Monday: At 5:30 p.m. I had to put Todd in a time-out for stomping on his sisters guts. I realized that was the first time all day I had had to put him in time-out. I felt like we were making progress. The whole day had not been a constant battle and he hadn’t hurt anyone until evening. I was grateful! He had to go to time-out two more times that evening, once for throwing a chair at Sydney, and once for telling me to zip my lips. He also told me on his way to his first time out that Dad was going to beat me up when he got home. I found that hilarious and immediately called Ken at work to let him know he was to beat me up when he got home, according to our 3 year old. I don’t know where he got that from, but I was grateful again that even though he wasn’t speaking nicely, I could understand what he had said. It was a whole phrase I had never heard before not just sounds that I had memorized from previous situations. Again progress, I am grateful.
Tuesday: When I woke up on Tuesday morning there were no children in my bed, no children sleeping on the couch or the recliner, no children sprawled in the hallway outside my room. All of my children slept in their own beds all through the night. I slept peacefully until 3:30, then I got up ate some toast to settle a rumbly tummy and read a few chapters in my book. It was quiet and peaceful in the living room, because again all my children were in their own beds. At 5:30 I went back to bed and slept peacefully until 8:30 because my little ones slept in. I was grateful.
Wednesday: Last night my awesome husband went to the store to fulfill my craving for a Heath candybar and a York Peppermint Pattie. I ate the Heath last night, but saved the York for breakfast this morning. Yum, I am grateful for chocolate. We also got a new water heater today so I don’t have to worry about cold showers. That’s a plus! Ken had a great day at work. Business is good. And I ordered Chinese for dinner, not just take-out, I had it delivered-BONUS.
Thursday: I have a hard time sleeping at night, either I can’t get comfortable or I just can’t stop thinking about things. So Thursday morning when Todd crawled into our bed and I realized it was 6:00 a.m. and I hadn’t seen the alarm clock once during the night, I didn’t have to get up to take any potty breaks, I had slept all night! Wow, I was grateful. Then I had a tender hour with Todd, he usually goes to Ken’s side of the bed and snuggles with him. Today he snuggled with me. I knew I wasn’t going to get back to sleep, so we got up and ate breakfast together-Just me and Todd. It was sweet. I was grateful. And I got my hair done! Cut and colored-Yippee! I am grateful.
Friday: Ken and I were able to go to the temple for ward temple night. There were a total of three of us there! But, who cares! We needed to go, we went, and it was great to be there. I was grateful!
Saturday: I had some time to work on a new scrapbook I’m making. Also, we were able to borrow a trailer from a neighbor and D.I. some junk around the house and yard. Yeah! I was grateful.
Sunday: To be honest I am grateful that Sunday is over. I have a head cold and sore throat along with some of the kids. We missed church again this week, which always makes me feel blah. But, on the bright side it was just testimony meeting which in my ward leaves a lot to be desired. Here are the highlights of the day; I finished a book, Ken made dinner, and the house stayed cooler than usual.
This is what I have learned from my gratitude journal this week; it’s a lot easier to complain! I have a ways to go in the gratitude department, so this is going to be good for me. These are the things I learned about myself; I am lot more positive and grateful when I have gotten sleep, however, sleep is hard to come by when your pregnant, you have six kids, and you worry about everything. So somehow I will work on that. I also found that I love those quiet tender moments when life slows down and I can enjoy my children one on one. Even of it is just watching them ride a scooter or eating breakfast together in the morning. I look at the precious little creations they are and realize that I helped creation that masterpiece. They are so much work, but they are even more joy. I am grateful for each of them.
4 comments:
Thank you for sharing your gratitude journal. I find that more and more people in my life (me included) take too much time complaining and not enough time being grateful! You are right, it's easy to complain, but we are so blessed and should take time to be thankful! You have inspired me to be more grateful for everything in my life!
Do you actually write these down somewhere?
I keep a Word document open on the computer and write something each day that way at the end of the week I can just copy and paste.
Thanks for your comment. It's kind of an interesting experiment, you learn alot about yourself in the process.
I think it's great, that you're greatful, but I also like your many updates through the days too. It's nice to see through the bad days, there's always good. Or however you say that. I enjoyed the late night visit the other night. Thanks so much. I feel like a home body freak lately.
Ya, good job and all but............Still nothing about me! HELLO GRATITUDE
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