Surviving the Domestic Jungle

I had mentioned a few days ago that I was going to do a little redecorating around the house and so far so good. Cheap decorating tip alert: Changing your curtains can change the entire room. I took my living room curtains and put them in my bedroom and got new ones for the living room and the difference is amazing. I also moved my bed 6 inches and it has completely revitalized the space. I know it seems trivial but it works! Add a few throw pillows and you have a different looking room. I am still working on mine but it feels good to do it. I have been dragging my kids from store to store in the pursuit of perfection and if you have been reading my blog for a while, you know it took me a week to decide on napkins. I did buy the same pair of pants three times and I think I have commitment issues….not with the big stuff in life like marriage and children but with the most trivial things. I’m sure that is a red flag for something. Anyway, I went to this one store yesterday and my girls weren’t listening because they found a rack of Halloween costumes that were all fluffy and princess like. This woman saw me struggling and went right over to my kids and told them they were going home with her. Well, miracles of miracles happened and my kids came running for me! At first I was like ‘who is this woman’ and by the time we left I wanted to say ‘will you be my nanny!’. My kids sure do snap into shape when someone else tells them what to do but when I say it, they are like ‘do you hear that sound?’!!