2006-02-21 - 8:15 p.m.
It's almost 9:15 on Tuesday night. Time for my nightly ritual of threatening Emily within an inch of her life to stay in bed. Man, I know now why Mommy Dearest had straps on her kids beds...
But I know how lucky I am to get the opportunity to stay home with them. I think I had gotten used to the idea and was starting to take it for granted. I really had started yelling at my kids all the time, really mean yelling. Then on Super Bowl Sunday, when I was already through a bottle of wine my mother had an intervention with me and told me I was mean to my kids. That night I didn't take her seriously, but she was right. So I've made serious changes and work every day to not get so mad. I dont' know what my problem was. But it's so nice now to see how I've changed. I just don't get upset over the little things. Today I let the girls get water in their little china tea set and take it into the playroom for a "real tea party". They loved it and who cares if water gets on the floor? What does it matter.
Oh, it's Tuesday, Love Monkey is on...RIGHT NOW. I love that show. It's nice to have a show on a major network that doesn't revolve around death, missing people, all the different ways to do a autopsy, or figure out some horrific crime.
More tomorrow...Night All!
