What's on YOUR plate?

Gah!! It's that time again!

You know, the time where you feel overwhelmed. 

Where you are so disorganized you don't know where to begin.

Where you put so much on your plate at the same time.

My home office is in shambles.

My work office doesn't look any better.

My closets are a mess.

My kitchen needs help.

I can't see out my windows because they are so dirty.

My callings are keeping me running,

not because it is busy and hard (which they are, in a way)

but because I created HUGE activities that will take a lot of organizing, work and cooperation from others.

My finances are out of control.

The dust is building up.

My fitness is slacking.

My motivation is shot.

I fell off the blog world and I want to come back!

My job is ehh...but I am thankful I have one.

Thank goodness my marriage is intact.

I want to CONTROL my life again.

Not my life control me!

One. Day. At. A. Time.

Looking Through Windows

The other day I stumbled upon Mindi's blog. I can't remember how I got there but I read one post and commented. Have you ever commented once or twice or several times on someones blog and never hear a response? Well Mindi actually commented on my comment. So...I thought I would visit again and read the next post and this is what she posted. I loved it so much I wanted to share it too, to those two people that read my inactive blog.

Anyway...

Is it time to clean your windows?

Laughing Companion

I just love it when Joni and I get together!!

As she puts it, "We get each other."

 We can be laughing so hard with tears rolling down our faces and everyone else is just rolling their eyes because they don't "get us."

It is so sad that they are missing out.

I can always count on a good gut wrenching, eye crying laugh we when are together.

She is a sister I never had or a friend that I should have had all my life!!!

She moved to Tennessee and I haven't convinced them to come back yet.

But hopefully one day they will come back.

In the meantime I hope that we can see each other AT LEAST once a year, even if it is for just a few hours.

Joni arrived in Utah Monday and had to get her girls to Youth Conference being held in Logan this year.

She then headed over to my house. She beat me by 1.5 hours so she had to make her own bed....and sleep in it. I was kind enough to wash and dry them for her though.

We had a nice visit. Jake finally made it over to visit also, then I made dinner.

We got talking about the Sen Sen and realized that Jake hasn't tried any yet.

Well he was going to have NONE of that!

Joni tried to con/talk/convince him into trying some but he refused.

As we were busting up laughing because of her "tactics", Jake just sat there with a smirk.

Not quite sure how to take his mom and I.

In the end....

he did NOT try the Sen Sen.

When I woke up the next morning I went and plopped on her bed and we just visited in our pj's and morning breath. Only true friends can do this right?

We finally got up and showered and then headed to breakfast.

After breakfast we headed over to the temple to walk around. She wasn't able to be here when we were having the Open House.

After walking around a bit, and wishing we would have thought to get up earlier and do a session, we ran home and put on a skirt so we could at least "tour" the inside of the temple where we could.

Hopefully they can come back to do a session before they head back to Tennessee.

I LOVE YOUR GUTS JONI!!!!

Thanks for being my friend, sister, laughing companion

and always there for me when I need to do a long-distance vent.

Doo Doo and Delivery

Last Saturday Daddy got up early and went running while I.....

didn't.

I took a shower so I could be ready when he got home so we could leave as soon as he showered.

We were going to Smithfield to pick up a bed for our friend April.

She was lucky and got to take her two little girls to Lagoon instead.

Wait...Lagoon with little ones?

Maybe WE were the lucky ones.

Anyway, by time we got ready to leave I got a text asking if we could wait until later in the day because the weather postponed their (bed owners) boys' game.

So we did some much needed yard work.

Our neighbor, Dixie, has been awesome to weed the garden since it has been planted!

I weeded the front yard, if you can call it that. We actually have two side yards and a back strip.

While I was working on the bigger flower bed Daddy comes over to me and asks me:

"What does that smell like?", while holding out his gloved hand.

I bout gagged and he just starts laughing.

He was trying to tell me what it was but he was laughing too hard.

He finally got out that he had picked up some dog doo doo because he THOUGHT it was dry and he didn't want to run over it with the lawn mower.

It was NOT dry.

Oh he thinks he is funny.

I think my trust level has fallen.

But it was worth it to see him laugh so hard.

Even if he DOES laugh silently.

We then went over and picked up the bed and stopped at Home Depot to get me some new yard lights and headed back to town.

We mostly beat the storm and luckily we were able to pull in the carport to unload the bed.

We got that all set up at April's, ran to get a couple of things at the grocery store, went home to build some dinner and called it a long, sweaty, stinky and productive day.

THE END

I thought you were my friend...

A couple of years ago my friend Joni showed me some "schtuff" that her dad had. When he passed away she took the rest of it. She really likes it and had me try some.

I was afeared but did anyway because HEY! She is my friend.

She wouldn't give me harmful things right?

Well fast forward to a couple of months ago.

Cortney was up visiting and we were Skyping with Joni. 

We were talking about Sen-Sen and Cortney was wondering what it was.

Sooo Joni mailed her some.

The next time Cortney was visiting she received her package from Joni.

I had to get Cortney's reaction so we could send to Joni.

Yep!!! This is about the same face I pulled when I tried it.

So JONI!!!

We thought you were our friend??!!

BRAVE

We can be BRAVE!

Conference Weekend

I LOVE Conference Weekend!!

(Even though I have been sick since Friday and Doran had to work Saturday all day and Sunday morning.

Bright side...we will watch it again together!)

A few weeks ago we were able to get 3 tickets for Saturday afternoon session.

Well Doran ended up having to work that day so I told Cortney to find a friend and I would meet them in SLC. I would then follow her home and stay with her for the night and fix breakfast with her and her friends Sunday morning. Then I would head home after the morning sessions and get home about the same time dad did.

Friday I was sick and hoping to get better by Saturday morning but that did not happen.

I knew the Sister Missionaries were going so I called them just after 6:00 am. Good thing I didn't wait until 6:30 or they would have been gone.

They were already outside waiting for their ride so I threw some slippers on and ran the tickets over to them so they could take them to Cortney.

I sent Cortney a text telling her to call me as soon as she got up.

When she did I told her to find another friend because I couldn't go.

As I sat in my jammies all day Saturday curled up on the couch with some juice and a blanket I thoroughly enjoyed conference.

I love the talks,

inspiration,

guidance,

spirit and humor.

What a wonderful way to spend a sick weekend.

We then had mom and Stan, Chelsea and her family and Sarah and Ben over for dinner.

I warned them all that there would be no kisses from grandma today and if they wanted to chance coming over I had dinner in the crockpot.

Cortney and Camri was not able to make it.

That is why we had our real "Easter Family Dinner" Friday night.

One of my favorite sayings this conference is:

Marriage is a gift from God to us.

The quality of marriage is our gift to God.

I also LOVE listening to President Monson tell stories from when he was a boy.

The fire and weeds story was good!

Need more?

You can pick from many talks. There was something good in EVERY ONE of them!

What was your favorite talk or saying?