The Cookie Standoff

TODAY'S MOTIVATION

Ok, so the place that I shop for groceries in my small town can sometimes be disappointing.  It has everything you need and more, except sometimes the quality is not that great, depending on the day. The bread is almost expired, the produce is looking a little weak, they are out of eggs, and so on.  Even some of the local produce on the road side stands are expensive and not that great (very disappointed in the corn this year). So I have been going to another place a bit father away. Today when I went there it was wonderful. The produce was so fresh and I couldn't help but fill my cart with all kinds of goodies like blueberries, strawberries, pears, apples, asparagus, broccoli, tomatoes, etc. I was like a kid in a candy store. Anyhow, lately this store has been having these promotions where if you buy more than fifty dollars worth of food you get something free. The last two times I was there I received a free reusable bag. This time when I checked out, I assumed it would be the same.  It all happened so quickly. The girl rang in my food and the guy was bagging the food and then all of a sudden she said, "and today since you have spent fifty dollars you get a free bag of cookies!", and wham, they got shoved right in my bag! And these cookies are the good kind, with extra filling in them. I have not had any cookies or other desserts since July and so I was about to tell the lady to put them back when a voice in my head said, "Yo! You are going to have to face the cookies some time or another!".  So I brought them home and here they sit on my counter.

No word of a lie - the image of these cookies popped up in my head at least four times today and I was thinking about how tasty they would be.  I couldn't believe it, I never thought that my thoughts would be so controlled by something as insignificant as a cookie. But the mere fact that I know that I can't have them made me want them. The forbidden food.  And so, the stand off with the cookies continues. The longer they are there the more convinced I don't need them, it is just a passing thought that I let in my head and then let out. So today my motivation is to continue to win the standoff with the cookies. It may seem like such a silly petty thing, but it is symbolic of something much bigger - my ability to make good choices in the face of temptation. 

RANT OR RAVE

What can I say I always like to talk about my itty bitty and rave about how she is doing. Whenever she does the slightest new thing I am telling someone about it. I know, it's annoying but I do it anyway. Today I was thinking I would have more to talk about and took some videos. One was of Maya trying to roll over onto her stomach (she's only mastered stomach to back so far) and the other one was of her trying a new food. Both didn't go the way I thought they would. Clearly by her behaviour she was telling me that she was not going to cooperate in meeting my expectations and it was very humorous. 

Make sure to have your volume on for the first one :) 

Classy.

This next one wasn't working earlier but should now....

Hope these gave you a good chuckle and if you have a little one may it bring back fond memories of your moments like this. 

NOTE TO SELF