Catching Up

It's been a busy few days, so I'll try to be brief:
Thursday flew by. The day was filled with job search in the morning and then I went to the Power Lunch at Hyde Park Baptist Church. It's more of a monthly spiritual pick-me-up than an networking event and the food is usually pretty good. This month's speaker was a Partner at a local law firm, Bill Jones. He's also the Chairman of the A&M Board of Regents, whatever that entails. I thought his presentation was good, although a bit on dreary side to start! The topic was 'Ten Godly Thoughts for 2008'. So here they are, along with my notes:
1 - The day of death is better than the day of birth - celebrate life and those who have lived it
2 - Attend more funerals and less galas - 'at the end of man, the living take to heart,' behave as if you have one week to live because one day you will
3 - Cry more, laugh less - have deeper, more meaningful relationships
4 - Seek more criticism and less praise - stay away from the criticism of fools
5 - Temper your temper - anger resides in the busom of fools
6 - Live for the future, the past wasn't all that great - no kidding!!
7 - Enjoy the good times and don't whine during the bad - relish both, take inventory of your life; you're probably doing better than you think!
8 - Act like you are a sinner - because we all are; don't be overly wise
9 - Step back from your diversions - stop and reflect on your life
10 - Understand what you can't understand - he quoted Lance Armstrong at this point and I guess my mind wandered. :)

I liked his Socrates quote: An unexamined life is a life not worth living.
Definitely makes you think about what's going on in your own life. Another resolution for 2008: Be more deliberate about my decisions.

Easy Come, Easy Go

Our sitter was closed for two weeks over the holidays and Kadey was awesome. We played, snacked, napped, played some more, ran some errands, did some shopping, played, went to see the Disney Live show. You get the picture. Wednesday was her first full day back at 'school'. She was so excited to get to Bernice's house when I dropped her off and SO cute when I picked her up. She was thrilled to be there and to come home, ate well, played nice - basically, an absolutely perfect child. That was yesterday. Oh what a difference a day makes! David picked her up today and she didn't want to leave, wouldn't give him a sugar, fussed all the way home and was NOT going inside when they got here. She threw herself on the floor, wouldn't talk to 'Bobby' (my dad) on the phone, wanted Tuppy (her little pink stuffed dog she's carried around as long as I can remember) but kept losing him and getting upset, she wanted to watch Monsters, Inc (which is a short, before bed treat), wouldn't eat her dinner, wanted chocolate donuts. I could go on and on.

Who knows what makes a child behave like an angel for 2 years and then turn into a little devil on a random Thursday. I certainly don't. What I do know is that she's MY angel, good or bad, sweet or not, sugars or no sugars. :) She's mine, part of me and I adore her. Granted, I do prefer the sweet little cuddle bug I usually have, but you have to take the good days with the bad, right?

Today's favorite little thing: While I was putting her jammies on after her bath, she wanted to play with her lady bug brush. She kept calling it a 'layla layla bug' and when she said it, she rolled her tongue over and over again. It sounds cheesy now, but it cracked us up. Maybe it was funny, maybe we were just glad to have our funny, sweet baby back for 5 minutes before she went to bed!

A New Year

I can't believe it's already 2008! It seems like 2007 just flew by, so in an effort to better document my life I am starting this blog. I like the idea of printing a blog instead of trying to keep up with a journal! So often, when I remember to write in it, I'm in bed and so tired that even I can't read my handwriting! So, I'm trying something new, something different. That's what 2008 will be: new, different, exciting and fulfilling! So much to get started on! :)