Doing what I can

Having three kids is crazy sometimes!  Having three kids under 7 and working a full time out of the home is insane.  Having three kids under 7 and working a full time job and trying to have a sewing business on the side is.... well, you can understand.  Lots of late nights, lots of sewing past midnight, lots of turning away orders that I just can't take on.

Have you gotten your holiday shopping list started yet? Don't forget the teachers and caregivers in your lives.  They work very hard to love our "littles" and it is a thankless job some days.  

I have a new line of totes and bags that would be cherished by any teacher out there.  

  

I am constantly trying to figure out how to balance it all.  Giving my family time, giving myself time, giving my job time.  I hope that I can learn to give myself a break every now and then and realize that what is important is not things but love.  Unconditional love.

Knowing how crazy my schedule is on any regular random day, I have decided to start getting my Christmas calendar ready and filled up.  I found this adorable printable planner download from The Polka Dot Posie.  Click HERE to get yours!

  Its got everything you can think of to keep sane this Holiday season.  I even saw a free Thanksgiving planner too!  An organized mom is a not so crazy mom.

Speaking of Christmas and planning... These were a HUGE hit last year with my group.  Frosty the Snowman garden flags.  I added the teachers last name across the bottom and they loved them!  You can order them from my Etsy page HERE.  or send me an email at lsaliba@hotmail.com

Happy Fall Y'all - Lorrin Saliba

52 Weeks - Week One "Being Better......"

Every year I make the same promise to myself, make better choices, be better at keeping up and do better at home and in my job.  As I sit here starring at my sweet little two month old baby girl, I realize that this "Being Better" thing has slipped me by again.  I mean, Dylan has only gone to school on Wednesday with a show and tell item twice since January.  I feel ashamed and like I let down my child for not remembering to "bring something that starts with a U".  Then, I remember, that I was going to "be better" at giving myself a break.....

I read an article once about one of those moms that had everything going on.  You know the one who manages to get cute scrap booked notes into the lunchboxes and cuts the sandwiches out into shapes with cookie cutters.  The one who plans the weekly schedule while rocking on the front porch with a latte.  Lets call her Mallory.  Mallory wrote in her blog that she, at the least, would document one thing that happened to her life each week in a diary.  She made time to sit by herself alone and reflect on the week that had passed and document something about the week just past. Maybe Mallory had something here.

I usually promise to start my weekly blog post around the new year.  Then, around week three of January, I remember that I was going to start blogging each week and by then..... You know what happened next, nothing.  This year is nothing new. January 1st, new baby on the way.  Crazy busy work schedule. Trying to get a nursery put back together. Two very crazy little boys all means no entry for week one.

Today I decided there is no reason to wait until January. Why can't this thing start whenever I want it to?  I mean, there is always plenty to document and with this new little girl in my life, why not start now. So here's to "Being Better"  Week 1.