Red Wagon Of Motherhood...what are you pulling?

Landon's preschool held a seminar by a marriage and family therapist about Mom's taking care of themselves (huh? what's that?) It is called: "Healthy Mom, Healthy Family". I wasn't sure how it was going to be.


First she handed out a diagram of a Red Wagon. Told us this represents all the stuff we Mom's are pulling around. The four wheels are your mental, emotional, spiritual and physical sexual parts of yourself. Notice if one of these wheels is out of balance, everything can fall out of your wagon.

I started to think of what I was pulling around:

Landon, Coco, Hubby, Dog, 2 cats, health of kids and hubby, cooking, cleaning, banking, bill paying, writing, blogging, safety of kids, sexual relationship with hubby, kids relationship to God, kids education, dreams, goals, money, fashion of kids and hubby, social calendar, morality of kids, yard, home decor, sales of gift company, room mom duties, Prayers for church, friends, career, Landon's arm progress...I COULD GO ON...

Makes me tired just reading it. I swear I don't know what I did with all my extra time before kids, let alone before hubby! (Live it up girls!)

Back to the wagon, we each carry a "Unique and immeasurable load" behind us. We matter, way more than we think. We affect so many people and parts of life.

It's just so tiring. The only way to make it is to take care of yourself. Otherwise how can you pull this around? Exercise, spirituality, meditation, writing, mentoring, communication, we need these to make it through. Many times I have relied on friends, fellow Mothers, and bloggers to help me through. I am so grateful.

So tell me. What about you? What are you pulling? Better yet, how do you keep going?

Jonathan Adler Should Be My Boyfiend

I want him. Okay fine he's gay.
And he's in a committed relationship with this guy:



The creative director of Barneys (sigh).


Oh, and I'm married. Oh well. Surely we are still supposed to be together because I love all his sculpture and decor. Did you know he decorated the Parker in Palm Springs? Too fabulous. You saw, from my kitchen below, that I am stalking his wallpaper. On his site, he also lists his manifesto:

"Our Manifesto

We believe that your home should make you happy.

We believe that when it comes to decorating, the wife is always right.
Unless the husband is gay.

We believe in carbohydrates and to hell with the puffy consequences.

We believe minimalism is a bummer.

We believe handcrafted tchotchkes are life-enhancing.

We believe tassels are the earrings of the home.

We believe in our muses: David Hicks, Alexander Girard,
Bonnie Cashin. Hans Coper, Gio Ponti, Andy Warhol, Leroy Neiman,
Yves Saint Laurent, and Madonna.

We believe in the innate chicness of red with brown.

We believe in being underdressed or overdressed always.

We believe in infantile, happy emblems like butterflies and hearts.

We believe celebrities should pay full price.

We believe in rustic modernism: Big Sur, A-Frame beach houses,
raw beams, and geodesic dome homes.

We believe in Palm Beach style:
Louis chairs, chinoiserie, Lilly Pulitzer, The Breakers circa '72.

We believe our designs are award winning even though
they've never actually won any.

We believe in Aid to Artisans.

We believe dogs should be allowed in stores and restaurants.

We believe in mantiques - suits of armour,
worn chesterfield sofas, heraldic tapestries.

We believe you should throw out your Blackberry
and go pick some actual blackberries.

We believe colors can't clash.

We believe in blowing your nest egg on our pots.

We believe our lamps will make you look younger and thinner.

We believe in irreverent luxury."

Yep, he should be my boyfriend. My gay boyfriend.

Sanity Break- Scrapbook Night!

If you want to bring the girls together, have a scrap book, or photo album catch up night at your house. We all have gotten behind in our photos and scrapbooking...no need to feel guilty! Instead, break out the wine, pick up some deserts and have the ladies over!

Suddenly they are at your door, LL Bean bag full of albums and photos, and looking for a guilt free way to catch up!

I had two good friends come over and we shared photos, gossip, laughs and memories. It was heaven I tell you. Best of all I got Coco's first year album done! Now on to the other five I need to do!

Show Me Monday- Kitchen!

Most of you have seen the slow, and slooooow transformation of my kitchen. Oh? You didn't? Well here's the before...


And now the after...







I am waiting on hubby for hardwood floors, counter tops (thinking of apple green Caesar stone), and wallpaper (bamboo green pattern possibly).


Hubby is a contractor, and sometimes gets freebies and favors! I also want to change the seating...not sure yet.... Okay show me yours...I have to see!

The House Tour Continues! KITCHEN!

Join me tomorrow for the end of the tour! Here's your chance to show off your kitchen, or post any other room you want for the tour! Get to it!!

Britney- The Tic Tac Effect!

The show was amazing and her hiney is tiny. She pranced around in high heels and a body suit the whole night. High energy show and she did wonderfully. One thing though.... I saw this everywhere:





Yes, girls in skirts no bigger than a Tic Tac. Good lord.

Guess Where I'm Headed Tonight!!!

Flash Forward- Set Your Tivos Ladies!

Flash Forward will be premiering September 24th at 8pm on ABC. The show is being billed as the new "Lost", but since I have never seen lost (GASP!), let's stick to Flash Forward.

"What if you saw your future 6 months from now? A glimpse of where you will be and who you will be with. Would you look forward to what was coming…or would you try to stop it?

A mysterious global event causes everyone to black out simultaneously for two minutes and seventeen seconds, and each person sees a glimpse of their lives six months from now. When they wake up, everyone is left wondering if what they saw will actually happen.

Los Angeles FBI Agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) is desperate to uncover why this happened and who or what is behind it. And he's not the only one. Before long, everyone starts asking, "What did you see?" As Mark and his team struggle to figure out what caused this bizarre event, they begin to piece together the future by creating a huge database of people's flash forwards from all over the world – The Mosaic Collective. No one knows what these flash forwards mean or exactly what the future really holds. But it is clear that across the globe people who've never met will somehow be intimately connected and will have an impact on each other's lives in the next six months. Some will fear what's coming, others excited; but not a single person will be unaffected.

Adapting award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer's revolutionary novel, executive producers David S. Goyer (co-writer of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight), Brannon Braga (24, Star Trek: Enterprise), Marc Guggenheim (Brothers & Sisters, Eli Stone), Jessika Borszicky Goyer (Revelations) and producer Mark H. Ovitz (October Road) invite you to embark on a journey to answer the question, "if you knew what your future held, what would you do?"

Um...I think I would tune in ans watch! You? Are you going to watch? What other new shows are you looking forward to?

Show Me Monday- Coco and Landon's Bathroom! And Mommywood Winner!!

Landon, the bachelor that he was, had a safari room to match his safari room. When we redo the bathroom, put in the claw foot tub, and subway tile, it will be white and blue and ready for Miss Coco too!







I used our real safari photos which I just love to look at.




Okay your turn, show me your kids bath, guest bath, anything you want! Just tell me so I can come take a peek!

Okay, now, for the important stuff...

The winner....

Of the Mommywood Pay It Forward Book Giveaway is....












Three For Tippy!!! (who pinky swears she will pay it forward to someone else!!) Email me at onefabulousmom@gmail.com!!

The House Tour Continues! Kids Bathroom!

The house tour continues Monday with Landon and Coco's bathroom. Come and join me will ya? I would love to see the guest/ or kids bathroom! Also the Mommywood giveaway winner will be revealed! It's not too late to enter!