To Shower or Not to Shower

I haven't written a post in over a month! I've been THAT busy.  The Realtor who I've been working for is on fire and I've been trying to juggle the copious amounts of paperwork with my ever difficult five year old, two year old and chunky monk 6 month old. Being busy is good though, it's less time for me to over analyze existing in my overly hormonal, analytic, female brain.  I also decided to go ahead and get my Realtor license, which excites me, but now that I think about it, is only magnifying my neurosis.  What neurosis you ask? The constant "pursuit of happiness" neurosis. Or maybe even the ego satisfying neurosis, I'm not sure which one.  The other day I just felt completely useless. I mean I worked my butt off taking care of the children; never sitting down, fussy baby, fighting siblings, nurse, abcmouse.com, dog eating trash, toddler peeing on rug next to toilet, nurse, five year old sticking hand in baby's mouth, toddler refusing t...

My husband and I thought we were too cool for a mini van. Even after we drove one to Colorado and absolutely loved it, we still thought of ourselves as above the ugly, dreaded, so NOT cool mini van. Let me tell you something. YOU ARE NEVER ABOVE A MINI VAN . If you have two or more children and you think you are above getting a mini van than you are sorely mistaken.  In order for me to stay home with my children, I had to trade in my new Mazda CX9 for an old Toyota Sequoia. My husband chose this vehicle because of its third row seat and its impeccable engine. It seemed like the perfect addition to our SUPER COOL lifestyle. I mean we could totally fit three car seats and a stroller in there all while affording the car payment on one income!  Well, 6 months and three children later, this perfect car is in some desperate need for repairs. My irritations with it had already begun as I put what seemed to be an endless supply of gas into it even though I hardly leave the ho...