Two insights for today

Last night I got to spend a good, solid, healthy hour with friends at a party. Fun! There were so many women there that I admire and who have qualities that I am trying to incorporate into my own life. There were two things I noticed in a bit of an Ah-ha moment.

I noticed that:
1. The happiest women are the ones who are overflowing with gratitude.
2. They tend to talk about what they have done, not so much what they are only planning to do.

So, I went back over the last page of two of my blog and noticed I needed to change a few things! I wiped out some of the ickies and toned it down a bit. A bit of revisionist history in the works...

And here's today's baby step effort to get closer to the new-ish qualities I aspire to incorporate:

I am grateful for:
* Children who go to bed easily and gently. They flutter their eyelids closed and fall asleep. Easy as that. I am so lucky.
* Ripe, bursting-with-vitamins vegetables on my plate.
* The sunshine that gave me a bit of a pink kiss today as I spent quite a bit of time outside talking with a friend.

What I have done, completed, fini that I am proud of:
* I got to whip parts of the house into shape over this last week, chucking a bunch of old media in various forms.
* I contacted some of my old friends from my growing up years, and WOW is it ever intriguing to see where everyone is now in their lives.
* The kids and I have done so many fun things this week, too many to list, but we're having fun enjoying all the goodness that is at our feet in this wildly vibrant part of the world.

Ow, ow, ow

I got to go to the Y today to try a new class. It was awesome! In the most grueling sort of way.

Total Body Challenge is possibly one of the hardest workouts I have ever done, but it really helped me see how far I have to go. No getting lazy now.

I'm feeling the muscles I forgot I had. Yeah! I knew they were in there somewhere...

Bugs, germs, and generational shift

As a kid I remember that I loved sick days at home with mom. I would pile up a few stacks of books and twenty of more stuffed animals around myself in bed or on the couch and I would read andrest.

Now, my own kids are home for a day and what is it like?

They want to go to school.

I love that they love their school so much. More than once they have pushed ahead through the morning, dragging themselves to school because they didn't want to miss out. I am so grateful they are having a good experience.