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Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
A Spirit of Gratitude: October 17
I AM THANKFUL FOR:
Oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies
Bursts of creativity
Weighing less on the Dr office scale than I do at home
New notebooks
Chili
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
No Backsies
Did you catch that?
Not - "do to other as they do to you"
But - "as you would have them do".
We shouldn't repay hate with hate. Wrong doing with wrong doing.
We can't justify our bad behaviour, or our mistreatment of others, based on how they treat us - or how they act in general.
Instead we should always treat others the way we would want to be treated.
It's not a matter of repaying what has been done. It's about setting an example to those around us.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Three O'Clock in the Morning
I can't figure out what is going on with me and 3am!
First - I woke up at 3am sure someone was moving around and making noise in the male offspring's room. Wondering what in the world he was doing at that time of night, I got up and went to check on him. Both he and the dog were sound asleep. Um... OK. Back to bed, where it took me forever to fall back asleep.
Then - I woke up around 3am convinced I was smelling toast. So sure, I got up to see who was making toast at that time of night. The kitchen was empty. The toaster oven was off. And cool. No one had been toasting bread of any sort. Um... OK. Back to bed, where I lay awake slowly taking inventory for any symptoms of a stroke.
Last night, I woke up about 3am absolutely sure that either a) the alarm hadn't gone off and we were oversleeping. Or b) the alarm was about to go off any moment. Of course, neither was correct. Unfortunately, it messed up my sleep for the rest of the night because I kept waking up anticipating the alarm.
The hypochondriac in me is convinced that something is misfiring somewhere in my brain at three in the mornings. The normal (?) part of me just wants to sleep through a night without having to get up at 3am for some reason.
First - I woke up at 3am sure someone was moving around and making noise in the male offspring's room. Wondering what in the world he was doing at that time of night, I got up and went to check on him. Both he and the dog were sound asleep. Um... OK. Back to bed, where it took me forever to fall back asleep.
Then - I woke up around 3am convinced I was smelling toast. So sure, I got up to see who was making toast at that time of night. The kitchen was empty. The toaster oven was off. And cool. No one had been toasting bread of any sort. Um... OK. Back to bed, where I lay awake slowly taking inventory for any symptoms of a stroke.
Last night, I woke up about 3am absolutely sure that either a) the alarm hadn't gone off and we were oversleeping. Or b) the alarm was about to go off any moment. Of course, neither was correct. Unfortunately, it messed up my sleep for the rest of the night because I kept waking up anticipating the alarm.
The hypochondriac in me is convinced that something is misfiring somewhere in my brain at three in the mornings. The normal (?) part of me just wants to sleep through a night without having to get up at 3am for some reason.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Spirit of Gratitute: October 10
I AM THANKFUL FOR:
Pumpkin muffins
The Man of the House bringing dinner home
Holding hands
Lunch with my mother and the female offspring
The Great "I AM"
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