habits

For some unknown reason, I have had high anxiety lately.  I find myself biting my fingernails often these days and I have another nasty habit that I really want to get rid of.  I scratch at my face.  Whenever I am nervous or anxious about something my hand will find it's way to my chin or my nose or some other part of my face and I will begin picking at the tiniest of blemishes until they bleed or become red.  It's so gross.  It even disgusts me to type this.

I really want to stop.  It makes my face look like a 13 year old's and although my skin is really not that bad, you can certainly look at me and tell when I have been having high anxiety about something or other and I just plain look awful.  So what pointers can you give me for breaking a bad habit?

I used to pop my knuckles and my entire family hated it.  My husband finally made a deal with me that he'd paint my toenails anytime I wanted if I'd stop with the knuckle thing.  I did stop for years and I have enjoyed his manicure/pedicure services.  Hee.  I have started popping my wrists again though and I need to stop that too.  I don't want to forfeit my nail luxuries.

Make me feel better, please.  What bad habits do you have?  What bad habits have you broken?  What motivation and you give me to quit?

prayers

Busy week.  Sorry I haven't blogged much, but I'll post more this weekend.  I just wanted to get these prayers down really quickly before I forget them.  These are prayers we've overheard Julianna saying at various times over the past few days.

Dear God, Please help Mrs. Robin to feel better soon.  Amen

Dear God, Please take care of Lucy and don't let her get hurt.  Amen

...and my personal favorite

(before putting on roller skates)
Dear God, Please let me have fun on these skates and not die.  Amen


I am tickled to death that she has started spontaneously praying own her own and I am impressed with the kindness in her heart.  I couldn't love that little girl more.

Anyone else have any other kid prayers to share?

ok, I'm going to open a can of worms

We are contemplating early admittance to kindergarten for Julianna.  Are we crazy?  Thoughts?

my daughter, the sponge

Julianna is at the point where she's practically begging for more "work" and she's soaking up information with such speed that I can hardly get her more worksheets before she's done and wanting more.  She can count to one hundred; she easily does basic addition and subtraction; she's spelling three letter words and sounding out almost everything she sees.  Yesterday she wrote "invitations" for Nanna's birthday party and she spelled almost everyone in our family's name with little help.  All she wants to do all the time is write.

Here is the latest stack of workbooks that I gave her last night.  She had finished the first one within ten minutes of work before bed and ten minutes of work first thing this morning.  This is all after she'd already completed a variety of the bigger workbooks all year long.  Sometimes I cannot believe how fast she is learning and how much she wants to learn.  Is every kid this way at some point?

naked as a JoshuaBird

What? Don't all of you put your baby down for Tummy Time in the nude?

another great visit to the dentist

invasion of the pollen

Julianna: Mommy, I think I know what all that yucky stuff on my slide is coming from.

Me: It's coming from the trees.  That's pollen.

Julianna: NO IT'S NOT!  IT'S COMING FROM THE TOP OF MY PLAYHOUSE ROOF!