Seeing as I have difficulty with my blogging consistency, I thought that it would help to let someone else come up with my blog topics once or twice a week.
The answer to my question, Ten on Tuesday.
This Tuesday's topic is "10 Ways to Lighten Your Mood". With the start of advocacy season, end of summer, continued transportation stresses, and just the heaviness of life in general this week, I thought it was not only an appropriate to start my ToT posts by listing Ten Ways I Like to Lighten My Mood.
10 Ways to Lighten Your Mood - The Mama's Way
1. Make cinnamon toast for breakfast. There's nothing like a good sugar rush to help jumpstart a bad morning.
2. Blast some of YOUR favorite music. Jump around and dance like a fool. You'll feel good and your kids will think you've lost your mind and quietly slip away fearful that Mean Mommy is going to come back and demand they make their beds.
3. Put your hair in pigtails.
4. Connect with some friends by posting mysterious Facebook updates every 20 minutes.
5. Daydream about what you'll do when you win the big lotto prize.
6. Use the leftover cold pot of coffee you never got to drink in the morning to pour over ice and make a refreshing afternoon iced coffee pick-me-up when the 3:00 sleepies kick in.
7. Take a nap when the kids do. Trust me on this one.
8. Play dress up with your daughter - let her put makeup on you and fix your hair.
9. Eat ice cream for dinner. Let your kids do the same. Sure they'll get wound up, but read on to see why it's okay...
10. When your other half walks through the door and the kids are screaming and wound up from the "dinner" sugar rush, take a magazine and lock yourself in the bathroom scarcely mentioning a horrible stomach issue. Light a scented candle, turn on the fart-fan, sit criss-cross-apple-sauce on the floor, and enjoy 10 minutes of calm while you turn the pages of People in semi-silence. Be sure to warn him/her to not go in the bathroom or your "secret" might be out.
Love, hugs, and blessings,
The Mama
