Reflection of a Middle-Aged Mother: Things That Make Me Happy

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Things That Make Me Happy

1. Staying out until after 11:00 with my friends. Talking and laughing about only things we would understand.
2. Playing outside in the dirt. Especially after a very long winter.
3. Having a ah-ha moment.
4. Saturday morning when Brady comes and climbs in my bed and wraps his arms around me.
5. Having a few minutes to read to my kids.
6. Watching my kids when they do something they are really proud of.
7. Smelling a stinky diaper and realizing it's not one of my kids. 15 years of those was enough:)
8. Playing tennis. Anywhere, anytime with anyone.
9. When my kids say thank you.
10. When my kids come home and have no complaints about their day.
11. Having a really productive Saturday and feeling like a lot of things were accomplished.
12. Going out to dinner.
13. Coming home to a clean house.
14. Finding a really cute pair of shoes.
15. A good pedicure.
16. Waking up not tired.
17. Good sales.
18. Walking into a room and seeing my kids playing, and not fighting.
19. A clean bedroom (my husbands a clutterbug).
20. Getting emails from friends and family.
21. Playing with my blog.
22. Having a spiritual moment.
23. Watching a good movie or show and crying like something tragic has happened.
24. Long car rides with Andrew and just talking about all kinds of things.
25. Knowing my exchange students is going home in 20 day. Wahoo
26. Laughing your guts out.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Love this Terri- So much I don't know about you and how fun to learn- Hope to see you out on the courts----; May 13, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Unknown said...: Go Terri - 26 items! You are a happy person, indeed! I know you like chocolate - you are my friend! (I'm very selective!)
j/k
Nice post.
Viki; May 13, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Megan said...: I liked this post! I knew there was a happy person inside of you! Only joking! I especially liked number 1!; May 15, 2008 at 9:10 PM

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Kids Say The Darndest Things

BRADY - "I'm kinda glad Tyler still remembers how to speak American." 10-10-11
On our way to Vegas we stopped and had lunch with Brooke because Syd insisted. She said, "Mom I need a serious dose of sarcasm right now."
Syd was talking about a date her friends were setting her up on. Brady was sitting with us and he says, " I don't know why you would want to go on a date with a blind guy." We both looked at each other and started laughing. We realized when she talked about a "blind date" he thought we literally meant he was blind.
I have a friend named Brooke. My girls adore her. She is funny, witty, and as sarcastic as they come. Sydney said to me the other day. "Mom, I need a Brooke of my own. I hope that when I get older I will find me a Brooke."
So Brady was having a conversation with his friend on the way home from school and he says, "do you know what an exchange student is"? Gage says, "No". Well it's like when your brother goes to college or something and you get someone from another country to come live at your house".
Brady and Andrew were driving down the road and he says to Drew, "It would be fun to be a fireman because you could bring marshmallows and chocolate and stuff and for the first minute you could make smores and then you could put out the fire."
We are on our way to lunch on the last day of school and Landon says, "we all got award's today". I reply, "oh really, what did you get one for?" So he preceeds for read it to me. "The ornery award for critical thinker. I start to laugh and say, oh boy Mrs. Shenton sure knows you if she gave you the ornery award." Then I look at the paper and it says, honarary award for most "critical thinker". I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.
We were discussing a family in the ward that blessed their baby today, and we were saying that the baby had a name that all three names ended in "un" sound. I told the kids I tried really hard not to give them names that all three had the same ending. Such as...Conner Ryder Porter. Brady then says, "I'm going to try real hard not to name my kids nu, nu, nun.

Favorite Quotes

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
"Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing." Dr. Phil
"You wouldn't worry so much about what people think about you, if you knew how seldom they did." Dr. Phil
"Worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair. You can do it all day, but it won't get you anywhere."
"My friend is one... who takes me for what I am."
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's learning to dance in the rain."
"Live while you are alive. Life is too short for drama & petty things, so laugh hard, love truly and forgive quickly. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second chance. Lost time can never again be found."
"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."