3 good things day 6

1. Went to a flea market for kids stuff with my neighbor, and got a few nice things, amongst them a bobby car in very good shape.

2. Watching my son's face when playing with his new car

3. We had a great hour before he went to sleep: the whole family was sitting on the floor playing silly games.

3 good things day 5

1. Sometimes after dreading something all day, after thinking about it without a stop, getting all depressed about it, comes the moment that shows that everything is ok, that it might not be perfect, but there's a light in the end of the tunnel. I just had one of these moments.

2. I bought us 2 pieces of cake at the organic bakery at the Friday market next to our house. Poppy seed cake. yummy!

3. A nice evening :-)))

3 good things day 4

1. After a rough night my son and I managed to have another 1.5 hours sleep together in the morning.

2. I made it to watch the end of a chapter of Mad Men, after not being able to last night

3. Golden moment with my son make it easier to go through the day when having to stay home because he's not feeling very well.

3 good things day 3

Today it's hard, but I'll try

1. My son made me laugh in one of those tough moments.

2. I made a nice dinner, which we ate together

3. I made it to have a whole (short & confused) conversation in Chinese with a chinese woman who comes to the mothers club with her 2 year old grandson. She speaks nothing but chinese.

3 good things day 2

1. We had a relaxed day at home.
2. Rob came home in the afternoon and we all had dinner together.
3. Although not feeling well, my son was very sweet and made me smile all through the day.

New look

I've been thinking about a new look for some time now.

With the new Blogspot design and templates, it was easy to chose something nice that I would like.

If you have any ideas, likes, dislikes, I would love to hear them!

21 days of happiness

I ran into this video on one of the forums I follow:

http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html?source=email#.Tz1MIiuQc_A.email

(on the website itself you can chose to watch it with subtitles)

It made me think.

So I was thinking about starting it today. Writing 3 things I'm grateful for and happy about, three good things that happened to me, every day, for 21 days. Let's see how I feel in three weeks from now. In this post I'll write three things from yesterday, and tonight I'll write a new post with 3 things from today.  

3 good things 26.3.2012

1. Had a good chat with a new mother at the mothers club.

2. Had a friend come over in the afternoon, and then our neighbor and her daughter joined, which made me very happy.

3. Had about 2.5 hours to myself in the evening.

Unappreciated

Being a mother is one of the most unappreciated jobs I've ever done.

If you can't cash it into money, some ppl will just never think you are actually working, or that you have a say about certain money issues.

If you'd calculate the time I work, meaning 24/7 all week long all month, every month of the year, and multiply it by the hourly rate a nannie would take, you will reach a huge amount of money.

That's what I would have earned if I were taking care of kids that aren't mine.

Then it would have been legit for me to spend the money however I want.

You know what. I don't really feel like continuing this post. It makes me depressed.