Remember my March Make Over

Hmmm.. where to begin this post.

I jumped into March, I was on top of the laundry, dishes, my kitchen floors, you name it, I was going to town.

One night, after folding and putting away 10 loads of laundry I looked down to find 3 empty laundry baskets, 3 empty hampers. No dirty clothes.

And I thought, "Happiness is empty laundry baskets!" Then, I got thinking of Happiness is's.

• Walking into a clean bathroom
• dresser drawers full of folded clothes
• clean walls
• full pantry and refrigerator
• empty sink, empty dishwasher
  
• vacuum lines on the floor
• books neatly on shelf, organized by author... pathetic I know
  
• kitchen chairs tucked in with flowers on the table.
  
• Order!

I was going to blog it!

Then, the next morning I woke up and guess what? You got it. Clothes in the hampers. Spilled milk on my pretty table cloth and something sticky on the floor, dishes in the sink, vacant spots in my pantry! (man we eat a lot!) Toilet paper behind the toilet? (actually, I try not to think on that one.) Blocks scattered allover my previously lined carpets.

But I felt happy! How could this be?

So, my new list--- and my new goal is to continue to find happiness in the fleeting things (accomplishing mundane tasks) but to really find happiness the lasting things (family, children, growing, learning, loving.)

Happiness is:

• hearing a child snore in the night
• Waking to the sound of a child singing
• Watching your children help each other
• Reading a book with a child snuggled next to you. Even if it is a lame book
• Listening to your children make-believe about a family vacation to see their cousins
• Piano and trombone practice
• Henry running through the house with his hands in front of him ala Frankenstein
• Jane spelling every word she can think of
• Dave telling stories at bedtime
• Laughter
• art projects, from age 1 to age 10, all stages
  
• Stories written with crayons
• The feel of a child's hands on your face
  
• Love notes on my fridge and on my pillow
  
• Full tummies and growing bodies

I have always considered myself a grateful person. But lately, I've wondered if I really am. I have so much to be thankful for and I moan far more than I should..... I feel Awesome Attitude April coming on-- where I fix my attitude, now that my routines are back in place!