Family and Stuff: BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE???

Inspirational Thoughts

Strength is nothing more than how we hide the pain

Every one wants happiness no one wants pain, but in order to see the rainbow, you must go through the rain

Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.

Keep Moving Forward!!!! Walt Disney

And in the end, it is not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

Learn from Yesterday, Live for today, Hope for Tomorrow

It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes the best memories are those you have yet to create

Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life long attempt to acquire it

Fear is the dark room where negatives are developed

You can't do hurdles, if you REFUSE to JUMP!

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, YOU WILL LAND AMONG THE STARS!!!

THE ONLY THING IN LIFE ACHIEVED WITHOUT EFFORT IS FAILURE!!!

Don't let the negative people have the most IMPACT in your life!

NEVER give up on anyone...Miracles happen EVERYDAY!!!

Monday, March 26, 2012

BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE???

Woke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed, ever happen to you, well it did to me this morning. I just knew the negativity was gonna rule the day, no matter what I did to change the outcome, I was gonna have a bad day…

1. Forgot to eat breakfast, cause I didn't get all my other morning routine done, so I skipped the most important meal of the day, but the blessing in disguise, I got to sit with 4 preschoolers, and describe apples and carrot with ranch dressing, most of the morning, since we were focusing on the five senses today.

2. As I was working through the morning, picking up the goldfish crackers, Kashi crisps, and string cheese wrapping and the split sugar in the cabinet, and just cursing and mumbling under my breath with every challenge that arose, and realized the blessing in disguise, my boys are well fed, and are pretty well taken care of despite my “uncheery” disposition.

3. Then I complained to a friend about being out of food and having to go to the grocery store, on one of the days I had preschool, which after teaching I am not in the mood to do anything else, but the blessing in disguise, I have the budget prepared to be able to go to the store without hesitation knowing my crew needs the nutrition.

4. After going to the crummy store, and getting the bare necessities to last for a couple more days, I needed to get the lawn mowed before the HOA writes us up, so as I am doing this chore, I run over the extension cord, bout to cry and throw a fit in the front yard, kicking and screaming, realized the blessing in disguise I didn't run over the my friends extension cord, just my own, and after telling the hubby, I kinda got out of having to do that chore, I think it’s because I ran over one last year as well, so I am sorta restricted from having to mow the lawn…What a blessing.

5. So I have made dinner, waiting on the hubbie to arrive home, and hurting all over, back is killing me, feet aching, and discover the blessing in disguise that pain in just another way of telling myself I am not dead yet.

So with every situation, every struggle, every bad day, there is always a blessing in disguise behind each challenge given, it just depends on the mindset of the individual going through the trial. Take a step back, breathe, look around and realize things could really be a lot worse, and that in through every battle there is a blessing in disguise.

1 comment:

MickeyMarch 27, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Good one. I never really thought about it much before, but there are always one if you look for it. Another one for you, Peej, is that you were not electrocuted when you ran over the extension cord.
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Lessons Learned!

This section will consist of lessons that I have learned throughout the week, that might be trivial to y'all, but are really important for me to keep in mind when doing my mindless activities.
1. When you use your dishwasher as a drying rack, and its time to run it through to get rid of the standing water, DO NOT, and I REPEAT DO NOT use Pinesol as a cleanser for this project.
2. If you are wanting to change your routine, and try to arrange your schedule to wake up earlier, do not try to do this two days before Daylight Savings...SMH, not even worth it.
3. Our family was invited to a get-together for sushi, in which I made a strawberry cheesecake to take. Well, I thought I was being smart and put the strawberry topping on the cheesecake before leaving the house, just so I wouldn’t have to tote two items to this party. So moral is tote that second bowl filled with the topping so you will not have strawberry juices leak all over the floor, car, shoes, shirt, hands, etc.
4. Throwing away toys, when a child can remember that he gave it to you specifically to “fix”, can be damaging to the wallet. Throw away toys when they know nothing about it, at least that way you have the element of deniability on your side.
5. When making coleslaw...always and I mean always measure the salt input...cabbage and salt, not a very tasty, satisfying combination. Add extra salt to fries, pretzels, or even some sort of meat, just not cabbage. SALT, always measure it!!!!!
6. I usually mow the lawn for the family, since its a small yard and doesn't take long to do, but I have put weed eater fluid in the lawn mower and tore up the engine to one mower, this is the second time i have ran over the extension cord while trying to mow, it is so obvious that I am not meant to mow. So I have gone to Lowe's and bought two more extension cords, but for some odd reason my husband will not let me mow the lawn anymore....so i guess my lesson learned this week, is I have learned to get out of work, cost my husband money, and therefore his only option, mow the lawn himself.