Comments on: Managing Summertime Expectations (Let’s Get Real) https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real Thu, 06 Aug 2015 02:00:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Missy Stevens https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3887 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 02:00:11 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3887 In reply to julie gardner.

Me, either, Julie. I have a my mess, plus several hundred family pictures that I said I would organize. In 2008. I’m doomed.

]]> By: Better Than Nothing! | missystevenswrites.com https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3886 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 01:55:43 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3886 […] I had expectations going into the summer, and concerns that all would devolve into chaos. You can revisit that post here if you need a refresher – I’m not wasting space by pasting it in this post, so go ahead and […]

]]> By: julie gardner https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3600 Tue, 09 Jun 2015 16:25:34 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3600 I haven’t put a photo in an album since 2002.
True story.

]]> By: Missy Stevens https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3553 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:43:10 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3553 In reply to Nicole.

Drinking my tea this morning, thinking “I’m not ready, I’m not ready.” Small bit of denial going on here.

]]> By: Missy Stevens https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3552 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:41:59 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3552 In reply to Amy.

And truth be told, I’m kind of sluggish in the middle of the day, too. I’m doomed.

]]> By: Amy https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3550 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 04:42:52 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3550 So painfully familiar – including the part about not being a morning or night person. Makes it so dang hard to get anything done. Good luck this summer! Stay strong.

]]> By: Nicole https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3549 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 04:39:04 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3549 I’m scared about summer. That is all.

]]> By: Missy Stevens https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3542 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 21:38:22 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3542 In reply to John (Daddy Runs a Lot).

Amen!

I’m about to do the no sugar, no alcohol, no coffee, no fun elimination diet (long story – will post about it in the next couple weeks). I’m not even dreaming of making the kids do that. The whining would be epic. I should clarify – the kids already do the no alcohol, no coffee part.

]]> By: Missy Stevens https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3541 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 21:34:55 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3541 In reply to Leigh Ann.

I maintain my resolve for about… a week. And then I leave it up to prayer. Please, dear Lord, don’t let their brains fall out over the summer!

]]> By: John (Daddy Runs a Lot) https://missystevenswrites.com/managing-summertime-expectations-lets-get-real#comment-3539 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:18:09 +0000 http://missystevenswrites.com/?p=5673#comment-3539 You know, I try the “no sugar” thing for myself . . . and it works, for me. The idea of trying to get my kids to follow? It scares me.

When I find that it’s me & the kids for the day, I try to find a single thing to do that has us out of the house & “feeling productive,” which could mean pool, or a museum, or a trip to the park . . . or a trip to the McDonald’s play land (hey, it’s active!). Those days, as soon as we start getting dressed, I start daydreaming of wine.

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