Housekeeping and Motherhood

In just the last few months my life has changed completely. I've gone from working outside of the home to having our first child and deciding, with my husband's schedule, I want to be home full-time to raise our little boy.

This blog is meant to be kind of a diary of my transition into motherhood and keeping house again. You see it's been over 4 years since I've had a regular schedule. I used to work a normal 9-5 job and after getting laid off I decided I wanted a change. I went back to school to be in the healthcare field so I could find work easier since we move every 3 years with the military. I worked night shift and then evenings and even some days with this first job. My sleep schedule has been anything but regular. It's not so surprising that with these changes, my normal routines for keeping house have gone by the wayside. Now that we have a little one, and my husband's schedule being hectic, I've decided to stay home. I've got to say so far I'm loving it! I'm far from being on a regular schedule, but I'm finding my way.

Another purpose of me doing this is to remind myself that even though I'm not perfect, I'm doing pretty dang well for myself. I tend to be a perfectionist and with that, for me, comes the feeling of not being good enough, because I'm not to that bar I've set for myself. That bar is at an unattainable height and I'm realizing with time that I need to give myself credit for what I AM doing. Maybe that's something you struggle with too. We look at Pinterest and magazines and see a world we'd love to have. The home decorating, and perfectly photographed food and the crafting, oh the crafting, we aspire to do. I think many times we focus so much on what we'd like to get done or how we'd like to live and don't give credit for what we're doing. We look forward to the improvements we want to make in our homes, in our families and ourselves and forget to realize how wonderful we are NOW.

Well, I hope that at some point this helps someone or at least provides a little entertainment. I'm planning on sharing both successes and failures as I grow in this new phase of life. I can't wait!