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Email a FriendPosted by Kate Wicker on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 7:07 AM (EDT):
Handwritten notes, resisting coconut cake, stylish hair…you DO rock!
I look forward to celebrating others’ successes.
Blessings!
Small Successes (6)
What did you get right this week?
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:01 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 used the post office. To mail packages. With handwritten notes inside of them. I amaze myself.
2. No ponytails! I have been wearing my hair down and styling it each day, even if I am not going anywhere. Schlepping it into a ponytail every day was practical but dowdy and I knew it. Little effort, big pay off in how I look and feel.
3. I had only one small piece of the infamous “Look at it for Too Long and You’ll Gain 3 Pounds” coconut cake. I put the leftover pieces in the freezer on Tuesday night. And I only thought about them maybe 67 or 68 times on Ash Wednesday. Just a slight edge over the number of times I thought about bacon double cheeseburgers (which I only ever think about on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). I know, I know, I rock.
Now you share yours. I really enjoy reading everyone’s contributions each week. Thanks for playing!
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So I’m not the only one who dreams of greasy—or really, ANY kind—of red meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and every Friday of Lent? Really? Danielle, YOU DO ROCK! 
And maybe you will inspire me to get a haircut so I CAN wear my hair down in the coming weeks. I need that reminder and external encouragement (my 4yo has been telling me for two weeks that I need a haircut, but she’s a bit easier to, um, ignore on that front).
Posted by Carolyn A on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 8:06 AM (EDT):
I ironed a patch on my jeans AND ironed the half dozen shirts that had been waiting for about a year to be pressed.
I didn’t freak out my husband with my financial worries after paying the bills thereby sending him into a hysterical spiral. Instead I decided to pick a good time to talk to him about it and start with the positive. (It’s only taken me 13 years to learn this!)
I cleaned two windows so that you can actually see the outside from inside!
Posted by Maureen Griffin on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 8:11 AM (EDT):
Gotta think hard this week:
1 - delivered dinner and dessert on time to a friend and her family the day she had outpatient surgery.
2 - with the toddlers’ help, had the playroom neat and clean for when Hubby got home from work yesterday.
3 - actually put the laundry away rather than digging theough the baskets all week.
Posted by Pansy Moss on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 8:27 AM (EDT):
Here are my small successes:
http://moss-place.stblogs.org/archives/2009/02/small-success-t.html
Posted by michelle Dunne on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 9:14 AM (EDT):
posted on http://www.bucketoglee.blogspot.com
Posted by Charlotte (Matilda) on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 9:50 AM (EDT):
I finally did it! And I only crave bacon and sausage on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Something about going to Church and getting ashes makes me think of nothing else than a big breakfast sandwich with nothing but meat.
1 - I have finally written down and posted a morning and evening routine for my very type A daughter C-Sunshine. It is also complete with pictures for my little K-Doodle.
2 - I have special surprises and activities planned for K-Doodle’s 6th birthday including a trip to Medeivel Times on her birthday and a dinner with extended family the day after.
3 - I have done a MOUNTAIN of laundry and have made peace with my washer and dryer whom I have hated for years. They are now my friends.
Posted by SHARON CROSS on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 4:43 PM (EDT):
Oh I hope you have inspired me to get out of my ponytail. My husband always loves when I wear my hair down, but with holding a 3 month old the greater part of the day, it is so convenient to not have to unravel hair from little fingers. But I could put it down for when he comes home for work. Hmmmm…there is an idea.
1. I actually took down the Valentine decorations today, finally.
2. I returned a pair of navy blue sweatpants to my niece that we were forced to borrow when my 5 year old had “an accident”. The last time we “borrowed” a navy jacket and by the time we returned it she no longer fit in it :(
3. I cleared OFF the diningroom table. It is usually clean, as I swore when we moved to a house with a diningroom, I never had this room before, so I will not be set in my ways of cluttering it up. So it has been gathering things for 2 weeks. Nothing like a clear tabletop!
Posted by Joan on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 5:26 PM (EDT):
-I cleared off my dining room table. (A big accomplishment) Stay tuned for next week to see if I kept it that way!
-Had no coffee yesterday and today. A biggee!
-Managed to not be too bad of a back seat driver when my husband drove me to the doctor on Tuesday.
I am inspired this Lent. I have had no headache from caffeine withdrawal, do you think the Lord is trying to tell me something?
Posted by Beth on Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 5:44 PM (EDT):
I actually got a good many things accomplished today—-too many to list—-and I’m not bragging friends—you know those days when things just click. But now, as I take a 10 minute refresher break before I get to dinner and the evening, I’ve decided that I’m taking tomorrow off! I’ll actually nurse the baby while sitting down…fold the laundry correctly instead of the fly-through-it method (which means it will have to be redone tomorrow!) and I just might get my latest NCR read before the next one hits the mailbox!
And, you do ROCK Danielle!
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