Daily Attitude for Tuesday: Patience

Apparently I am so patient I patiented myself into forgetting to update.
I have been dealing with some ridiculous online drama but I am hoping it is resolved.

Most of my other patience has been directed towards myself, and being patient with  my lack of getting things done when I want them done, and of course my kids.  However, both of them have been pretty good and not requiring a great deal of patience on my part.

I am, alas, impatient with my ice maker.  It doesn't want to work right and automatically shuts itself off after each tray of ice it makes.  I do not like this.  I do not want to wait for it to work properly so I think I messed it up by pouring warm water over it to try to get it to move.  I think the turny thing was frozen stuck and I needed to loosen it up.  Now I think something else is wrong but at least it isn't flooding the freezer and fridge like it did one early morning a couple of weeks ago.

Later on when it's a reasonable hour I will post Wednesday's Daily Attitude, Beginner's Mind.

Daily Attitude: Non-Judging

I suppose it's good to start the week out non-judging, after excesses of the weekend, and also with an attempt to not judge Mondays, which everyone seems to hate.  I don't really have a problem with Mondays but then, I'm not working outside of the home very much so it isn't surprising.
I had a lot of trouble going to sleep last night, and woke up on the late side.
I took a nap this afternoon during our thunderstorm.  I am not sure how long I slept.  The afternoon seemed to get away from me somehow but that is okay.
Nick and Max have both been great today.  Nick is a lot more vocal these days, although I'm not really sure what he's saying.  He certainly isn't interested in letting go, however.  He fights falling asleep like no baby I've seen.
I think I need to re-evaluate my schedule.  I would like to vacuum on Mondays but that doesn't seem to be happening.  I like the idea of starting the week off with a nice clean house, so I suppose I could do all the cleaning stuff on Sunday.
I have a lot to do this week, but that is not unlike all weeks.  I feel like keeping busy is good for me.  I am not exactly where I want to be, but I am doing the best I can.

Daily Attitude: Letting Go

My daily attitude wasn't much on my mind today.  I haven't been frustrated with anything.  Right now I have a headache, but I've taken something for it.  I suppose I can work on letting go about being disappointed about not getting everything done on my list, although I still have time to work on things.
I am going to work on letting go of some negative feelings I have towards some people who are no longer in my life, at least not on a daily basis, and I can also work on letting go of worrying about money and not having a clean house and not pumping, which are all things that are on my mind.  I am working on the money thing, and the clean house and pumping will come in time.
The house is loads better than it has been at some points, and the rest of it will get there.  I'm not in the greatest mood at the moment, mostly because of this headache.  But I can still be grateful for my two boys, who have both been very good today.  I'm so happy to have given birth to them and to have them in my lives!

Daily Attitude: Acceptance

I've done pretty well with acceptance today.  I haven't gotten all of the things done that I might have liked to, but that's okay.  I will do some of them tomorrow.  Other things may have to wait, but I've had a good and productive day.  Now I'm exhausted and I'm going to get Nick all bundled up for bed, and then have a glass of wine and some ice cream.

Daily Attitude: Non-striving

Non-striving is a tricky attitude for me.  I guess I was non-striving in the sense that although I have a list  of things that I want to accomplish each day, I trusted that they would get done, and although there have been some obstacles, I have managed to do most of them.  Although poor Nick has been quite fussy this afternoon and that has been hindering me from some of the things I need to do.  But if he will go to sleep I'll be able to do them.  If he doesn't go to sleep, well, they will go on tomorrow's list.
I am not going to beat myself up if I have to put some things off until tomorrow.  I have accomplished a lot, and I'm proud of myself for that.
I'm enjoying doing these daily attitudes, and I think I'll keep it up.
In the meantime, I think Max is ready to go to bed so I will be reading to him.  I think Nick is asleep but I am afraid to look because if I move him he's going to wake up, and he's face down lying across me.

Daily Attitude: Trust

I like to read my horoscope.  Yesterday's horoscope was advising me to be distrustful of others.  Today was telling me to start projects and trust that I'd be able to see them through to completion.  I do have trouble with that.  I tend to start lots of things and not  finish them up.  That makes me unhappy.  I'm feeling okay about things today.  I've been working on my Camp Nano project (which is actually a continuation of a novel I've already started, but I'm writing 50,000 more words on it).  I've also been continuing with my 100 Days of Halloween listings on Etsy (please send me an email if you want a link to my shop!)
Right now I'm in the master bedroom, listening to the baby's womb sounds bear.  He's asleep in the crib and I want to see if it's easier for him to sleep if I'm not in the room with him.  I am not sure if I'll sleep in here or in the nursery, though.  It's so much easier to just have to walk from the futon to his crib when he wakes up.   Well, whatever I decide, I trust myself enough to know it will be the right choice. :)

Daily Attitude: Beginner's Mind

Oh, Beginner's Mind...I am working on several  things that are new to me, like designing a website.  I have no idea how to get it to look right.  I'm going to get help from someone I think.
I also made a lemon meringue pie today, and it was more like lemon meringue soup!  The meringue turned out perfectly but my lemon curd base melted in the oven and was something of a fiasco even though I thought I had followed the instructions.  Oh well.
I'm also working on getting Nick to sleep in his crib, but tonight we're not doing that because he wakes up too frequently and I want to get some rest!
I'm very sleepy and have a bit more writing to do.  I'll be back with tomorrow's attitude tomorrow!