You are a smiling, laughing, giggling fool these days! Everything is hilarious and everything is smile worthy. People could take a lesson from you. The ability to so readily smile is something that many many people need in their life.
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Oh readers. This last week has been INSANE! Between work, being sick, Liam and the husband it has just been one thing after another. So, today's blog is about finding and enjoying all of the little things in life. My son is my constant inspiration to give myself over full-tilt to the things that make me happy. He will try for half an hour to roll over and reach the one toy that he KNOWS is going to make him happy. He cries from the moment he sees his bottle until it is in his mouth because he knows he is going to be in heaven once he gets that bottle. I struggle with how to help nurture this absolutely miraculous drive he has to obtain everything that will make him happy as he grows. Someday children have to learn about failure, heartache, and betrayal and reminding him to continue his drive to happiness through all of that will be one of the hardest jobs as his parent.
So, today I am submitting a challenge to you:
List 10 unique things that make you smile. These things can't be the typical "Looking at a sunrise" or "My family". They have to be things that are unique and personal to you. If you'd like to list why they make you smile that would be lovely but is most definitely not required. They can be vague for private reasons or detailed as all get out. 10 things. 10 things that can pull you out of any mood and brighten any day. I'll start!
1. Hitting the exact amount that I want to pay at the gas pump! No $20.01 here! I, seriously, feel like a freaking super hero when this happens. I get a random urge to dance and shout out loud but I control myself...most of the time.
2. Seeing Dads playing with their kids at the park. *sigh* Warms my heart every time.
3. When I just KNOW that I'm gonna make that yellow light. No red lights for me!
4. Grilled Cheese and plain Tomato Soup. Heaven.
5. Paying off a bill. It sucks to spend the money but there is a wonderful sense of ease knowing that you don't owe yet ANOTHER person money.
6. Walking in the park with Liam. It's such a simple thing and I think that's why I love it. Moms have been walking in the park with their children for EVER! No matter what was happening in the world, their personal lives, or work lives they have gone to the park, reconnected with nature, enjoyed their child in a simple setting, and had some "me" time. It sounds silly but I feel like I'm connecting with thousands of generations of women by doing this simple thing.
7. Talking about baby/marriage stuff with other moms/wives with a glass of wine...or five. I could talk about marriage and babies for freaking ever. I love love love it. I love getting advice, giving advice, bonding over difficult or fun experiences, and drinking wine. ;) It always ends in an afternoon well spent. (I'm looking at you Miss Alyssa)
8. Receiving the following three messages on my phone: "Wifey! I miss you!", "Dood! I miss your face!", "Hey doll. What's the plan today?". I love my ladies.
9. My Mom coming to visit. I smile all day and get all antsy when I know she's coming for the weekend. Whether we go shopping for the monster, just hang around the house and have a couch picnic, or work on crafty things (well, she works on crafty things...I mainly talk with her and read lol), I just know we're going to have an awesome time.
10. Doing laundry for my husband. It makes me feel all "1950's wife" when I work on the house and do his laundry. Sean is such an incredibly competent man. With the smallest effort he can basically master anything....except laundry. God help the man, he would have no clothes left if he lived on his own.
So there it is! My list of things that can make me laugh out loud, genuinely smile, or even just brighten me up inside.
What are yours???
Just for fun here's a pretty awesome picture of my little Monster:
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| Loving his light saber. |
For my next blog I ask the lovely and talented Miss Alyssa from In The Land of Lou to co-blog my site. She'll be stopping by in the next week to give us her opinion on being an adult and going over her "If I knew then what I knew now..." moments. If you're interested in a co-blog (even if you don't have your own blog) let me know asap and we'll give you your own day on Mom and Monster!
Oh Miss Court, you make me smile. I love you. Your will to make happy out of bad and focus on the good no matter what, totally inspires me. My ten things that make me smile are:
ReplyDelete1. Beginning of the day and end of day smiles. Jonah is SO happy when he wakes up in the morning and so sweet right before he goes to bed...my favorite times of day.
2. Finding an item at the store that I've been eyeballing for weeks, on the clearance rack/shelf. SCORE!
3. When I realize there's a new episode of my favorite tv show on Hulu and I haven't seen it yet. Ah, bliss.
4. Mommy Mondays. They're my one day to do anything I want on my time by myself and man, is it glorious.
5. Seeing Chad crawl around and play with Jonah. Man, i knew he'd be a good dad but SEEING it is so awesome. So sweet.
6. When the medicine for a headache, cold, or any other sickness kicks in and you feel that sweet relief. Yay for modern medicine!
7. Waking up BEFORE Jonah with no alarm clock. Those few minutes of snuggling in my warm bed and having time to just think with no rush or agenda is lovely.
8. When you witness an actually GOOD driver. It doesn't happen often, because people are mostly jerks that don't know how to drive, but MAN that is a good moment.
9. When I found out that the dog we gave up for adoption was adopted into a nice family with land. It was so sweet of Dream Power to call and let us know that and it made us feel so much better about our decision to give her up.
10. Realizing that there is nothing going on that night/weekend and I just have the weekend to chill with my hubs and baby-mate. I am a homebody at heart.
P.S.-I can't wait for our next girl's day and a maybe a day when we can share a bottle of wine by ourselves! Woohoo! :)
I love your attitude and smile(even though I cannot see it, I can see you smiling on the other side of that computer)! And I love your blog!! In case I haven’t said it, you inspire me!
ReplyDelete1. A bottle of wine (ok maybe 2) with a friend and talking until you realize it's midnight.
2. Getting an unexpected card, note, picture, etc. in the mail. I love old fashioned mail!
3. Reading my favorite blogs with a big cup of coffee!!
4. Reconnecting with old friends and wondering why we didn't stay in touch to begin with.
5. Babies in general. Hearing about birth stories, seeing new mommies, seeing pictures of babies, etc. I cannot get enough and always get excited when I hear someone is pregnant.
6. Working in the yard of garden. I cannot help but smile when I am working hard in the sun pulling weeds, watering, planting flowers, etc.
7. Planning and cooking a whole meal from scratch for Brian and having it turn out great. I am not a very good cook so it makes me smile big.
8. Laying on the couch and having my doggy Jax jump on the couch, stretch out by my side, lay his head on my chest, and take a big sigh. Cannot help but make me smile; it’s so sweet and he does it just when I need it.
9. Looking through our wedding album and watching our wedding video on our anniversary. It makes me feel like it’s our day all over again and I smile thinking about how special that day was.
10. Riding on the back of Brian’s motorcycle with the wind in my hair.
Thanks for the challenge! Always nice to sit and think about the simple things in life!!! Thanks for your pure honesty and sincerity; it honestly makes me feel inspired! I wish we lived close I would love to bring you a bottle of wine and sit and have a conversation :)