12 days of Christmas

Someone has chosen our family to do the 12 days of Christmas.
It has been kind of cool. We never know what or when they are going to drop off the next item. They are pretty creative. It makes us feel good. I don't want to know who it is. I think that would spoil the feeling of it. I would like to do the 12 days of Christmas to someone next year.

Let's Say Thanks to our Troops

I found a web site where you can send a premade post card to our troops.
Pretty cool.
The web site is Letssaythanks.com/home1024.html

question of the day

What is the most important thing to you?

No Computer...No Cable

Our family is unable to afford the internet and cable tv this month. It was turned off. We have had to come to the library to get on the internet. We aren't able to watch all the different channels on cable or recorded programs. It has really been a change for our family. It has only been since Monday or Tuesday. Me and Timmy were talking about it last night. We both feel it has been a good thing. We are spending more time together. We aren't being ornery or short with each other. Yesterday Timmy, Nic and Ash played Rummikub for hours. Today we are going to do laundry, clean and watch movies and play games.

The Presidential Election 2008-A Very Historical Day

I want to talk a little bit about the election of 2008. My daughters that are 24 and 20 are very passionate about this election. They did alot of research on the candidates and their policies so they could make an informed decision. They also shared that information with their younger brother. They included him on the discussions. He is very informed on what the whole thing was about. I am very proud of them for taking such a huge interest in this election. It was a very historical moment in history. They want to change the world. They want to make the world a better place. I am very appreciative and impressed that they included their younger brother in all of these discussions. He watched the coverage all day on election day. He was very interested. My daughters worked at the election polls downtown. They were very much involved in this historical moment. I am very proud of my kids!

Angels Instead

I found a new song that I just love. It's sung by Robbie Williams. The song is called Angels. I just love it. I could listen to it over and over. I am listening to it so much that I am annoying my kids. But you know...when you find that song that you just love and it makes you feel good. It pops in my head right after I get up.

Friends are the best

I just wanted to say a few more things about friends. I haven't really ever had friends. I had a best friend in high school. Notice how I said a best friend which means one. I had a few other friends, only one best friend. She moved away to another town that is about 3 hours from here. She has a big house, what looks like to be she is very financially set, runs her own company or her husbands, and we just stopped being in touch much or having anything in common. I have had a few friends through the years at jobs. Just like I do now. But when you change jobs I thinks it's pretty normal to lose contact with each other or to make time for each other. I have never really had a good friend in my ward. I never feel adequate enough. Like they are just being 'nice' to me. They don't really want me to sit by them in Relief Society. To keep good friends everyone needs to make a good effort on seeing each other or talking to each other on the phone. It's easy to get too busy or so we think we are. Or we don't know what to talk about anymore. We might not have too many things in common. I have some really good friends at work. I love them so much. I was really down about a week ago and when I walked into work and saw my friends I just cried on their shoulders. I feel I am good at letting friends talk to me about their problems and I try to support them. It's hard for me to really believe they want to hear about my problems though. I am very insecure about myself. My really good friend, Windi is coming over tomorrow and she is going to fix us breakfast, take me to pay the dentist and then I am going to hang out with her while she does meals on wheels. I am hoping that doing things with my friends and getting out of the house, out of my rut it will help my downness. If I wait until my house is totally perfect and clean and organized and I have watched all my shows that I have recorded or being on the internet I will never do anything with friends. Friends need to be squeezed in! It's good for the soul.

Friends

Friends is another blessing that God has given us. I love my friends. I went to lunch with a girlfriend today and we had a good talk about life. She is a very organized and stay busy type of person. I am totally not that way but would like to change. It was nice getting out of the house and having a conversation and really good tomato bisque soup and pineapple gelato. It was the best tomato soup I have ever had. And the pineapple gelato was yummy. I realized today that I should get together with friends alot more often than I do. It might take a little bit of effort to get ready and to actually allow myself to do something besides the norm, which is working and sleeping. I am crawling out of my hole, pebble by pebble.

Today was a great day!

Today was such a fun day! I went to bed early last night and woke up around 10 this morning. It was nice going to bed early.
My husband fixed us all breakfast. Waffles, scrambled eggs and bacon. Breakfast is probably my favorite meal.
After a while I laid down on my son's bed and me and him watched football. I ended up falling asleep but not until we saw MY Cowboys win!
My husband fixed us a turkey dinner tonight. After we ate we all sat around the dinner table and talked about ideas in improving our financial situation. We also talked about how we could improve our clutter and messy home. Our home looks great when we clean and straighten it.
Later on we all played a card game called BS. It is so fun. We laughed so much! It was a great day!
I am now heading off to bed before it is 130 am. This is still earlier than my usual. I usually go to bed around 3 am. I am going to change that. 3 am is way too late!
I hope we can straighten and clean the house tomorrow. I am going to accomplish a few things tomorrow.

how to make permanent changes?

My job is getting better in some ways. People seem to be doing what they are suppose to be doing. Probably only because I was told that my boss watched the cameras and that our night shift goofs around so I told them. Seems like we never hear we are doing anything right. We only hear the things we are doing wrong. How can we not let this affect our attitude?
I look around my home and every corner practically and every area is cluttered and chaos. How can I change this? I have tried and tried but it always goes back to how it has always been. I don't want to be 47 years old or 80 years old and still feel this way about my life. My surroundings are chaos. My financial areas are chaos. My body is chaos. How to change this?

question for the day....

What does a person's surroundings say about them?

Went to church today

Me and Michael went to church today. Timmy was so tired that he ended up feeling like he was going to throw up so he went back to bed and to sleep for a few more hours. It would have been so easy for me to go back to bed. But Mike said there wasn't any sense getting dressed and not going. So, I had to go. I couldn't let him down. And I am really glad we went. I think some people missed us. We haven't been for a couple of months. It is just so hard getting up in the morning. It is so much easier to just stay in bed. But to become the person I want to be I need to attend my church meetings. Hopefully, Timmy won't be too tired and we can all go to church next week. He goes off track this week and I am totally looking forward to it. I can sleep in one shift for 8 hours instead of in two shifts! Maybe that will help me! I hope to be able to feel rested and motivated to get our house in order and clean!

First Utah Snow of October 2008

This is what we woke up to today in Utah. October 12, 2008.
It is so pretty! We only had fall weather for a short while though. I hope we get to enjoy more fall weather again before we get cold weather! It was pretty though waking up to it and being able to enjoy it with my family. We watched some Football games and had homemade chili with scones. Yummy!

Attitude and Goals

When you set a goal, it is a desire to change. Your desire will be blocked by a number of obstacles but the most important one will be your attitude. Your true, core attitude is determined by your words and the most important words are those you speak to yourself.

Autumn

I thought Spring was my favorite season but I really like Fall too. Our Utah Mountains are so pretty! It looks like someone hand painted each tree and each color. There are so many different colors. I really want to go up there and take pictures.