Dump the Frump

frump:
-noun
1. A girl or a woman regarded as dull, plain or unattractive
2. A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate

Ever since I had the baby, I've been a little bit blah and down. I just really haven't been myself. With Chloe crying all the time, it's been hard to do anything else. During the day, I find myself frustrated because I haven't gotten the chores done that I've wanted to do, I haven't played with Kaiya as much as I would have liked, dinner's something thrown together really quick, exercising has been nonexistent, and when the kids finally do go to bed, I'm too tired to do anything else but go to bed myself. I guess you could say that I've been a total frump! Honestly, nothing is worse, or more dull and unattractive, than a Lindsay who hasn't been taking good care of herself, because I wear my emotions on my sleeve. If I'm grouchy or blah, then everyone knows it!

I decided to take matters into my own hands this week though. I decided to "Dump the Frump," so to speak.

One of the things that's been a big source of frustration for me has been the fact that I haven't lost all the baby weight yet. I did some Spring Cleaning though and it really felt good. Not only did I pack the kids' clothes away that didn't fit them, but I also got rid of things in my own closet that were no longer worn by me, or didn't really fit anymore. Cleaning the closets killed two birds with one stone, because not only did I get a big chore done, I'm not going to be wearing clothes too small, which was depressing, no matter what size you are.

Thursday night I went with a friend to a few stores. It was so nice to get out without the baby and I got a pair of capri pants that fit! Yea!

This week, I also put in a little "me time" and learned a few new things. I learned to make cinnamon rolls from the baking expert herself. Baking has always intimidated me a little because I'm the type of person who needs exact measurements for things. Baking is all sorts of crazy because people will say things like, "You need 6 cups of flour or so, just feel the dough, you might need to add more." Huh? Things like "feel the dough, you know when it's a good consistency" doesn't really fly with me.

Tiffani's a great teacher because the c-rolls were yummy! I would have taken a picture of them, but freshly baked goods are a hot commodity at this house. They were gone instantly.

Nicole also came over this week and we made hair accessories for our girls. I made hair bands for Chloe in 4 different colors---

Then we made all sorts of flowers to attach to the hair bands---

Isn't it great! You can mix and match the flowers to the hair bands. Best of all, we are also attaching the snaps to other hair clips for our older girls. That way I can use all those flowers for both Chloe and Kaiya's hair.

Here are some pictures with one of my favorite models!





Okay, as you can see, she's clearly had it with me changing all the flowers and hair bands on her head for pictures. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in the name of beauty and Mommy's blog, Chloe Dear!

Anyways, the hair bands and flowers were so much fun to make. It was absurd, really, how much pleasure I got from doing a little crafting.

Finally, I recently bought The Book of Mormon Made Easier, by David J. Ridges. Since I've had the baby, I'll admit, I hadn't really been logging in a lot of scripture reading time in my schedule,which I'm sure attributed to my current blah-like state. Anyways, I recently got "back on the horse" and started reading this book to aid in my scripture reading. I've really learned SO MUCH from it. It's a great book.

I'm glad I made an effort this week to "dump the frump." It was such a nice feeling to be productive and spend time with friends this week. I really felt like "me" for the first time in a long while.