the Lucille bluth wink

You know what I love about the women in my family? We aren't afraid to pamper ourselves. We don't sit around and pout that our husband won't pamper us, we just get to work pampering ourselves. It is quite satisfying if you haven't tried it. While we all love to serve others, and are very devout in our conviction that loving and serving others is the most important thing we can do in this life. We don't believe in leaving ourselves out. ha ha. We don't get caught up in the trap that some women do of feeling guilty to spoil ourselves. What a talent, I know. ha ha. I am being serious in part. I do really really feel it is important to take time for yourself and make yourself pretty, and be the best you can be. Than you have the confidence and mental and emotional energy to give back to others. Does that make sense? I know it does to my sisters. I am not so sure about my dad. ha ha. I think he still thinks that just the men should do that. ha ha (gotcha Dad! Let's see if this gets a comment out of you. I am sure something about my being in my robe at 9am with hot chocolate and not out pulling weeds. ha) So to explain the picture above..this is my youngest sister Nicole on Christmas morning. So far in her family it consists of just her and her husband. Yet it became my Dad's big joke that almost every single present under the tree was for her and tyler (but mostly her). There sure were alot to her from Tyler and Santa, and neither had any idea what they were. ha ha. So out came the lotions, the cremes, the dvd's the cute shirts. With each came new expressions of joy and excitement from Nicole. Of course, I understood. If you want to feel pampered at Christmas, sometimes you have to take it into your own hands. I have done it myself, and it feels every bit as good. Hence, the Lucille Bluth wink (you know what I mean if you have seen arrested developement) from Nicole to me as she opened yet another splendid gift. I totally get it Nicole. And if you know me or my sisters you know that we are always very happy because we know how to keep ourselves happy, and that in turn makes our husbands and our children very happy. My sisters and I did get this from someone you know. We didn't come up with it ourselves. For years our joke to our mom was one of her favorite phrases, "for once in my life I am going to be selfish." Of course it was a joke because she always said it. So as they say the next generation always gets better. We don't feel guilty about it and make excuses or feel that it only needs to be once in our life. We should always be doing things for ourselves as well as doing for all who come into our life. So ladies, let go of the guilt already. Why don't you just run out and get yourself a pedicure, guilt free. You will still be a good mom and wife if you take time for yourself. I promise.