Hug your kids often and tell them why you love them so much. If you get them in the habit while they are really young it will pay off when they are a little older and you are the one needing the hug.
Eat chocolate cake. Often.
Always make a mental note of where you put down your wallet and keys. (Has anyone seen my wallet? I have my keys, but I'm out of gas and can't go anywhere until I find the wallet...)
Don't litter. Not even a little bit.
Act like you know what you're doing.
Run.
You can never have too many pens, pencils and markers. But for heaven's sake, throw them away when they run dry.
Always assume that the people around you have good intentions until proven otherwise.
Take lots of pictures.
Take lots of naps.
Listen to gangster rap while you run. It is guaranteed to make you smile even when you're in pain. Just be sure to buy the "clean" version from iTunes. :)
You can never have too many copies of the ward phone list.
Leave room in your heart to forgive, even if you can't bring yourself to do it immediately.
Put things where they belong.
Buy the generic brand.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. i.e. Don't ever click on an ad that says you've just won a free laptop, iPod, etc.
Floss.
Ask for help when you need it. Accept help when it is offered.
Don't force yourself to finish reading a book you're not enjoying. Same goes for movies.
Paint the walls in your house whatever color makes you happy. Change it whenever it strikes your fancy.
Don't Super-Size it. (Unless we're talking about chocolate cake.)
Drive exactly 5 miles per hour over the speed limit.
Watch documentaries.
Don't buy barbies for your daughters or guns for your sons.
Read to and with your children.
Pray.
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17 comments:
I, too, listen to clean gangsta when I run.
(It also makes me smile.)
Very wise advice indeed.
Don't buy generic if you're putting it on your skin. I just bought the cheapest shaving cream I could find because my daughter thinks she needs 1/2 cup of the stuff every time she shaves her legs.
She came home from school yesterday with hives from her ankles to her knees.
Bad, bad mommy.
But I'l with you on most the rest!
Yeah dude, I'm with you on all those...except maybe the gangster rap. I love the shoe picture.
YES! On all but the gansta rap...I just wouldn't know. Did I raise you or something? I'm thinking you learned a lot of that wisdom at home growing up. Your mom must be very wise....
awesome list
I remember when Wavy Gravy came to our house many moons ago and we had a little toy gun that was part of Mike's performance. She picked it up and blew on it like a horn. You said you were refreshed that she didn't realize what it was.
We do have guns in our house. The rules are no shooting people ever even if they are bad guys. You can only shoot Monsters, dinosaurs, and squirrels. Squirrels because they stole everything from our garden in GA.
I believe my husband loves guns like you love running. Me, I don't care for either of those things but I enjoyed your list. Sorry for the tangent.
Oh and I do agree on not buying barbies or bratz, though my boys want a sister so the barbies can marry the GI Joes. Silly. :)
I had barbies growing up but just cut their hair off. Not really fun if you ask me.
Amen to all, except the bit about generic brands. That's all. Otherwise, we can be friends.
Now if only someone will just make me a nice chocolate cake.
Maybe you should think "Try the generic brand." instead of buy the generic brand. Most of the time it works, but some things just aren't as good as the original. Honey Maid graham crackers come to mind.
And you already know how I feel about running. So I would say walk whenever you can.
wow. i'm actually amazed at how much we have in common! every single thing on your list i said AMEN SISTA! i like you even more now than i did five minutes ago.
excellent.
is it egotistical to like you more because you're more like me than i thought? hmmm...
oh well.
i like running to hip hop....and I pretty much agreed on everything else.
You totally made me giggle on the gangsta rap part. Oh, that's hilarious.
Sadly, I don't have gangsta rap on my running play list. Kanye is the closest I have on there. I go for more of the hard rock avenue...
Oh, that's just fun.
could you list the gangsta rap you listen to? i'm in the midst of making a run mix and i do not know what's good. my favorite so far is black eye'd peas "pump it" but that's not gangsta...
I too enjoy the gangsta rap while running. I only realized this while having to share an MP3 player with my husband. It gets you going.
These philosophies describe you well, my friend. The only one that surprised me was the barbie, gun one. I didn't know you felt so strongly about it.
I have learned so much from you!
What a wonderful list - love the picture of the shoes spelling out RUN!
I stumbled upon your blog and love your story - your kids are adorable!
Amy
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