Its 8:35am, and I am still in bed!I did this yesterday too
Slept in both days
(because miraculously, my kids slept in too!)
and then I stayed in bed drinking coffee, reading all of the lovely blogs of the sweet people
who come and visit here and my other blog
leaving their precious comments.
Who knew waking up at 8am would be called sleeping in when I was younger (pre-kids)?
The extra sleep feels so good!
This year I am trying to be more lax, less uptight=more happy
(As I type, G is getting into a box of gift wrap bows at the foot of my bed, and has poured them across the floor, D is cuddling with his new kitty next to him, and my hubby is out in the (very untidy) living room working on his computer.
The house is such a mess (or at least it is for my standards), but it can be cleaned, and it will be, when I am ready.
I am in the process of getting my priorities balanced...
I have my coffee and I am cozy.
I have put myself into the equation of what matters, I am making my happiness matter to me too, rather that just everyone else's...
On New Years day this year I had one goal, not my normal list of hopeful accomplishments
for the new year,
just one simple thing to work on:
LAUGH MORE
Should be easy enough, right?
Then at the end of January I realized there were things that could help me attain my goal quicker...
Like going out with girlfriends, getting out of my house more, taking a breather from my kids, going on dates with my hubby...
these things were sure to help the cause,
so I have been dutifully fulfilling these tasks as best as a busy mom
and business owner/photographer can:)
I have had so much fun in just the little amount I have worked to attain this goal...
and I am laughing more :)
And you know what that means?
"When mama is happy, everybody's happy"
So, I am finding this is actually somewhat of a selfless act after all!
Now, if I could just get G to stop his daily pouring of cat food all over our white kitchen floor and wetting it down with water, caking it into the grout each day, as well as vandalizing our home in various places with any writing or art tool he can find,
I would really be able to laugh just a little easier.
(The fact that he tends to do this in our morning rush as I am trying to get us out the door to take D to school, makes me all the more frazzled.)
So I work on breathing
daily
But
I am laughing more so it helps cancel all the craziness out a little faster :)
***
Wishing you all many, many laughs in the months to come!
xoxo Shell
****
Update: after writing this the house was so quiet,
(and in this house with 2 young mischievous boys,
that is NOT usually a good sign...)
I went in to find my hubby- he was in the relaxing in the bathtub with out a care in the world. Then I found my 5 year old with cookies in his hand looking guilty,
explaining that my 1 yr. old gave him the cookies.
My 1 year old giving my 5 year old cookies for breakfast?
Interesting, and mind-boggling? Where did these come from?
Then I found my 1 yr. old in the backyard with huge handfuls (and a mouthful) of cookies!
I went into the kitchen to find the evidence, an Indian cookie box lay broken into on the kitchen floor, half eaten
(a sweet gift from my sister from her recent travels to India).
Looking at my little son's chipmunk cheeks,open box of cookies, not to mention his freshly decorated legs of thick permanent brown marker designs...
I had to laugh :)
Slept in both days
(because miraculously, my kids slept in too!)
and then I stayed in bed drinking coffee, reading all of the lovely blogs of the sweet people
who come and visit here and my other blog
leaving their precious comments.
Who knew waking up at 8am would be called sleeping in when I was younger (pre-kids)?
The extra sleep feels so good!
This year I am trying to be more lax, less uptight=more happy
(As I type, G is getting into a box of gift wrap bows at the foot of my bed, and has poured them across the floor, D is cuddling with his new kitty next to him, and my hubby is out in the (very untidy) living room working on his computer.
The house is such a mess (or at least it is for my standards), but it can be cleaned, and it will be, when I am ready.
I am in the process of getting my priorities balanced...
I have my coffee and I am cozy.
I have put myself into the equation of what matters, I am making my happiness matter to me too, rather that just everyone else's...
On New Years day this year I had one goal, not my normal list of hopeful accomplishments
for the new year,
just one simple thing to work on:
LAUGH MORE
Should be easy enough, right?
Then at the end of January I realized there were things that could help me attain my goal quicker...
Like going out with girlfriends, getting out of my house more, taking a breather from my kids, going on dates with my hubby...
these things were sure to help the cause,
so I have been dutifully fulfilling these tasks as best as a busy mom
and business owner/photographer can:)
I have had so much fun in just the little amount I have worked to attain this goal...
and I am laughing more :)
And you know what that means?
"When mama is happy, everybody's happy"
So, I am finding this is actually somewhat of a selfless act after all!
Now, if I could just get G to stop his daily pouring of cat food all over our white kitchen floor and wetting it down with water, caking it into the grout each day, as well as vandalizing our home in various places with any writing or art tool he can find,
I would really be able to laugh just a little easier.
(The fact that he tends to do this in our morning rush as I am trying to get us out the door to take D to school, makes me all the more frazzled.)
So I work on breathing
daily
But
I am laughing more so it helps cancel all the craziness out a little faster :)
***
Wishing you all many, many laughs in the months to come!
xoxo Shell
****
Update: after writing this the house was so quiet,
(and in this house with 2 young mischievous boys,
that is NOT usually a good sign...)
I went in to find my hubby- he was in the relaxing in the bathtub with out a care in the world. Then I found my 5 year old with cookies in his hand looking guilty,
explaining that my 1 yr. old gave him the cookies.
My 1 year old giving my 5 year old cookies for breakfast?
Interesting, and mind-boggling? Where did these come from?
Then I found my 1 yr. old in the backyard with huge handfuls (and a mouthful) of cookies!
I went into the kitchen to find the evidence, an Indian cookie box lay broken into on the kitchen floor, half eaten
(a sweet gift from my sister from her recent travels to India).
Looking at my little son's chipmunk cheeks,open box of cookies, not to mention his freshly decorated legs of thick permanent brown marker designs...
I had to laugh :)
7 comments:
OOOwwww boys... I couldn't imagine I would have laught....yet on the other hand.
Would have loved to see your coco sweetie.
And hubbies....arghhh they are amazing..just oozing around in the tub...man o man. GUY'S!
Great post Shell. love the fact you laugh. Life is beautiful isn't.
laughing is so good and important....I'm glad you're figuring this out while the littles are still little....cleaning and everything else can always wait until later....the here and now with the kids and hubby is what makes a heart bloom !
I learned this a few years a bit late and wish I could have back a few of those non laughing years....
Good for you, Shell! Glad to hear you are making time for yourself - we all need it.
Your story ending gave me a real chuckle, too.
Great resolution Shell! And your story did make me smile :) I don't have children but I used to be a bit obsessive about things like tidying up, cleaning, not "lazing around" etc. And then my grandmother (who was fabulously organised and whose home always seemed to me "just so") said to me that she wished she'd taken time to relax and read and create and just chill out more because she was pretty sure at the end of her life she'd regret not doing that far more than any dust bunnies that might have occasionally gathered or ironing that had waited an extra day to get done. "The world will not end" she said. I always remember this now and am much more relaxed and happier as a result! I've been known to spend entire days curled up with a book, chores left undone... and it's bliss! Glad you're making time for yourself too! Brava!!! :)
You made us all laugh with you....laugh, and the world laughs with you!
I would love to see some shots of these two little monkeys. With cheeks stuffed full of cookies! PS Laughing is a great tool for happiness ...
I love those rascals! Thanks for the story! It made me laugh out loud. I can just imagine the whole scenario. Perfect. I think laughing more is a great "anytime" resolution. Laughter brings happiness, happiness brings everything else. At least it makes everything else so much easier!
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