Comments on: the lazy gal’s guide : a few mantras https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 02:11:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-117477 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-117477 In reply to Jeanne.

Bless you Jeanne! And congratulations!!! Cheers for naps!!! ;}

]]> By: Jeanne https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-117474 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-117474 Ashley, I just read this today, even though it’s an older post. Been one of those weeks at work, and home, and this was exactly what I needed to read. Thank you for being so honest. We ARE too hard on ourselves as moms, wives, sisters, daughters, friends, etc. We feel guilty for things that men never think twice (or once) about. I am a mom of two girls, ages almost 6 and almost 3, with another girl due in mid-July. Right now, we are working on redoing my eldest daughter’s room so that her younger sister can move into it before the baby arrives. I am also a perfectionist and would love it to be done yesterday, but you’re right, it’s a process, a journey. And I AM enjoying it. I’ve done a few DIY projects which was extremely gratifying and I can’t wait to see it all come together. Patience is not a common word in my vocabulary lately. I just wanted to say THANK YOU again, for reminding me why I’m on this journey. To love my children, make sure they are healthy, happy and safe, and try and be present for all the little things with my family. My husband turned 40 in April and I’ll be joining him later this year in that decade. Lots happening, lots to celebrate. And hopefully a few naps sprinkled in for good measure.

]]> By: Erin https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-117132 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-117132 I loved your paragraph about your last 6 weeks. Mine has been much the same, except add having baby #4, putting your house on the market and looking for a new one. I have found good communication between my husband and I has helped a lot. We’ve discussed on a few occasions what we really “need” as individuals and have done our best to help fulfill the basics we need to be happy. I think I have finally come to grips that it’s ok if my kids watch an extra show ’cause I’m changing the baby’s entire outfit for the 5th time that day. I’m not perfect, but I’m getting better at the “it is what it is”. I’m new to your blog and LOVE everything about it. Thanks for the candid honesty!!

]]> By: Jennifer wells https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-116717 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-116717 Oh my, I NEEDED this tonight! Than you for your honesty. It feels like you just verbalized the last 6 months of my life (6 years really)! I am right there with you!

]]> By: Aubrey https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-116612 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-116612 In reply to Jeanine.

Thanks for the much needed reminder!

]]> By: Aubrey https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-116610 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-116610 Hi Ashley!
Although not this is not exactly what I was expecting, it lends a new perspective… And a much needed reassurance that I will get there. Right?! 😉
Thanks for your encouragement. Keep these posts coming. Please!

]]> By: Bekah https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-116011 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-116011 My almost 3.5 year olds still crap their pants, too. You are not alone, and thanks for letting me know I’m not either :).

Bekah

]]> By: Chris https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-115926 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-115926 I have a 7 week old. It’s our first. And these have been the hardest 7 weeks of my life. Giving birth once a week would be easier. No one told me it would be this hard. Not a soul. But I’m reserved to the idea that they can’t really. I’m exhausted, I don’t think the laundry has stopped, my work is piling up (I’m self employed) and to top it off the hubs is sick and I have quarantined him to our bedroom because the last thing I need is to get sick or have a sick infant.

All this and all I want to do is go through the clothes in my closet and purge “the stuff”.

It’s good to know I’m not alone. It’s good to know mothers do live through this stage. It’s also good to know people survive with multiple children. I’m way impressed. Thank you for your honesty and your support. 🙂 Purge on and take naps.

]]> By: Alicia M. https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-115894 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-115894 Reading this post has made me feel so much better. I am so overwhelmed with four kids, a dog that is only semi-housebroken, work, 47 loads of laundry to do and in-laws arriving tomorrow morning (!) that I have plopped down on the couch for a little dose of blog reading. I get so caught up in feeling like a failure when my house is not beautiful and clean. Thanks for the reminder that real life is messy for everyone. Love your blog!

]]> By: Sharon https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-guide-a-few-mantras/#comment-115839 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=18453#comment-115839 I could have written this post. I think every mother could. Over these years in raising 5 children in a house less than 1,000 square feet most of those years….I found a little helper in storage tubs. I’d start feeling overwhelmed and couldn’t stand the everyday life of clutter…I’d go to Target or wherever and get 4 or 5 storage tubs. Once home I would then just start loading them up with everything that was in my path. Once the “stuff” was out of my way….I could breathe easier…set those stacked tubs aside…until I could go thru one box at a time and declutter. It takes time when you have little ones glued to your leg. If people stop in when you have storage tubs stacked up?? It looks like you’re working on a project….and you are! Sanity! Sure…I now have the largest collection of storage tubs….but I also usually have a smile!

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