I was complimented on the dinner I made tonight for Mom & J.
New Year, New Ideas, New Hopes
January 2, 2009 — mischief0617Happy New Year!!
I sit here, a little stunned by the passage of time. Then again, aren’t I always? It just goes so fast. 2009, really? Sometimes it feels like it’s all a dream…one of those ones where in an instant, years have gone by. N and I will celebrate our eighth wedding anniversary this year. Our children will turn 7 and 5 years old, and our youngest will start kindergarten. So many other things, expected and unexpected, will occur this year. I can’t wait!
I’m not making resolutions this year. They never work out all that well for me anyway, and too much is up in the air at the moment for me to have any clear idea of where this year will end up. However, I do have something I want to try. I’ve been struggling for years to find peace and contentment with myself. One thing I’ve read is that it can help to write down the good things…the little things that make a day a little brighter. So this year, I want to hold on to and write down one good thing each day. I don’t doubt that there will be many duplicates. There will be days where the only good thing is that I’m still breathing at the end of it. There will probably be days where I don’t consider that to be a good thing. There will be the other kinds of days, too. The kinds where choosing one good thing from the myriad that happened that day will feel impossible. I’d love to see myself post one day that the good thing from that day was The Day…to have one of those days where nothing goes wrong at all. Where everyone is relaxed and happy, where money woes don’t rear their ugly head, where there is no arguing, no tattling, no forgetting to thaw the meat for dinner, no car issues. Just an ordinary, but good, day.
So welcome to 2009, and I hope you’ll stick with me for another year or so.
Wordless Wednesday 12-17-08
December 17, 2008 — mischief0617
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house...
Photo by J. Rosser Photography
Wednesday 12-3-08
December 3, 2008 — mischief0617Sorry, I got nothing. Been sick since Saturday & the boys have it now too. I’ll have plenty to say when I feel better!
Wordless Wednesday, but not today
November 26, 2008 — mischief0617Sorry, no Wordless Wednesday today. There’s a picture I want to do, but I don’t have it yet. So you are stuck with my words this time.
So much has been going on, anyway. The good and the bad…
First the good news! C and H welcomed a brand new baby girl on November 21, 2008 at 7:14 am. Anabelle Lee was 6 lbs 9.5 oz and 19.5 inches long. I can’t wait to meet her, guys! Welcome to the world baby Bella!!!
Then, of course, there is the other news. N’s grandmother, G, became very sick a few weeks ago. After various doctor visits and tests, it was determined that she had cancer in her abdomen, and she had surgery last Friday to remove the tumor. Thankfully, surgery went well, and she is now recovering at home. We are praying, and hopefull that she will make a full recovery. She’s only 93 years old!
And finally, tomorrow being Thanksgiving, I also want to add in my thanks for the following blessings:
Good health, a wonderful husband, and two great kids. It’s not always easy but we still have a home and food on the table. N’s family who have really taken me in as one of their own, and shown me what ‘family’ can really mean. Friends, especially the ones who still put up with me despite how horrible I am at keeping in touch. My boys…mentioned already but I can’t ever say enough how thankful I am for them.
I am also thankful to be able to see the beauty in the world, hear the sounds of laughter and singing, to smell the wonderful aroma of a crisp fall day or a whiff of honeysuckle on an early summer evening, to taste the delicious foods that are available, and to feel a hug from my son or a caress from my husband.
I am grateful to have a warm place to come into from the cold, to have a reliable car to get me where I need to be, and to have access to everything I need and many of the the things I want.
I strive so hard for contentment and happiness, and I so often backslide… thinking that if I only had *something* more, I’d be happy. Once again, I am going to enter into the holiday season with the goal of coming out the other side content, happy with what I have and who I am, and ready to face a new year with my head held high. One of these years, I am going to succeed at that goal. Here’s hoping it’s this one!
First Report Card
November 24, 2008 — mischief0617This morning I had a conference with R’s kindergarten teacher. I didn’t get any big shocks 😀
He’s very bright, scoring way ahead of the game on all his literacy & math skills. His only “NYP” (not yet proficient) marks came in “penmanship”, “follows classroom & school rules”, and “organizes work space & materials” In other works, he has sloppy handwriting, doesn’t always remember to raise his hand before speaking, and doesn’t like to put his things away at the end of the day.
Sound like someone else we all know and love?
My child is me. All over again. God save us all..hehehe!
I totally burst out laughing at one point, the teacher was describing R’s relationship with his best friend at school, KA. She called them “Frick and Frack”. Which is exactly what our teachers at “good old SJS” called M and me.
I’ve gotta say, it is still somewhat surreal to me to be on this end of a parent-teacher conference. Sometimes I still feel like I’m the one dreading the reports to come. Comments like “She’s very bright, but just not trying very hard” or “she doesn’t apply herself enough” that would earn me lecture after lecture from my parents. I sometimes think I spent half my childhood with my parents talking at me. And I don’t quite know how to bridge the gap from being that kid to being the parent of the bright but impulsive child. Well, we all do the best we can, right?
Anyhow, I’m really proud of R right now. And he knows it. He wants to do well in school…I just need to make sure to keep him feeling that way.
If you don’t listen, you suffer the consequences.
November 14, 2008 — mischief0617This morning, we are getting ready for school & the day. K was told & told to get his socks and shoes on. He didn’t. It was time to leave to get R to the bus stop, and he was still barefoot.
Fine, then. Get your jacket on and let’s go.
Yeah. I made him walk to the bus stop in barefeet. Next time, he’ll put on his socks and shoes when I tell him to.
Amusing story aside, we need prayers and good thoughts for G. I can’t really go into detail right now, but she needs them badly.
life in the land of maeve 