–When the checker at Costco says, “Do you have any coupons?” and I say no, and she checks to see if there are any coupons for what I just bought, and sure enough, something beeps, and she says, “Well, you saved $3 on something.”
–Book Club. For 15+ years, we’ve held book club once a month, thanks largely in part to my especially organized and fabulous dear friend Melinda. We get together and talk about the book, our lives, our best tips and finds, and we eat something yummy. It’s a wonderful way to stay in touch with friends, and to add a little extra happy to my life. And tonight is my turn to host said book club.
–Sugar and all things made of sugar. Hence, giving up sugar for Lent is especially hard for me. But since I realize how much I am addicted to sugar, it makes me want to get it out of my system even more. Because I recognize that when I’m stressed, angry at the kids, rushed, bored, or basically ANY emotion, I eat something sweet. I experience the sugar instead of dealing with the emotion. I’m on day 2 of my sugar fast and I miss my sugar. Especially when I’m preparing dessert for the book club mentioned above.
–Volunteering at school. Well, I don’t always love it, but I love that I am now able to do it. And I love that other moms also help out, and I want to do my part as well. Thursdays are my volunteer day at the school, and sometimes I’m there for one hour, sometimes I’m there for three hours. It makes me feel good when I do help at the school.
–My family. And this guy.
–This song.
Sometimes we fall down and can’t get back up
We’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
How come we don’t say I love you enough
Till it’s too late, it’s not too late
Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would’ve done
Yeah, gotta start
Looking at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying
And if you plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we live out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, there’ll be no one on the line
You never know a good thing until it’s gone
you never see a crash until its head on
All these people right when we’re dead wrong,
You never know a good thing till it’s gone
Good luck with the sugar thing. It’s agony for a week, then it should get easier. And then, Cadbury eggs in April, girl!