Less Words

Greetings y'all :

We'll folks its Sunday ,ahhh sit back and relax day. We don't have enough petrol to get to Friends Meeting so we shall relax and meditate at home. The windows are open and it appears to be a splendid day. Coffee is ready and so are we.

Yesterday was delightful, oh me oh my oh how I love Saturdays in the fall! Why? Well jeepers thanks for asking ....College Football. Yeppers it's my vice. It doesn't hurt that my baseball team is in a pennant chase also but I prefer college football over the NFL. ( go ahead ahead throw some barbs at me I can take it ) To me NCAAF is about kids playing a game for the passion of playing. Just my opinion.

Ok with that said we watched a little NCAAF before I removed the tv again. It may seem harsh but it's the consequence I gave, after warnings, for over reacting to games and for an over the top tantrum. The tantrum ended , after a time in that we both spent in his weather alert safety zone. Hey some kids have forts mine has a weather alert safety zone. Love that little odd ball. Without the telly Zander randomly chose a workbook about the presidents. He completed the entire book , on his own. He put another notch in his perseverance belt. What's a fella to do when his 8 1/2 yr old son thanks him for taking the tv away?

Let me back track for a minute because that's what a meandering mind of a ADD dad does. The day was not just him getting upset over a team having to punt it was actually filled with him mostly watching sports nicely and him cooking and helping clean up our humble abode. He made a delicious pot of Zander's Three Bean Gypsy Soup accompanied by fresh baked simple wheat bread. The weather was threatening and the food was comforting.

Not much to report today folks. We sailed through rough seas and realized it was just a little squall. Hmm perception is reality. Sorry had to do it . A wise young man once told me " less words" and that really is the key to helping man cub maintain and not picking up the rope i.e.: getting into a tug of war or engaging him. Being that my young man is self reliant he will get the last word in and try to play dad tv or whoever is engaging him tv. Hmm it comes back to the tv .

I'll leave you with a pair of Alexander "the Great" Robinson quotes.

" Thank you for giving birth to me and for being my mommy/daddy"

"I'll be the veggie chef, soup chef and bread chef. You can be the fish chef"

Thanks for stopping by and for reading today. My apologies but no pithy parting words Never mind I can't resist, folks try a little experiment today- expect graciousness and kindness and in anticipation of them give them freely.