Probably the least stressful holiday week I’ve ever had in my life! Although I had two class parties to run, blog posts due, teachers conferences, I actually made it without losing any hair! Amazing!!!!!! Now, don’t get me wrong, I felt it, but I enjoyed myself more than I have in the past. Maybe I’m finally getting my groove on. Who knows? In the end it doesn’t even matter, everything is good. Now off to the Christmas countdown where I just realized last night that I’ll be hosting at least 20 people. Wow! I’m thinking of having a kids table. Uhhh! I also have two class parties and my sons birthday on the 30Th. It really is a vicious cycle, but this is life. It’s a neverending string of events. I’m alive and well. Now, here is what you really want to know:
This week I learned that:
10. even when you feel like you are at your brightest- there is always going to be someone waiting to knock you down off your high horse. ( Always, and by the way being old doesn’t mean you are right or that you can say whatever you want without repercussions.)
9. you should never explain yourself to anyone. ( First of all you don’t owe anyone an explanation and secondly, it only makes things worse.)
8. just because you are physically home with your kids doesn’t mean you are “with” them. ( I learned this over the break. Make some special time for the peewees.)
7. without fail I will always spill hair dye on my bathroom carpet. ( I will also always forget to remove the carpet, every single time!)
6. there is no hair dye will ever truly cover all of my gray hair. ( If I wasn’t vain I’d kick it gray style, but I’m not that mature yet.)
5. pulling out all the Christmas decorations brings back a series of memories. ( It’s good, bad, happy and sad all at once. Then again so are the holidays!)
4. Amazon.com is becoming a sketchy place. ( I ordered 2 products and received 2 imposter products. I’m in discussions with them, but disappointed that I was duped. Shame on you!)
3. nothing can make a person crazier than becoming a parent. ( I can’t even what teachers have to deal with, as a room parent I feel as if I’ve seen and heard it all!)
2. when you want something you really just need to go for it. Take a chance and figure it out. ( This can be as simple or complex as you want it to be!)
1. moving furniture and things in my house around always makes my space feel better. ( I don’t know if it’s the clutter being gone or the fact that the energy is flowing in a different way, but it works like a charm.)
Oh, if you skipped down here to get a piece of my husband you’ll enjoy this weeks antics. I was going to spare him, but I just couldn’t resist. He even had to laugh at himself.
This week my husband:
3. told everyone at Thanksgiving that I dye my hair and I’m all gray! ( He didn’t see anything wrong with it. I’m just glad he didn’t tell them how much I weigh.)
2. lost his wallet containing his drivers liscense, ATM card and over $100 in cash. ( I felt so bad I told him I wouldn’t blog about it. Until……)
1. left the house without his car keys. ( When he knocked on the door, I let him in and in a panic he went through everything, only to find his keys next to his wallet under a pair of my son’s sweatpants that “he” moved the night before! We already cancelled his ATM card and because of all the panic I told him, “I’m so posting about this!”)
Ruth says
The best part of this blog was your husband’s antics! Sorry, they made me laugh out loud. Especially him revealing that you dyed your hair in front of everyone! LOL.
I think I resonated with the idea of “just because you are home with your kids does not mean you are spending time with them” – I was hosting Thanksgiving this year, and I found myself completely ignoring the kids because of my limited time to prepare. I am so thankful for my children that it is especially sad that they were ignored during my preparations.
Children’s table is a good idea – and it can be done more whimsically and you can find ways to make it more fun. Perhaps even consider serving them first while everyone else is eating appetizers and having a cocktail. The kids won’t sit for as long, and if they eat first and have a movie to watch after… that will allow everyone else to sit and enjoy. (Not that I advocate eating without my kids!!! They are always at the dinner table and at event tables.. but I find once there is a critical mass of people… there is a need to think strategically). Also… I tried to do a sit-down service for Thanksgiving because I had less people (only 10, normally I have 25) and I think I like the way that buffet works better.
Ethel says
Way to go husband, you never fail to make me laugh!!!!