My aspirations

I aspire one day to be super mom. You know that mom who is a great cook, is super crafty, and incredibly well dressed. You know, the mom with great hair who makes her own bread and gets her kids to eat veggies; the mom with a tremendous garden who makes killer brownies and is on time to everything. I aspire to that mom who WOWs people with all that she can accomplish in a day. While I know that will never be me it is good to have lofty aspirations to drive us to better ourselves.

My daily accomplishments seem to rarely exceed a clean kitchen, a trip to the library, and boys tucked in bed before 8pm. However, yesterday was different.

In an effort to better prepare my family for an emergency I was searching the internet for water storage and stumbled upon a website dedicated to emergency preparedness (http://preparednesspantry.blogspot.com). I became a follower, a friend on facebook, signed up for their giveaway, and posted an entry for their blog post giveaway. I was thrilled that someone was willing to help conquer such an enormous task. It was lovely.

The big surprise came when last night I received an email stating that the Preparedness Pantry loved my post. They would be publishing it that very day and would soon send me a $20 gift card for my submission.

I was over the moon! I was probably 10 years old the last time that I won something and, for the first time in a long while, I had something tangible to show for my contributions to the family. It was silly how happy I was about the whole thing.

My husband is great at telling me how grateful he is for all that I do around here. But, let's face it, the kids rarely say thanks and slip a gift card in my pocket. They do slip me hugs and kisses galore, and that's better than any with a dollar sign on it.

Still it felt good to be published and appreciated.
Check it out.
http://preparednesspantry.blogspot.com/2010/03/emergency-kit-hello-stranger-its-been.html