10 most popular posts here at My Many Colored Days

I've been doing some Spring Cleaning and packing, which are essentially 2 means to 1 end (and that is getting out of this house!) So I thought I'd buy myself some blog time and repost the 10 most popular posts here at My Many Colored Days. They're labelled, so read one or read all!

My first ever post that yielded one sympathetic comment:http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2006/01/introduction.html

One of my favorites: http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2007/01/hey-what-is-going-on-here.html

The most comments: http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2006/07/bathroom-mans-portal-into-another.html

The most hits: http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2006/05/k-k-what-begins-with-k.html

The least expected most popular search at My Many Colored Days, "prodromal labor": http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2006/06/theres-upside-to-prodromal-labor.html

My Christmas gift to fellow bloggers: http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2006/12/gesu-bambino.html

The most popular Woman to Woman topic: http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2007/05/woman-to-woman-celebrating-me.html

The second most received comments: http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2008/02/am-i-gonna-learn-this-lesson.html

One of the funniest (insert apology to poor woman whose search for "how to get 2 year old to stop swearing" got her to this post): http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2008/02/on-swearing.html

More of the kiddie humor: http://accordingtolei.blogspot.com/2006/02/slang.html

ENJOY!

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Satisfy me!

In my frantic rushes to accomplish this and that, go here and there, buy this great new helpful thing or that great new helpful thing, the thought has occurred to me (many times) that I am not satisfied. And how can that be when I've been blessed with spiritual knowledge, a beautiful family, opportunities to use my talents, and friends and family who care about me? It all depends on my focus... when I am focused on the things I do not need, then I am not satisfied. Because you can never get enough of what you don't need... it will never fill the void. The ability to balance wants and needs is tricky to come by.

For example, I am currently on Weight Watchers (I have 12 post pregnancy pounds to lose). On the days that I am vigilant about eating well and exercising, I feel a constant need for chocolate, or some equally evil pleasure (that I don't need). And then on the day I allow myself to indulge, I do not feel satisfied.

Are you following? Sigh. Grab yourself a snack, this may take a while. And PLEASE forgive the semi lucid mommy blogger who was up all night with a teething baby and still has deep thoughts to unload. :)


Instant gratification. That's what it's all about. Because we're in survival mode a lot of the time. Or I'm in survival mode a lot of the time. I probably am not a high enough priority in my own life... or at least, not in the ways that would truly satisfy me. I feel like we kind of touched on this subject a little in our last Woman to Woman. We wrote about the things we do well. Which is an important thing for us to recognize in such an ungrateful world. But I also came away from that topic realizing where my focus ought to be.


My husband and I have recognized in ourselves lately a lack of discipline in two areas that really aid in parental sanity: body and spirit. An oxymoron of a pair in today's world (there is so much focus, to the point of vanity, on the former, when really there needs to be a perfect balance)!


Parallel that with the constant feeling of defeat and inner conflict: "I'm not doing enough for my kids... I am not doing enough for my job... " and on and on. It's that want of measuring up that crowds out our need to just focus on us - the one thing you can control. I have told my younger brothers this before, but still it is a struggle, to pay no mind to the "world". Anyway, "a little less conversation, a little more action", eh?


Mondays are cooking days at la casa de fun. I will be sharing recipes throughout the summer on Mondays - some of them child friendly and some of them just family favorites! I am also going to be hosting some give aways beginning next week (oooooh, ahhhhh)!


See ya then!

My apologies...

Yeah, I missed Wild Card Wednesday. I'm sorry! I just wasn't in the bloggin' mood. Remember, I am in the nesting mood. :)

But I do want some feedback from those of you who may have caught Oprah yesterday. If you'd like to share. Nicely, of course. I had some pretty strong reactions to Oprah's desperate attempt at justifying her personal issues with marriage. But their were some truths spoken as well.

I did not agree that becoming one in marriage means losing onesself. It is my belief rather that a successful marriage is built on oneness - not oneness as in one becoming like the other, but oneness as in teamwork; oneness in purpose. I also did not agree that it is a "shrinking woman" that considers her spouse's needs to be a high priority. I do not come from a "Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" standpoint here. I am all about bringing your true self to your marriage (one good point that was made in the show). I also agree that you should speak your mind and voice your opinions and have an identity.

Now... go on with your smart selves and tell me your thoughts on this!