THERE WILL BE A $5 FINE FOR WHINING!

I'm thinking about displaying this in my house. We are all guilty of it now and then, but if you think about it, it really is a waste of time! If you want to read a good article on this, visit Marvin's blog at inspiritandtruths.blogspot.com , the Sportsmanship posts, part 1 &2. Also love the Garbage Truck post, SO TRUE.

SUPERMOM, OR LACK THEREOF

Yesterday I had to take my fifth child to her doctor appointment for a quick shot. With Stella in tow we went in and were called back to the room right away. Now Santa brought Minnie a new collar for Christmas which was a little too big-Bad Santa! Well as soon as we were called back another family walked in with dog and Minnie was fighting not to go in THE ROOM and slipped out of her collar and ran right over to the other dog. I had the feeling of a disaster coming on. Luckily, the receptionist helped the other dog back to his room while we (the vet tech) put Minnie's collar back on. All was well again until we got back to THE ROOM and we were waiting and waiting and waiting and then Stella begins to cry. I have Minnie's leash in one hand - she is cowering under the chair, shaking, and I look for Stella's pacifier. Forgot the pacifier. So I proceed to take Stella out of her carseat and still have shaking dog in other hand. After about five minutes of crying baby and shaking dog, the receptionist came in and offered to help by taking the baby. Reluctantly, I gave her over, not thinking of a better choice. Still waiting, I could hear people coming in and out delighted at this baby behind the counter playing receptionist, talking to the people, content as could be. "How old is she? Oh, she is so cute! Is she yours?" I thought about jumping out from behind the door screaming, "That's my baby!" But I refained because they would have looked at me as if I were insane. Finally the vet came in and ten minutes and a muzzle later we were ready to go. I graciously thanked the receptionist and the vet asked to hold Stella. Then I took happy baby and happy dog home.

TO BE A PART OF...

I will say that I did not vote for Barack Obama however, Grace did in her kindergarten class in November and she was excited that he officially became President today. How important for her to think that she was one of the people who elected the President. I didn't want to get into the legal aspects of needing to be eighteen. Less is more, yes? Obama made a reference "...to be a part of something greater than ourselves..." in his inauguration speech and also in the letter he wrote to his daughters telling them that is when they will know their full potential. That really hit home. I too hope for my children to learn to be of service to others, to get past the "ME", to be a part of something greater than ourselves. And it starts by example, right?

NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY

Do you ever find yourself saying this? I even heard my 7-yr old and his friend wishing there were 72 hrs in the day. Even one more would be nice. Maybe we just need to remember we are human and can only accomplish so much. I write To-Do lists everyday and in all reality can cut it in half and that is what gets done. Prioritize. So to my beloved sister who is asking me if I've been on the treadmill, are you feeling guilty yet?

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER

Once I consumed the first, it was over for me. I tried to resist the urge but I would have to keep going. It takes over my every free moment and when I wake up at night, it's what I think about.

I have always felt this way about reading. When I was younger, it was the Babysitters Club. I read everyone and could not wait for the new one to come out, I would finish it in a day. My Grandma D would tell me to put the book down and go outside. It doesn't improve as I age, Anita Shreve just has to write a new book each year, doesn't she have anything else to do?

So when Savanah started reading the Twilight Saga, I knew all too familiar, how she felt. When the movie came out on a Friday, Jason told her he would take her and a friend. I purchased Twilight for Savanah on the previous Sunday and she had intentions to start the book. Well...she finished it by Wednesday. When I asked her to help with this or that during the week, she would, with her book in the other hand. I know Savanah, I know. Several nights, schoolnights, I found her light on at 10pm and what was I to do but threaten to take her books away? So from then on she's read New Moon and Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, I think she might be close to the end, are you? Not to mention that she fit in Marley and Me in between.

Savanah insisted that I read Twilight and I promised her after Christmas I would and she reminded me on Christmas that tomorrow is the day! You know by now how the story goes...I'm in the middle of the second book. Savanah tells me Stephanie Meyer is coming out with four more books, Edward's point of view..............

Old Pictures

I had the idea of organizing before Christmas, crazy, I know. I wanted to put my photos into albums, actually, I've attempted this before and completed one album. Yeah. This time we completed three, could have been more but I ran out of albums. For the last ten years, my accumulation of pictures have been sitting in a container waiting for me to put them in chronological order. So on the first day of Christmas break, I gave an album to each kid and let them fill it up. Not in order, I might add, or it could have been another ten years. Does it really make a difference if they're not in order. I decided no for the sake of time. I have to say the kids really enjoyed this, they laughed a lot and shared "remember whens" with each other. So on the next snow day or empty Saturday, gues what they will finish? This one was in 2005.

One Step At A Time

Ok, so far, not to good at keeping up on this blogging. I'm not really a person to make New Years Resolutions, however, I am a believer in goals. One is that I am starting back up on my treadmill, before this week is over. I have been saying that for a while but now I have witnesses. The second is that I need to become more organized, as by nature, I am not. This will hopefully save me time and energy in the long run, not really sure where to start though, any suggestions?