Photo Friday: At least I have chocolate!

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Not sure you can see what I intended at the time I took this picture... though the time I took this picture was the point of the picture. 2:37am on Friday morning. I am still working. Yes, from Thursday morning. No end in sight and I'm thinking the kids will be up in the morning before I go down for the night. But hey, I know you can see the stack of Peanut Butter Cups. Sometimes, you've gotta find your own silver lining...


~*~*~ May you always remember to dance in the rain, and may you have plenty of ladybugs beside you! ~*~*~


Blessings,
Kat

Wildcard Wednesday: Mom was right

She always told me, "You won't ever be able to understand until you have kids of your own." Was she right or what?!?

Today I dropped Rachel off at Kindergarten, her first day. She's been in daycare / pre-school for 3 years, but my husband always did the dropping off in the past.

She was a bit nervous, but no tears. I, on the other hand, am on my 2nd bag of chocolate, 3rd box of tissues, and I'm feverishly tearing apart my office building looking for a bottle of wine.

Rachel is ready for this, has been for years. I just wish I was...

Sometimes, though, we have to let go a little bit. We have to look at their smile and know they'll be OK. We have to trust that we did our Parent job. In my heart, I know I did... and here's my proof:

~*~*~ May you always remember to dance in the rain, and may you have plenty of ladybugs beside you! ~*~*~

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Blessings,

Kat

Good in the News: Eat more chocolate!

OK, so sometimes "good news" comes in varying levels of seriousness. This one isn't a matter of national security, but it's certainly good news to me!

Researchers have come out with excellent news that chocolates are AN ESSENTIAL FOOD FOR HEALTH!

(Quote is from this article, I added the bold and capitalization since, if you ask me, it's the most critical point in the article.)

All chocoholics know that chocolate brightens your mood, but did you know that it can also help to prevent tooth decay? Chocolate builds brainpower? Chocolate can help curb your appetite?

I'd spend more time writing about why I think this is all such good news, but I have to go get a Hershey Bar now....

You can read the full article here: http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2008/07/02/chocolate-benefits-and-health-factors/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyhealthtips.org.uk%2Fchocolate-benefits-and-health-factors%2F&frame=true

~*~*~ May you always remember to dance in the rain, and may you have plenty of ladybugs beside you! ~*~*~

Blessings,
Kat