Good Things.

Phew.

It's Friday.

And, it is a 3 day weekend.

In honor of the rough week, and despite the fact that my last post was written with a less than stellar attitude, I am taking a really, really long deep breath and focusing on some good stuff.

Because when I choose to focus, I quickly realize the "good stuff" is flowing thick...

*Bath time with Deak:

        If anyone in the world needs cheering up, feel free to stop by and join us around 7:30 most school nights.  It is delightful, and you will hear the kind of joyful laughing that seeps deep down inside your soul.  My Deak loves, loves, loves the tub, and I love, love, love it too.

*Abby getting older:

       Okay, so maybe this week it has been not so much of a good thing, and quite honestly I am scared to death of screwing her up for the rest of her life...but, the getting older thing, as heartbreakingly sad as it is at times, does have it's perks.  I love that we now like similar TV shows; Top Chef Just Desserts, Keeping up with the Kardashians (though that one has required a bit of editing from time to time) and the classic...Real Housewives of New Jersey.  We debate over dessert favorites and ugly cake decorating, discuss how Kris Humphries isn't as big of a doofus as we may have presumed while he played for the Jazz and dissect the different levels of crazy associated with each housewife (Sorry, Teresa G....I used to love you, but you are winning the crazy vote this season in my house).  I like Abby's rational, cute, mom-pleasing moments and I am treasuring them.  Abby has also handled the adjustment of changing schools, walking to/from most days and making new friends better than most adults; in fact, she was even invited to a birthday party the first week of school.  It made her whole entire week.

*Deak's Legs

         We received a note in Deak's school log yesterday stating that Deak had stood on his OWN. He has done this, albeit very cautiously, at home for a few seconds with more stability lately...but, not anywhere else.  I was so excited to hear that he is generalizing his ability to be strong on his legs into other environments.  Deak has also (in conjunction with his knee hopping) began knee walking; he quite literally looks like he is walking around on his knees.  He is so dang close!!  He just needs to work on his confidence level and his ability to balance.  I was able to get him into a physical therapist at Shriner's Hospital that works later hours (and is the one I have wanted for the past three years:), and we begin therapy again in two weeks. I am anxious to see what that little guy is going conquer this year.

*Baby-Sitter's Club Books

           I have a couple of boxes of these priceless gems (somewhere actually around 100). As an eight/nine year old, I would zip through a book in a day, and dream big dreams of being like Stacy (the pretty popular babysitter) and living in StoneyBrook, CT.  Abby is almost finished reading Book #1, and the nostalgia is in overdrive.  It as almost as nostalgic as the TigerBeat (or something like it) magazine I bought Abby who then promptly resigned herself to reading it cover through cover while lying on her bed and listening to Selena Gomez last week.

*Food

 I just like it.

*Utah Football

      It's back.  I love the games, I love the hand-dipped corndogs and I love the time spent doing something fun with Blair. I also love the new Utah line Victoria's Secret has out, and I love the cute new sparkly Ute earrings Ab just got.  I have to say, I do NOT love the quarterback (Jordan Wynn) or his pornstache, or his ridiculous hair.  I kinda hope he blows out his shoulder again (and I mean that in the nicest, least painful kind of a way).

...the end...

I feel better already