Count Your Many Blessings

Hi,

Yesterday my car wouldn't move after work. It started up just fine, but wouldn't shift out of park. I called my Knight in Shining Armor and he said he'd be right over to pick me up.

In the meantime, I went back into my office and did what any person would do under the circumstances: asked my facebook friends for advice. The response: "um, walk."

So I did the next best thing: I listened to BYU radio (yes - I was listening to BYU radio while at the UofU. My son thought I was a traitor).

I searched for a talk on happiness (because I absolutely wasn't happy at that time), and came up with a talk by Jeffry Larson, and the basic gist of it was to lower your expectations, quit being a perfectionist, and count your blessings. Whatever.

Once I got home, life resumed as normal: fighting kids, my daughter's phone broke, lost some homework assignment, basically a rotten night. After reading scriptures as a family, we decided to count our blessings. It was actually quite fun. After listing a few, my son kept mentioning his name as a blessing (because he is a blessing, you know). He kept saying it over and over. Then the rest of the kids did the same.

And you know what? They are right.

My Five:
1. Fresh cucumbers from the garden. My lunch today consists of a cucumber and salt. Mmmm.
2. My Knight in Shining Armor.
3. The three kiddos. My boys waited up until I was done getting ready for bed last night because they forgot to give me a hug goodnight, and they know I LOVE them to give me a hug goodnight.
4. My boys for giving flowers to their sister to help her feel better.
5. An alternative form of transportation to get to work: the train.

Gone Fishin'

Darin took the kids fishing yesterday. This is the summary I got when the kids got home. They saw:

25 cows
6 deer
1 black bear

But no fish :(

My Five:

1. The black bear didn't see my kids (they were in the car on their way back)
2. My brave daughter: she got her first set of stitches the other day. On the bottom of her foot no less. And she still went fishing yesterday!
3. My morning walk. I decided not to run. Walking is so much more enjoyable.
4. Brian Tracy wisdom. That guy is smart.
5. The book on tape that makes me like my commute: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. So far it is SO good.

Overwhelmed

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed. This is one of those times.

Even though my life isn't busier than it normally is.

Aaaaahhhhhh!


My Five:
1. My daily salad. I am so much like my mother that way: I need my greens.
2. Hair cuts: mine and my boys.
3. Lindsay Lohan is out of jail (kidding - just seeing if you are paying attention)
4. My brother Ed. It was his birthday yesterday. He truly is such a great guy, and I'm lucky to be his sister.
5. My sister Jess. She's moved to Ohio, and who knows when I'll see her again. Love you Jess!