R & R

I wasn’t feeling well Monday. I could feel a cold starting. So after Michael took the kids to school(including Bo, he goes 2 times a week, it is wonderful) I jumped back into bed! I slept until noon. I woke up here and there and had thoughts of everything I should be getting done, while I was paying someone else to watch my kid. But I let go of the guilt, and just rested. I picked up the kids that day and just did minimal clean up. I made a nice pot of hot chili, and the kids and I watched cartoons before they went to bed. It was GREAT! Especially after such a busy week with 2 Thanksgiving, one that was 4 hours from here. It got me thinking about how, as parents, we can be sooooo busy that to take some R & R can be hard to do guilt free. There are always a million things to do. And it is easy to give and give. And it is common to get to the point when we feel bad about just taking some time for ourselves. But that “day off” I gave myself Monday was just what I needed. It felt great, and I still feel a little bit of that cold, but I believe it’s on its way out! So before the craziness of Christmas gets here, don’t forget to take a little R & R for your self.

Answers to...You know you need new brain cells when...

The tooth fairy fails to complete her duties for the fifth night in a row. Just sayin'. ~Janet

You look in the same spot for your purse three times before you finally see that it's actually there. ~Janet

You check your cell phone to see what time it is and have to check it twice more to remember to look at the time. ~ Janet

You put your trash in the sink and throw away your dinner dishes. ~Julie

You call the dentist's office to see if you left your bite guard on the counter and find it in your purse. ~Theresa

When you send your kids off on the bus and wonder why there is a backpack strapped to your shoulder! ~Susan

You yell "Go Blue" at your boy's basketball team and it's halftime! ~Laura

I was talking to mom while driving to work and feeling around my purse to find my phone, i was so frustrated because i thought i figured i left my phone at home so i turn around and then realize that i was on the phone...all the while i was telling mom all of this and she never even realized it....lol... The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...lol ~Katie

Talk, Talk, Talk!

Oh my gosh, Bo talks to EVERYONE! I did grocery shopping today and Bo talked to everyone he passed. And to top it off his favorite word these day is Why? I was reading a Dr. Suess book to him yesterday and after every page he would ask, why? Yeah. Try explaining “why” Dr. Suess’ characters do what they do. Anyway, every time he saw someone stocking shelves he would ask “What you doing?” followed by “Why?” Then he was putting the brown sugar in my cart. I usually pull the items off the shelf and he puts them in the cart. Well, before he put the sugar into the cart he noticed it smelled funny to him. “Mom, mom, smell this, it smells yucky.” So to humor him I smell the sugar and then go on reading prices of items on the shelf. And then I looked toward my cart just in time to see him sticking the bag of brown sugar under an older ladies nose, saying “Smell this it smells yucky.” The woman was a good sport about it, she just laughed as I tried to apologize for my sons unawareness of the “personal space” box. “Bo, go put the sugar in the cart.” I said as I went back to scanning the items on the shelf. And I looked up to check on Bo again, I saw him walking over to a man stocking shelves, holding his sugar high in the air, saying “smell this it smells yucky.” “Bo! No, he doesn’t want to smell your sugar, now put it in the cart!” I said sternly, afraid he might just shove his bag of sugar in the guys face whether he wanted to smell it or not. Fortunately that was the end of asking people to smell things. He still talked to everyone we past, asking them what they were doing and why they were doing it. It took me forever to get through the grocery store just because Bo had to be social with EVERYONE. That kid can talk all day! I am sure he gets it from his DAD. LOL

To the finish line.

I went for a run the other day, something I used to hate doing I now crave. I don’t really crave the run itself, I crave the feeling that comes afterward. It is a great stress relief and I have more energy when I exercise regularly. But I noticed something when I ran the other day. I had made it around the track twice and had to stop and walk for a few seconds, and then finished my mile jogging. I noticed that while I was walking the chatter in my mind was not my favorite. I wanted to just RUN the whole mile, I felt like by walking for 15 seconds I was coming up short. Even though my results would still be the same. I would complete my mile and still feel that wonderful feeling after a good workout. And it reminded me of how I handle my life at times. Pushing, and pushing to get it all done at once. My all or nothing mentality, whether it be as a wife, parent or life coach, always pushing to complete the next task or step. But sometimes it feels good to just walk for minute. Sometimes we get so focused on the finish line we forget to enjoy the run, even if it means slowing down and walking for a minute.

Attention all Parents!!!!

Attention All Parents. I am doing a Value Based Parenting Class in Jackson starting next Tuesday, November 8th. through December 6th.

Classes will be once a week for 5 weeks. It is a great program, I absolutely love using the techniques in my own family.

For more information check out my website at JamieLightner.com

The info is on the "Events" page and there are also personally testimonies on the "Testimonial" page.

And here is a video for some fun in the "ParentHood"

You know you need new brain cells when...

You know you need some new brain cells when you check your left pocket of your coat for your keys and then with your left hand you take the keys out of your right hand so that you can check your right pocket for your keys that you can’t find only to find them now in your left hand. Yeah. I did that today, right after I talked to a principal about having me teach a Value Based Parenting class at her school. Ha ha ha. Uh huh! I can’t seem to find the keys, in my hand, hopefully I know where all my kids are, and by the way, “I teach a parenting class.”

I just had to laugh. It got me thinking about all the funny things we do. Things like putting the mail in the freezer, looking for our sunglasses while they are on our head, or talking to our husbands on our cell phone about how we can’t remember where we left our cell phone. Just the other day I was looking for a pen and after I found one I realized I also had one behind each ear.

After laughing at these ironic scenarios, I thought it would be fun to hear more. I am sure I am not the only crazy one! So if you want to email me or post under my facebook post, I will make a list and post it in my next blog.

So finish this sentence…

You know you need some new brain cells when…