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We love Chicken Cordon Bleu.  I would really like to hear your recipe, ify you are willing to share.  I have tried a few of your other recipes and have yet to be disappointed.  Thank you!

I’m listing my small successes in the morning! That’s a success in and of itself. Usually it’s later in the day, if I can get to it at all! Can’t wait to read everyone’s!

#1 The accountant did the Taxes so now I can do the Fafsa’s ontime.
#2 I didn’t freak out when the glass front to my oven gave up again. (Glass everywhere, kids crying, then laughing that it ‘exploded’)
#3 I got out of bed and dressed intime to switch cars with Dear H.

We’re so very happy to have fevers here, as well!  This is the first day in two weeks.  Still a lot of coughing, but no fevers!

I just posted mine for the week. I’ve been a bit down lately, so this really helps me to focus on the postive things that are happening in my life.

this week i won’t get the link and post to my blog.  it sort of is definitive of my week.  but this week has been all about extra activity due to a HUGE fundraiser i’m chairing for our catholic school.  by sunday, i’ll be ready to sit back and enjoy our day of REST.

Thinking of my successes this week has been an uplifting exercise! What a great idea. I have a tenedency to focus on the failures. I’ll be back next Thursday!

Congrats on everyone’s small successes!  Blessings!

I don’t have a blog so I am posting my 3 here:

1: Woke up on time everymorning this week.  Amazing how that extra 20 minutes allows me to get more done and still get out the door on time without rushing.

2:  Managed to stay fairly caught up on the laundry.  I believe this may be a 1st for me.

3:  I did not get grouchy at the hubby or the kids.  This is a major accomplishment because I tend to sweat the small stuff a lot.

1. I was able to shower every day this week before hubby left for work.
2. I didn’t get snarky when hubby agreed to help his friends with plumbing and engine repairs - which entailed being out 5 out of 8 nights, and he has a parish council meeting tonight.
3. I remembered to buy all of the ingredients for the dinner I’m cooking for my friend’s family the day of her outpt. surgery.

My successes this week have to do with my attitude.
-I am actually enjoying my week off with my husband.  (attitude was grrrrrr, he’s going to cramp my style this week!)
-the best laid plans dont’ always pan out, and that is sometimes a good thing.
-patience is a virtue
Have a good day everyone!

Today’s successes…(praying for more to come!):
1. Staying (relatively) calm amidst a house of 6 stuffy & hacking children, despite a sick 8-month old who didn’t sleep well last night.  All the while, humidifiers & vaporizers constantly hum & hot tea with honey is being drank by the gallon.
2. We’re over half-way through our test preparation books (the 4 children old enough to test, that is) in preparation for upcoming standardized testing.
3. The crock put has been full since 8 a.m. with the makings for a big pot of soup beans with ham for dinner.  A huge batch of corn bread is next.

I just posted my very simple successes on my blog.  Danielle- I saw you on EWTN last night and I really appreciated your insights about being the oddball family and just accepting that.  I am so grateful for your normal-ness and the variety of my kind of normal people you have drawn to this community.  I am also so grateful to do this each week because I am visiting some very wonderful blogs.  Thanks!

Posted my list on my blog after much deliberation - it hasn’t been a particularly successful week!

Thank you for posting this weekly!  At first, I struggled with coming up with 3 . . . but then the more I thought about it, I realized I had even more than 3 small successes   That was a much needed boost this morning!

1. I got youngest ds’s bedroom purged, cleaned out and reorganized. What is it about 8-11 yo boys where they become some kind of creepy packrats stufffing away shredded pieces of paper and dirty socks in places not even accessible to other human beings? When did this previously very neat boy start doing this? And to these same boys: clean does NOT mean shoving the really gross stuff even deeper into the pit.

Let’s just say there were plenty of opportunities for souls in purgatory to be released to Heaven!

2. I took the car in to have new tires put on, all the maintenance stuff, etc. by myself. Waiting for warmer weather to vacuum and wash same car.

3. I got the boys to get haricuts and an appointment made for the dog next week!

Not the greatest week I’ve ever had, but I survived AND actually accomplished things. I’ll take that.

1. I didn’t wake up cranky at all this week (which is more of a HUGE success, than a small one for me).
2. The clean laundry was all folded and put away.
3. I remained calm at my son’s birthday party with a house full of kids running around (I didn’t even freak out about the crumbs on the floor).

1. Made it this far into the week alive!  really it has been crazy busy and I did not think I was going to make it.

2. I listened to 2 friends that needed an ear and some advice. It was difficult to find the time…but they needed me…

3. I told another friend about something she did that bothered me. It was not a comfortable conversations but i think it will make us better friends in the future.

Thanks once again, really enjoyed this.

I’m so glad this came today.  I really needed a chance to pat myself on the back in the midst of being busy buying our first house.  So much to do and so little time to do it!

“It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph.”
How about dads?
“Our daily blog is where everyday moms offer one another inspiration, support, and encouragement in Catholic living.”
Are there any goods sites similar this geared toward dads seeking the same?

I’m so glad everyone’s feeling better

Atom Heart Father,
Thanks for your questions! While the primary focus of Faith & Family magazine (and therefore the blog) is on moms, this subject has come up before. You might find this previous discussion from my personal blog helpful:
http://daniellebean.com/2008/06/11/dad-links/

I successfully made it through a week of helping my Mom get an apartment, being sick, sick kids and preparing for my teens dance this weekend.
It’s the little things…like the week is over and we’ve all survived, that make everything alright! YES!

Thanks for the chance to focus on the positive, even if small, successes!

8 days of 5 kids with the flu - need i say more? ok…
1. I broke down and took two kids to the doctor - bronchitis.
2. I have given drinks, tea, popsicles, sympathetic looks, cough medicine, ibuprofen, toast, meals on trays, endless dvds for the past 8 days and usually with a smile.
3.  Despite the illnesses, I finished our taxes - mine and 3 teens so now I can finish fafsa.

Theresia #28
those aren’t “small” successes.  You deserve a special pre-lentan treat this weekend

This week I survived a virus with temps up to 105 in the 4 yr old.  6 of the 7 children and I had it. One of the children living on his own had it, I wish he lived here so I could have helped him, but I count it a success that I trained him to take care of himself in bad situations…how to take care of his asthma, and stuff like that. I also cancelled my tea for 40 homeschool moms.  This was a success because I chose to postpone rather than keep it for this Sunday, and spend the next couple of days stressing over the cleanliness of the house and health of the children.  I put the health of the children and mental wellbeing of me over wanting to look good to the community!