31 Days of Simple ABC Crafts for Familes: Day Two Epic Fail

(Sniffle, sniffle)  I can't do this.  I'm sorry.  I really, really, really, really wanted to and thought I could, or wanted to think I could, or something like that.  But clearly it is not happening.  I'm super upset with myself so please don't be too mad that I won't be posting every-single-day-this-month about one topic.  I would probably be weeping writing this post, if it were not for the glass of wine I just gulped.  Yeah I am drunk blogging right now.  Not recommended.  Ok not really, but kind of.

So yeah I can't do this 31 day deal.  A new term just started and I'm taking two online history classes .  Which basically means I have like a million pages a week to read (literally) and 2-3 essays A WEEK to write, as well as 4 "discussion" posts to write each week.  I am super excited about my classes;  History of Oregon and History of women 1850-1920 or something.  I think they will both be really interesting!  (I love history.)  So, I just can't do this extra blogging project right now. 

Plus, I'm working on this other project in my home (nope, not telling you yet because if I tell you I will jinx it and it won't work out... oh shit I already told you didn't I?  I'm trying to start up and in-home daycare.   Well, if I hadn't told you, you know now!  And this is the longest sentences in parentheses ever, I think I will go in the world record book.) And this other project is taking a lot of time and energy as well.  And I'm really excited about it, so I need to keep with it.  (I was really excited about this series too.... waaaaaaaaaaaaa.)

And if you guys don't believe me that I was really excited, I literally spent ONE-WHOLE-NAP-TIME (a long nap, 2 hours) working on and making this awesome picture deal.

 

I'm not kidding.  It took me forever to take a million different pictures, until I liked one and then figured out how to put text on the picture and make it look super pretty, then I was trying to figure out how to make it a button, and copying and pasting all these weird html codes or whatever they are called.  I forgot where I was going with that.  (Drunk blogging, not a good idea!)  Oh yeah, I was really excited about doing this.  I thought it would make me a REAL LEGIT blogger.  

Moral of the story.  I am NOT super-mommy, clearly.  But you know what, no one is!  If anyone says or looks like they are doing it all, they are totally lying to you.  Mommy-hood is f'ing hard and it takes SO much out of you.  It is wonderful, don't get me wrong, but it is really, really, really difficult some days.  Well, most days it is.  And although I believe that is super important to take care of yourself, and do things you enjoy just for YOU, you can't do everything you want to.  How to do you choose?  I wish I had some magic formula you plugged it all into that would spit out the answer... something like... I don't know just some cool formula.  But I don't.  Grumpy would say "well do what is logical."  Right because everything is just so obviously "logical" and there is one right answer for everything.  Um, no.  

I lost my train of thought again. 

Look, none of us are super-mommy and yet ALL of us are super-mommy.  That is all there is to it.

So I am sad, but will also be able to give a sigh of relief and concentrate on other things.  Oh, I will still blog!  Well try to, but it won't be everyday this month and about one specific topic!

Have a good night.

Kisses~

  

31 Days of Simple ABC Crafts for Familes: Day One

Hello my dear followers.  So if you notice, it would appear that "Lists" won.  Although, actually it did not.  It is POSSIBLE that two individuals voted lists because that is what I implied I wanted to do, however they would have both voted for the ABC crafts.... I will not reveal their names for their own safety.  I'm sorry I tried to fix the results.  I feel terrible, and so I will do what in fact SHOULD have won.  I know I said you have until midnight. But I really don't think anyone else will vote.  And other bloggers have put up their 31 day deals, so I feel I must as well.  (For those who did want lists, well I promise I will do a series on them after this.  And honestly I don't think I could come up with 31 different lists.  But maybe.) 

 

31 Days of Simple ABC Crafts for Families

 

 

Look at the fancy picture I made too!  And I am trying to make a "button" for people to pin and stuff or whatever, but I haven't quite figured it out yet.  If anyone knows how, please help me.

 

So here is what I am going to do.  I am going to come up with some fun letter themed craft or crafts each day.  They will be for the whole family, so  centered around children, however, adults are welcome to join in the fun.  I know what you are thinking, it will be super easy for me.  Um, no.  I realize it appears that I am super crafty, and I am when it comes to following patterns and stealing ideas from others.  I am not so good at coming up with original ideas myself though.  But I want to try!  I will probably have some links to other alphabet crafts, (because blog people like it when you link up and the such) but I will do my best to come up with my own.  I am also going to try to make them all out of just items I have around the home, thus the "simple" in the title.  I hate finding awesome crafts online but then unable to do them because they call for a bunch of weird stuff.  So I will do my best to make them with items I have, of course I might have a large craft item supply already..... but nothing that crazy.

 

I will do something like a letter a day... although there are 31 days to this challenge and only 26 letters.... hmm.  Well this one counts as day 1, so now only 30 more.  I don't know I will figure something out. 

 

And so without further ado, I will begin!  Well I will post this as the first one, so I guess you will have to wait another day to see what A craft I come up with,  or maybe I will start with Z and go backwards?  Or just pick randomly.  I hadn't thought of this.  I told you this was last minute. 

 

Alright. I hope you enjoy.  I will post the winner (picked randomly) later, in case a few more folks do try to enter at the last moment. 

 

If you are doing the challenge post a link to your series in the comments!!

 

Kisses~

 

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