Keepin’ It Real

Are you ever tempted to only let people glimpse the portions of your life that put you in your best light?

Like, I don’t know about the rest of you but this is what I look like when I wake up in the morning:

Horrifying, isn’t it?

And my kitchen pretty much always looks like this:

Because I spend all my time cleaning…that is when I’m not grinding wheat to make my own bread, sewing my own clothes, and thinking super spiritual thoughts and posting them on my Facebook status.

I’m pretty much awesome at everything I do. I never fail at any projects I try.

My child is a dainty, angelic creature who always looks like she stepped right out of the pages of a Baby Gap ad. She’s not perfect, but I’m such a good parent, her behavior doesn’t even really phase me.

Seriously?!?

I mean, really – who do I think I’m kidding with that garbage?

One of my goals on this blog is to keep it real. As my friend Andrea says, “There is enough plastic in the world without me contributing to it by trying to be fake.”

So along those lines, here are some things you need to know:

• I am still in my pajamas. So is Lily.
  
  
• I didn’t work out for even a second yesterday…unless you count vacuuming the stairs.
  
  
• Speaking of vacuuming, I don’t do it every day. Sometimes not even every other day. Usually only once a week, or if we have company coming.
  
  
• This morning I caved…and ate one of these for breakfast:

And I don’t even really feel guilty!

• My house is very clean because our Bible study group met here last night. Just don’t look in the office because that’s where I shoved all the random piles of junk that I didn’t have time to sort through:
  
   
  
• I spent 3 hours – THREE HOURS -- one day last week trying to figure out a simple {and I do mean simple} “10 minute” sewing project. And I still messed it up.
  
  
• You know how I wanted to try some healthy recipes this year? Well I cooked my first one on Monday. It was disgusting. Ask my husband.

No matter what else you might read on here, please, PLEASE don’t ever get the idea that I’ve always got it all together. I can put on a pretty good front when I want to, but deep down, I know the truth. I’m just an average {sometimes below average} girl with high aspirations. I’ve set some high goals for myself and I’m going to be diligent about pursuing them. But chances are, I’m gonna fail at some of them. And when I do, I’ll be sure to let you know.

“A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.”