Recipe for reality

Here is a good ol fashioned recipe for reality...in addition to reality, it is sure to induce irritability, stress and minor break downs! Good luck, and enjoy!

Ingredients:

Family (including but not limited to children, spouse, parents, siblings, in laws)
Illness
Friends
Co-workers (you know who you are)
Pets
A House (including large yard and pool)
Dirty laundry
Worry
A Career

1. Take one sick 15 year old daughter who has been on the couch for the past 72 hours with a fever, sore throat, swollen glands and official diagnosis of mono...at least we know she will get better.
2. Try and forget you were just trying to figure out what the hell you were going to do if your 11 year old boy had a brain tumor...that's old news, thank God no tumor!
3. Be supportive of a hubby that has been remodeling your kitchen for the past 6 months as finally the tile floor is being put down. (swear words included)...I love my new kitchen.
4. Try not to worry about your mother and father in-law as they are making their move to retirement, 600 miles away...at least it's within driving distance.
5. Comfort a few friends. (one that is trying to find happiness, one that is building a new house, one that has her own in-law worries, one that has her own in-law coming to stay for a month)...I am so thankful for my friends.
6. Mix in your home away from home (work) and make sure you find a bit of frustration in every co-worker. Listen to everyone. Sympathize and empathize...my co-workers are truly my 2nd family.
7. Throw in 2 barking dogs and a cat that can't help but to pee on your new living room (playroom) carpet...what would we do without our furry friends?
8. Add weeds...and a beautiful yard to groom.
9. For flavor, add many, many loads of dirty laundry. (don't try and figure out where it all comes from. This is something that will never be figured out.) I am lucky to have a washer and dryer and tons of clothes.
10. Add a few sleepless nights...in a big comfortable bed.
11. Take a job you love, put some pressure on it since you are not making your numbers and take away an employee so you have to do the job of two....so thankful to have a job.

It is so easy to turn a gripe into a blessing. Thank you God for giving me stuff to bitch about!