Taking Chances...

thanks to "Taking Chances" i found out about sparkpeople.com's 7 day bootcamp workout. i was in need of a little new material for the workout scene. i tried it and had so much fun that i did four of the little buggers! i guess i really was ready for a change of scenery! it's been a little hairy around my house. i have been struggling with a serious lack of sleep. for about a week my teenage son has been needing step by step instructions for getting into bed and getting the lights turned out. (he is, after all, an honor student... insert frustrated scream here!) it seems to be an hour long process (aka: nag fest) and he starts about the time my body is done for the day. my stomach has been bothering me, so it's heartburn meds every night before i go to sleep or i wake in the night miserable. my husband, i love him dearly, has been snoring so that would wake me many times during the night. lastly, the dog started waking up at 5.30am and barking every morning. i was really beginning to feel like my houseplants were the only ones in the house that liked me! i am happy to report i figured out the furnace kicking on was waking the dog... changed that in a hurry... and hubby snores much less if he tucks his chin when he sleeps...good posture is good for marriages :)... So... i'm two for four. MUCH BETTER. i'm whittling away at my sleep debt and able to function a little better during the day. i'm calling the doctor... again... about my stomach. hopefully, that will be three for four. if anyone has a great idea for getting a teenager to bed and to sleep...please let me know... better yet... this being the third teenager this mom has experienced...WRITE A BOOK! you will make millions and be held in highest esteem by grateful parents all over the world. as a matter of fact, after writing a book like that, one could die in peace knowing they had made a lasting contribution toward world harmony! :) any budding authors out there brimming with parental wisdom????