A reluctant retraction

I haven't wanted to admit this but ...

The Boy is not fully potty-trained. He WAS!! For three days! Then he changed his mind. For three days and nights we were dry and clean and he initiated every trip to the bathroom. It was beautiful. And so I posted. Then he recanted and now we're back very close to Square One. Today we had three successful potty trips, but probably five messes. (I try not to keep too close track. It's discouraging and I want to stay positive.)

Anyway, just wanted to be honest. I know some of you have had incredible difficulty in potty-training your kids. I didn't want to keep you under the erroneous impression that all is rosy and underwear-clad over here. It's easy to publish success, but not so easy retract it.

Since we on the topic of confession, I also want to mention a few other things. I love to set goals and have done so many times on this blog. I'm not so great at keeping them. I tell you what my goals are, but never tell you when I fail to meet them, which is almost always. Take for example my Bookshelf. Many Tuesdays have come and gone without a single update to that part of this site. And then my New Year's resolutions of working out three times a week. HA! I keep talking about this book I'm writing, but that's about all that's being done on it. Talk. Well, and a little bit of research and regular thinking.

Here's the bottom line: I'm ambitious and have much I aspire to do, but my family always comes first.

Sure, I could be diligent about posting new book reviews or blogging twice a day, but I've got these two "distractions" that always win my attentions. I'd much rather be cloud-watching or puddle-jumping than meeting some arbitrary goal. And that's exactly what they are right now. When my kids are in school all day and I've got nothing better to do, I'll finish that book. I'll post daily and you'll be amazed at my "productivity."

The sunny days of childhood pass far too quickly for moms to spend worrying about meeting some measurable goal. The immeasurable is much more important.

Oh, and before you ask, yes, that is a urinal in the background. He never uses it, but don't you think it looks nice in my living room?