Those of us who are hardcore bookworms would just be content to spend all of our free time lounging around reading books. And sometimes we have to work extra hard to get ourselves moving and to get exercising. And while reading is awesome, and books are awesome – physical activity is very important, too! And trust me, I’m preaching at me while I’m preaching at you – I definitely need to hear this! Hey – you know what would be the perfect combination of being a bookworm and getting active, too? Walking to the library! That is a cool idea – the kids and I just might do that next weekend!
Another problem that arises is that while I’m lounging around reading, I like to snack. I like to snack a bit too much! Combine the snacking and the not-moving, and I’m a mess! I’ve always been skeptical of diet pills, but, from what I hear, hoodia is not really bad for you – and very helpful! So I was doing some research on Wikipedia to see what I could learn about it.
I think, though, that getting moving, would in and of itself be a pretty good appetite suppressant!
Payback, and all that, right? I think I just need to set up a chart and pick chores for each of them. So far, that always winds up uneven, so I guess they’ll have to do like my brothers and I did and swap weeks for certain chores. I mean, feeding the dog or getting the mail are considerably easier than cleaning the kitchen, or vacuuming the house. And I never wind up with ‘three easy chores’ and ‘three harder chores’ – it just never works out that way! So I guess week-swapping is the way to go. I just need to find a chart and decide what all we want done by them.
The one I was talking about at first, though, was so cool, because he went out of his way to make everyone feel special. I don’t know how he did it, but, he would learn almost all of the children’s names and call them by name when he saw them. And it wasn’t just the kids that he treated special. He was very good to his teachers, as well. Every Friday, he and the assistant principal would go all around the school with popcorn machines, giving the teacher’s a yummy afternoon snack. When a principal gets involved like that, the whole school runs better – and there is a great community feel to the school, too!
