Oh Pinterest! I love and hate you :P

 I was on Pinterest this morning, and I came across a blog where a woman talked about how homemaking was her job, and she took it seriously.  She gets up early, cooks, cleans, prepares delicious meals, blah, blah, blah.

I wanted to choke her. 

The next blog in my reader, was describing how to create HANDMADE love notes for your child's lunch box.  Seriously?  Write on a napkin or buy the ones premade, never mind that.

Don't get me wrong, I love Pinterest. I get lots of recipes and craft ideas from it.  You can find me here: http://pinterest.com/amg2183/

I was joking with a friend about my "findings" and she just laughed at me. I asked her why she was laughing and she said I was a "Pinterest" Mom. Reminding me of all the things I do and how envious she was that I seemed to have it together and still make time to volunteer and keep a pretty busy schedule. I was utterly flattered by her perception of me, but also thought, "hey I must be putting on quite the show!" lol

I thoroughly enjoy my busy schedule and all the things I am involved in. But I am not the "Pinterest" Mom. I'll give you a few examples:

We had Hamburger Helper one night for dinner.

The laundry isn't done, the floors aren't spotless, and I don't get up early to make my kids a hot breakfast every morning.

I think it's okay if my kids wear the same pajamas more than one night.  (I don't think they should wear the same clothes every day, but luckily that's not an issue here!)

I don't hand make my husband cards.  

I don't water my lawn.

I don't save everything I am getting rid of for a garage sale.  

I do love my kids, take care of my kids, workout, keep the house reasonably clean, and make sure there is always toilet paper.  The dog gets walked, fed, and watered.

I don't spend my free minutes scrubbing, cleaning corners with q-tips, or making sure the underside of my chairs have no spots on them.

I did take my children to story time, to the park, on a walk, had a movie night, and took them to  Wendys because I didn't want to cook. 

Life is good, and if my baseboards are a little dusty, at least I know it's for a good reason--Alanna and Brycen