Sunday, June 3, 2012

Welcome to my blog...

So here's my first blog!!  My sister, Sam, was kind enough to help me get started and then she told me -- well write your first blog.  Of course, I realized I didn't know what to write about.  So I decided to wait a bit.  I guess the 1st thing to write about -- why did I decide to set-up a blog?  I'm not 100% sure.  Maybe it's because I'm awful about keeping track of significant events in my children's lives.  I'm not even sure I know where their baby books are at this time.  Maybe it's because I tend to stress myself out and need to use this blog as "therapy".  Maybe it's because I want yet another excuse to sit on my butt and mess with the computer!  It's probably a little bit of all of these. 

The first item is probably the best thing to document.  I really am terrible at tracking important things.  Which is ironic considering for years I've teased my parents and family that I've blocked out my childhood.  To be honest, my 5 year-old Katelyn will remind of things we did just last year and I won't remember.  Forget blocking out my childhood, I think I just have a terrible memory altogether.  So as long as I remember to blog, maybe this will serve as a guide to my life.

Question # 2 - why did I decide to go with Working Mom...Seeking Sanity! as a name.  Well, let me tell you a bit about my life.  My husband, Dennis, and I live in a small town in Eastern Iowa.  We've lived here for the last 8 years and have become more and more involved in the community.  In addition, we now are raising a 1st grader, Katelyn, soon to be preschooler, Elizabeth and a one year old, Luke.  It's amazing how have a child in school exploded our activity calendar, I'm not sure I have a large enough calendar for three school age children!  Along with all of this, I recently was promoted to Financial Analyst Manager with 3 people reporting to me.  I can tell that as much as I wish I had it altogether all the time.  This crazy life is stressful for me.  I will admit that for some reason, I'm very particular about things.  My husband thinks I'm goofy because I need to make a list to clean the house -- and a very specific list!!!  So as I continue to adjust to life with school age children and more work responsibilities, I figured it would be good to have a way to express myself.

Well, this tired mama better wrap things up for tonight.  It's time to sign-off for now.  Good night!!

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