How to go from a bad mood to happiness in 2 seconds.....

Folding laundry and complaining to yourself how much you hate doing it and then hearing your husband and son's laughter as he gets a bath upstairs. Somehow things don't seem to bad whenever Eli giggles.
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Little Ears, Big Mouth

So today, Eli and I were in the car running some erands when a car pulled out in front of me. Startled, I said "Jesus!". A little voice came from the back seat echoing my sentiment. I told him not to say that word and, of course, he repeats it louder and lounder each time I tell him not to. Not knowing what else to do, I just said "Amen!" He said "Amen" back and that was pretty much the end of it. I guess it'ws a good thing I didn't say what was really on my mind when that mindless idiot pulled out in front of me!
Speaking of Amen, Charles and I have gotten int the habit of actually eating most of our dinners at the dining room table and saying grace beforehand. We all hold hands and either Charles or myself says the prayer. When we are finished, we all say Amen. Well, Eli has decided that he really likes to say grace so he usually stops us three or four times during the meal to hold hands. He will then squint his little eyes and mumble something and then say "Amen". It is sort of an awesome thing knowing that there is this little person out there who wants to do what you do. It is a big responsibility too and we are taking it very seriously.
Okay, let's talk about it. You know what I am talking about. I have two words for you....Britney Spears. I could only think of one comment...OH......MY.....GOODNESS! Bless her little pea pickin heart! Don't get me wrong. I really wanted her to do well. My thinking was that after being a trainwreck for pretty much two or three years, that this would be her comeback. I used to have a major girl crush on her and just thought she was the greatest. Then she married THAT GUY and it was all over for me. Now her life is a tragedy of a sham of a not so great life. First of all, lets get this out of the way. The outfit. As my friend Tara would say, she looked like she was stuffing 10 lbs of sugar in a 5 lb bag. Now I don't have a great figure myself but I know better to go prancing around in front of millions of people in a skimpy bikini. Of course, she still looked better than me on my best day but that isn't saying much.
Second of all, the dancing. If she was going to dance around like a hippie after having too many "magic brownies", she should have had her backup dancers dance that way too. It looked like she was in slow motion and they were in real time.
As for the vacant look in her eyes, well, I don't know what to think about that. There is a lot of pressure on her and I wouldn't really blame her if she decided to take some sort of relaxation pill but it's probably not a goot idea to do that right before a major performance that could make or break a career that no one thinks is worth saving anyway. I don't know if it was a broken heal, bad choreography or some sort of chemical interferance but please, Britney, get some help. I really would like to see you rise about all of this stuff and be on top again. I have joked repeatedly that, as licensed foster parents, I would love to take both Britney and Lindsey and foster them for awhile and show them what a normal, day to day life is like. It may not be glamourous, but we don't have the tabloids camped out by our house either. Keep your chin up, girl!
TTFN

p.s. Congrats to my friends, Luis and Rosemary Rivera, the baby girl that they are adopting was born today. Elizabeth Rose Rivera was born today weighing in at 7lbs. Congrats!