This story comes from our beloved ten year old in a teenage body. Sometimes I just have to say, poor girl. She grows so fast and is having to deal with a lot going on, so I can totally understand her teenage tantrums, but anyway here goes... Every night we all have a kitchen chore to do after dinner. Last night she decided that she would not be doing her chore because she had a headache. We said, "No problem, it'll be here tomorrow when you feel better". (Maybe at this point she thought she got away with it) Morning comes and she needs her hair straightened. -She was blessed with my frizzy fro, but imagine double the thickness. It takes me about 40 minutes to straighten her hair. WELL, she comes in to wake me up and asks if I will straighten her hair, and
Steve chimes in..."Mom likes to help do hair for people who help with chores"
Can you imagine what comes next??? "WHAT?"
Steve repeats in the smoothest tone, "Sweetie, mom likes to do hair for..."
Hormones kick in and screaming fit, stomping and slamming door etc.
10 secs later, a calmer Sadie says, "Mom, could you please do my hair? I can't go to school like this."
Me: "That would be kinda funny, I wouldn't mind putting your hair in a bun."
Sadie: "AAAAGH! I DON'T WANT A BUN! This is soooo STUPID!" (runs off to room again, and is back in a few seconds)
Me: "Sadie, you have about an hour if you want to straighten your hair by yourself" (I've been trying to help her learn how for a very long time!) "Honey, it's really okay if you can't, I can put your hair in a bun."
She started straightening her hair. But not without a few more short tantrums to her room, I was fighting so hard not to just go in and help her. But in the end, she ended up doing her own hair just in time for her friend to come and get her for school.
Me: "Wow Sadie, you did that all by yourself! I bet you feel proud"
Happy Sadie: "Yeah, I can't believe I got it done! Bye mom!"
WHEW---1 tantrum down, 500 to go. :)
Relationship still in tact, and most importantly, I didn't loose my temper.
Oh, what about the chore you say? Well after dinner tonight, can you guess who was the first one to jump to their chore? Sadie :) After she was done with that one, last nights chore was still awaiting her, which she did as well. Deep breath! Until the next challenge...
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Feeling Joy!
I am so excited for a few things going on recently, 1) I have been trying for a very long time to find a contact at a news station to interview my boss Shelle Soelberg (Let's Play Music). She has built this awesome music program and it would be fun to see her talk about it on the news. I've emailed and emailed, even made a few calls, but nothing. A couple weeks ago, I took Tyson to a baseball clinic and channel 12 happened to be there. It took me the whole hour and a half to get up the courage to go talk to the man with the camera. I asked him what it was that he did and he told me about the show "Valley Dish" that airs daily at 4:30. I told him what I was interested in and he said he was the guy to talk to, so I got his email and long story short, he's coming to Shelle's class next week-which Hailee is in, and is going to video the class and interview Shelle! I am so excited! Don't know when it will air, but I'm sure I can figure out how to post the link when it comes out.
2) Last week one of the councilors of the Relief Society asked me if I had any original songs that would fit their "Visiting Teaching" lesson. I had found one that is called "Sisters", and gave it to her and was planning on doing that one. As I thought more about it, I started getting ideas for a song. I haven't written a song in 3-4 years and I've been praying all this time for an idea that could make a difference to someone. I thought my days of singing and writing were over. So I started with just a paragraph and left it. Then the next day another paragraph came. From then on, it was like a really good book you just have to finish so you can get on with your life. I couldn't stop thinking about it. I prayed and studied anything I could find on sisters, or women being angels. I thought about a neighbor of mine that is always helping people even though she has 6 kids of her own. A few times as I was writing, I just had this feeling overwhelm me and I would sob. Last weekend we had some of Steve's family over and I asked them if I could sing it for them. The next morning our Aunt Lisa Neilson passed away and as they were planning the funeral over the next few days they asked me if I would sing the song at her funeral. This pushed me to finish it, so a few days ago, I put it into sheet music and gave it to the pianist and sang it today for the first time. It was such an honor to share this song with everyone. Afterwards I was overwhelmed by the kind comments and tears that were expressed about how the song perfectly described Lisa and how it had touched them. Now I know why I had to write it. Each word describes her. I did not know her well, but God does and helped me write this song for her. Want to hear it? Keep bugging me and maybe I'll record it sooner. :)
2) Last week one of the councilors of the Relief Society asked me if I had any original songs that would fit their "Visiting Teaching" lesson. I had found one that is called "Sisters", and gave it to her and was planning on doing that one. As I thought more about it, I started getting ideas for a song. I haven't written a song in 3-4 years and I've been praying all this time for an idea that could make a difference to someone. I thought my days of singing and writing were over. So I started with just a paragraph and left it. Then the next day another paragraph came. From then on, it was like a really good book you just have to finish so you can get on with your life. I couldn't stop thinking about it. I prayed and studied anything I could find on sisters, or women being angels. I thought about a neighbor of mine that is always helping people even though she has 6 kids of her own. A few times as I was writing, I just had this feeling overwhelm me and I would sob. Last weekend we had some of Steve's family over and I asked them if I could sing it for them. The next morning our Aunt Lisa Neilson passed away and as they were planning the funeral over the next few days they asked me if I would sing the song at her funeral. This pushed me to finish it, so a few days ago, I put it into sheet music and gave it to the pianist and sang it today for the first time. It was such an honor to share this song with everyone. Afterwards I was overwhelmed by the kind comments and tears that were expressed about how the song perfectly described Lisa and how it had touched them. Now I know why I had to write it. Each word describes her. I did not know her well, but God does and helped me write this song for her. Want to hear it? Keep bugging me and maybe I'll record it sooner. :)
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