Wednesday, May 6, 2009

I am grateful for:

1. My daughter's "Weekend News" assignment from kindergarten--each Monday, she has to write a line or two about what she did over the weekend and illustrate it. She brings it home on Tuesdays. It provides me with a great perspective on what she takes away from family time. Last week's was (direct quote): "I pattid foewos with my mom." That would be "I planted flowers with my mom." It's so sweet--and up above my desk at work now. Makes me smile every time I see it.

2. My husband--for getting my daughter ready for school this morning and taking her in so I could stay in bed 1/2 hour longer (something he usually gets to do!)

3. A quiet week at work so I have time to surf and blog

4. Fiber One Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cereal bars--yum! way to kill that chocolate craving!

5. My hip--for not having an all-out revolt and allowing me to run 3.5 minutes this morning during my walk

Resurrecting the Five Things

Trying to focus on the positive...

Five things I'm grateful for today:

1. The rain--I don't have to water the flowers or the vegetables today.
2. Telecommuting--so I don't have to miss parent observation week at my daughter's dance school this afternoon.
3. Sweet Life Knitters--for giving me the strength and encouragement to finish the damned socks already. They are done!
4. NPR podcasts--they made 1.25 hours at the gym fly by yesterday.
5. The ten minutes I got to spend with my son this morning just being silly, teaching him a little bit of Spanish and listening to him crack up at his own mispronunciation (on purpose) of words like "cleam cheese." That's when I realized he was rolling his "r"s on purpose and hence, the Spanish. Very amusing. I haven't laughed that hard in a good long time.