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Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:01 AM
It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that.
To participate, just write up a list of 3 of your recent Small Successes and post it on your blog along with the Small Successes button (go here to get the code). You are not required to use the button, but please do link back to the main post here. Then you can add your blog here using the Mr. Linky form (please link to the individual blog post, not the home page of your blog).
If you don’t have a blog, you can share your Small Successes in the comments.
To get us started, here are my small successes for this week:
1. I have been looking ahead to the coming school year and I kind of almost have a plan. This is small successes, right?
2. After our family trip to the ocean at the end of last week, I managed to get the sand washed out of everyone’s sheets. No cheating and using the vacuum cleaner. 
3. I finally made overdue dental appointments for all the kids next month. Why is always time to go back to the dentist?
Now it’s your turn! Please share all the small but significant ways you’ve done the right thing this week.
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Sand out of the sheets is a big one!
I am determined to vacuum the grime out of our van today. We returned from the beach two weeks ago today. I love to go to Lulu’s car wash. For $3 you get a mediocre wash, but unlimited vacuuming with a hose that must be fifty feet long. So much easier than our shop vac.
Haven’t posted her in a while. Here are my “successes.”
1. Dropped my son off at the Scout Jamboree in Virginia, and got home without too much hassle, and not too much traffic. (300 mile trip each way)
2. Only one more week, YES, ONLY ONE MORE WEEK of my 2 online classes and I am DONE!!!! Put me in the loony bin if I ever take 2 at once again!!
3. Finally having breakfast with my dear friend this morning. I haven’t seen her all summer!
I totally agree with #3. With five kids and two adults, it seems we are ALWAYS going to the dentist! Good for you to keep up to date!
#3—not my favorite…every six months comes way too quickly.
I’ve always wondered if there were any special tricks for getting sand out of things…it’s one reason I don’t really want to go to the beach again for a while.
#3-ug ours are next week so hopefully I’ll be able to share that I survived that! That would be a pretty big success though.
Have any of you considering a Cape shower? An outdoor shower where they can rinse before going in the house? I’ve only seen them at the Cape but boy do they help.
My 3:
1 finally started ‘the talks’ with the next girl down the line
2 finally visited my niece
3 made my doctors appts.
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