I'm not very organized.
I'm not organized at All.
I'm not organized at All.
Why is that silly Easter cup with glitter on my desk? And why did I forget to pack toothpaste and elastic bands to put my hair up?
I was going to write a simple, straight forward post announcing the January Cook Off theme but I decided no Cook Off this month. Next month for sure, when my blogging schedule will be post Holidays and post Food Blogger Camp, hopefully a bit more orderly.
At one point in time I had 2 blogs that I regularly maintained. I had bebeloo, where I wrote about life and reflected on how I was the perfect mother before I had kids and I had Kitchen Corners where I shared recipes. Now that I do have kids I realize parenting is perfection on it's head doing a back flip off whatever an ideal reality should be like and my reality screamed angry messages at me, telling me that maintaining 2 separate blogs is a no go.
At one point in time I had 2 blogs that I regularly maintained. I had bebeloo, where I wrote about life and reflected on how I was the perfect mother before I had kids and I had Kitchen Corners where I shared recipes. Now that I do have kids I realize parenting is perfection on it's head doing a back flip off whatever an ideal reality should be like and my reality screamed angry messages at me, telling me that maintaining 2 separate blogs is a no go.
Now Kitchen Corners is this.
I'm obsessively self reflecting about parenting, and since I am parenting at my best when I'm in the kitchen it's inevitable that food plays a leading role in the life stories I tell.
Let me tell you how parenting Baby Maria is going. On Monday Baby Maria went to daycare for the first time. She's 1 year 3 months and 20 days old. Baby Maria is most definitely still a baby. Babies need to stay home with their mamas and cuddle and nurse and read board books all day. Mamas need to nurture their kids, and keep the house clean, and make delicious healthy and fun meals, and be happy all day too.
I'm obsessively self reflecting about parenting, and since I am parenting at my best when I'm in the kitchen it's inevitable that food plays a leading role in the life stories I tell.
Let me tell you how parenting Baby Maria is going. On Monday Baby Maria went to daycare for the first time. She's 1 year 3 months and 20 days old. Baby Maria is most definitely still a baby. Babies need to stay home with their mamas and cuddle and nurse and read board books all day. Mamas need to nurture their kids, and keep the house clean, and make delicious healthy and fun meals, and be happy all day too.
But Baby Maria and I don't fit the norm. She's way past nursing and she doesn't care who reads her board books, so we decided to ship her off to daycare. It helps that I can't keep the house clean and cook and parent and be in a good mood all day either. It also helps that I write for the local newspaper and have been getting more paid writing gigs and I want to blog professionally AND that the daycare is a whole 10 seconds away from my door step, yeah I can see her class from my bedroom window. My office is in my bedroom and since I'm working from my bedroom office and looking out the window it means that technically I am watching her.
Dang, I'm a rock star mother!
Actually, I have to admit I was a little offended when I dropped her off on Monday and she didn't even cry.
This is what my office looks like now that I'm in Riviera Maya, Mexico. A couple doors down is another mommy food blogger, and another, and another. Over lunch we talked about what we write and who we read, and what we cook and what we eat. The answers are wildly different which only reaffirms my belief that there is room for us all in this rapidly growing blogging world, mothers and none-mothers alike, food blogger and none-food bloggers alike. I strongly believe that if you're a blogger trying to make something out of your space this is the time to be doing it and you will succeed!
I'm exited for these next couple of days. I'm excited about making the decision to take Kitchen Corners more seriously. I think this means I should post a recipe soon, so so so soon. Tomorrow early in the morn I'll have a carrot date nut muffin recipe that will start off your day just right. But right now I need to go eat my second lunch and get ready for dinner, and call the fam.
Dang, I'm a rock star mother!
Actually, I have to admit I was a little offended when I dropped her off on Monday and she didn't even cry.
This is what my office looks like now that I'm in Riviera Maya, Mexico. A couple doors down is another mommy food blogger, and another, and another. Over lunch we talked about what we write and who we read, and what we cook and what we eat. The answers are wildly different which only reaffirms my belief that there is room for us all in this rapidly growing blogging world, mothers and none-mothers alike, food blogger and none-food bloggers alike. I strongly believe that if you're a blogger trying to make something out of your space this is the time to be doing it and you will succeed!
I'm exited for these next couple of days. I'm excited about making the decision to take Kitchen Corners more seriously. I think this means I should post a recipe soon, so so so soon. Tomorrow early in the morn I'll have a carrot date nut muffin recipe that will start off your day just right. But right now I need to go eat my second lunch and get ready for dinner, and call the fam.
Baby girl, I miss you already. Don't make too much orange juice without me.
Enzo, thanks for all the random pieces of paper you put in my suitcase. You're with me wherever I go.
Christian, when the guy sitting next to me on the plane asked if I left my husband babysitting the kids I proudly answered "No! He is not babysitting he's parenting." You are the best parent I know. You are also the best husband I could ever dream of knowing. I wish you were here with me.
xoxo, me.
Christian, when the guy sitting next to me on the plane asked if I left my husband babysitting the kids I proudly answered "No! He is not babysitting he's parenting." You are the best parent I know. You are also the best husband I could ever dream of knowing. I wish you were here with me.
xoxo, me.
