Wednesday, March 26, 2008

1 - Wesley has had a cold now for about 4 weeks so I decided to take him in to see the doctor today just to give me peace of mind that everything is okay. She confirmed that it's all in his nose and probably viral. His ears and lungs are all clear (whew)! I have been so paranoid because there has been some serious sicknesses going around this Winter. I feel like our family is the only one not hit with this terrible flu bug going around. Last fall Preston's doctor suggested we all get flu shots with the baby being born during flu season~ I am so glad we did. I don't know if that's why we haven't got sick - but whatever it is, it's a miracle. I will just keep sucking out snot with the blue sucker thing and using the humifier :(

2 - Preston got his first job! Tom set it up with the cute grandma across the street. He takes her little garbage out to the street and she pays him $.25. He is saving up for the Ice Cream Man coming this summer.

3 - Tonight we had some friends over for dinner and I realized why I stopped having people over for dinner a lot (I used to have people over for dinner all the time in Utah and Arizona). I really have lost my confidence in cooking and I don't know why..... I was really stressed tonight when they were coming over that the soup was going to taste horrible (it also didn't help that Tom told me it was bland about 5 minutes before they came). I need to just keep inviting people and not worrying about it. They should be grateful for the free meal they get :)

4 - I just finished reading my friend Jenni's blog about how a friend of her inspired her to write things she likes about herself. She wrote about how hard it was for her. I too have been sitting here thinking of what I could write that I like about myself and do what she calls "Take the Plunge".

I am not sure why we are hard on ourselves and not our own best friend. Maybe because we think if we say we are good at something it means we aren't humble and the humility lightening bolt will come and strike us down! So after thinking and thinking and thinking about what I could put I am going to narrow it to a couple of small thing:

A - I think I am a good mother and I am so grateful that I enjoy motherhood. Even though there are some aspects of motherhood I am not good at (TV watching, too much candy, it's terrible that I am writing these thing when I should be complimenting myself!) what I am good at is that every day Preston and I: read together, brush his teeth, say prayers, and sing songs.
B - I am really good at doing research on the internet. I can find almost any product, information, person, etc. online!
C - Hmmm... thinking, thinking..... Hmmmm
D - Something about my physical body that I like is I have really small ankles and wrists.
E - I am really proud that I can do our taxes!
F - I am good at paying bills on time every month! (I hope this doesn't jinx me).
G - I can be happily married to Tom :)

So that is what I came up with tonight - I encourage all of you to, as Jenni called it "Take the plunge" and tell me what you like about yourself.