Smiley Saturday
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Where to begin? At the moment I am watching Ghostbusters, a classic from my childhood. The scene where they are on top of the apartment building and Pete goes "It’s Miller time"? That’s the first time I’ve ever heard that joke and actually understood it. Sad. Very, very sad, but it made my husband smile!
This week has passed me in a blur. Work has been frenetic. Home has been a bit ‘howyagoin’, so it’s hard to pinpoint those smiley moments. I guess a highlight for me was when Daz cooked a lovely fat free meal. He knows how hard I’ve been trying to lose weight (slowly, slowly, catchy monkey) and he cooked chicken breast coated with chilli powder, asparagus, potato and carrot. It’s taken me a long time to show him how to cook a nutritious, balanced meal that doesn’t involve mince or pasta, so that was worthy of a big smile.
Mollie is enjoying her first weeks of year 6, which is fantastic. She’s had a rough time at school in the past, and last year was really difficult for her. This year she seems to have a good rapport with a teacher who seems to ‘get’ her. Thank you God.
Young Miracle is still with us, however he has been renamed Errol, after Ron’s owl in the Harry Potter series. He continues to bring happiness and smiles to all of us. He likes to sit on my chest (or Darren’s chest, or Mollie’s!) and ‘kiss’ my chin. He also sits on my shoulder and ‘grooms’ me. He is growing, and seems happy. Now that he’s quite tame, it would be impossible to release him. I keep asking Mollie to let us ring WIRES to come and get him, but she won’t have it. I think it’s cruel to keep him. Although we don’t keep him in his cage 24/7, and he seems to like us, we don’t know for sure that we are doing the right thing for him. I keep telling her that if he dies, she’ll blame herself and be devastated, but she’s positive he’ll be ok. I hope she’s right!
Finally, the girl has two of her best friends here tonight for a sleepover. They are fantastic kids, bright, happy, polite, well mannered. They are welcome here any time, and funnily enough, don’t seem to be too terrified of me! Maybe they’re not as bright as I thought…just kidding! These are the kids I hope will stay with her through adolescence and beyond. They seem to accept her for who she is, warts and all, which is priceless. I couldn’t have picked better friends for her, so that’s certainly smile material!
Hope you can all find something to smile about in the coming week! 
I don’t get the ‘Miller Time’ - either ? what is wrong with me LOL
It is good when your children get good teachers and have friends who get them and like you. Hope thye don’t keep you up too late.
Comment by Babyamore (Trish) — February 9, 2008 @ 9:42 pm
oops I forgot to say Go Errol ! and yay for Daz the Iron chef in the making. No wonder you were smiling. That dinner sounds delish.
Comment by Babyamore (Trish) — February 9, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
I loved sleepovers at that age, even though they were very few and far between.
Comment by Sarcastic Mom — February 10, 2008 @ 6:01 am
Gee, there must be something wrong with those friends, I mean who is happy bright and well mannered at that age? You MUST be embellishing their personalities greatly! BWAHAHAHAHA! Their mother must be a freak! Love that you had a low fat meal - you can definately see that the diet is working. Me? I had cheesecake for dinner. Oh and how come I wasn’t mentioned in your smiley saturday, huh? Huh???????
Comment by tiff — February 10, 2008 @ 7:27 am
What a lovely feel-good post for me to read to start off the week Tracey - here’s to you having a fabulous week too
Comment by Texs Missus — February 10, 2008 @ 9:50 pm