Pork Chops and Proverbs.

Just wanted to check in quickly between cooking doughnut holes and pork chops. My two oldest are in the kitchen fighting cause one is trying to read and the other is whistling and singing in a loud squeaky voice. Neither will back down, so this should get interesting... Oh, golly, my daughter decided to walk away, progress is being made! Hallelujah! Little M just fell on his head while doing couch gymnastics, and J has been sent to his room for ignoring me and stabbing egg cartons with sharp knives while I was comforting hurt Little M. Everyone is a little tired from a busy week, I guess. The Skipper is at an all day hockey coaching course- I appreciate that he works long hours all week and is willing to give up a weekend doing that. He has a lot of years on the ice ahead of him with the three boys, who seem to be hockey crazy, no matter how much I pump up soccer. Must be the good ol' Canadian blood flowing through their veins!

Anyhoo, just wanted to give you an update on my day on non-complaining yesterday. I decided to make a conscious effort after seeing my husband shake his head the other day while I was being a martyr. It seems that my self centered list of gripes does not cause him to admire all my hard work! Instead, it has the opposite affect. So, without saying anything to him, I decided to make a conscious effort to go cold turkey on the complaints. So far, so good. I think this is a good attitude to just adopt forever, so I will better be able to assess the results in time. Until then, I am keeping a close guard on my heart, as the Word tells us the it is the "wellspring of life". I want positive words to spill over, therefore, I need to clean up my attitude and thoughts on a regular basis.

Anything that you know that you need to give up? Come on, talk to me- I need adult interaction or I will be trying to do somersaults on the couch soon with Little M!