I decided to rename this meme. Weekend Reflection just wasn't working right. It is the weekend and time to unwind, relieve some stress and discuss the past week. So grab a cup of coffee and join us here at Healthy Moms. What were some of the positive things that happened? What really bothered you? Did you laugh? Cry? Stand on your head? Whatever you did this past week I want to hear it. Writing down all the crazy things that happened over the past week is a good way to deal with stress. As our lives get busier and busier along with it is stress. It is time to let it all out so you can enjoy your weekend. If you don't have time to write all about your week just answer the Weekend Unwind question found at the bottom of this article. Grab the button code, make your blog post and don't forget to leave your link with MckLinky!
This week was crazy here at the Talbert house. Monday had to have been my worst parenting day ever. I think I could write a whole article just about Monday. What started out to be a typical morning steadily got worse as the day progressed.
Courtney woke up with a sore throat and a fever of 103 so we had to keep her home from school. Monday was my first day returning to work and after organizing all my assignments I felt overwhelmed with the massive list. I was already stressing about how I was going to get them all done while taking care of four children on my own. It doesn't take much for me to get stressed out.
Mid-morning rolled around and I still didn't have a single article written so I kicked the two tots out the door. This was a big mistake. I checked on them about 30 minutes later and they had nearly completely emptied out the shed. Bags of potting soil, grass killer, and snail bait were scattered all over the lawn. The sharp gardening tools were also laying there in the grass. The whole yard was a complete mess. The kids stayed in the rest of the day.
Courtney's fever went down and by noon she said she was feeling a little better. I decided to take advantage of that and had her help me out with the kids so I could attempt once again to get some work done. She complained and sassed me the whole time. By 1pm I sent her to her room for the rest of the day.
The baby fussed all afternoon which left the dishes untouched and the clean laundry sat in the basket the whole day. Ciara decided to make messes all over the house and Conan copied her. By then I was angry and frustrated with my kids. I tried to ask Ciara nicely to clean up her messes but she still did not listen. I had to send her to her room at least a dozen times. Finally after yelling and numerous time outs she and Conan started cleaning up their messes. My chores did not get done.
At 7:30 that night I was sick and tired of dealing with cranky defiant kids so I sent them to bed. Ciara would not settle down. When I checked on her around 8:30 I was shocked at what I saw. Courtney left her backpack sitting on the floor at the foot of her bed. All of it's contents were spread out on Ciara's bed and Ciara was also sitting there with a pair of scissors in her hand and her pretty blond locks scattered all over the bed and floor. I was so upset that I screamed and then I cried.
Ciara butchered the hair in the front and on top. A couple of days later my sister-in-law who is a hairdresser tried to even it up a little but you can still tell that the haircut was done by a three year old. I know that almost every kid cuts their hair at one point but why did mine have to do this on a day that was already upsetting for me?
The rest of the week wasn't as bad. Although, I am still way behind on my work stuff. I know I'll get caught up, but in the meantime I might have some impatient advertisers. I apologize for that!
Now for the Weekend Unwind question for this week.
Did anyone upset you this past week?If so what did that person do? Feel free to make your answer brief and don't forget to link up with MckLinky!
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This week was crazy here at the Talbert house. Monday had to have been my worst parenting day ever. I think I could write a whole article just about Monday. What started out to be a typical morning steadily got worse as the day progressed.
Courtney woke up with a sore throat and a fever of 103 so we had to keep her home from school. Monday was my first day returning to work and after organizing all my assignments I felt overwhelmed with the massive list. I was already stressing about how I was going to get them all done while taking care of four children on my own. It doesn't take much for me to get stressed out.
Mid-morning rolled around and I still didn't have a single article written so I kicked the two tots out the door. This was a big mistake. I checked on them about 30 minutes later and they had nearly completely emptied out the shed. Bags of potting soil, grass killer, and snail bait were scattered all over the lawn. The sharp gardening tools were also laying there in the grass. The whole yard was a complete mess. The kids stayed in the rest of the day.
Courtney's fever went down and by noon she said she was feeling a little better. I decided to take advantage of that and had her help me out with the kids so I could attempt once again to get some work done. She complained and sassed me the whole time. By 1pm I sent her to her room for the rest of the day.
The baby fussed all afternoon which left the dishes untouched and the clean laundry sat in the basket the whole day. Ciara decided to make messes all over the house and Conan copied her. By then I was angry and frustrated with my kids. I tried to ask Ciara nicely to clean up her messes but she still did not listen. I had to send her to her room at least a dozen times. Finally after yelling and numerous time outs she and Conan started cleaning up their messes. My chores did not get done.
At 7:30 that night I was sick and tired of dealing with cranky defiant kids so I sent them to bed. Ciara would not settle down. When I checked on her around 8:30 I was shocked at what I saw. Courtney left her backpack sitting on the floor at the foot of her bed. All of it's contents were spread out on Ciara's bed and Ciara was also sitting there with a pair of scissors in her hand and her pretty blond locks scattered all over the bed and floor. I was so upset that I screamed and then I cried.
Ciara butchered the hair in the front and on top. A couple of days later my sister-in-law who is a hairdresser tried to even it up a little but you can still tell that the haircut was done by a three year old. I know that almost every kid cuts their hair at one point but why did mine have to do this on a day that was already upsetting for me?
The rest of the week wasn't as bad. Although, I am still way behind on my work stuff. I know I'll get caught up, but in the meantime I might have some impatient advertisers. I apologize for that!
Now for the Weekend Unwind question for this week. Did anyone upset you this past week?If so what did that person do? Feel free to make your answer brief and don't forget to link up with MckLinky!
Grab the Weekend Unwind Code
Join the Healthy Moms Community