the first one and she looked up at me and said "Baby's Boat" That was the first time she ever told me to sing another one by name. It made me feel like she does appreciate her bed time routine even if sometimes it's the hardest part of the day.

The organizing is in my mind but on the back burner. It's time to turn up the heat!

I'd better start somewhere

This whole organizing thing is harder to do with two little ones running around. It's not an excuse to be a slob though. I have new mommy friends who host playgroups at their houses every week and everything always looks put together let's say. I know I'm out of my league here. However, I'd like to work up to a new level of put togetherness. Something managable without hired help.

So lucky me I have three things to do to complete the intro portion of my organizing work. First, create the dream board. I'll post a picture of that when it's done. Second, keep an organizing journal. You're lookin' at it. Third, and most important: ELIMINATE, CATAGORIZE AND ORGANIZE.

Getting my ducks in a row

I just got this great book out of the library that will change my life for the better. At least I'm optimistic about it now b/c I've only just read the introduction. "One Year to an Organized Life" by Regina Leeds. I'll chronicle my progress here to help keep me motivated. With two little ones under two getting organized is a monumental task. This fabulous book breaks it down into week by week chunks that take you through an entire year. I would love to be more organized at the end of a year and my husband wouldn't keep complaining every night about the mess. The clutter everywhere. Can't you just get rid of it, i'm going to get a dumpster and throw it all away. And the kids toys are the worst b/c how do you organize those? It's a free for all around here.

This project might kill two birds with one stone b/c my husband claims I don't have time for a blog. Well I need to journal and I can't write with little hands always stealing my pens and ripping my papers. So I can chronicle the insanity here and be able to get it out. But if the chronicle includes my progress towards getting more f***ing organized then my husband will be thrilled with my blog. He will think it's the best thing since frozen waffles.

Now all I need to do is get started. The first thing I need to do is create a dream board. I have a scrapbooking night coming up so I'll attempt to make progress on this here. I can imagine a dream board becoming the biggest explosion of mess since Mt. St. Helen's if I let little L get her hands on it. Maybe that would be fun though. We could make a creative collage together and start envisioning our dream house. I'll do the envisioning and she can do the tearing up of numerous magazine pages. The only problem is my husband already made me get rid of my collection of magazines that would be perfect for this project. That darn husband! Okay now I need to finish the introduction so I can get started on this project. I always wished someone would help me get organized. If this blog can help even one person out in blogland then I'll have fulfilled my destiny. Waste of time my heiny!