My children and I were discussing the coming autumn season and I asked them what they liked about it. Here are some of their answers just because you needed to know.
1. I like that it is not so hot so now I can wear my pretty sweater.
2. I like pumpkins.
3. I like to crunch the brown leaves. Can we have a tree with leaves?
4. It means that it's going to snow soon, I want to go skiing.
5. Hockey games are starting.
6. I like that the cockroaches go away.
7. I like Christmas lights.
8. Do you think that the trees feel bad that they are naked?
Now you know, if you were also concerned about the trees' feelings you are not alone. May you enjoy the nice weather wherever you are. I happen to like the cooler weather and the changing leaves and the pumpkin flavored everything. I just never knew my children so agreed with me.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Done today status updates
Now that we are getting near to the holiday season and people are feeling crafty I've been struck by how many of my friends on Facebook are awesome. I mean this in a good way, and most days I read their status updates and think "Wow, you are awesome." but lately I'm getting frustrated. When you read a status update like this:
Wow, what a morning, I saved three baby endangered birds, fed the homeless, and stopped world war three. I finished the laundry, the dishes, and dinner is almost ready, complete with pie and fresh bread I baked myself. Hoping I can win a Nobel Prize this afternoon so that I can use the money to save the baby seals. Smiles!!
You start by thinking, "well good for her, I am so happy people like her exist." You end up thinking "What the @#$%! All I've managed to do today is crawl out of bed and inject myself with caffeine." You've all had this happen, you know you have. Forty years ago you would have had to listen to this lady tell you how wonderful she was over a cup of tea and you could have gotten the satisfaction of at least imagining you could throw your cup of tea in her lap. Today, you have to also watch her pin really cute creative things on her pinterest wall while you try to find the right end of the band aid to open because you tried to cut paper with scissors. Now in all honesty, I am usually very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, I try to be handy and I like to build things and make things. In all reality though, I have a long list each day that I only occasionally finish, so I want to share with you my new response to these posts. It will help you remain calm and sane. You don't have to share it with others or even let them know you are doing it but it will help. When you see that one of your awesome friends has solved world hunger in less than an hour choose one of these status updates that you've totally accomplished, you can post them in your status, or just know that you did something important.
Here they are,
1. I fed people today, they ate it, and it was good.
2. Someone learned something because of me.
3. No one needed a band-aid or a trip to ER, because I intervened.
4. I found the funny in what someone else was saying and I enjoyed it.
5. I didn't finish the dishes because we finished reading the book together.
6. I stopped folding the laundry so that I could color a picture with my growing up too fast child. Yes, the horse was blue and green, those are nice colors too.
7. I won the tickle fight! (This one usually requires an exclamation point.)
8. I had lunch on a blanket with a stuffed animal in a dress, I don't know which was yummier, the sandwich I imagined was mermaid food or the water that I pretended was honey and milk because that's what the unicorns drink.
9. I wrote down what my cuties said today so that when they are gone tomorrow I can remember how they once were and remind them of the dreams they once dreamed. That way when life discourages them I can lift them up a little.
10. I laughed.
11. I totally enjoyed my dessert.
12. I fought entropy! (You might lose, but never stop fighting and calling it by it's true name helps too.)
13. I spent time noticing something natural growing around me.
14. I completely thought about spending time exercising.
15. I fell asleep after kissing my happy, healthy, slightly smudged children who still let me hug them goodnight.
If you do some of these every day, then when you see a new post from your friend you can post one of your own. Now, go forth and accomplish!
Wow, what a morning, I saved three baby endangered birds, fed the homeless, and stopped world war three. I finished the laundry, the dishes, and dinner is almost ready, complete with pie and fresh bread I baked myself. Hoping I can win a Nobel Prize this afternoon so that I can use the money to save the baby seals. Smiles!!
You start by thinking, "well good for her, I am so happy people like her exist." You end up thinking "What the @#$%! All I've managed to do today is crawl out of bed and inject myself with caffeine." You've all had this happen, you know you have. Forty years ago you would have had to listen to this lady tell you how wonderful she was over a cup of tea and you could have gotten the satisfaction of at least imagining you could throw your cup of tea in her lap. Today, you have to also watch her pin really cute creative things on her pinterest wall while you try to find the right end of the band aid to open because you tried to cut paper with scissors. Now in all honesty, I am usually very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, I try to be handy and I like to build things and make things. In all reality though, I have a long list each day that I only occasionally finish, so I want to share with you my new response to these posts. It will help you remain calm and sane. You don't have to share it with others or even let them know you are doing it but it will help. When you see that one of your awesome friends has solved world hunger in less than an hour choose one of these status updates that you've totally accomplished, you can post them in your status, or just know that you did something important.
Here they are,
1. I fed people today, they ate it, and it was good.
2. Someone learned something because of me.
3. No one needed a band-aid or a trip to ER, because I intervened.
4. I found the funny in what someone else was saying and I enjoyed it.
5. I didn't finish the dishes because we finished reading the book together.
6. I stopped folding the laundry so that I could color a picture with my growing up too fast child. Yes, the horse was blue and green, those are nice colors too.
7. I won the tickle fight! (This one usually requires an exclamation point.)
8. I had lunch on a blanket with a stuffed animal in a dress, I don't know which was yummier, the sandwich I imagined was mermaid food or the water that I pretended was honey and milk because that's what the unicorns drink.
9. I wrote down what my cuties said today so that when they are gone tomorrow I can remember how they once were and remind them of the dreams they once dreamed. That way when life discourages them I can lift them up a little.
10. I laughed.
11. I totally enjoyed my dessert.
12. I fought entropy! (You might lose, but never stop fighting and calling it by it's true name helps too.)
13. I spent time noticing something natural growing around me.
14. I completely thought about spending time exercising.
15. I fell asleep after kissing my happy, healthy, slightly smudged children who still let me hug them goodnight.
If you do some of these every day, then when you see a new post from your friend you can post one of your own. Now, go forth and accomplish!
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