I’ve been grumpy today so it’s probably a good idea to do a back-dated post and really acknowledge blessings and works of God for A Dusty Frame’s Works of God Mondays despite being grumpy, right?
So these are my grumpy blessings:
- I completely and totally and thoroughly bombed dinner tonight. On the other hand, we are not starving and have the resources to try again at will. Electricity to cook, funds for food, time to try again…blessings that others do not have.
- The kids were monsters today and so was I. More than enough to make me grumpy, but you know what? I have my monsters healthy and whole and some don’t. Enough said or I might cry.
- Sand. We went to the beach this weekend and the sand just, literally and figuratively, gets under my skin. Everywhere. It makes me grumpy to have to clean it up and even grumpier when I happen to hear the tell-tale “crunch” in the snacks we took with us. However, watching the kids, and the hubster, and the dog have so much fun was a total blast, the day was gorgeous, the water cool and clear (as clear as the Atlantic can be), and not too terribly crowded. I really should live in the moment more.
- Getting our budget to balance can make me uber grumpy, but being reminded that we really are in the top percentage of the world’s wealth is sobering. Really?! There are a lot of hungry people out there and it is so easy to forget. We are blessed.
- I generally try to avoid complaining about laundry lately because it is a simple fact of life that will never get better, but it really does make me grumpy. Granted it’s my own fault when the mound of waiting-to-be-folded clothes is threatening to creep off the bed and out the door. How many people, though, do not have that many clothes to wash or have to wash by hand? Now THAT is a blessing!
I don’t feel so grumpy any more.
When I mess up at cooking, I see it as a learning experience. I try to figure out what went wrong, and what I can do to help it not happen next time. And if I’m trying something new, I will assume that there will be some kind of mess up, so I try to have a good backup plan for when it happens. Also, I figure it’s better to have mess ups that you can learn from when it’s just you and your family, rather than when you’ve invited a pile of friends and relatives over.
Good idea to pair grumpies with blessings
Oh Tara, I just love this post. It is so humbling, I love it. I ruined the main part of our dinner the other night, and it was too late to start over so we just ate sides; it was very deflating. I have been quite grumpy lately and reading your blog always helps;
Thanks Mama!
What a great post. It is so hard to praise God when we just want to stay in our bad mood. I have been there the past couple of weeks. I am just not happy with much of anything right now, and I know it is becuase i haven’t been prasing God for what I do have and what has been accomplished. The bad thing is, I am CHOOSING to stay here. I told my friend the other day… I am not done being in a bad mood yet. When I am done then I will be done, but the bad thing is, the longer I am in a bad mood, the less inclined I am to do the work to get out of it.
So good to count your blessings even in the grumpies;0!
My mom always said she tried not to complain about laundry or dishes becasue that meant she had a family to clothe and food to feed them:)