Disappointments..

I remember growing up the worst thing I could do is to disappoint my parents... Mom in particular. I could ignore the negative feelings when I had fights with friends or get over insignificant hurts caused by classmates... but when I let my Mom down, it was hard to get over. That sick feeling in my gut lingered for days.

Interestingly enough, now that I'm Mom ... the worst thing I can do is to disappoint myself. To not think highly enough of myself to make the correct decisions and ensure that others around me give me the proper respect. I abhor making mistakes and my occasional errors in judgment. I slipped recently and am kicking myself. Should I have known better? Definitely. Will I make the same mistake in the future? Nope. Am I going to tell everyone what that mistake was? Not bloody likely. lol But I will take this lesson and learn.

Hopefully my kids are desperately afraid of disappointing me. Let the cycle continue...

Lisa's Journey

OK, so shoot me. It's been over a month since I last wrote. A friend mentioned reading this, and I suddenly remembered my intention to write weekly. Uh..huh.
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So what's on my mind today ... in the news I heard Bush talking about how Iran is sending bombs and other weapons to our enemies in Iraq, and that he intends to stand up to anyone who is going to be harming our soldiers. I'm terribly afraid of where this is leading. It makes my stomach churn when I think too deeply about it. "Peace" isn't the answer because our enemies don't want peace ... but I'm not wise enough to know where the answer lies.

Today was a snow day for us. It was lovely having a day off. I'm listening to the snow plow grinding its way up our street now. The ice from this storm was terrible. The kids have a delayed opening tomorrow. They're wearing pj's inside out as good mojo for another day off tomorrow.

I'm still catching up on my book since losing my hard drive late last year. That computer disaster set me back in more ways than one - my muse has taken a trip somewhere and I've been trying to locate her ever since. It's slow going, even though I have it all outlined.

Let's see ... current events. Anna Nicole Smith - I'm bored to tears. There is no great mystery why she ended up dying young.

It's early to get interested in who is running for president in 2008 - too many candidates will burn out. I like Guiliani on the republican side. Haven't found anyone on the democratic side that I could support as of yet.

Interesting item about how Anne Frank's father tried to get his family out of Germany to flee the Nazis, but was unsuccessful. He tested the waters for a Visa in both the US and Cuba, but didn't manage to get them out before they had to go into hiding.I'm curious that Cuba was considered a possibility - I'm not sure about the political climate of the country at that time. Anne died of typhoid at a concentration camp at the age of 15.

Random musings late on a Tuesday night ... be well all! Ah, and Happy Valentine's Day!