Morning Musings on "The Perfect Day"

So this morning when I read Lani's post It really made me stop and think about what I would consider a perfect day! We could consider alot of different things making up a perfect day, the weather, our children, our spouses, our jobs, our friends, what we eat, & just in general how we spent our time. I realized in thinking about this, that it really boils down to our attitude!!
I have to admit this morning as I was cleaning up some messes that got left last night (not by me) that my attitude was a little less than cheerful. In fact I'm sure if you were near-by you could have heard me muttering under my breath about how my little darlings DID NOT LISTEN (again!)
And, here I was, wasting my day picking up and cleaning up after them when they were plenty old enough to do it themselves.
And, it was taking away MY time when I needed to be doing something else (what?)!!
So what is my idea of the "Perfect day"?
I remembered that when I was young, my answer to the question "What do you want to be when you grow up"? was always
1. A MOMMY
Wow, I did it! In other words, I'm doing each day, EXACTLY what I always wanted to do! Now granted, I didn't realize at the time what ALL that was going to entail, but that's life. (be careful what you wish for...hee hee!!)
We all have options. Basically when it comes right down to it, we are, or can do exactly what we want to do. What is most important to us?
We can go to work, stay home, change jobs, go to school, have a family, clean our house, play with our kids, cook meals, read a book, socialize with our friends, design/decorate/create our houses or yards, travel....Oh yes, and BLOG! And the truth of it is, if there's something on our list we'd like to do but can't, then it's usually because there's something else on the list that we are spending more time or more money at.
So today, I wanted to go out and work in my flower beds first thing, however I had to clean up first. Oh wait a minute here. It all boils down to a value thing. No one is MAKING me sweep the floors, wipe the counters & finish up the dishes, put in another load of laundry or swish & wipe the bathroom before I go out, It's my choice. I chose to be a mommy (and all that comes with it) and I chose to stay stay at home. I chose to (try) and keep my house clean. SO why am I complaining? obviously it's an attitude thing, & maybe just a bit of a bad habit too.
You can check back later, and I'll post my "perfect day"!!
Thanks again Lani!