This Is My Motherhood: Mundane Monday Morning

Nursing and nursing and nursing the baby

My life once again as full-time milk lady. 

Turning off lights

Putting out fights

Ballet today. 

Better find shoes and tights.

Reminding kids about making good choices.

Reminding kids to use inside voices.

"Everybody go outside!"

"Careful at the top of the slide!"

"Stop fighting!"

Baby's biting-

    everything in sight. 

Teeth coming in-

"Rub their gums with gin?!"

Ridiculous, crazy, outdated advice!

Found out that our playgroup has lice.

Springtime breakfast picnic outside. 

From the bathroom I'm aware the baby just cried. 

...Another fish died?

Mama doing chore after chore. 

"Be as loud as you guys want as long as you close the door!"

Laundry and dishes piled up to ceilings

Reminding me of those PPD feelings. 

Buying food, 

     prepping food, 

          cooking food,

               serving food,

                    "Eat your food."

                    “I don’t want food.”

               clearing food, 

          storing food, 

     freezing food, 

wiping up food. 

"...Mama, I'm hungry."

“I’m too hot.” 

“I’m too cold.” 

“This tag is scratchy.” 

“My bread has mold.” 

“We need more milk.” 

Always running out of milk. 

Over the years I've produced millions of gallons of milk, but

"Who drank all the milk?!”

"He's laughing too loud!"

"She's breathing my air!"

"He looked out my window!"

"You're not playing fair!"

"Mommy, will daddy be home from work soon?"

I could swear it was 3 but its not even noon. 

Kids are fighting, 

baby's drooling and biting, 

tantrums

crying

Mother's Day flowers dying

"Did you break that?"

"She did it!"

"No I didn't, he's lying!"

Nursing and nursing and nursing once again. 

Thinking of rubbing my own gums with gin. 

-Colleen Duncan Canavan


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Death By Chevron Print Overkill

Ladies, we need to chat.

Ummm...Chevron Print.

Thanks to Pinterest, DIY blogs, Pinterest, and all things cute and crafty (Pinterest), we have a bit of an overkill going on over here regarding the trend du jour, Chevron Print.

Yes, I admit. I have seen a few chevron-y things that are kinda cute. But it's gone too, too, too, oh-so-far, far. I've seen entire walls of rooms c-o-v-e-r-e-d in Chevron print complete with matching bedding and DIY curtains and accent pilows. (And no I'm not linking to it because you'll pin it to your "All Things Chevron" Pinterest board!)

Ladies and Gays, hear me out - it's venturing into this sort of obsessive/compulsive, life of it's own, pre-teen-puppy-love-OneDirection-JustinBieber-OMG!-JenniferLawrence-just-cut-off-all-of-her-hair-Beyonce's-secret-album-drop-is-that-a-Jennifer-Aniston-baby-bump-ten-year-reunion-rumor-Black-Friday-Deals-starting-in-the-summertime-and-lasting-all-month-gotta-have-it-gotta-have-it-gotta-have-more-stuff-more-stuff-more-and-more-and-more-more-stuff-can't-function-until-my-life-is-totally-utterly-completely-plastered-in-some-crappy-Charlie-Brown-T-shirt-zig-zag-print-from-the-70's (minus the drab colors of course.)

Not that I really have any issue with it, of course.

A Crafty DIY: "I'm Over You Chevron Print/You Can Go Now" Picture.

Let's move on people. There's nothing to see here.  

BTW: if you make a youtube video of yourself reading the above rant in one breath I will make you a chevron print decorated sugar cookie that will be totally Pinterest worthy. 

Love,
Coco Cana

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