How to be perfectly miserable

Got this from a friend today and it was exactly what I needed to hear. 

 

HOW TO BE PERFECTLY MISERABLE: 1.Think about yourself 2. Talk about yourself 3. Use "I" as often as possible 4. Mirror yourself continually in the opinion of others. 5. Listen greedily to what ppl say about you. 6. Expect to be appreciated. 7. Be suspicious. 8. Never forgive a criticism. 9. Trust no one but yourself. 10. Do as little as possible for others. This recipe is guaranteed to be infallible!

Tuesday morning happiness

"When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. "
— Jim Butcher

• Coffee, especially strong coffee with good holiday creamer.
• A good book. Currently reading Julie  & Julia. Great read.
• Writing in a journal. This is something I find great therapy in.
  

Not a sports Mom...

My twelve year old, in junior high, has taken an interest in basketball and is on the "A" team for his school. By the way, he's 5'10'' which is quite tall for his age so he gets a lot of attention for it.

He has played two games and a total of about three minutes from both. He is so nervous/anxious/excited that he doesn't know what to do when he gets on the court. In fact, he puts his hands in his pocket while he's playing his position. Poor guy. So last night after his one minute span of playing in the game we decided to sew his short pockets shut. NOW,  I am not a seamstress in any capacity, so it took me an hour to complete by hand. My husband thought it was funny when it took me thirty minutes to sew up six inches. Oh well. If it will keep my son on the basketball court, that's all that matters.

Anyhow, I realized last night I'm not a sports fanatic. Reason being, a woman I sat next to who grew up with my husband also has a son on the basketball team and he happens to be very good. They were very much into the game yelling appropriate sports phrases out like "re-bound" and "shot clock" and all this other stuff I'm lost on.

So, I'm going to do my very best to be a great sports Mom. I don't know much about the dynamics of basketball, but I know about being dedicated to something you enjoy doing, I know about team work, I know about not giving up and focus with determination. So those nuggets are what I'll be passing to my son, not necessarily what he should have done at the last possession of the ball.

 I am very proud of him. Here's hoping he will get to play longer with those short pockets so beautifully sown up! :)

I don't have to.

I'm so glad I don't have to be super skinny to be loved and for me to love myself! It has taken me a long time to feel comfortable in my skin, but glad I finally finished this journey. I have tried to lose weight lately, and not really succeed. The older I get the harder it is for me to lose it. Not that I'm old, I'm 32 years old but still. I'm happily married, should I really say more??

I have evaluated how I am treated now that I'm about fifteen pounds heavier than I was when I started my job two and a half years ago. I feel I am respected for my intelligence and what I have to offer my department rather than what I was wearing that particular day for my boss to gawk at me. Ass. I really don't like him.

Anyhow, it's nice to have curves and feel like a woman without having a size zero waist. Size ten is perfectly.... well perfect!