1) My kids and the silly things they say. 2) Right now. I’ve been up about 90 minutes. Everyone else has been sleeping. I walked to the beach, took pictures of the sun rising over the Atlantic, and ate breakfast on the patio alone. I did my meditation. It’s been lovely, knowing everyone is safe and sleeping while I’m having moments of solitude. Now they are waking up. Which is a mixed blessing.
1) Also my kids. Some of the stuff they say with their very serious faces makes it so hard to stifle laughter. Also, the All State Mayhem ad campaign. Certain TV shows - The Good Place, old SNL's, The Office. My dad and his goofy Dad jokes. DH and his goofy DH jokes. My sisters with their cutting sarcasm and deadpan humor.
2) Sunday night. DH and I have had a rough patch, DD1 has had a terrible time at school and terrible behavior, DD2 had an accident in the pool and needed an trip to the ER and stitches last week. Stress was at an all-time high, we'd been sniping at each other, just not good. Long discussions throughout the weekend led to a sense of calm on Sun evening. I slept through the night for the first time in months.
1) The things my kids say or the way they mispronounce words (e.g., hot fudge is hot budge). I will miss that as they get older. 2) Sunday night. I was sitting on our patio watching DD push DS on the swing. They were both giggling and having a great time. It was a great sight.
Post by justcheckingin73 on Jun 26, 2018 8:19:56 GMT -5
1. Also my kids but what really gets me going is people tripping. Even someone telling me about a time they tripped makes me laugh.
2. I felt content on my vacation. I have a lot of insecurities and a huge lack of confidence when it comes to my job and my abilities (even though I always receive great feedback) and it gives me a lot of anxiety.
1. Usually the kids. Last night, Dd had 4 friends over and we went swimming at the lake. They were trying to line up at the bottom of this slide into the lake, which meant each girls just scooted down to the bottom and held on. We had 4 girls down and I was going to take a picture. The last girl didn't scoot, she just went down and booted the first 2 lined up in the lake. I lost it and almost fell in.
Ds has a particularly infectious giggle when he gets going.
2. After dealing with a sick parent for years and all of the wrap up of the year or so of dealing with his affairs, plus several months of health issues for me, any day that I wake up and we are all healthy and no major issues, I am content.
2. Sunday on our hike around the lake. We were outside with nature, just the five of us. I was walking beside my best friend and watching DD1 and DD2 running ahead of us while DH was pushing DD3 in the stroller and I got this feeling of peace. I looked at DH and said that I love our life. It's definitely a roller coaster since I was a crying mess a week ago.
1. My family, DS1 especially. He is such a chatterbox these days and some of the things he says are priceless.
3. One evening this past week, we were relaxing in the living room watching some tv. Everyone was happy - there was no fighting or crying. We were enjoying each other's company. At those times, I enjoy the little family that DH and I have created.
1. Usually something DD or the dog does. Lately it has been DD's new coach's reactions to DD's epic fails. The stick it that turns into a flying face plant and the coach yells and DD is SAFE so everyone starts giggling including DD.
2. I would say last Saturday morning when DD, the dog and I were all having our lazy morning in bed it was shear bliss.
Post by helenahhandbasket on Jun 26, 2018 12:32:21 GMT -5
1. Obligatory my kid and my H. My friends also are pretty funny- a girl's night out usually contains a million and one inappropriate jokes. H says that I laugh ant weird stuff. Last night I saw a GIF of a dog that I thought looked like one of our friends, and I laughed at it for 15 minutes.
2. TBH it's been a while. I am going through a bit of a rough patch with work, finances etc and I am feeling like I can't / don't trust my own instincts, which sucks. I am hoping it passes soon.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jun 26, 2018 13:14:15 GMT -5
1. My kids because they are insane, I mostly laugh at H and not with him because he says some really stupid things for being so smart, our camping friends make me laugh a lot. 2. Last fall probably, like October through Christmas. It was right after we signed the agreement with the agency we merged with, I got back on medication for ADD, I started working out, DH and I were working like a great team, and felt like I was getting my life back. The last few months of limbo have wrecked that feeling.
1. Veep. Omg it’s hilarious. Irreverent. The kids for sure make me laugh. 2. It has been happening a lot - every night when I go to sleep, when I was out of town with my sorority sisters in a pool on Saturday, in the hot tub with friends while our kids played around us Saturday night, at VBS seeing the kids (not just mine)....I love summer even if it is exhausting.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jun 26, 2018 14:39:05 GMT -5
1. my kids for sure. Brooklyn 99 is a show that has made me laugh out loud recently. I'm glad it wasn't canceled.
2. The other day I was able to get in bed during the day and read a book in the middle of the day. Contentment. Also whenever I get a pedicure I'm normally really content. Also I still rock my 4 year old DD to sleep. Sitting there with her in the dark I feel content. When she's asleep. Not if she's wide awake and tossing and turning.
Speaking of kids making you laugh, DS just came in totally naked and said “Daddy got all the sand off of me. And even off my penis!” Then he showed me. Lol.
1) Lately I’ve been laughing at random YouTube nonsense like Farts caught on live tv. I’m sorry, but that’s just funny. Also, clips of stuff I’ve seen on the boards. Like....this is probably one of the funniest things Ive ever seen. m.youtube.com/watch?v=G5EFWn0CeNU my H doesn’t find it amusing-I still cry real tears when I watch it.
The manatee video makes me laugh too mostly because I would be making those same faces and sounds as her. m.youtube.com/watch?v=SbdC9PqZ7dU
2) lately I’ve been very content to sit on my hammock on my new patio while my two little ones play on the playground and my oldest plays soccer in the backyard. Tonight I was content after a hard 8 mile run when I sat in a lavender Epsom salts bath while DH did bedtime.
I’m on vacation so I am more content than usual when I am working. I am tired a lot IRL but also content a lot almost daily. The kids help a lot with that though don’t get me wrong they also drive us crazy, but they make me happier I think I’m general not talking money wise or time wise/ freedom of course.
Our 20th anniversary is today. I have looked around our house and land, thought about our jobs, and now having 2 great kids, and thought back to where we started. I have thought to my upbringing and how different life is now. It makes me pretty content.