Now, I can't be sure of this.
Let me set up the scenario.
Pretty much every meal as soon as we all sit down to eat, say the blessing and get a bite of food on our fork, one of our children needs something-- more to drink, another fork since they threw theirs on the floor, ketchup... it's always something. And it tends to get kind of infuriating because in the past, by the time we get our kids all the way settled, our food is cold.
So... we've decided that we will get the kids set up in a reasonable way before we start our meal and then they aren't at liberty to ask for something else until we (Nick and I) are done eating and then we will help them if they want something else.
That doesn't mean they don't still ask.
Now, if you know my husband, you know that he's an incredibly logical and stubborn fellow. He always has a reason why something is right or wrong and he will fight 'till the end on it. So, this morning we were eating breakfast and, of course, Nia needed something... more juice, I think???
Nick says, "Nia let me share something from the Bible with you. It says, "Don't muzzle an ox while it's treading out the grain." "
He went on to explain how if you don't let the ox eat some of the grain while it's treading it out, then it won't serve you well. And then he said that we (Nick and I) are the oxen in this scenario...
Hmmm... in my last post I claimed I wasn't a fan of the term "smokin' hot" to describe a woman. I think I prefer that to ox.
Apparently I need to get back to the gym. Which, incidentally, would be my JOY if all my stinkin' kids weren't sick all the time. I suppose I could go in the morning before Nick left for work as I used to do, buI have been in such an Ambien-induced hangover each morning for the past two weeks that just hasn't happened. Fortunately and unfortunately, my prescription is all used up in 2 days, so I will have plenty of time to hit the gym in the middle of the night.
