The Haggled Housewife Blog

In my Haggled Housewife Life – I “maybe” struggle with balancing who, what, where and how to haggle ….. (that’s actually a definite  if you have really been following  this beautiful blog and my sappy serio comic cathartic confessional.)  I readily admit, my claim to fame…. I haggle…with my friends, my husband, my kids, my colleagues and my parents.  I haggle with little things such as running out of toliet paper (oh, my), lukewarm coffee,(yuck)  a big bag of cheetos  (yummy) and my stubborn gray hairs(blah) (Please don’t forget my  stinky breath and my bad to the bone sentence structure)   I haggle with big things such as my mother’s cancer, my daughter’s grades and my monthly money management  just to name a random few.(wink,wink)

This week what I have stumbled upon and completely keep coming up with is the MAYBE YES / MAYBE NO technique ……it is  a helpful way for me to haggle with my  thoughts …..

The MAYBE YES or MAYBE NO technique is found in the amazing book …Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It is all Small Stuff by Richard Carlson.  I recently reread the book…because I have owned the book forever (well not forever) but you know what I am talking about….I really connected this time in my life with the cool chapterette about the wise-man and the farmer. (LOOK AT ME READING AGAIN WITH ALL MY FREE TIME)

To sum up the story….when the farmer asks a series of questions about his life to the wise-man ,…..the wise-man continuously answers maybe yes -maybe no (oh okay…really maybe so or maybe not) but I like yes and no better – a little more definite for delirious drama mama like me.(YOU KNOW OLD HABITS DIE HARD)   At first the farmer thinks the wise-man  is completely cuckoo …and then each time he asks the wise-man questions…good and bad things do happen…based on the questions….the farmer finally realizes the lesson is that you never really definitely never  know what is going to happen….  The moral of the story is … you really never know how a decision/incident/encounter/difficulty/challenge/happiness will change/alter  your life.. (sometimes in ways you never even imagine)

Sometimes ( oh all right) most (oh all right) ALLof the time in my Haggled Housewife Life, I feel as if I am the farmer…but instead of going to a wise-man,  I secretly (shhhhh….) consult with my Magic 8 ball bought at the local thrift store for a dollar.  I shake it up and ask the questions…I want to know the answers to….(Will Lisa ever really go on the Oprah Show?!!!) (Sorry couldn’t resist….)oh okay Will I ever get my book published? - Oh..okay… I know you  know what I mean….(I know don’t really need to illustrate everything..)

I know my readers are brave, smart and strong…) (Don’t forget good looking…compassionate …funny…bright and witty)

TRUTHFULLY…maybe comes out most of the time…on most of the questions…I ask….  but I am finally learning/haggling that maybe…. may not be such a bad way to look at things….that there is good/bad /positive/negative/funny/sad/challenges/championships in everything ( or at least every scenario) (I) have to haggle with in my life. 

LOOK at these…… as examples…. if you will please…

BIG HOUSE=BIG BILLS…..CRANKY BOSS= STRESSED OUT WORKER…..BAD GRADES= NO SCHOLORSHIP….  AND SO ON AND SO ON.. .maybe YES or maybe NO…Actually maybe BIG HOUSE = BIG SPACE…BAD GRADES = ALTERNATIVE CAREER CHOICE…Honest to you, I am not so  sure..what good can come from a cranky boss..so I will just let that one go..but I know you know where I am now…(Dare I say… I am  finally finding the stick to begin marking my trail….) Remember I did get lost…so I could be found…..)  (hEY THIS  interactive story may actually be  progressing……how profound!!!!!)

(WAIT…let me ask that silly/smart  8 ball one more question for the day).(BEFORE I GO OFF TO RUN AND PLAY)(IT IS THE WEEKEND YOU KNOW…) …..Should I finally stop writing this pragmatic post.????!!!!

… TADAH.

it gave me a definite maybe (LCL)!

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