Here I go.

Many of you probably read an article making the recent rounds on Facebook.  In the article many good points are made.  For one she urges moms to get the heck off Facebook, Pinterest, Blogs (except mine!), etc, etc, etc.  and pay attention to what is really important like your children.  For another she points out that looking at all of those amazing creations on Pinterest can cause one to feel less than worthy of the dirty laundry she's ignoring while she browses well, Pinterest.  I do not disagree.  I have felt this way many a time. 

Where I started to take issue was when she started mentioning a few things that I  like to do!  I don't have those cute tins for my spices, but they are organized and I have labeled my shelf where the big bottles of spices are kept. 

I haven't ever made a grilled cheese into the shape of an ice cream cone, but I have made butterflies out of pb&j's, and snowmen out of pancakes.

I have seasonal pillows.  And I put them out.

As I read her article I started to feel BAD.  I am, to put it nicely, danged if I do and danged if I don't.  I'll feel bad if I actually make things I see on Pinterest because I am clearly ignoring everything important.  But if I don't do those things then I feel bad about that too. 

I think one solution could be not comparing ourselves to others.  (That sounds familiar...).  It's also important to remember that when you look at Pinterest you are seeing thousands of peoples ideas, not just one miracle woman doing it all.  No woman does it all.  There is a trade off somewhere. 

Last night I finished Katie Anne's first page of her baby book.  What I didn't do was clean my bedroom (aka storage room for everything in the entire world) or mop the kitchen floor (if I remembered the last time I wouldn't feel the need to do it again) or...well, you get the idea.  I have the sneaking suspicion that this is true for  everyone.  Even that lady who made those amazing butterfly lanterns highlighted in the article.

It's not a matter of "pulling yourself together" it's a matter of making the choices that are best for you.  Today I had a huge urge to clean the patio and get it ready for outside living.  (It's raining.  my fault.)  That didn't mean that I ignored my children.  Katie Anne came outside with me and she helped me clean (helped in the 4 year old sense of the world) and I watched her fly her kite and cared for her when her toe hurt, and we were together. 

When I go in my craft room during the day (it's usually during naptime or after the kids go to bed) Katie Anne comes in with me and she gets out her stuff and we work together.  There are ways to fill the need to check out blogs, Pinterest, etc AND be there for our kids. 

I'm rambling.  I hope my heart's point came across.

I am not in any way being compensated for this post by Pinterest.

Ha ha.