When I went on maternity leave before having my first child, I was ready to be productive. I had a long list of things I wanted to do: set up the nursery, buy all the pretty little clothes, reorganise my pantry. You get the drift.
What I actually ended up doing? Rewatched The X Files in it’s entirety and ate Doritos.
I now find myself in a similar situation with lockdown. I was going to read books, bake my own bread, homeschool my children, cook every meal from scratch … basically, I was going to turn into a 60s housewife with modern appliances and fewer jellied dishes.
What I’m actually doing: hanging out in my pyjamas as my children trash the place.
Okay, so that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but that is what it feels like a lot of the time. There’s a lot of time spent keeping the children fed and clothed (mostly in their pyjamas, lets be real), catching up on all the schoolwork that we didn’t do the day before, and remembering at 5pm that I forgot to defrost the roast for dinner (pizza for dinner!). It’s just too easy to fall into complacency.
Which brings us to my contribution to the the Pixel Scrapper May blog train. Basically I started out with a grand plan for a shabby chic mini kit for all your vintage needs, but only ended up with a pack of papers. Such is life.
Click on the image to start your download. Hopefully it complements some of the other blog train contributions.
Happy scrapping!
5 Comments
Beautiful papers! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this! I pray your health is moving along the way you expressed in March. May God Bless YOU!
These are gorgeous.
In my world we call that reality. Sometimes we are just plain tired moms and not the super women we want to be. I appreciate your great papers! Thank you!
I love your kit, but I thought your blog was so funny. You are an engaging writer! 🙂
Thank you!