Small Successes. Really small.

1. I cleaned off half the china cabinet (one of my worst "hot spots").

2. I looked through our curriculum and books and found a good sized stack to sell/give away, leaving some room on my overstuffed shelves. Unfortunately, the only place to put them while trying to sell is on the china cabinet I just cleared off. Good thing I cleared it, huh?

3. I didn't throw a tantrum when our vacation plans needed to be cancelled, even though it was finally going to be a vacation to a place that *I* liked. I did tell dh I was sad, but I'm trying to be big about it.


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Small Successes

1. I haven't been beating myself up as much as usual for my usual foibles - cheating on healthy diet, letting kids do their own semi-educational things instead of my homeschooling plan because I don't want to mess with them, etc.

2. I did what was right for my relationship with 9yo dd - stopping a certain curriculum that was "not her" even though I really wanted it to be. I'm trying to remember that love/relationship is everything and that will go MUCH farther towards her being joyful and successful in life than any particular curriculum.

3. Ummm...you know it's bad when thinking of only 3 things is difficult...OK, I apologized to one dd after being a little harsh, and I was calm and collected more than usual this week. Although I don't attribute that to ME having any sort of control, I think it's mostly because of the better foods I'm eating (hopefully more on that later).

Really small successes this week...

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Small Successes

1. I'm trying (again) to cut down on sugar and eat with an eye towards health. Today I went all day without anything sugary until I grabbed a cookie while cooking dinner. And it was a conscious choice (although I'm sure a misguided one!), not a crazy can't control myself cookie binge.

2. We are continuing our 3-weeks-on, 1-week-off pattern of schooling: I didn't give up and I gently persevered despite some opposition from the peanut gallery. Wait, we're allergic to peanuts here, how about the sunflower seeds gallery. :-)

3. I'm continuing to declutter slowly and surely, and packed a bunch of boxes this week without knowing *if* or *when* or *where* we are ever moving. I'm just trying to *listen* and *trust*.

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