662. Salsa sale at work today! Such a treat to be able to taste 8 homemade salsas and take home containers of two that are already near empty (but my belly full:)
663. Collaboration - two heads are better than one, in this case today:) Thanking a friend today for her unexpected help at work on one of the biggest spreadsheets I've ever created.
664. Meeting a due date today for pre-registration. These are the kinds of things that usually get by us and we notice a little too late, which causes us a lot of extra money that we could have saved. I made it today, right on time (although the last day), so saved us more $$$. Feels like I'm becoming an adult and getting it together;)
665. A tough love parenting moment that paid off with a lesson learned. Lily rushed through her homework - lightening fast - because she wanted to run to a friend's house to play. Her penmanship was far from her best and she got two out of two wrong on an online activity. Then she asked if she could go play now. I asked Lily if she thought her teacher would like Lily's writing on this homework when she turns it in tomorrow. Lily, knowing her teacher is a stickler for excellent penmanship (which I am thankful for!), said her teacher wouldn't like it. I said, "Then no, you can't go play. You need to do your writing all over again."
Lily yelled, "You mean I rushed through my homework for nothing?!"
I answered, "We do NOT rush through homework just to go to a friend's house to play. Homework is more important."
Right then, Andy and Emmy walked through the door as Lily broke down in tears and ran to her room. We got distracted soon after with dinner and a quick walk to the park. All on her own, Lily sat down at her desk after her bath and did her homework all over again, as neatly as she could.
I feel so lucky that we have such amazing kids that we do. I feel so proud of her tonight, proud of both me and her for handling an unpleasant situation.
666. Breakfast for dinner, one of our family favorites.
667. I can see myself quickly developing an addiction to this new syrup Lily and I found at the store today. I want to go with pure maple syrup knowing it would be so much better for us than that high-fructose corn syrup varieties, but the higher cost of pure is out of our price range. We found this one exactly in the middle: Maple Grove Farms of Vermont All Natural Red Raspbery. So dangerously delicious, as it caused me to eat both Lily and Emmy's leftover pancakes in addition to mine. Slight backfire;)
668. A family walk to the park after dinner at the tail end of sunset. We all got time on the swings, Molly had room to run, and the sliver of a moon with two planets in direct alignment decorated the early evening sky on our walk home. Peace.
669. Getting excited about planning a possible of-the-beaten-path trip, our most favorite kind! Just thinking about the possibility while exploring our options on the Internet gives me butterflies. Even if it doesn't happen, I am grateful that life's awaiting adventures thrill me.
670. Getting in the shower just a few minutes after 10pm! Earliest night all week and will give me an extra hour of much needed rest.
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