Three Good Things

I must have been hungry today to think of these Three Good Things for the day:

1. I had leftover lamb stew for breakfast.  Eggs are so Twentieth Century.
2. Champps has the best patty melt I’ve ever had.  Wow – go get one tomorrow!  Lunch with Sammy is always fun.
3. We had crab legs for dinner.  This happens to be both mine and Adam’s favorite food.  It was nice to see Sammy enjoy it with us.

Three Good Things for the weekend:

1. The musical version of “Go, Dog. Go!”
2. I wore sandals and a short-sleeved shirt today.
3. Lamb stew in the crockpot.  (I skipped the mushrooms but added a bag of frozen stew vegetables at the end.)

Three Good Things for the day:

1. My daughter’s humming and singing as she works.
2. The Virginia sun in November is strong enough to heat up my car, even when the temperature is in the low 50′s.  Quite a change from the Michigan sun in November.
3. Highest traffic ever on the blog today.  Thanks, Diana!

Three Good Things for the day:

1. We had an old friend from Michigan visit for dinner tonight and the minute he walked in the door, Sammy promptly stripped off her clothes and put on her ladybug shoes.  Luckily our friend has two girls of his own, so he gets it.
2. I took Toby to the dog park and we met up with two Boxers.  Their owner couldn’t get one of them to drop the tennis ball so he could throw it.  He warned me that the dog would bite me if I tried.  I felt like quite the Dog Whisperer when I stood over that beast, made him sit, and then told him to “drop it,” and he gave up the ball. 
3. It’s November 5 and I don’t need a coat.

Today started out pretty rough.  I’ve been extremely busy lately and I was overwhelmed with the amount of stuff that needed to get done today.  But somehow I got it all done, plus I made a giant leap in my plot development, plus I actually relaxed quite a bit, thanks to these Three Good Things:

1. A professional massage.
2. My daughter, asleep on my chest.
3. Battlestar Galactica with the hubby.

Three Good Things for the day, all revolving around our first parent-teacher conference at Sammy’s Montessori school:

1. The first words out of Sammy’s teacher’s mouth were, “She’s a very independent little girl.”
2. Sammy is the first in her age-group to start working with the Movable Alphabet, except for one boy who is almost four.  (Of course, she’s probably also the only one who still poops in her pants practically every day but the teacher didn’t mention that.)  It’s such a joy to see how she has carried her interest in reading into school, and that her teacher recognizes that interest.
3. Sammy’s teacher confirmed what I already knew:  Sammy loves school, and is very happy there.

Three Good Things for the day:

1. I’m really enjoying my Three Good Things exercise again.
2. I taught Sammy how to throw a paper airplane.
3. I had a plumber come out to fix the laundry room sink and look at a leaky toilet, and it turned into a $600 job.  The good part is that they were all necessary repairs and now we can actually afford to do these things without massive financial stress.

Three Good Things for the weekend:

1. Since it fell on a Saturday, it was All Halloween All Day.  We carved our pumpkins, roasted the seeds, went trick-or-treating, and ate candy.  Much fun and cuteness!
2. We visited friends today and had some great conversation. 
3. Dinner tonight was pumpkin seeds, string cheese, yogurt, and candy.

Three Good Things for the day:

1. Sammy and I went on a school field trip to the pumpkin patch.  We’ve been talking about it for days.  We had a really great time, and as we were coming home, Sammy asked me why none of the pumpkins were wearing eye patches.
2. It was only after I got the results of the chromosomal analysis that I realized that I had almost completely forgotten that I was supposed to get them today.  Those results could have contained really terrible news, but I never worried about it once since the miscarriage because it was so unlikely.  This tells me that I am doing a great job at really and truly keeping this loss in perspective and not allowing it to make me fear disaster at every turn. 
3. Red wine.

Three Good Things for the day:

1. Rationally Selfish Radio. 
2. Longest walk with the dog this year.
3. The words, I LOVE YOU TOO, MOMMY.

Three Good Things for the day:

1. Sammy made it through school without pooping in her pants for the first time in about 2 weeks.
2. I came up with a promising idea to deal with Sammy’s latest problem behavior (defiance, sass, hitting, back-talk, and just general nastiness).  I’ll write more about it later.
3. I bought Sammy some new clothes and pajamas.  Little-girl clothes are so cute!

Three Good Things for the day:

1. I visited a friend today and we chatted while the kids played.  I was relaxed.  It was simple and nice. 
2. My friend who visited yesterday gave Sammy the most wonderful book, All the Places to Love.  I can’t read it without crying; it’s just lovely.
3. In today’s mail I received another thoughtful gift from a friend who, with her words, has helped me to accept all of this support and sympathy I’ve received.  I am a different and better person than I was 2 weeks ago.

Three Good Things for the weekend:

1. We attended our friends’ wedding yesterday.  As Adam pointed out, it was nice to once again be celebrating with friends instead of commiserating.  Congratulations, J&&!
2. We had a wonderful visit from a friend from California tonight whom we hadn’t seen in years. 
3. I set up 3 or 4 more social events for the coming weeks.  Our calendar is fully booked up with fun!

Yesterday I was on Cloud 9; today I’m down in the dumps.  But there are always Three Good Things:

1. Despite her epic tantrum and refusal to get dressed, I got Sammy to school on time (and clothed) without losing my temper.
2. Adam comes home from his business trip tonight.
3. Sammy is contentedly watching The Muppet Movie, her new favorite thing.  TV is an important parenting tool on a day like today.