5 Positive Things - 25 Oct 2010

1. Ryan has a new friend, who seems to be becoming a good friend.  Mason invites Ryan over every so often and has come to our house a few times.  I always assumed this would happen earlier in the elementary years, but Ryan is in the 4th grade.  I am learning that it is really the parents who make things happen, and Ryan just never hooked up with another kid whose parents were the type to make it happen.  And I'm certainly not the type.  But now that I see how happy he is to be with a friend, I will be working on it with his other friends and also helping Luke in that respect.
   
   
2. I am having more and more fun at work.  I was recently asked by my manager if I would like to lead a new Design & Development group he is working on pulling together into his organization.  I accepted the challenge.  I'm scared and excited at the same time.  My BS is in Workforce Education & Development, so I have the background - but I haven't had much of an opportunity to use my design skills in quite awhile.  And when I was using my design skills, it was not true to instructional design.  So I am brushing up in that area, studying our processes, and becoming familiar with stakeholders.
   
   
3. Aaron and I have admitted our communication problems to each other.  We have both owned up to having problems communicating and have made a commitment to discuss things with each other in a non-destructive way.  We have also committed to making more time for ourselves and for us as a family.
   
   
4. I have been feeling really good lately, emotionally.  Between the changes at work, Ryan's more positive attitude, and our commitment to more "couple" and "family" time - I feel like things are finally pulling together.  I've been making a HUGE effort to focus on positives, and I think it is also rubbing off onto Ryan. 
   
   
5. I finally made the oatmeal scotchies Luke and I have been craving.  I made a pan version and they are very yummy.  We had some that were still warm after school.