One Hundred and One

Things I’ve said 101 times today:

No.

Why?

Please!

Pick up your stuff

Chew with your mouth closed

I love you

 

Things I’ve heard 101 times today:

Why?

No!

But…!

She started it!

I’m Sorry.

I forgot.

It’s Lost.

The dog ate it.

Woof.

 

Things I have 101 of in my house at this very moment:

 Eggs

Mismatched socks

Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies

Pieces of unfolded laundry

Toys not put away in the yard

 

What I would do with 101 extra minutes:

Sleep

Take a shower

Sleep

 

What I would like do with 101 extra dollars:

Get a massage

Pay someone to watch the kids so I could sleep.

 

What I would actually do with 101 extra dollars:

Buy soccer cleats

Bribe the children to fold laundry

 

101 Things I’m Thankful For:

 

1. My husband.
2. Rum
3. Chocolate
4. Friends
5. My children’s teachers
6. Snow Days
7. Doctors
8. Nurses (especially at the Children’s Castle)
9. Girl Scout Cookies
10. People who bought 210 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies from my girls. (Or 200, I guess - I was thankful for a few boxes all by myself)

    11. Skype

    12. Rear Entertainment Systems

    13. Mom

    14. Dad

    15. Sam

    16. Hannah

    17. Emily

    18. Brianna

    19. Gabby

    20. Levi

    21. Remote starter for car

    22. Heated seats

    23. iPhone

    24. substitute teachers

    25. BananaGrams

    26. My sister

    27. The fact that my sister is using technology to teach Levi to read from 2000 miles away.

    28. Saturday morning TV

    29. Shoes

    30. Shelves for shoes

    31. Soft toilet paper

    32. Computers

    33. My mom makes the Halloween costumes

    34. Bill’s ability to fix it, whatever “it” is

    35. Long lay-overs

    36. Frequent flier miles

    37. Paperbacks with pink covers

     38. Trees on my street

    39. Kids who are old enough to take care of themselves

    40. Students who get their work done on time

    41. Students who care

    42. Warm slippers

    43. The beach

    44. Flotation devices

    45. Key Lime Pie

    46. Shopping

    47. Online Shopping

    48. Malls with more than one floor

    49. Bill paying the bills for the shopping

    50. Missing the endless freight train on the way to work

    51.  Dora the Explorer

    52.  Hotel reward points

    53. Naptime

    54. Google docs

    55. Mechanical pencils

    56. The circus – my kids love it!

    57. The fact that the circus only comes once a year – it’s expensive!

    58. The County Fair

    59. See number 57

    60.  Tiny little ballerina tutus    

    61.  Any smile rewarded to me by my pre-teen son.

    62. Unsolicited hugging

    63. Figure skating lessons that are only 30 minutes long

    64. Auto-start on my car when it is sub-zero

    65. That wonderful woman who comes in every Thursday morning and leaves my house shiny and smelling like lemons.

    66. The fact that my husband may or may not think that I am that woman

    67. The piano teacher who comes to my house so I don’t have to sit at a studio for 3 hours every Monday.

    68. The never-ending patience of said piano teacher, who does back to back lessons with Levi (can’t sit still) and Gabby (never stops talking), followed by Emily, Hannah and Brianna (won’t practice)

    69.  Friends

    70. The poetry unit at school - the great equalizer of writing talent!

    71. Mobile Hot Spots

    72.  That my parents’ idea of a good way to celebrate their birthdays this year is to take us all to Hawaii

    73. Birthday Party Themes

    74.  The fact that my kids still think birthday party themes are not lame

    75.  Movies On Demand so I don’t have to go to the theater in my jammies

    76.  Jammies

    77.  Voxer

    78.   15 month planners – because sometimes there is just THAT much to plan.

    79.  Cupcakes

    80.  Being the Cupcake Mom

    81.  Scrapbooking

    82. Online scrapbooking stores

    83. My Nook

    84.  The fact that my husband doesn’t judge me for reading mostly People and Cosmo on my Nook.

    85.  Blue jean day at school

    86. That my husband caught the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Issue that came addressed to my son as part of his subscription last week before Sam saw it.

    87.  That Gabby still lets me dress her in whatever I want and make little buns in her hair.

    88. That my big girls, if left to their own devices, would sit up giggling and whispering all night long.

    89.  Holidays with all six kids

    90.  Holidays with no kids

    91.  Eating the kids’ sugar cereal at midnight

    92.  Project Runway

    93.  That my husband says he hates Project Runway, and yet knows the names of the designers when he complains about it

    94. That Bill doesn’t get mad when I break things and/or forget things

    95. Mani/Pedis

    96.  Having an hour of free time so I can get a mani/pedi

    97.  Shellac nail polish so I can have a manicure that lasts more than 4 hours

    98.  That first day of spring when I can finally wear flip flops again …even if it doesn’t happen here until June

    99. Overall Snowpants

    100.  Kids who haven’t outgrown overall snowpants

    101. That no matter how long you have been gone, or where you’ve been, children (and puppies) are always happy to see you

    102.  That everyone will understand why some things are on this list twice:  EIther I'm really, really REALLY thankful for them...or the kids interuppted my train of thought again. 

Copyright © Jody Hoffman 2012

Comments

[Freight Bill Factoring]

I enjoyed reading this post. It's like a wishlists. :)

[momto8blog]

great post..in every way!

[JeriLyn Logan]

I love reading your posts... you are truly an amazing woman. I'm jealous of your creative ability and patience. There is a special place in heaven for a woman like you.