Random Thoughts From a Tired Brain

I'm ready for this week to be over. 9's mom is still hanging in there and 9 is over there everyday after school until evening hours. Thank you, by the way, Ann, Amy, and Karen for your sweet messages on that last blog. I'm always humbled by the fact that anyone even reads what I put out there, and to know that people were touched by it blows my mind completely. I've already passed along your well wishes to 9.

Because my mind is too tired to actually write a post, and because I'm feeling totally blah anyway, I thought that tonight I'd just write down a list of quotes from some of my favorite people about some of my favorite things.
Here you go:

Anne Lamott (my favorite author):

"It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's like weight training for life."
This is something I hope my kids learn someday, because playing it safe is not going to take them as far as I know they're capable of going.

and also this:

"You can practice being right, or you can practice being kind." Easier said than done. Believe me. I would know.

and this is my fav from her:

" 'Please Please Please' and 'Thank You Thank You Thank You' are two of the best prayers I've prayed as a parent." me too.

Louis Armstrong (because he's just a cool cat)

"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know."

Logan Pearsall Smith (don't know who he is, but I like what he says about reading):

"This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication."

Albert Einstein (this quote makes me want to find a time machine so I can go back in time and date him)

"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." I like that in a man.

Erma Bombeck on mothering:

"Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you've just answered 'a house guest' you're wrong because I have just described my children."
I love that she called 'em, like she saw 'em in an era when many housewives were popping valium to deal with their stress.

And the final 3 quotes:

"You're going to get an education because it's the best way for you to keep your options open."- my dad.

"There are three things in the world that are magic: God, Disneyland, and Santa Claus."- Princess G at age 3.

"You live at the top, you drop."-my son J, trying to say "shop till you drop". This is what came out though, and I think it's much more profound. Don't you?

Good night all! I have PG's 6th birthday coming up in a few days and need to get busy learning how to make a flower garden cake. I'll post pictures if I'm anywhere near successful. (Heck, you know me. Pics will be posted regardless.)
Have a good one!