Sometimes a mom needs to vent. Sometimes (ALL the time) I like sarcasm. Read with care.

It’s been one of those frazzled days so far. You may remember me mentioning in my morning post that Braedon woke up before 6 am this morning. I thought “no biggie” because then he would just take a longer nap while Makenzie was in school and I could make up the extra work time then. Let’s see how well that played out…

I went about the morning as I usually do on Friday mornings.

Then, as I cleaned off the counter tops I came across this.

Oops! Guess what mommy forgot to do her preschooler’s homework??? Once again, I thought “no biggie”. It would only take a few minutes to find a picture of my beloved little girl and fill out a few brief facts about her. Errrrr….if I actually had any pictures printed!

Blogger = you take TONS of pictures.

Tina = you never remember to take the time to get them printed off. I searched high and low but apparently we don’t have any recent pictures printed off. We don’t even have pictures printed of Braedon!! I fail at motherhood.

I fail at motherhood twice because on the way to dropping Makenzie off for preschool I realized I had also completely forgotten that I had to go in for a Library Volunteer meeting today to learn more about my monthly volunteer gig.

Or…what I thought was a quick overview meeting as the emails implied. Turns out we had to do the full two hour library duty. That would not normally be a problem at all – but let’s go back to the beginning of this post, shall we?

Braedon. Up since 5:40 in the morning. Library duty = no nap for the wee man. No nap = meltdowns of the century. For the last two hours I have listened to one of the following: a SCREAMING eight month old or the cat piano on full blast.

You may recall the cat piano from Baby B’s Dancing Video. It was the only way to console him. He loves that thing. I love it because it entertains him so well. I don’t love it because…well, have you ever been around loud and obnoxious kid toys playing nonstop for 2 hours?

I found a little solace in the humor that Braedon has apparently grown a mullet or rat tail of some sort. Yet again, I fail at motherhood for laughing at my child.

Just as sometimes things aren’t peachy keen on the body image front, things aren’t even close to always peachy keen on the mommy front. So, pass me a screwdriver (to remove some batteries), some scissors (to help my poor child’s hair), and some chocolate (you can figure that one out).

• Are you good about printing off pictures? Any suggestions for quick, easy, CHEAP places to do so? Online would be awesome!
• What is the last silly thing you needed to vent about?

***NuNaturals Giveaway winners will be announced tonight!!!

I think I maxed out on the serious writing yesterday.

• My Irrational Fear
• I Have To Address This

And then I have part two of the Blogging Numbers: Page Views and Money Talk post planned for tomorrow morning. I like to keep us all sane around here, so I think we need a little more fun, easy reading. Tuesday Tangents should just about do it.

Why do I have such problems filling my car with gas? This appeared Sunday afternoon….but it took me a full 24 hours to finally fill up.

Speaking of which, I miss gas prices under a dollar.

I went to the gym last night for a legs/shoulders/abs workout and spin class. I forgot my water bottle at home. Don’t ever let me do that again. *pant* *dehydration* *pant*

I love breakfast for dinner. Especially this red potato, spinach, onion, and mushroom hash with two over easy eggs

Recycled meal idea? Yes. Recycled photo? I was too busy guzzling water to snap a pic!

I’m bummed the temperatures crept back up to 90 again this week. Not only do I miss the slight chill in the air, but I also can’t comfortable hide my hairy legs under jeans anymore. It’s getting pretty bad, too.

I got this email recently.

On Christmas Eve last year my sister and I purchased a steal of a deal for two day tours through Georgia Wine Country. We planned to go in the fall this year because the North Georgia Mountains are simply gorgeous and perfect for wine hopping at that time.

Cancelled!!! I had been trying to schedule it as a special sister day to celebrate the Saturday after my half-marathon! Now, it makes me want to sign up for this race even more…

Three weeks after my first half in Savannah. A well put-together race series. Hosted at Chateau Elan – aka a wine vineyard and country estate close to home.

Beautiful, right? And did I mention that there is live music and wine after the race? I have a feeling I need to get my booty signed up if I’m going to do it. It’s a 2000 person race cap!

Please check out Heather’s raffle for Team In Training.

  

There are some awesome prizes up for grabs and every entry donation goes towards TNT.

I wrote a guest post for Gabriela this weekend. All about going to Crazy Town with my eating habits in the past.

You should check it out.

And, with that, I’m out! 

• Are you bad about getting gas in your car too?
• Race cap of 2000. Really want to do the race. Should I suck it up and register now? Or wait and see how I like my first half?