Not So Good Things From the Week

I found Lauren downstairs on Sunday in the office at Poppa and Grammie's playing Webkinz. She had a couple of sidekicks. We have computer addicted children. After reading Chanel's sweet comment on the last post. I have been thinking about my little life. And I suppose that it sounds wonderful from what is stated in this blog. Generally I only include the happy, little snippets.

Just to clear things up......it's not always great.

For example in the last couple of days I have:

1. Gotten a jury summons for the second time in three months. Apparently they just keep rotating your name into the mix until you HAVE to show up. Uggh!
2. Cleaned a few poopy diaper messes one of which got all over the slide outside. Sick!
3. Listened and listened some more to the griping of an 9 year old who actually acts much like a 13-14 year old. Who NEEDS a cell phone and her own room and blah, blah, blah.
4. Dealt with a 3 year old who thinks that he runs the place. In between telling me that I am "the meanest girl ever!"
5. Tried and tried again to get my kids to go to bed when I put them to bed not 2-3 hours later.
6. Sat in the middle of a messy house and dealt with it.
7. Waded through mounds of clean laundry to find things for everyone to wear.
8. Rode in the dirtiest car EVER because kids never take their things inside. Kyle is the WORST, he leaves his socks in there until there are no more clean ones. Drives me insane.
9. Refereed one too many fights.
10. Made many dinners that no one would eat or even try.
11. Told my three year old that it is not nice to pick your nose, eat your boogies, or to call people stupid.
12. Pulled Brandon down off of the counter just to repeat 5-10 seconds later the whole time I am making dinner or doing anything in the kitchen.
13. Had my babysitter cancel on me when its been ages since we've gone out.
14. Dealt with Kyle throwing a ginormous fit in the car because he left his toy from the dentist and wanted us to all go back in to get it.
15. Went to bed way too late because I was enjoying the PEACE that I can never seem to get enough of when everyone is awake.
    

It is a balance of the bad with the good that makes our lives sweet. Chanel is right, I do enjoy my life and my family. I wouldn't trade them or the crazy things they do that drive me batty for anything. I am happy to have this place to record our lives and be able to look back and smile. Because really, when you look back, don't you always remember the good times anyway? I do.