WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT?

shooting hoops at Mcdonalds





The song "A lot of things different" is the first one listed on my MP3 player, so when I go to the gym (which needs to be more often than it is) I usually hear this song first. It gets me really thinking about my life. I can think of so many things that I would have done different. I would have made more close friends (I tended to have more guy friends-which we all know don't last past marriage). I would have been involved a lot more in school (I know that moving to a new school just about every year of my life didn't help that, I guess that could be part of the lack of close friends also). I would have taken more risks, tried more things, developed more talents, and loved more freely-just to name a few. There are so many things I would do different if I could do it all again. It makes me glad that I am still relatively young. I hope to take my place in life, and make the very most of it. From this point on, I hope to have fewer regrets. I hope to enjoy each day, and make it meaningful. Wouldn't it be nice to go to bed each night and to think, "I wouldn't change anything that I did today." I want to progress, and not feel like I stay on the same step of the ladder. Not doing any worse, yet not doing any better. I hope that my children can look back on my part in their lives with only positive thoughts. Not having me to blame for their insecurities, or fears. I want to teach them, like the quote says, "not learn how to wait out the storm, but to dance in the rain." (or something like that). I hope they make to most of each moment. To find the positive in each experience, and most of all, to impact others lives for the best. anyhoo- My point is. As I try to make to most of each day, and not to be so hard on myself for my not yet reaching my full potential, I hope I can help my children not to have the regrets that I have. Ryan says he wouldn't change a thing. I think that is so hard to imagine, but I applaud him for living his life so far, to his full potential. He is very talented in most areas.

Here is our daily update:
After Davy was done with Preschool, we met Ryan at McDonald's for lunch. I McDonald's, but it is close to Ryan's shop, and it is like Disneyland for the boys because we hardly ever go. Ryan played basketball with them, and then had to get back to catch up on work since he took last week off for Disneyland. He is just finishing up on a Parade of Homes Kitchen. the boys came home and played in the backyard, and got very dirty.
The nice part is, they like playing in the tub, as much as the mud.
I went to an enrichment night on Photography. I hope to figure out what all of the cool settings are for on my camera. The boys played at one of my friends house while I went, and Danny threw the biggest fit I've seen from him when it was time to leave. He found a battery powered ride on tractor that he was devastated about leaving behind. The fit lasted through the ride home, and even a good ten minutes after we got home. He threw his sippy cup of milk and it spilled all over the carpet. Finally instead of being frustrated with him, I rocked him and read him a book, and he soon calmed down. he usually is so easy going. Either he was very tired since it was almost two hours past his bedtime, or it was a very cool tractor. I'm sure both are true. Ryan finally made it home, and he is relaxing in front of the t.v. with his dinner.