Hi there mommies, I know I’m getting a bit behind this week. but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all your blogs - some great reading and advice!

I totally wasn’t going to post today.  It’s been one of those days.  My emotions are on a roller coaster, and I’m feeling just like my feet are made of lead - heck, my whole body is lead.  I was reading on another lady’s blog, and I saw this category: thankful thursday.  Oh yes!  There’s something to write about on Thursdays.  But it is so much more than that.  i know that an attitude of gratitude works.  It changes our focus, and where our mind goes, our heart soon follows.  That is just how it works.  A law of physics or something.  Law of God?  Nah.  We don’t admit that, do we?  Ok, off my soapbox, gratitude gets me out of me.  Ya know what I mean?  If I don’t get out of my own head, and start thinking or helping someone else, I feel absolutely useless.  And it isn’t very fun.  At one point I was writing 5 thankfuls every day in my journal - and no, it wasn’t with Oprah. And it worked wonders for my mind & heart.  So here’s my thankful list for today:

1. I’m grateful for the sunshine.
2. I’m grateful for our safe yard to play in.
3. I’m grateful for hubby’s job.
4. I’m grateful for hubby.
5. I’m grateful for my table & chairs, and the roses that sit upon them.

My first meme! This is kinda timely for the new moms visiting from Mommyfest. So here goes:

1. This mommy is 33, with 3 girls, and 3 years new in this town. Been clinically depressed since 13. (Just kidding - more like 21, but it didn’t have a 3 in it)
2. The best medicine is great humor! (check out Heather at Desperately Seeking Sanity, this had me laughing out loud!) Plus I regularly post all the funny stuff that I can find or accidentally misses the spam folder.
3. Full time stay-at-home-mommy. Which adds to the insanity on most days. And provides tons of fodder for cuteness and venting on this blog/journal of mine. (Which by the way, I’ve thieved someone else’s boundaries: I want my kids to be able to read this when they’re grown up and have a picture into what life was like when they were little. So no adult stuff, hate, tooooo embarrassing, etc.)
4. Faithful, I wish. At minimum I pray that my faith touches all that I do. God is the only reason that I’ve survived my disease thus far. But religion? Yikes, it has been a big part of the problem/ judgement that I feel on myself. So I hope to pass along tidbits that I’m learning about the God who created us, cares that we’re down here, and is actually right here beside me while I change that poopy diaper. He’s the one wiping down the bum, while I go wipe my nose with that minty stuff.) THAT’s the God who actually HELPS me, not from afar, but from right here in my messy life.
5. Marriage? Ah, yikes. Been the best part of life, and the absolutely worst! lol At least I think so some days. In actuality my hubby has stuck with me through a lot of my nasty stuff. And when being in close proximity makes me aware of my own deficiencies, he’s the poor scape goat. He handles it pretty well - actually, he deserves a nobel prize!

Some might say that this is too much information, but I believe that there are more women in my shoes than would admit it. I dunno why?

Blessed wednesday to you, Mommies,

Cathy

Hi mommies,

Today will be a quickie - I’b sick! And in that vein, it is an excellent reminder to get enough sleep. I think I was susceptible to this cold because I didn’t get enough sleep a couple nights ago. (maybe, maybe not)

Here’s the acronym that should be setting off warning bells all over your head/ eyeballs:

HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) Any of those things are cause for a little pause/ halt to review how well we’re taking care of ourselves. Sometimes it is unavoidable - i’m thinking especially of the tired thing if you have an infant. And then, it is an excellent time to cut yourself some slack. When I’m tired I have to realize that the my children’s very breathing is going to get to me, and I just gotta relax. Set the bar lower.

Have a great day, Mommies & don’t forget to HALT!