Loveliness in the Midst of Chaos

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I’ll be honest. Today was kind of tough. I battled a migraine for half of the day. My kids were a little stir crazy (it was rainy this morning). Daniel was especially a handful.  He cut his own hair, dumped out my flour bucket, ate the rest of the chocolate chip pie, let all the air out of the can of whipped cream so it won’t come out now, had several potty “accidents” and was generally just cross and naughty all day. He’s woken up a couple of times since being put to bed sounding kind of croupy so that could explain the grumpiness. The other boys fought over whose turn it was on the computer and what to watch on TV. I should have paid more attention to them all but I kind of neglected them in favor of trying to get my room/craft supplies organized. It is something I constantly battle with our lack of storage space. We had leftover hot dogs and chicken casserole for dinner with peaches out of a can. I’m not feeling like mom of the year.

Still, I am looking for lovely things so I have a few to report:

--Seth vacuumed up the flour that Daniel dumped out so that I didn’t have to.

--David brought home migraine medicine from the grocery store when he came home from work.

--My room is looking more organized—not perfect yet, but better.

--I opened my windows in my bedroom today and the breeze was heavenly.

--I loved listening to my husband laugh as we watched “The Office” (and doing a little laughing myself.) Laughing is most decidedly lovely.

Oh, and this is really random but shipping and stationery supplies make me happy. I especially love how neat and tidy they look all laid out like this. So, here you go:

Tomorrow will be better.

Thank you for sharing your lovely things. Please continue to share them with me. They helped me feel happier today.

What loveliness did the day bring to you?