Chewing... chewing... chewing

We have a game we play with our daughter when she doesn't want to try a new food.

It goes like this,

Yuck, I don't like that.
Well, you said yuck, now you have to try it and we'll help you. Close your eyes and we'll feed you a bite.

This takes some time but eventually it happens.

Then we ask 3 different questions, something like:

Is it soft or hard?
Is it crunchy or chewy?
Is it sweet or sour?

By the time she's done answering the food is usually gone. Has she gagged? Yes. Has she survived to tell about it? Yes. Is this method of feeding a sometimes picky eater working for now? Yes. Good enough for us.

Still, sometimes I swear she says it's gross or yucky just because she can. The other night she ate practically the whole pile of BLECH on her plate.

Still, I thank her for it because it got me to thinking last night as I stood in line at the grocery store's job fair :

I've eaten a lot of things...but it's usually my pride that's the hardest to swallow.

Being a grocery store cashier may not be my pride's 1st choice of employment. But I'm lucky to have choices and maybe I feel sorry for myself, or dumb, just because I can. I'm still chewing on it. I should probably try asking myself a 3 different questions in the meantime to make the task a little easier...

Am I happy?
Am I strong?
Am I grateful?

Good luck with whatever is on your plate and know you're not alone. xo

The Chuck It List

I subscribe to FlyLady "A personal online coach to help you gain control of your ...offering a system for organization and managing home, based on the concept of daily routines and a focus on small, time and space limited tasks." Now, let it be know, I do my best, The house is still in kawhoots 99% of the time and so on...

Anyways, in the daily emails I received a fellow follower sent in this one I thought was worth sharing:

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Chuck It List
flylady, 8/20/2012 2:00 pm

Dear FlyLady, I was recently listening to friends lamenting how life is too short and how they are going to start doing things on their "Bucket List."  I've decided to get started on my "Chuck It List!" Life is too short to hold onto stuff that just drags you down and I'm just going to CHUCK IT OUT! So here is my "Chuck It List": Failed sewing projects-Chuck It!!! Cut out recipes-never tried-Chuck It!!! Tight clothes -Chuck It!!! Empty plant pots -Chuck It!!! Books I'll never read again -Chuck It!!! Guilt making memories -Chuck It!!! What's on your list??? Love, Flybaby Western Australia FlyLady here: What a great way of thinking! You can have both! A bucket list and a chuck it list. Set up your declutter kit and begin to "chuck it." -------- You are not behind! I don't want you to try to catch up; I just want you to jump in where we are. O.K.? Perfectionism is Shelved in 2012! Get your FREE Cozi Calendar http://www.flylady.net/d/cozi/ Copyright 2001-2012 FlyLady and Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved, No reprint to other email lists or websites without FlyLady's permission. You have permission to forward to a friend. Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TheFlyLady I'm pretty sure I could use a CHUCK IT list. It sounds like it could free up time and energy in my life. I like the concept of letting go of things that are not working for me. The failed sewing projects, recipes and kids clothes that are ruined/out of style/not favorites may be a good place for me to start. One thing at a time...

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