Clover Lane

Thinking:
Of how busy October was and how much I struggled with that busyness.  I don't like when I am forced to say "Next week will be easier" to myself . I know sometimes that is just the way life is-one week I think had six or seven doctor/dentist appointment between me and the kids, and as all moms know, those can really throw off the entire day.  I have been also working on getting a new better routine going with work while the kids are in school, but still keeping myself happy with what my own expectations are for my home and my brain.  I was writing out a list this morning of what is most important to me.  That's for another blog post but just taking the time to meditate and write on that helps so much.

Playing:
Well it's been cold and rainy and now it's dark so early.  BLAH.  TV rules are enforced because that seems always the draw and is frustrating when we have a house filled with quality toys and games.  Janey has been playing school so much lately and leaving little notes for us everywhere.  She is going so strong on the reading-sometimes getting frustrated especially when she wants me to help or doesn't want me to help.  I have to guess.  We worked out a system where she taps the table if she wants me to say the word.  No tap, no help.


 Reading:

Just finished the most amazing must-read book.  It's a tough one in terms of so much suffering but this woman is amazing.  I have so many pages turned down of quotes I want to write in a journal. 

Basically this is the lesson in the book:

"It's the first time I see that we have a choice: to pay attention to what we've lost or to pay attention to what we still have."

It is the PERFECT book for November.