Mom is Just a Nickname

Today’s been an odd sort of day. I’m in a fairly snarky mood; maybe it’s boredom (been stuck at home most of the week with sick kids), maybe it’s sleep deprivation (was up most of last night with one of the sick kids). Either way, I don’t feel like spending more than this first paragraph being snarky, bored, cranky or otherwise irritating to myself (let alone to others). So, I’m going to count some blessings.

From the movie White Christmas, where Bing Crosby sings about counting blessings, to the book Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, where Sarah Ban Breathnach recommends keeping a daily gratitude journal, the idea of looking at the good things in life is not new. Focusing on the positive instead of the negative has a way of altering a bad attitude –and I’ve got bad attitude in abundance today.

So, today I am thankful for:

1. Although both J and X have been sick this week, neither has been so sick that I’ve had to sit at their bedside worried, nor have I had to rush anyone to the doctor or the hospital. (You couldn’t see it, but I knocked on wood as I typed that.)
2. Today’s boredom has resulted in a multitude of snuggles with X, two clean bathrooms, a dishwasher of clean dishes and at least one load of clean clothes.
3. We finally managed to get our old washer and dryer out of our garage and into a good home where it can once more lead a useful life.
4. Despite the fact that I haven’t grocery shopped this week, we have plenty of food in the house. Stocking up grocery shopping is working nicely that way.
5. I have a book waiting to be read, which is promising to be a good read: The Fiction Class by Susan Breen. It came to me via Blog Stop Book Tours which is run by my friend, Lynn, the Virtual Wordsmith. (Look for the review on my blog in April! More details later!)

I have other things to be thankful for, but this will do for now. Oh, I have one more:

Today is Friday!!!!!