Cartoon by Bill Browning, from his webpage: http://www.mnispi.org/cartoon/2001/index.htm.
Just some random thoughts today.
1. Other people’s junk is another’s treasure. (Ok I am relearning this one all the time.)
2. It is entirely possible to parallel park an F-150 in a tight spot if you drive over a curb doing it.
3. The hunt for treasures is a ton more fun than the cleaning up and putting away process.
4. If I buy two gallons of milk at a time, no one seems to drink it, but if I buy one at a time, it is consumed in half the time. (Is that a run-on sentence? I am suppose to be teaching my son about those and how horrible they are, yet I continue to use them.)
5. Some people are actually looking forward to winter. Not many, but there are some. I am not one of them.
6. My kids are 10 times more capable when I am not around then when I am around.
7. Getting up consistently at 6 a.m. is a very good thing. I feel more alert when I get up. I am more energetic. I am more relaxed. I get a lot more done than I used to. I plan to continue doing this indefinitely. However, sleeping in once in a great while is a luxury that I do enjoy. I slept in until 7 a.m. today. Woo-hoo.
8. The snooze button should never have been invented.
9. I am an all or nothing kind of gal. Once I take on something, I am in it full-blown. I can’t do anything just sort of, kind of, maybe.
10. Having food allergies isn’t the end of the world. Life goes on.
What have you learned lately?
I’m right with ya’, Karen – esp. #’s 6,7 & 9! Oh, but I couldn’t live without #8 – hahaha! ;o)
Thanks Dawn for commenting. It is only because of #8 (no snooze) that I can get up consistently early. I use a timer not an alarm clock so I don’t have a snooze. I have done that for 2 years now and I know I still can’t go back to a snooze or I would use it. Ha.
Oh Karen, thank you for the fun read today! Miss you so much!
Tam
Thanks Tammy. You know I miss you. How can so many years have gone by since our play group?
I’ve learned i’m terrible at Ephesians 4:29 when someone hurts my feelings. I’ve learned that the older my kids get, the sadder I am about it. I am also much more at peace about myself than I was at a younger age.
Deb, love your thoughts. I agree I am sad that my kids are getting so old. I would love it if they would stay the age they are right now. I really like them. I too am more at peace with who I am as I get older. I would never have written a blog and put myself out there a few years ago. Now, I don’t mind sharing. I am still ok with Ephesians 4:29, probably because I don’t let people hurt my feelings very easily because I am more at peace with myself. More often than not I try to remember that if someone hurt my feelings they probably didn’t mean to or if they did, it probably is because of something or someone hurting them.
So true & very wise, Karen, on your own feelings & those of others! ;o)