Ornery Day

Today I felt like I was behind all day.  It was very frustrating!!  We were late for swimming lessons this morning and late for the summer movie this afternoon.  It didn't seem to matter what I did, there were always shoes to put on, kids who needed to go to the bathroom, and water bottles to fill before we could leave.  My kids also had a hard time listening today.  I feel like I've had to ask and remind at least 3 times today.  I don't know what it is.  I just don't like it.  I'm ready for today to be over and for all of us to get over whatever ornery, non-listening, slacker sickness we have.  I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow.  I heard at Time Out for Women that if you begin and end complalining like a prayer, that's what it becomes.  A heartfelt prayer discussing your problems with Heavenly Father.  I'm thinking I might try that tonight.

Okay, now that the vent session is over, I can go on to what I am grateful for.  I really do have much to be grateful for today.

1.  I am grateful that my kids seem to be learning quickly in swimming lessons this year.  Jo swam across the pool doing the backstroke and the teacher just had to help her get started.  Owen is learning the kicking and arms separately for the front crawl.  And Zona is taking to the water like a fish.  She loves to jump in to her teacher and is usually one of the first ones picked because she is so brave.  I've heard her a few times trying to convince one of the more scared kids that whatever they're doing is fun.

2.  I am grateful that we made it to the movie.  It is one of my favorite times of the week.  I love sitting there with my kids and enjoying a movie. 

3.  After the movie, we went shopping for some things that we needed and ended up getting some things we wanted, too.  I am grateful that we were able to find two pairs of jeans for Jo.  She has holes in all of the jeans she had for school except one pair.  It's a skinny pair and doesn't fit over her boots.  She needed some jeans to wear for the county fair to show her horse and we found two pair at D.I. to fit over her boots.  I didn't want to spend a lot of money because my kids go through jeans like crazy in the summer. 

4.  I am grateful that we were able to find a book with a song that Jo has been wanting to play on the piano.  I've looked online, even, and couldn't find it.  We had to go get a new theory book for Owen because he is starting piano on Thursday.  I asked the guy in the music store if they had the song.  He helped me look through a lot of books and we finally found it.  I'm grateful.  Jo is excited.

5.  I am grateful that we were able to find the first two Harry Potter books at D.I. for $3 total.  I'm glad that we can read the first two books before we have to start borrowing them from the library again.

6.  I am grateful that I was able to find a shower curtain, rugs, and a garbage can that I think look good in my upstairs bathroom.  I'm grateful to finally have a bathroom that matches!!  I was worried about finding stuff that went with our yellow walls and brown towels, but I think we did all right.

Here's our new floor with the rugs on it.

 And the new shower curtain.

 Showing off the rugs, floor, garbage can, and curtain.

 And I don't even think it looks too bad with the yellow walls.

7.  I am grateful for the warm weather.  I finally got out my capris today.  It felt awesome!!

I feel blessed with everything we were able to get while shopping today.  We only went for about an hour and got a lot of good stuff.  The kids also found a Scentsy-type wax at WalMart that smells like blueberry muffins.  I have it in my burner right now and it is making the whole day quite a bit better.  I'm glad that we were able to get pants that Jo needed (and ended up getting some pj's for Jo and Owen so theirs aren't 2 sizes too small anymore).  I feel much better about my bathroom.  I'm glad that we're ready for Owen to start piano and that we found a fun book for Jo to play out of.  All in all, a great shopping day.

Just previewed my post:  still LOVING the new updated editor!!  It doesn't just decide where I want spaces put in my post.  It just does exactly what I say.  I guess I can't blame how my post looks on the editor anymore.