not this cute anymore!
Yesterday started out wonderfully:
an early morning workout
the entire family up early for breakfast together
fruit smoothies with kale, spinach and blueberries (so yum!)
sent the husband off to work with a lunch and a kiss
a "puzzle contest" that lasted over an hour.. I won every time, take that!
read several chapters of the adventures of Robinson Crusoe...
which led to an in-depth conversation about slaves in Africa
and CANNIBALISM- homeschooling doesn't get much better than that!
Ben and Luke made lunch while I put Simon down for a nap
we fractioned our sandwiches and multiplied the portions..
then we enjoyed the outdoors
(eliminating media should be easy with this kind of weather)
after running errands and enjoying the sunshine at the park,
I started on dinner--
made-from-scratch chicken enchiladas with cilantro to spare,
served with black beans and rice.
after dinner was in the oven, everything went downhill.
the boys played transformers
while Simon and I took a bath
they got bored when I was blow-drying my hair so
I allowed them to watch Shark Boy and Lava Girl
(I'll go to extremes to look good for my man :)
Zack played on the computer while I set the table
and there was still 2 hours before Aaron got home from work! How?
after dinner and a not-so-inspired FHE lesson
I watched an old 48 hours episode of a husband drowning his wife
in their backyard pool (very uplifting)
Instead of doing the dishes,
I decided to check my old yahoo email account
and ended up reading John Edward's mistress' account of their affair.
yuck.
I put the kids to bed without any love-- we were all exhausted
and then I watched the 2 hour prime-time-behind-the-scenes of the Bachelor.
In my attempt to stay away from anything negative and downtrodden,
I managed to waste several hours on the worst media possible...
murder mystery, lame political love-child scandal, and reality TV at it's finest.
I didn't read my book for book club or any scriptures for that matter.
I went to bed at a terrible hour
(especially considering that I had been up since 3 AM)
and I felt like a total failure by the time I laid my head on my pillow.
It's a new day, another early morning,
and I'm going to give it another shot.
wish me luck.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Well, you made my day yesterday. I read that link you sent me. I sobbed through the entire thing and it helped my attitude a lot. What a story and what an amazing way to share it. Thanks Janet. It really did help me to feel a lot better and to calm down and have a little more faith. I hope you have a great day today!
I love the last two posts.
1st one... motivating, powerful
2nd one... we are human!
Doesn't it seem like whenever you have an awesome realization the world (or just exhaustion) works extra hard to brind ya back down? It happens to me a lot... so frustrating!
I have felt the same way about TV. I've told Kam before that I didn't want to own one ( but then again, I love a couple shows, and movies) We actually only have about three channels, since we just do the antenna, but those three channels have all my favs. I feel like is is important to steer clear of the media (in essence the world), but it is hard. I know I can always be better.
Kam and I actually had a discussion about this very thing about a week ago, so instead of watching our shows when he'd get home at night, We snuggled up on Friday night when the kids were in bed and caught up online (hulu).
Let's see if I can leave a comment for each one of these news posts, shall we?
I also read that John Edwards thing on Yahoo, and it made me sick. I can't stand women who have no respect for marriage vows. And if they were so in love and made for eachother, then why aren't they together now? Silly delusional woman. And I also watched the Bachelor special and loved it. It's so trashy and unuplifting, but I just can't stay away. I'm excited for Dancing with the Stars which I don't feel guilty about watching.
Its hard to not let TV and the computer be part of our lives..especially after a hard day when you will do anything for a few moments of sanity..Just do what gives you a break and if it's TV..go for it..you are an incredible momma and someday when I learn how to sign my name..I will!
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