Monday Musings

Is it possible to get by without recapping Mother's Day??  Because there's really not much to say about it.  But in my ongoing efforts to ever keep it real {and possibly to make some other mothers out there feel better in knowing they're not alone}, my Mother's Day was a pity party.  Highlights included sick kids, an "injured" kid, misbehaving kids, and a husband leaving to go out of town.  And I gues my breakfast-in-bed and customary kid cards count as "highlights" as well.  Haha.  But really, my question in all honesty is -- does ANY mother really like being brought breakfast in bed?  Especially when you're already awake and just lying there waiting for them to bring it up?  And you know you're already running behind and you still need to shower and get dressed for church and get everyone else ready for church, too?  I don't know.  I'm beginning to think that perhaps my ATTITUDE was what was wrong with my day yesterday.  It's definitely a possibility...

{Someone couldn't have given me a heads up that my hair looked CRAZY??  Hahaha.}

 {All my little chickadees crowded in my bed.  As I awkwardly try to eat my omelet while looking through all their cards.  And yes -- Jane is completely fast asleep over there in the background.  Poor little lamb.}

A brief recap of the day is as follows:

• Sophie and Ethan bring me breakfast in bed -- an omelet {made by Scott on Sophie's behalf} and No Bakes {made by Ethan who for some reason decided that the PERFECT thing to surprise me with for Mother's Day was the very thing I've been telling him all week long that he couldn't make for a snack.  Hahaha.}
• Scott stayed home with Alex and Jane who have been running a fever off and on for the last couple of days.
• SOPHIE ended up staying home, too, because her knee was "hurting."
• We were late to church. 
• Ethan and Grace were marginally well-behaved during sacrament meeting with only a few issues involving a wheel chair in the foyer before we went IN to the chapel.
• There were no loving Mother-Children shots taken before or after church since 3/5 of the children stayed home.
• The kids decided it would be a great idea to do whatever they wanted for the afternoon even though our official family rules are no electronics on Sunday.
• I managed to squeeze in a brief afternoon power nap before being summoned by a feverish Lover Boy who only wanted ME to hold him and take him down.
• Scott left for the airport around 4 and I decided the easiest way to get through dinner was to throw some frozen chicken nuggets in the oven.
• After an early dinner, the march to bedtime began early as well, and in the best gift of the day, everyone went up without too much complaint and they were all soundly asleep by 8:30 PM {thanks to the help of a little melatonin}.

So there you have it!  {And lest I seem too heartless, I really do love my children and being their mother and all that kind of stuff.  I know I am blessed and have so much to be grateful for.  I truly do.}

 {The Sickies -- me included.  This head cold just doesn't want to go away.  Boo.}

Today was spent boarded up at home once again with Alex and Jane still not completely better.  Poor little lambs!  I will say that these two won the prize this weekend for showering me with the most love and affection.  Even if they WERE ultra needy and clingy in the trade-off.  Haha.  I'm hoping they both miraculously recover overnight, though, because Jane only has 2 more days of preschool and tomorrow night is her "Graduation!"  I know she will be so sad if she has to miss it.
 
To close I'll leave you with the latest mullings on my mind:

I think I am sick of "Antique Bone."

What this means for the state of our house and my timeline for getting everything finished, I haven't yet decided.  What I do know, is that I need to figure out what I want our predominate paint color on the main floor to be before I hire someone to paint the front hall and connecting walls.  I've contemplated renting scaffolding and just trying to do it myself, but because I'm so short and the ceilings are so high, I think I'd still have problems cutting in at the top and I don't want to risk breaking my neck.  Therefore, someone else will need to do it.  And if I'm going to be forking money over for this, I'm not going to want to do it twice.  So, ladies and gentleman, I think we are going back to the drawing board!  When Scott comes home tomorrow, I'm hoping to have narrowed the choices down so he can put his 2 cents in as well.  Although, we ALL know that I'm the one who cares more about the final color.  Hahahahaha.

Options:

Linen White -- Benjamin Moore

Bennington Gray -- Benjamin Moore

Creamy -- Sherwin Williams

Elephant's Breath -- Farrow and Ball {this one is winning in the kid polls, by the way}

Realist Beige -- Sherwin Williams

Sedate Gray -- Sherwin Williams

Edgecomb Gray -- Benjamin Moore

Sea Salt -- Sherwin Williams