Ramblings of a Revolutionary

Overwhelmed. Tired. Sinking.  These are the feelings that creep in and make us feel like we're failing at it all. #FailingAtLife It usually starts with one small task or responsibility being put to the back burner...and then...well, it's like a domino effect. Life feels as though it's unraveling. You start to panic. You think: I gotta get it together, and NOW!  Right. Flippin. Now. Sound familiar? Maybe not? Perhaps you're super-awesome, responsible, perfect, and always stay on top of things. If this is you, please give me your tips! But if you're like me, and often find yourself scrambling, trying to get it together, then please read on... I have some insight 💗 Here is a little (true) story to illustrate... Life is smooth sailing for a week or two, I feel that I'm juggling well. Then BAM !  I get the smack down!  Maybe I get behind on the laundry. Or, I'm busy working, and we don't do school for a few days (or ...

I have a 4 year old. We call her  "The Bean"  She's a beautiful little blonde headed, blue-eyed spitfire. Full of sass and energy. She can go from happy to total meltdown in about 5 seconds...and when I fail to keep her busy, her frustration with her 4 year old life,  is very apparent . 😏 I love to spend time with her... reading, playing in her dollhouse, tossing a ball, and all that good stuff...but I can't give her every second of my time because well-- she has 3 other siblings, and Mom  needs do other things throughout the day. With 4 kiddos that I  home school , working from home, and running a household, I just simply cannot entertain her all the time! Sure, I could stick her in front of the TV, a tablet, my phone... some kind of device , (Click to read about what happened when I took screen time away) and I do from time to time. But those things aren't fueling her imagination, creativity, or her brain. I could also do the obvious things such as se...

Allow me to be your go to for real, raw, messy life As  homeschoolers , we enjoy the perks of being able to choose what we do, and when we do it. If a fun opportunity comes up, and we don't do school that day...It's okay! If something throws me off track, and I need to handle it-- I do. If we decide to take a spontaneous vacation or lake day in the middle of the week, we can!  It's beautiful! But this isn't how it has always been for us... When we first started homeschooling, I struggled to find a rhythm. I was constantly reading blogs about homeschooling, and how others scheduled their time. I thought I needed a routine to stick to...and that all of our time should fit neatly into each day. I (desperately) tried to match how others were doing things, so that we could be "successful."  I was trying to make homeschool, like public school. It was the only idea I had of how to teach my children so that they could learn. I can't tell you how ...

As I walked from my kids disgusting bedrooms ...into the messy living room... I became discouraged. I marched onward...into the kitchen ..flipping lights as I went. I glanced at the dishes piled up. I felt the sticky on the floor.  I just cleaned all of  this , I thought to myself. I just had this entire house clean 3 hours ago .    I started to feel the angst bursting out from my inside my chest....my emotions were threatening to get the better of me.  I clenched my teeth. The roaring sound in my ears came....you know that sound you hear when you're trying really hard not to cry. Crashing waves from inside my head. It had already been a rough week, and I was trying really hard to keep it together.  Don't cry. Don't you cry!!! I told myself.  You did good today. Think of all you did ... but it's never enough the other voice says. You can't seem to get it together. What's the problem... this isn't that hard. There really are voices i...