Too Tired Mama

The name of my blog is "Too Tired Mama". This is because I'm a mom who wants to do it all -home improvement projects, pin worthy crafts and activities- but I struggle with a couple chronic illnesses so that isn't always possible. My goal with this blog is to share when I'm successful in going forward with my DIY projects, and some of what happens in between my productive spurts. Today I'm going to focus on one specific illness since May is its awareness month. Ehlers-danlos syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder. I handle my illnesses with a sarcastic sense of humor so you will be getting some funny memes along with some educational tidbits as I explain what EDS is and what it means for me. One of the major criteria for EDS diagnosis is hypermobile joints. That means my joints can stretch further than average or I'm "double jointed". This also means that things "pop out" of place frequently. Almost every time I stretch

You may have seen the upcycled cabinet door towel rack I made for my kids' bathroom  here . The next project I wanted to tackle was some floating shelves for above the toilet. I started with some plain pine half crates from Joann. They are about 10" x 12" x 5" deep so they weren't too large or deep for my tiny bathroom. Then I grabbed some Minwax Polycrylic in Espresso that I had from a failed project I tried a couple years ago, a foam brush, newspapers, and lots of paper towels. I laid out my newspapers and started brushing on the Polyshades. I went one side at a time and completely covered it before wiping it off with a paper towel. You will probably want to use gloves for this portion. I ended up with really sticky hands and I got a splinter in my finger when I was wiping stain from between the slats. Gloves would have solved both of those issues, ha! one side coated with polycrylic after wiping off polycrylic As you can see it's no

As most of you know, I recently had a darling baby boy. You may not know that he has a milk/soy protein intolerance and gets extremely gassy and fussy when he gets even a small amount of either. Since I'm breastfeeding that means that I have had to cut dairy and soy from my diet in addition to the many foods I'm already avoiding for my allergies. My diet is so limited and it is really hard because I love food. Especially cheesy, creamy food. In an attempt to help me feel less restricted and satisfy my sweet tooth I tweaked some recipes and made some yummy oatmeal raisin cookies without dairy(butter). It turned out really well and even though I'm generally a butter purist when it comes to baking, I didn't miss it at all! Important things to note for this recipe: while some kinds of cookies can get away with just dumping everything in and mixing, oatmeal raisin isn't one of them. It is important to mix the batter-ish portion first & then mix in the oats and

My kid's bathroom is boring, completely undecorated and non-functional. There is nothing wrong with boring, but I would like to have a place to hang towels and store bathroom essentials, especially since this bathroom is the one guests use to shower when they visit. I'm making several changes to make it work better and look cute! Boring Bathroom The first thing I'm adding is a towel rack to keep towels off the floor. I had been browsing racks for a while, but couldn't find anything I liked enough to shell out the money that was being asked(I'm cheap). Then I happened to drive by a cabinet in bulk trash near my in-laws house so I borrowed a screwdriver, saved a door from the dump, and started a new project! After cleaning the door & taking it home I went to Hobby Lobby & got some  hooks  and  chalk paint . I've been wanting to try chalk paint forever & this was a small enough project that I wasn't too worried about starting over if I mes