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Not Me Monday!

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One of my dearest friends, the one who inspired me to start a public blog, does a post every Monday entitled “Not Me” where she admits to things she may or may not have done the previous week.  I always get a kick out of what she shares, so here’s mine:

> I did not put my child in time out- twice!- in the feminine hygiene aisle of the grocery store last week because she was out of control. My kids are always on their best behavior in public and would never, EVER, think of throwing fits, hitting me and screaming.  Old people did not stop and stare at us.  And I didn’t not want the earth to swallow me whole. Nor was I sweating profusely during the whole rest of our trip.

> I did not have to leave the room when the Hubs was throwing up after his surgery.  I was right their holding his head, whispering reassurances- I was not out in the hall trying not to puke myself.  I’m made of stronger stuff than that.

> I did not threaten to put 4 year old Scorch back in a crib to sleep because he woke up too early the other day and wouldn’t go back to sleep. I know better then to make empty threats after years of parenting, right?

> I did not count the minutes until my wonderful mother-in-law came this week to help me with the kids. When she got here, I certainly didn’t leave almost immediately for 2 hours of me time at the grocery store alone.

> I didn’t go to bed at 9:30 last night leaving the Hubs and my mother-in-law to watch a movie b/c I wanted to keep reading a good book that was much, much more interesting then the movie we were watching.  I was raised to be a better hostess then that!

Any confession you want to make?

Blessings

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Dear Universe-

Today hasn’t been the best day in Chez Heather. The Hubs is not recovering as well as we had hoped from his surgery and that’s making life a little stressful.

But after reading the news about the devastating floods in Pakistan, I wanted to say thank you for a few things.

Thank you for the fact that while this surgery has stunk, this is the worst medical problem anyone in my immediate family has had in the past decade.  I’ll take 3 knee surgeries and 1 sinus surgery over 99.9% of the illness and sadness out there.

Thank you for the roof over our head. The house may need some repairs that I’m not looking forward to paying for, but we’re not in danger of losing our home like those poor people dealing with floods all over the world.

Thank you for the gorgeous days we’ve had lately. Low 60s during the day and low 80s during the day is pure perfection in my book.

Thank you for the riches of books I’ve had to read lately.  There is nothing I like more then a good book to lose myself in after a long day.

Thank you most of all for happy, healthy little people running around our house. I do love them.

Love,
One blessed lady

What?! Why?

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Dear Kiddos-

Given the fact that I talk all the time, you’re probably wondering why I’m starting a blog. It’s not like things go unsaid in our home. Ever.

Today your dad and I are celebrating our 9th anniversary (him by watching It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and me by doing this). Scorch- you’re 4 and Bean- you’re 2.  Which means that time is going by way too fast and next time I blink you’ll be pissed off teenagers, so I want to make sure I document how freaking adorable, annoying, crazy, sweet and maddening you both are.

We’re lucky- we have a great life! But it is, as noted above, crazy. I work full time as does your Dad is a job that is less then family friend. And we have two small businesses. Add in two cats and a dog who is on 3 different anxiety medicines and you get a family that wouldn’t know what to do with time on their hands if they were ever lucky enough to stumble across it.

You guys are the love of our lives and no matter how nuts life gets, I want you to have a space to see just how much love, laughter and insanity surrounded you when you were little.

Love you more than chocolate milk,

Mom