Don't Cry | Pad Patter 2.11

I'm pretty good at letting things go most of the time. Mostly because I forget about things quickly, thus I can't dwell on it if I've already forgotten about it. :giggle

And that used to be me as a kid. I spilled my drink at dinner almost every single night. sigh.
 
"Don't cry over spilled milk" was one of my mom's favorite sayings too! I knew when she said it that it was time for me to pull it together and stop crying about whatever it was I was upset over!!

Fast forward to today ... I try to let things go, but find myself wallowing sometimes - I guess it depends on what's going on around me at the time. The older I get the more I am able to let things go though, definitely a step in the right direction.

As for spilling things - we do not have kiddos at home, however; my hubby is not the most graceful when he eats (or snacks, for that matter). We tend to eat dinner in the evenings while we watch the Nightly News, so we've gotten in the habit of eating in the living room ... there are always a variety of crumbs under his LazyBoy! I have threatened to make him eat in the kitchen by himself or wear a bib!
@JillW That is too funny!!! That is my hubs too. We can't eat dinner in the LR b/c he always makes a mess LOL. So sit at the kitchen table to eat while we watch the little flat screen in there and then when he finishes we can go into the LR to continue watching on the big screen. Taz knows that there are always crumbs and bits around D's chair.
 
Somehow, when I started dating my husband, he managed to break me of the worrying-about-things-out-of-my-control habit. :) I don't think it was all him; it was something I had been working on for a while, but it seemed to be easier to do when he was there telling me that I shouldn't worry about the things that can't be changed.

(I'm facing my back porch with a collapsed gazebo; we didn't get around to taking the tarp down last fall and all the snow from the last two days was too much weight for the lightweight frame. I could worry about whether it's going to collapse more -- I think it is a little more bent over today compared to yesterday and I'm glad I rescued the planter that was on the shelf -- but I'm just going to appreciate that the deck appears to be still all in one piece and that it collapsed toward the middle and not toward the glass doors on the house. My mom, on the other hand, would lie awake nights worrying that the entire deck is going to fall down -- if she knew about it. It's supposed to be near 40 degress F Wednesday and Thursday, so I think we need to leave it alone until after the snow on it melts. It's really ugly right now though.)

(Is that letting it go when I take the time to write a super long paragraph about it? It's supposed to be an example of a time I let something go. LOL)

I am the one that spills; mostly water -- I seem to be more careful with non-water things. I even get the front of my shirt all wet whenever I wash dishes!
 
Any spills in the house are mine and I'd have to clean them up. Now the puppy does get water on the floor after she takes a drink but it usually isn't much and that's why I got waterproof laminate put in.

As for the other, I learned a long time ago that it isn't good to hold things in and not let go. Not good to stress too much if heart issues run in the family. Although I really started letting go before I knew about the heart issues in my dad's family. I still remember one time I went to visit a cousin the summer after her mom passed away. My mom was still alive but very sick (they were sisters). I hit a small tree with my car when I was backing out to leave. It cracked the glass on my rear lights. My cousin was so upset. I told her it was no problem in the scheme of things. It could be fixed. Just a few months later, my mother passed away... since we couldn't fix her health problems. From that day on, I really try not to sweat the small things and to let things go and not hold grudges.
 
My daughter is 8 1/2 so she doesn't spill as often as she used to... but she's still known for being rather clumsy and un-graceful most of the time. If she's not spilling her drink or food on her shirt at dinner, she's falling down outside or dropping clothes as she's carrying them upstairs.

Her brother is 3 1/2 and he still uses cups with lids most of the time. He is not nearly as clumsy and uncoordinated as she is but I just don't want to have to deal with the hassle.
 
Am I goof at letting things go? better now, at al;most 60 years old, but depends on what....
Now about crying? proper crying like emotional crying? I do it ALL the time.
If I don't cry with certain things, stuff builds up and then.... I don't want anymore medication, so, yes,m I do cry, quiet a LOT !!!

Spilling thing? as in physically?
YES- that would be me again
:pigout

My mum and paternal grandma, they used to laugh at my grandfather, my gran would layer the floor under his dinner chair with newspaper [ages, so then when he stood up, she just grabbed the papers and throw away.... and they used to say that the older we get, the more we go back to being babies.....
so, yes, I so spill a LOT LOL
I AM Officially OLD!!!!

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Somehow, when I started dating my husband, he managed to break me of the worrying-about-things-out-of-my-control habit. :) I don't think it was all him; it was something I had been working on for a while, but it seemed to be easier to do when he was there telling me that I shouldn't worry about the things that can't be changed.

(I'm facing my back porch with a collapsed gazebo; we didn't get around to taking the tarp down last fall and all the snow from the last two days was too much weight for the lightweight frame. I could worry about whether it's going to collapse more -- I think it is a little more bent over today compared to yesterday and I'm glad I rescued the planter that was on the shelf -- but I'm just going to appreciate that the deck appears to be still all in one piece and that it collapsed toward the middle and not toward the glass doors on the house. My mom, on the other hand, would lie awake nights worrying that the entire deck is going to fall down -- if she knew about it. It's supposed to be near 40 degress F Wednesday and Thursday, so I think we need to leave it alone until after the snow on it melts. It's really ugly right now though.)

(Is that letting it go when I take the time to write a super long paragraph about it? It's supposed to be an example of a time I let something go. LOL)

I am the one that spills; mostly water -- I seem to be more careful with non-water things. I even get the front of my shirt all wet whenever I wash dishes!

My husband has helped me in some ways, too. I had been pretty good at it, but he has always been real quick to tell me when something happens, that it is what it is.

So sorry about your gazebo. We had a tree fall on our deck a few years ago because of snow and had a building collapse, but I really did sit and appreciate the fact that neither impacted the main part of the house.

Your mom sounds like mine. She worries so much and honestly there's a lot of things I don't tell her because she worries so much and most of it is not as big a deal as she would make it out to be.
 
Am I goof at letting things go? better now, at al;most 60 years old, but depends on what....
Now about crying? proper crying like emotional crying? I do it ALL the time.
If I don't cry with certain things, stuff builds up and then.... I don't want anymore medication, so, yes,m I do cry, quiet a LOT !!!

Spilling thing? as in physically?
YES- that would be me again
:pigout

My mum and paternal grandma, they used to laugh at my grandfather, my gran would layer the floor under his dinner chair with newspaper [ages, so then when he stood up, she just grabbed the papers and throw away.... and they used to say that the older we get, the more we go back to being babies.....
so, yes, I so spill a LOT LOL
I AM Officially OLD!!!!

DemandingSandyIrukandjijellyfish-max-1mb.gif

Oh you make me smile! I totally get the emotional crying, but I don't do it. It's not that I don't feel things, I just don't cry, like ever. Well, once in a while but at this moment, I could not tell you the last time that I actually cried tears. My kids joke that I have no heart and am an ice queen LOL

And what a funny story about the newspapers! Sounds like your grandma was a smart efficient lady. Maybe I need to do that more with Chance and Randy!

And that gif .... :compcoffee
 
Oh you make me smile! I totally get the emotional crying, but I don't do it. It's not that I don't feel things, I just don't cry, like ever. Well, once in a while but at this moment, I could not tell you the last time that I actually cried tears. My kids joke that I have no heart and am an ice queen LOL

And what a funny story about the newspapers! Sounds like your grandma was a smart efficient lady. Maybe I need to do that more with Chance and Randy!

And that gif .... :compcoffee

LOL yeah, both my granns were amazing!!!!

I don't think is that you don't feel... I know different people express in different ways... my thing is, not only I am Latina which means emotions are amplified, but also I spent most of my life on stage...where you NEED to find emotions to express.... so...knowing you for as long as I do, and loving every minute of the past 8 years we have known each other and shared teams.... I know you are far from not feeling!!!!!!! :heartlub:heartlub:heartlub
 
For me Argentina is what immediately popped into my pea brain when I saw the title!

Most of the time I'm pretty good at just going with the flow, but I do have my moments! This weekend I was supposed to have some time sans kids, not only did that not happen I had an extra kid at my house for HOURS on Saturday, then we went to my moms yesterday which is totally draining; so needless to say I was pretty crabby this weekend.

Rileigh is a TOTAL slob!! Constantly spilling food and drinks on the table, island, chairs, floor! Drives me so batty! And it never fails, if I'm wearing white, I will get something on me, either I'll spill or drop something or a child will LOL
 
For me Argentina is what immediately popped into my pea brain when I saw the title!

Most of the time I'm pretty good at just going with the flow, but I do have my moments! This weekend I was supposed to have some time sans kids, not only did that not happen I had an extra kid at my house for HOURS on Saturday, then we went to my moms yesterday which is totally draining; so needless to say I was pretty crabby this weekend.

Rileigh is a TOTAL slob!! Constantly spilling food and drinks on the table, island, chairs, floor! Drives me so batty! And it never fails, if I'm wearing white, I will get something on me, either I'll spill or drop something or a child will LOL

I for sure have my moments of crabby like that, especially if you mess with my "me time" that I've been thinking about for days! And yes, I can put on something white and within minutes there's something on me :/
 
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