Good Morning Everyone!!!!

Hello lovely souls...Happy Monday :) I have woken up in the most wonderful mood and I have not stopped smiling, laughing and showering the kids with kisses and love since the day started. It is delightful! I am surprised that I feel this good though after the epic cake failure that will go down in history as my brothers 30th birthday... 

I made what could be considered the most average cake ever. It was a simple chocolate cake that sunk in the middle, covered with a milk chocolate ganache and topped with yummy raspberries. It tasted great but it looked like a four year old had made it (and if my four year old wasn't such a chatterbox blabbermouth, I probably would have blamed it on her!) Now this doesn't sound like a very big deal but I have set a precedent of making awesome cakes no matter what the occasion, so an average cake for a 30th birthday is pretty poor form. To top it off, my Dad accidentally knocked the cake box off its perch and it landed topside down on the floor. Splat! It was actually hilarious and I know that if it had of been one of my usual creations, I would have burst into tears for sure. So luckily it was an average cake because it was destined for terrible things from the start. 

Anyway, the point of sharing this story with you is that I have learned a valuable lesson that I can apply to every element of my life...and I hope you can too!! There is no such thing as "perfect" and the world does not fall off its axis if things do not go perfectly to plan. We spend so much time planning and organising to make things perfect, but in reality there is no need. Just as it is with beauty, perfection is in the eye of the beholder. This morning, there are soggy Weetbix on the bench, Elliott is working on one revoltingly smelly surprise for me in his nappy, there is washing piled up in my room just begging to be folded, toys everywhere, an un-swept floor and paperwork coming out my whazoo...but in my eyes, today is just perfect. 

Read this quote below, then read it and read it again until it clicks. Lets not waste anymore of our time trying to make things perfect...