Hey, it's okay Tuesday

One of my favorite blogs, Airing My Laundry, does a post every week that was inspired by a section of Glamour magazine. She invites her followers to do their own posts like this. I enjoy doing this a every so often, so I thought it's time for another list. Since I don't do this weekly, my list will be long.

It's okay...

*To get my son interested in Hamilton to the point where we sing the songs together and watch videos about it. We came across this funny spoof where this high school is trying to rehearse for a performance. The director reminds me of Will Schuester after drinking a lot of coffee.



*To listen to Hamilton over and over to learn the words better and try to figure out what is going on.

*To want to abandon my "no posts about politics" rule to post about how horrible Donald Drumpf is and why no one should be voting for them if they have a brain in their body. I posted one article that I felt was relevant enough and also deleted all comments related to it, whether positive or negative. I also posted some that involved anti-Semitic comments or ridiculous behaviors from him. This one is really tempting to post...

*To be excited to see Zootopia later this month.

*To be looking forward to my mom and sister's visit soon.

*To have watched Fuller House and liked it.

*To have taken my kids to Turkey Hill Experience for my daughter's fifth birthday. They had a blast! We all got to make our own ice cream flavors in the taste lab.

Family selfie in the taste lab

*That my younger son will be eight years old soon!

He was just born!!!

*That my favorite shows are coming back soon...The Mindy Project and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt both return in mid-April! Then there's Orphan Black and Orange is the New Black a bit later on.

*To write a blog post about writing reviews for authors we're friendly with. (And speaking of which, hosting one such author at my house for Shabbat in a few weeks.)

*To be celebrating 12 years of marriage next week! And to be thankful that my husband is so amazing. Especially after all the dating and marriage horror stories out there.

One of my favorite pics of us from our first year of dating

*To tell my daughter she's beautiful and smart. I'm sick of all the sanctimonious parental judgment regarding this. I love my daughter and can't look at her without thinking she's beautiful or listen to her without thinking she's smart, and saying it out loud. It's about as instinctual as breathing. If nothing else, it will give her confidence.

*To attend a workshop led by Shasta Nelson, to learn more about "Frientimacy" (forming deeper and more meaningful friendships), which is also the title of her new book.

*To not know what to dress as for Purim, which is in a few weeks.