Keepin' it Real

My Many Imperfections: Day 2 "Screen Time" Confession:  I use screen time as a way to be lazy.  I admit it.  Sometimes, when I'm too tired, or nauseous, or just plain don't want to parent for a bit... I'll offer tablet time to my kids.  It happens about 4-5 times a week.  I mean, my kids each have tablet time on a daily basis but I'm talking about extra time because I just don't want to parent.  I really honestly have no idea if that's normal or not, but it's my reality! It's not something I'm super happy about, and I'm doing it consciously to be able to be lazy.  Ugh, I think this might be one I need to work on! :)  No excuses. ;)

Welcome to Day 1 of My Many Imperfections! Today I will be posting embarrassing (spelled it wrong again!) pictures of my NOT perfect housekeeping.  It's about to get real, people... This is the constant chaos of my kitchen counter. The first picture I took yesterday afternoon, and the second picture I took today.  If you come to my house, you'll probably see a cleaner counter.  However, if you come unannounced, this is what you will see.  I think it's funny that the two pictures are both annoyingly cluttered counters, yet all the items on it are different!  Why????  I have so many clutter areas in my house, and the truth is that I have learned not to care so much.  People, clutter is not perfect, but it works.  To add to my imperfections, here are some more annoyingly unorganized areas of my house for your viewing pleasure... The "storage" closet. The laundry room. (This is one of my biggest peeves)  The built-ins...

My Many Imperfections: Intro Today, at Bible study, I had a "tip of the iceberg" moment when we were discussing all the perfections that are posted on social media and how those have a negative effect on our views of ourselves and our abilities.  We are presented with the best of everyone's life, we deposit it as "a necessary quality I need to also possess some day" and we never reach that moment when we turn into the perfect person that is all those social media posts combined. So, I decided to bring back my blogging days and write for 10 days about the major imperfections that are my life.  Imperfections that are embarrassing, but hopefully real enough to help people realize it's ok to be comfortable with who we are!  (I could start with the fact that autocorrect had to correct my incorrect spelling of the word "embarrassing.")  Oops.  When did they stick that extra R in there? Anyway, I am committing to posting for 10 days in a ...