I take a tax class every Monday and Wednesday and the teacher’s spouse is in the class. What a big no-no! Why? Because he is a typical male…always trying to be in charge. He keeps forgetting that he is not the teacher and does not know it all. He will try to dictate to the class and all I could think was I am glad I am not married to you.

She brings in candy and stuff, and passes it to him to put in the middle, he looks at it and puts it back in front of her. I am happy I am not married to him.

My husband gets on my nerves for different reasons, but it is not for stuff like this. Lord I am happy I am not married to this man.

I remember once when she wanted something to drink and she asked him for some tea, he told her no she doesn’t need it. I am glad I am not married to him.

I came back home from my friends house yesterday, just as the bus let off my seven year-old. I drove up next to him and said, “Hey would you like a ride home?”

He was so happy to get a lift from his mommy and little brother. I opened the garage door and got the mail. While I was getting the mail a lizard decide to invite himself for a visit. He wouldn’t leave my garage. I had to leave my door open for a couple hours until he was ready to leave.

Then my child says, “Can I keep him in a jar?” I told him no, but I wanted to say “Hell no!” I don’t do animals at all. My kids being irresponsible would put me at the chance of waking up and finding that lizard in bed with me. Not a chance that I am willing to take.

I told two women, near and dear to my heart that I would try to use my blog to do my journaling on the happiest moment of my life. I tell you already this is difficult for me. Yes I know I woke up yesterday and my children are alive and well, but…I feel like there should be something else.

So that left me to think hard what I was the happiest moment other than the obvious?
My two year-old is crazy as they come. He made me laugh at him. He is always so hungry and he had just eaten a waffle thirty minutes before. Then all of a sudden he sits up and said, “Mommy can you make some food for me?”

I had happened to be on the phone with a good friend who told us to come on over and have some food. We got in the car and before we are halfway there, my baby is sleeping. My moment of piece and silence, some me time…

Yes, I am saying I got five minutes of me time during the day. I can’t say that happens often, but it was good no matter how small.

Remember even to be happy for a second of no pressure. It is just great being relaxed and having your hair down.

I know you are wondering how do lizards and Oprah go together…well in my bizarre mind anything can come together and make plenty of sense. It depends on how open you are to see, what it is that I am comparing. I hope you can grasp the two.

I saw two lizards chasing each other yesterday. One was a little bitty thing and the other was twice its size and a chameleon. I thought it was so cute and so funny.

My daughter scared them and they went away. Then I reflected back on it today. I feel like those two lizards at time. My goals are represented by the large lizard and my life by the smaller. It seems to me like what I want to do is larger than my life itself.

Does that mean I am going to stop chasing my dreams, nope not at all. I am not going to be scared off by people, and I am definitely not going to be scared off by fears and the size of the things I am trying to accomplish. It’s life as we all know it…challenging and rarely ever easy. The key to it all is to stop complicating the simplest thing and just accept it for what it is…simple.

Ok, so I watched Oprah a few times last week, and Friday I saw the episode with the author of Eat, Pray, Love…I want this book. I ordered it and Repositioning Yourself by Bishop TD Jakes. Back to the author, she said some things that will stay with me for a long while. She said to keep a happiness journal, sort of like Oprah’s gratitude journal. Anyway, at the end of the day she said to write down the happiest moment of your entire day. That way you can go back and reflect on it later. How cool is that?

Then she said to write down what you really want every single day. She said that you will see that it changes, but that’s ok too.

Lastly, she said to fine tune your mantra. Repeat it every day. Now if you are walking around stating that you are a loser and nothing good is going to come to you, guess what? You spoke it, you think it, you must obviously believe, and so it shall be. So if you want to be successful, clarify successful in what. If you want to learn something new, put a name to that something new. People we can do great things if we just hone in on what those great things are. And stop beating up on yourself, because you have one bad day, or because someone told you that you would never amount to much. I believe in me, so why don’t you believe in you?