tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post5588770763319251435..comments2024-03-27T10:08:06.235+00:00Comments on Coco Rose Diaries: Weary.......Coco Rose Diarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00708755502453874593noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-86215202537130984592012-12-27T17:32:46.726+00:002012-12-27T17:32:46.726+00:00Yeah... #6. Why?! Mine are now old enough that #...Yeah... #6. Why?! Mine are now old enough that #1 is no longer a problem, but I SWEAR I live with cavemen! Thank you for being real, and honest, and validating for the rest of us that we all struggle with staying positive. PS. I've been working on a big ol' blankey for my 6' 2" teenager since before summer. Poor guy's feet stick out of all the store bought ones but he'll be lucky if it's finished before winter ends...imacupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635037384191761618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-33294669341057391172012-11-10T20:10:01.054+00:002012-11-10T20:10:01.054+00:00Oh my gosh, #6 is my Numero Uno pet peeve. Every s...Oh my gosh, #6 is my Numero Uno pet peeve. Every single day, and several times a day, I'm mumbling under my breath about all those dishes in the sink that belong in the dishwasher. As a result, I must do the dishes - seriously - at least 5 times a day. <br /><br />Kristin_Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405146061692261631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-40266673761082420502012-11-09T07:27:43.843+00:002012-11-09T07:27:43.843+00:00That is exactly what it is like in my house...only...That is exactly what it is like in my house...only I have to live with 3 boys and a demented boy cat. No wonder we spend more time making things than clearing up...at least when you make something it is a thing of beauty..keeps me sane...just :)<br />LucyxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531373732860578008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-85843920178232809232012-10-31T13:56:20.909+00:002012-10-31T13:56:20.909+00:00I'm a bit late but...I have girls and I relat...I'm a bit late but...I have girls and I relate to all of the above. With tweaks like, replace lego with tiny dolls and accessories, hair clips, hair bands, brushes, hair full stop! And 'making' stuff...everywhere. Obviously I encourage all the making but it would be nice if they could clear up after themselves.<br /><br />Oh, and I am bout to paint my walls in a 'mushroom' AKA dirty finger colour. I hear your cries :-) xMrs Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306648656831562669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-28188978131515447562012-10-14T00:25:05.059+01:002012-10-14T00:25:05.059+01:00It's amazing how we always thinks everybody el...It's amazing how we always thinks everybody else's life must be easier than our own. Your blog reflects a lovely place to visit and it is so full of beautiful images and things that one could believe that everything is perfect in your world. I feel the same way about living in a house with three men two of them my teenage boys. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and also all your lovely images and projects I love reading your blog.Gingham Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418024533460841616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-6041739086294709062012-10-11T19:30:27.530+01:002012-10-11T19:30:27.530+01:00Just like others, this sounds like everyday life i...Just like others, this sounds like everyday life in our house! Take comfort that there are lots of us out there who have the same life - LOL!! K xxpetit-♥-angehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960259363935648227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-84612179298485807212012-09-23T16:27:51.796+01:002012-09-23T16:27:51.796+01:00The list of things that really irritate you would ...The list of things that really irritate you would absolutely irritate me till my head fell off. I don't have children so have the luxury of tidying up only after me, and frankly I don't know how I manage to make such a mess but I do, if I had any help in the mess department you'd have to dig me out from under a pile. I love that you post so honestly about your feelings, Vanessa. Sometime I want to have a right good ole rant on my blog but feel like I have to keep things positive. Life isn't all rosy though and day-to-day things can really grate on the nerves till we're exhausted. I appreciate your honesty, and hope that you find some guilt free time for you. Em xMimi and Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538674717041795218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-23680578552674924092012-09-17T16:10:08.156+01:002012-09-17T16:10:08.156+01:00It'll be better when they get older. In the me...It'll be better when they get older. In the meantime put up a list of rules and consequences if they aren't met?? Just a suggestion. Chain Stitch Crochethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865611172125103299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-67206199110766582252012-09-17T08:03:34.820+01:002012-09-17T08:03:34.820+01:00Oh my... that's my house also. I'm feeling...Oh my... that's my house also. I'm feeling really bad about me not being motivated enough to clean the house properly, to decorate, to create, to eat the right things... and having 6 pets that demolish the house on a daily basis! I think I'll start the "Fly Lady" plan of dealing with a messy house. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-84700822590716785542012-09-14T22:01:17.611+01:002012-09-14T22:01:17.611+01:00Wow.... You could have done a guest post on my blo...Wow.... You could have done a guest post on my blog...and said all these things for me...EVERYTHING you've said here resonates so sure and true with me too....."I rush too much, I daydream too much......to....I don't have enough cupboard space and I am sick of being asked to get a dog".....totally me...and all numbers 1to 15....you couldn't have described our home any better if you'd tried....one thing you didn't mention was siblings fighting....do you have that too...cause that is constant in my house....I mean CONSTANT....Thank you for voicing exactly how I feel....you took the words right out of my mouth.....it's so much easier I think, when you know you're not the only one struggling with life's ups and downs.....it certainly helps me....thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.....I adore all your beautiful photos....which bring a ray of happiness and sunshine to my day....I hope you'll be feeling more relaxed and "together" now the Bears are all settled back into school and routine -xx-❀ Sassybelle Bloomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018476705247837384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-68362201833436059662012-09-14T18:24:29.027+01:002012-09-14T18:24:29.027+01:00Wow....I really need to read that. That is exactl...Wow....I really need to read that. That is exactly how I feel most of the time!<br /><br />Well done for your honest posting!<br /><br />xxxMocha Stickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238538595539738071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-18093894828978406662012-09-14T10:27:19.623+01:002012-09-14T10:27:19.623+01:00oh this post is amazing!!! i swear i could have wr...oh this post is amazing!!! i swear i could have written it!!<br /><br />I use my blog pretty much for just happy things to. Underneath the surface though, things can be very different. But my blog helps remind me that there are lovely things too xxxxxLissyLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144955806086442951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-42573378903986244202012-09-13T19:56:13.716+01:002012-09-13T19:56:13.716+01:00I sighed a huge sigh of relief that I'm not th...I sighed a huge sigh of relief that I'm not the only one with a house full of (messy) males.....Yes to all of the things you mentioned, and to whoever mentioned the Loo Problem!! OOOH how it drives me MAD. Thankyou xxxMichelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17069154524341000124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-71608378067377521242012-09-13T08:31:40.712+01:002012-09-13T08:31:40.712+01:00my poor tired brain. thought I was done so it move...my poor tired brain. thought I was done so it moved my hand over the post button and clicked. I have managed to get some pretty crochets done. my best friend since high school is moving to Arkansas with her new hubby sometime in the next month. she has never lived in a snow zone before. I made her a lovely scarf in her favorite color, and made her hubby a ear flap beanie for when he goes hunting (it's done in camo. it was my first attempt at a beanie. so glad his head is larger then mine. it about swallows me whole). just the other day her hubby's lovely auntie (i want her to adopt me she is that awesome) was diagnosed with breast cancer. he asked me to make some ribbons for him to pass around the family. i spent 2 hours wrapped in pink yarn, 2 shades of pink sewing thread, pink and white beads and came out with 20 3 inch tall awareness/support crocheted ribbons, 3 4 inch normal ribbon support/awareness ribbons and a 6 inch crocheted ribbon. the larger one goes to his aunt. she goes in for surgery on Monday and is a bit afraid but knows she has a large support group behind her no matter the end result of the surgery.Crafty Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903765421227490520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-41986562077137813122012-09-13T08:21:12.074+01:002012-09-13T08:21:12.074+01:00i would join that support group. desperately. can ...i would join that support group. desperately. can i be first in line?Crafty Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903765421227490520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-29024602764733822402012-09-13T08:12:26.461+01:002012-09-13T08:12:26.461+01:00" I don't do enough housework"
"..." I don't do enough housework"<br />"I eat crappily"<br />" I don't socialise enough"<br />"I'm too sensitive, too emotional and I need to say 'NO' more"<br />"I constantly stare at mountainous washing piles that never seem to disappear"<br />"I HATE ironing with a passion" <br /><br />.....<br /><br />Can we be real life neighbors so I know I'm not the only mom in a 5 block radius that feels like this? I'll do your ironing! (I actually find it quite soothing. Must be the repetitive motions).<br />Even with one of my two littles in school I still feel like I get nothing done most days. I've actually taken staying up all night getting things done that should have been done during the day. I'm too busy (and tired from staying up all night doing housework) during the day trying to keep my blossoming 3 year old daughter in one outfit. (No joke. just the other day she changed her clothes -by herself- 4 times in a 6 hour period. no rhyme or reason. just because she could) and get her to pick up her barbies. I think stepping on a barbie hand or foot is just as painful as legos (which i refuse to let in my house by the way. we often have friends with infants come over for visits on the weekends so legos are a no no until there are no more babies). The cat's been snippy lately too. must be the change in weather (fall is definitely on its way to Northern Utah). someone in the family winds up being used as a scratching post daily lately. just today it was hubby. (he sat down for breakfast and apparently the cat thought his feet were far too close to her -2 feet away- and so she attacked his leg. poor hubby)<br />I can't complain too much about the not listening part. my poor boy has a legit excuse. his O.D.D. and ADHD make it hard for him. we take it in baby steps. poor kid has a temper. we blame the blood running through his veins (german and italian on my father's side, scotish and irish on my mother's). if we aren't careful he blows like a volcano and it sends the house into chaos for days. and he's only 7. (can i skip he teen years?) <br />I also have the 'nobody' did it problem. i must have invisible children. at least that's what i tell myself to explain the natural disaster that is my house at the end of the day. Crafty Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903765421227490520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-73083704900524240232012-09-12T21:42:32.209+01:002012-09-12T21:42:32.209+01:00Hi,
I have two girls and a boy. The mess is the sa...Hi,<br />I have two girls and a boy. The mess is the same. I love my kids, really I do. No-one ever told me that to be a mother is cleaning up all the time, wash and iron all the time and never sit for one minute. That part is crap. When I would not have to do these things, It would be less exhausting and more fun. But it is what it is :)Ingridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745686603842993545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-18131837490400293232012-09-12T20:25:02.598+01:002012-09-12T20:25:02.598+01:00Yes, I know your pain. I too lived with 4 men. We ...Yes, I know your pain. I too lived with 4 men. We only have one left at home and he will marry next June. We do have grandchildren....Yep, 2 boys. I came from a home where there were 4 of us girls plus mom & dad. I understand girls. After all these many years I still don't understand boys/men. I chuckled a bit (sorry) when reading your blog because I have walked in your foot steps. One peeve that I always had was their missing the potty-or not lifting the lid and I sit in "it". AND NO ONE EVER DID IT!!! But I do miss my little sons. I would trade anything to have them all little, making messes and being home with me once again. <br />Sending you a big HUG!Debbie Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035548816552882062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-65040903543337016242012-09-11T13:39:07.443+01:002012-09-11T13:39:07.443+01:00I tidy and he messes, I clean and he dirties, he l...I tidy and he messes, I clean and he dirties, he likes noise whilst I like peace and quiet. From this stream it seems they are all guilty of the same misdemeanours. I'm looking forward to an old age of deafness and lady companions :) p.s. don't tell him I said so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-20208933841073900412012-09-11T13:01:54.184+01:002012-09-11T13:01:54.184+01:00Oh Vanessa, you can't possibly know how happy ...Oh Vanessa, you can't possibly know how happy you have made me feel!!! Its a bit like you are mirroring my life!! I have no idea where you are from, for some reason I feel like is Australia, I don't know why, perhaps because I have met so many lovely aussies online, but anyway our lives are soooo similar!!! This is me all over, right from the posting pretty pics to boost my happy-o-meter, and the not achieving anything in the real world (too busy faffing, pootling and pottering), to not being able to say no to ANYTHING (I feel mean ... and I don't like the thought of missing out!) so having too many balls in the air at once and dropping them all over the place!!! Isn't it strange how the new school year is unsettling, I find that I've just about got myself into the perfect routing by the end of July and then BAM its the summer hols and I have to start all over again come September, just little changes here and there seem to take an AGE to get used to... I'm in total chaos at the mo, my littlest one is the biggest handful EVER, I thought having another girl would be easy (my middle one is a girl and the perfect child), but oh no, this little pickle has a totally different take on the world, I have to keep her busy All The Time to keep her out of mischief, I can't take my eyes off her, last week she scampered off and a minute later she'd fallen from my son's bed and broken her arm (I'm just soooo thankful that was all that happens, I keep playing it over and over in my head...) Anyway, she has since managed to take her cast of four, yes FOUR times, I am spending far too much time in A&E, they recognise us now, infact my daughter is known as Houdini!! I'm trying to give my son lots of extra support with his school work at the mo too as he needs a boost (although I think he sees my love, help and support more as the worst punishment ever!) I had a rather timely internet break down last week so had all hands on deck, but its back on again and just in time for me to have a little internet escapism - Its much healthier to focus on reality, but its nice to be able to escape a little too ... Oh and before I pop off to get my daughter up from her nap, I have to add TOILETS to your list, everything about them drives my up the wall, unreplaced toilet rolls, sprayed seats, unflushed business, dirty floors .... yuk yuk yuk!!! Anyway, lovely and refreshing to hear from you, you made me chuckle and brightened my mood! xxxxEmma Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895665685813686834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-83666663270178932542012-09-11T12:11:22.960+01:002012-09-11T12:11:22.960+01:00I think we might be related, lol. XoxoI think we might be related, lol. XoxoChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03824060675675412629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-84818700474010071392012-09-11T11:31:07.046+01:002012-09-11T11:31:07.046+01:00Thank you for being so honest. Really refreshing. ...Thank you for being so honest. Really refreshing. Definitely can relate to much of your list. I only have one little boy but the Husband counts as another one. Infact he counts as two! He doesn't use a plate at all despite constant nagging. I'm 10 weeks away from another baby arriving and I'm wondering if I'm going to get a girl to even things out or another boy so I'll be out numbered too. I love your blog by the way. Fiona xLinenandRoseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109282224996790623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-20540923556422063832012-09-11T10:57:21.653+01:002012-09-11T10:57:21.653+01:00Ha ha soooo recognisable. Thank you for sharing. ...Ha ha soooo recognisable. Thank you for sharing. Sometimes these perfect picture blogs make me feel a little bit sick. Mind, not yours! We get to dream away with you in your blog and from time to time you share the other 90 percent so we are reasured we're all normal. I never comment but now that I do I would like to say I love crocheting blanckets too and you are an enourmeaous source of inspiration to me!<br />Greatings from Belgium.<br />AnnAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265159660948278642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-36765709782642151992012-09-11T10:36:21.818+01:002012-09-11T10:36:21.818+01:00thank you for being so honest, I know how you feel...thank you for being so honest, I know how you feel, I guess everyone does...<br />I've been following your blog for a while now, never felt like leaving a comment, bit to shy I guess. <br />But I'm sending you a big hug from Holland! you will survive! ;-)<br />xoxo<br /><br />Liefkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466226135345988479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105382986664426959.post-47958685095617569532012-09-11T09:47:24.673+01:002012-09-11T09:47:24.673+01:00I love your blog and almost everything you say res...I love your blog and almost everything you say resonates with me. My 2 sons are now grown up but nearly everything you say still holds true when they are home, except for the lego, and the toothpaste in the sink has been replaced with stubble! Worst of all, the things you list still happen when my boys are not here, because hubby does all of those things - well I suppose they had to learn from someone...<br />Most days I try to rise above it and quietly clear up after them/him (especially since my dad died a few years ago and I keep telling myself that my Mum would love to have him still around to clear up after)but I have days where all I feel is despair at how disrespectful it is of them to always expect me to clear up after them.<br />I don't think there's an answer, but it's good to know that there's many ladies out there that feel our pain...xAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572093603814122314noreply@blogger.com