Better Late than Never

My posting is late today, because I was so tired after trying to get Stephanie to bed, I just couldn't sit down and type.

Food
1 1/2 c. Golden Grahams, 1 c. milk (5 pts)
WW Roasted Turkey breast dinner, Quaker Mini Delights (6 pts)
Turkey Combo w/ salad from Chilis, corn on the cob, french fries (20 pts)
1 c. grapes (1 pt)

I had to dip into the extra points for the week today. Thank goodness they are there.

House
I put away most of the clothes I folded last night and worked on the dishes. I really didn't follow Fly Lady today. I just couldn't get into it.

Cooking
As you can tell, I didn't cook today. At least my kitchen was clean after dinner!!!!

Devotional
Today was NO MORE MOMMY GUILT! Lysa's beginning quote today was "Pease is not the absence of conflict but the persence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict." by Dorothy Thompson. How very true. We all need to be creative coming up with conflict resolution since no two situations are the same, and no two children are the same. But the real lesson I learned was in Lysa's rules for "No More Mommy Guilt!"

1. I will no longer be fooled into thinking that my kids came to me good and anything bad they do is a reflection of my poor mothering. My children are going to do things that make us cringe, but that does not make me a bad mother. They are not perfect and neither am I.

2. I will have the courage to let them live with the consequences of thier bad choices. This one is so hard. We want to do everything we can to make their life wonderful, but sometimes we have to let them learn. They can't always learn from our mistakes; sometimes they have to make their own, as hard as that is on us. I sure would rather my girls learn from my mistakes than to live with the hurt making those mistakes will cause them.

3. I'm going to stop feeling guilty over telling my kids no. And for me I'm going to stop letting others get me to that point. I see other mom's letting their kids do what I've told my kids no, and think to myself my poor kids are missing out! I get upset when others say that I should let them do something after I've already told them no. Or better yet, they let them do it after I've said no. Lord, please help me here.

4. I will not compare myself to the seemingly perfect moms I know. Help me to remember that none of us are perfect, just being perfected through You!

Satan, you are not going to cripple me with guilt any longer! NO MORE MOMMY GUILT!!!!!!