I am a mother of 4 girls. And everything else that comes with being a mother. The good the bad and the very UGLY. My husband is a wonderful father and a very hard worker. His work has him traveling a lot, so I tend to be home ALONE with the girls. At times it is great, save money on food, no pressure to get housework done, but at the same time it sucks. Would love to take a bath by myself, or even go to the bathroom by myself. The last few weeks have been very hard. Not motivated to do ANYTHING. I mean really, how many times can a woman clean the kitchen, do the laundry, cook dinner, do lunches, pick up after people before she is ready to give her husband her 2 week notice. Redundant, redundant, redundant. My girls are not in the after school activities, like soccer or ballet. Can't afford to. So I am not a mother who lives in her car. Instead I have the house to take care of as well as the children. So.. what is the point to all of this. I need a change in routine, a challenge, something to get my butt going and loving it.

The other night I watched Julie and Julia. What a lovely movie. Absolutley loved it!! And the movie inspired me to do something about my laziness. So I thought what could I do that would challenge me, and yet grow and learn and hopefully discover something about myself. So I thought of Martha Stewart. To Martha is... clean, classy, organize, good food, crafty, and all sorts of good things. As a person I have no idea but the image of her is good. I don't even think Martha is fully Martha Stewart. But I thought if I could for 3 months do the things she does, who knows what my household might look like. Either this will be great or I will want to kick Martha and everything she represents to the curb. I have come up with a plan. I will cook her meals, lunch and dinner, I will wash, and iron and fold, and organize liker her. Have my cupboards look like hers. I will prune when her calendar says too, and get ready for holidays like she does. Down to the decorations. Will this challenge break my bank. I certainly hope not! There just has to be something good that comes out of this. My friends think I'm a little crazy, but I also know they feel the same, being a stay at home mother. Love it at times, and other times you just want to scream!! So I will start Monday April 5th. Getting prepared. Getting books and checking out her website. There is definably info overload on her website!