Things I Have Done This Week That Were Good
Instead of always harping on the negative (I know, I know - I'll get back to it soon, I promise!) I thought I'd try to see how many things I did this week that were right and correct and good. It's gonna be a short list, I promise - I can't seem to do that much good lately - but feel free to chime in with your own good deeds and let's see if we can make it past twenty between all of us, yes?
- Took my kids to the pool three times.
- Did not scream hysterically at the third, "Watch this! No, wait, that was a mess up - watch this instead! No, THAT was a mess up, let me try again!" exchange. Are you as sick of that as I am?
- Ate salad three days. Only ate brownies one day. (One entire day, but still...)
- Cleaned out a book shelf
- Made both chicken marsala and lemon chicken because my husband likes them - without being asked
- Didn't scream in the face of someone who was clearly looking for me to gossip about another person - this was HUGE for me
- Also did not kill the person who gave me unsolicited advice on how to deal with a troubling situation with a teenage child - advice from a young, unmarried, childless GUY
- Went to the grocery three times and used reusuable bags each time
- Used a grocery trip with my kids to teach my 11 year old about unit pricing and how to get the best deal, as well as how to round prices and keep track of how much you are spending - instead of just telling her to stop talking and leave me alone
- Also did not yell at all during said grocery trip with four kids - even taking them for free cookies
- Took five martial arts classes
- walked/ran twice
- did not kill my husband when I came home from two back to back martial arts classes, exhausted and smelly, to find a house full of unannounced company, when all I wanted was a shower and my bed and some food already
- completely cleaned my house - a rarity any more
- Does anyone else find that most of their meals lately involve you telling the kids, "Look in the fridge and the pantry and pick something?" I count it as a good thing that every night, my kids have had both veggie and fruit, since carrots, apples, grapes and berries are washed and ready to go and it's much easier to hand them those with a ham sandwich than make a full meal...
What can you add to this (admittedly short) list? What did you do this week that was good and right? Who did you let live when it would have been so much easier to just hide the body and go for drinks?







Any question at all? Wow. The mind boggles. Do you answer all your kids questions truthfully. For instance, when they ask you questions about your youth?
You are killing me. You expect me to answer THIS truthfully, knowing that many of my kids read here? OF COURSE I always tell the truth. (Except when I'm not. But it's kind of hard to figure out when that is...) Seriously, it depends upon the topic, the kid inquiring, the situation, and the lesson I'd like to impart.