Days 7-9

Day 7: Do something nice for the birthday girl (Charly.)

Day 8: Call Grandma and sing her a song.

Day 9: Clean the house (because on day 6, this didn't really happen and I decided to give it another shot.)

Day 6

Day 6: Do something nice for Daddy...aka, clean the house.

Days 4 and 5

Day 4: Make treats and thank you cards for Primary teachers.

Day 5: Deliver treats and cards to Primary teachers.

Day 3

Day 3: Do something nice for Sammy.

Day 2

Day 2: Make a lasagna and take it to my friend who is expecting baby #5 in two weeks.

24 Days of Service: Day 1

This year our family is going to try to do service once a day until Christmas: our version of an advent calendar. These aren't going to be spectacularly difficult things, just something so we're thinking of others at least once a day.

I'm also going to try to share a scripture about the service of the day as part of it.

Day 1: Write a thank you note.

We wrote thank you's and drew pictures for the family who hosted us for Thanksgiving dinner.

Clearance

If any of you are looking for a great deal on a three year old, I've got one who's behavior for the last few weeks, and especially today's, moves her to the clearance rack. Three year old for sale: cheap!

Yes, I got a call from a member of the Primary Presidency telling me just how terrible Charly's behavior was today and could I please do something so it doesn't happen again? She has been like a veloceraptor, testing the fence for weaknesses for a couple of weeks now, and I am not amused, and weary, and not sure what to do, and am fighting my first instinct to string her up by her toes.

Had I received this call on a different day, I may have been able to deal with it with more humor.

But I can't, because it was today. And today was crappy.