My children are wild, my work is crazy, my life is overwhelming at times, but it's all mine, and I love every minute of it! I work as a Financial Aid Advisor, and am the mother to 3-year-old twin girls, Saniya and Saadia, and a 1-year-old boy, Silas. They keep my hands full, my heart over flowing, and everyone entertained! 12 Steps to Recovery
Twelve Steps to recovering from the Holidays…
1. Admit that you have a problem. Brownies are not breakfast, no matter the season.
2. Believe that there is a power greater than yourself… Santa!
3. Make the decision to turn over a new leaf, but not until the New Year. For now, live it up!!
4. Take a moral inventory of yourself and your children and set new goals. Start by reinstituting the nap.
5. Purge yourself of stressors. Play dough is the Devil, get rid of it.
6. Humbly ask for forgiveness. Next year’s cookies will be edible.
7. Acknowledge your shortcomings. Nothing you do will make you as cool as Santa.
8. Make a list of everything you did right, everything you did wrong, and everything you won’t be doing again. (Hey, I wasn’t the only one in Walmart on Christmas Eve!!)
9. Carefully take down the tree. Be sure to meticulously wind up the lights in perfect individually wrapped bundles and secure with twist ties. It takes a while, but keep at it. Don’t do half, then just dump the others on top of it and say you’ll deal with it next year. You’ll regret it, I did.
10. Clean out the fridge. If your Christmas ham looks like its ready to get up and walk out on its own, it probably is.
11. Continue to take personal inventory, admit when you have wronged others, and apologize for throwing away the Play dough. That wasn’t very nice.
12. Turn off the ringer. Some idiot is bound to call at midnight on New Years Eve, and wake up the children who have just gotten back into their routine.
What?! I used whole wheat flour in those brownies, doesn’t that qualify as healthy?
Play dough is, indeed, the devil. I make no apologies, except to my husband who is still trying to get it out of the carpet. Love your list, will there be another next month?
Comment by Megan — December 29, 2008 @ 9:46 pmI agree about the play dough it is the DEVIL. I hide it and tell the kids the dogs ate it LOL Love the list. I am always checking for you blog to come up it gives me a great laugh.
Comment by Michelle — December 30, 2008 @ 3:22 pmGREAT list, Geri! And I must second (or third?) the PP replies about Play-Doh……thats why I buy it for OTHER peoples kids….MUAHAHAHA!! lol :)
Comment by Beckie — January 2, 2009 @ 11:40 amI have about 18 dozen tins of nuts/treats/cookies/cake all over our kitchen, dining room, garage (?)… looks like the elves had a kegger at our house then left the mess to me. I was thinking of throwing them in with the holiday lights and saving it for next year, but I read your list and will ask my husband to take care of it!!:-) (Loved the list, Geri!)
Comment by Dani — January 6, 2009 @ 9:24 pm