I can’t tell you how many times people say to me “I just
don’t know how you do it all!”
Honestly, it happens at least once a day. I’m really not trying to “do it all,” I’m just one of those
chicks who likes doing 10 things at once.
The truth is that I don’t sleep much. Between a husband and two little ones, a demanding career, and The Clueless Chick, there really aren’t enough hours in the day, so I’ve
turned the night into working hours :-)
I jokingly tell people that The Clueless Chick is my 9pm to
2am job, but most weeks that is true.
But what can I say, this is my passion, and we always find time for what
we are passionate about, and thanks to Starbucks and a super supportive husband
I’m able to make it work.
How do I “do it all”?
Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize, which is even more important around
the holidays with so many demands on our time and pressure to make everything
perfect. The most important thing
to do is to determine what is most important to you – the way I see it is if
you are just too busy playing with the little ones to ever get the ornaments
hung on the Christmas tree, oh well :-)
So here’s one of the ways I make it all happen:
I LOVE cooking all day for Thanksgiving, roasting the
turkey, pealing and mashing potatoes, but in order to get away with doing all
of that work I had to make a deal with my husband. He doesn’t like the idea of me “slaving over the stove” all
day, and since he’s no cook, his solution is to order in so that we can kick
back and watch football all day. HA! That is sooooo not happening in my house…or so I thought.
Two years ago we made a deal – if I could cook all day for
Thanksgiving, we would order a fully cooked Turkey dinner from Whole Foods for
Christmas dinner. O.M.G. this has
been one of the best deals ever. I
still make our favorite side dishes: Pineapple Casserole, Sweet Potato Casserole, Baked Brie, etc. but we’ll spend most of the day watching White Christmas,
teaching the kids to play Go Fish and just enjoying spending time with family
from out of town. Not a bad deal
for $120 ;-) I don’t know about
you, but I usually spend at least that much on groceries for the holidays +
hours and hours and hours of prep time and cooking.
This morning I got up (after being up half the night with a
toddler who has a fever of 102...), got ready, headed to my local Whole Foods to pick up dinner, and now I’m home, writing this blog and chillin’ like a villain with the fam.
My Christmas wish for you is that you will be able to find a
little way that you can uncomplicate your life to save yourself time and stress
so that you can enjoy yourself. Worry
less about making sure everything is perfect and more about spending time with
your loved ones!
Happy Holidays from The Clueless Chick!
Until next time,
Jennifer
aka Chick #1
