To Whom It Concerns

Well hello there! Did you think I had abandoned this blog for other, greener pastures? Never fear, I'm still here. It's just that life and everything that happens along with it manages to get in the way sometimes.

I always want to blog. I always have new ideas and things I'm making and want to share, but sometimes I have 95 loads of laundry to do. Or maybe I spend my allotted blogging time reading out loud to four princesses instead. I've been known to take an imaginary adventure in a living room blanket fort or play in the garden instead of what I "should" be doing.

What kind of mom would I be if I passed up time with my family for time on this blog? Not a very good one, in my humble opinion. I LOVE to blog. I love to get into something and write about what I want to share......unless it takes away from my family time. Then, I put my foot down and say "no way!" I'm not the World's #1 Mom and if I had to guess I would say I have a long way to go before I'd even be considered a GOOD mom. But I am a mom, first and foremost- that is my **job** and I want to earn my wages.

I can hear other moms laughing now, "Wages?? HAHAHAHA who is this delusional woman??? There are no wages when you're a stay at home mom!!" I disagree. I get paid, and paid well. I find my paycheck in well mannered girls, full bellies, hugs, kisses, foot rubs and the occasional toe-or fingernail polish session. I think I'm rich, because MOMS- let me tell you.....money isn't everything but relationships are.

This blog? I'm giving it my all, but I'm balancing it with this little job called motherhood.

Oh, and this motherhood gig? I'm giving it my all, all the time. Every. Single. Day. But it has it's own demands and challenges.

I've gotten the emails and Facebook messages that wonder where I've been or why I'm not posting new recipes. I know I usually post several things a week but the answer right now is pretty simple, I'm HERE- in the moment, right here, right now with these kids and husband of mine and we are living the heck out of life. I'll blog, and blog often, but sometimes you're going to have to give me the grace to get my first, and most important, job done.

I'm a Mom.

Even when I'm folding laundry at 11 pm and muttering under my breath as I pick up stray shoes, My Little Ponies and find someone the pair of pants that they MUST wear today, I still love my job.

I wanted you all to know that just because I'm not on any sort of set schedule or posting routine doesn't mean you need to check up on me. I'm probably just folding a big laundry basket of undies.