JOY?

So i went to the scrapbooking class and i will just say that i had a blast--it was so fun to be creative--ok well maybe i didn't design the project but it sure was fun putting it together. So the books we made were titled "I love life" and "joy in the simple things" Those titles got me thinking--that---and this "survey" that a friend sent me. One of the questions was "what is your favorite day of the week?" As i pondered that and other questions the thought came to my mind that my favorite day of the week is the one that i wake up and know that i am alive to live another day. I do love life---it does have it's moments?!! The other day the prophet of our church passed away at 97 years old--someone made the comment that it was sad. My response took me and them by surprise--that i didn't think it was. Living a good full life with those you love around you till you are 97 is pretty amazing. I think about him after his wife passed away and the joy he must have felt when they were reunited. I really do believe that this earth is not the end and that when we pass on there will be such happiness--only sorrow for those we left behind.(sorry i got a little deep there)


i've also been thinking about the word JOY--what is Joy?--According to my kids dictionary it is a feeling of great happiness or a person or thing that brings great happpiness. So i have been thinking about what brings me JOY. We had a bishop that spoke quite often on that topic. It is amazing the things that i thought of that bring me JOY---sometimes i realize that it is just taking the time to appreciate the simple things around you that can bring you joy--quite often it is the normal things that we take for granted but when you stop and see them for what the are they can bring you joy.
For instance--a sunset---instead of seeing the sun in your eyes and the traffic around you. Or how about your kids snuggling together on the couch--instead of them not doing their chores. And then there is the favorite dessert that you love---we won't even count the calories. Maybe joy is all in the perspective of the way you watch your life. Sometimes it's good just to sit back and be the observer--the view can be amazing if you give it the time. So cyberspace here is my challenge--i want you all to stop for a moment and reflect on the things that bring you joy--they can be the simple,the ordinary or even the extrodianary but savor them for what they are--blessings in your life. I know i am blessed for i can look around and find so many things that bring me joy.

haPpY HapPy JoY jOy

Kaycie had something to cheer about tonight. She sure enjoys it and seems so natural always with a smile on her face.

?Do you ever have those days where you are just happy?---no reason in particular but you just feel joy and content with the way your day is going? Today was one of those days--just a regular day but i felt as if i was going to burst---or like i had tOo much caffeine(which wasn't the case) Anyway i had tried to sign up for a scrapbook class last week with one of my most favoritist teachers (Pam Black---she is amazing) and then i come to find out the class was full---bummer for me (good for her); anyway i had put my name on a waiting list and today i got the call that i there was a spot for me---YEAH for ME!! A dear friend came over and mopped my kitchen floor for me helping her with a project--again YEAH for ME!! i love having a clean floor--i just hate doing it. Mom came home from the hospital--home and doing well.-Yeah for HeR. Baby M will be sleeping in her home for the first time tonight and my brother and sis probably won't be sleeping but none the less YEAH for tHeM!!!

Alex lost his other upper tooth tonight--with much help from his older sister. She gave it a strong PuSh instead of a TuG and he ended up swallowing the tooth--does that count as extra calcium in his diet?

Speaking of calcium --i made some PANNA COTTA tonight --recipe via my favorite Italian restaurant. YUMMY!! If mine turns out half as good as theirs i will be doing the HAPPY DANCE!! Of course i will need to so my arteries don't clog up-- after all the main ingredient is CREAM--no wonder i like it so much!! Take joy in the simple pleasures in life!!!

THE BABY IS HERE!

Well, not actually here-- I have a new niece--Emily made her appearance in Denver on Sat around 7:30 in the morning--just a little thing at 6lbs 11oz and 19 1/4 long. It was so cute to talk to my brother and hear the emotion in his voice--there are some things that have to be experienced in life in order to truly understand. It is amazing the love that overflows for these new little beings--i only wish i was closer so i could snuggle and love on her,unwrap her and kiss those cute baby toes. There is something intoxicating about the smell of a new baby. When all my other nieces and nephews were born we were in the thick of our own kids--so a new baby was not that big of a deal--being remove from the baby stage i am so excited to watch her grow and savor the moments because i am learning that they go by far to fast.
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Speaking of time flying my baby lost another tooth today--that's three so far. He now has a gap in the top of his mouth. They don't stay little forever.

Most of the toilet paper got cleaned up before the rains fell--and the stuff that remained in the top of the tree has almost disintegrated--it has rained most of the day and we have some large puddles to show for it--i want you to know that i resisted the urge to take off my shoes and run through a really large puddle after church--I decided that it would be too cold---but the kid in me was still trying to coax me into it--So instead i had to be content to drive through the puddles by the curb and splash the sidewalks--i did make sure that no one was on them when i did it.(lol) I do love the rain--such a nice change from the Sun. I never thought i would say that---I think the sun has baked my brain.

So here's what i found out about our little visitors--Hubby heard voices and assumed that jordyn was on the phone in her room so he went to check on her and she was dead asleep--on his way back down the stairs he popped his head out the door to see the wonderful work of art. So the identity of our late night visitors still remains a mystery?!

Mom is doing better and is expected to come home tomorrow--keep your fingers crossed

Hospitals happen

In life--Hospitals happen--sometimes for the good and sometimes not. We are having one of those days in our family. Mom called earlier this afternoon to tell me that my baby brother's (O.k. so he's in his mid 30's but he will always be the baby of the family) wife's water had broken and they were on the way to the hospital. Yah that's the good--we are very excited (as i know my brother and sis in law are) for the arrival of their first baby--supposed to be a girl and her name will be Emily or M. Then later in the afternoon i got a call from Dr.Jones office---in my mind i went through all the doctors we have on speed dial and came up with two possibilities--neither of which was right because it was my mom's doctor and they were calling to tell me that they were transporting her by ambulance because she was having chest pains and trouble breathing. So being at work and unable to get to the hospital i did the next best thing and rallied the troops and got my husband and brother to check on her and give her a blessing. They had some nice brother-in-law bonding time until i got their just after 10pm. They decided to admit her and keep and eye on her SAT levels--nothing too major thank goodness. We had some very nice nurses and i stayed around until she got settled in her room. I just got home and as i pulled up to my home i had the wonderful discovery of finding the front yard T-PEED--i am thrilled to death(NOT) i never really realized what i good yard we had for that. I will have to post pictures because they did a very artistic job--right down to wrapping the rake(i know its not really a rake but i can't think of the correct word--after all it is 2 in the morning--) I am just hoping that the rain that is predicted for today will wait until the toilet paper is removed by my children. Also i went ahead and called my brother on the way home just to check in--=still no baby--Karen is at an 8 so i am thinking by 6am i should have a new niece.
As i am writing this i am listening to my 11 year old snoring like a big dog---i will have to warn his wife about that one in the future--it's not a pretty thing--but with a face like that who couldn't help but overlook such a small but noisy flaw.






TTFN

So life really does happen--sometimes for good ,sometimes times for BAd and sometimes just to make us laugh. We do our best--sometimes its just to get out of bed and shower and sometimes we have absolutely no control of the things that happen to us. It is those moments that attitude is everything. One of my favorite sayings is TIME+CRISIS=HUMOR---i have found this to be so true in my life. It is amazing how in hind sight you can laugh about things. I try to live my life that way--glass half full---doesn't always work but i try. Then there are those days when i want to just chuck the glass or as of late the glass just continues to get spilt--usually in a moving vehicle. I guess the final straw was the 32oz drink that i spilt on the drivers side seat in my husbands company car yesterday--can you say just a little upset--HiM not Me. I told him that of course i did it on purpose because i wanted to have soda all over me and my pants. Anyway the seats did need to get cleaned and now we really have a reason to get it done. And then there was the hot chocolate that went flying in the van--now while i was driving the vehicle i do have to say that it was my bosses fault for making me come in on my day off to take a random drug test. How is all that related? Well here's the deal--Much to my amazement I got Friday off so I could go down to Tucson and watch my son and nephew (and team) wrestle in this tough tournament. I planned on getting the baby on the bus and walking out the door---but you know the saying "the best laid plans" went out the door when i got the call to come into work before i left and "pee" in a cup. I don't worry about passing the test it's just being able to go potty to pass the test that i stress about. So i got the kids out the door and stopped by QT (drink bar heaven in my book) i picked up a hot chocolate (cuz i was stuffed up )and went ahead and bought a 32oz Pepsi in the hopes of slugging it down so i could pass the "peeing" part. Got to work just after 8am and proceeded to wait in line and sign my paperwork--i get my sample cup and proceed to walk into the bathroom which for the purpose of drug testing was the MEN'S bathroom. I don't know about all women but when i see urinals on the wall my body does not want to perform in that situation. I did manage to go---just NOT enough. I was trying to will myself for a few more drops but NOTHING. I was hoping that the line he had drawn on the side of the cup was exaggerated but it wasn't. So i had three hours to perform again---in my mind the clock was ticking---I wanted to be on my way as soon as possible. So I finished my soda--filled the cup with water twice and managed to drink about 80oz in less than an hour--needless to say i did not have performance problems the second time--in fact my cup overfloweth. I will go on record saying it was a lovely light shade of yellow(my mom would be proud) I signed all the paper work and then went to the bathroom again before i left work. I left work at 9:40 (wrestling match started at 10:30 with an hour and half drive ahead of me) I drove about 5 miles before i had to go to the bathroom again--i did manage to hold it till the rest stop 20 minutes later--That is where the hot chocolate went flying--in my hurry to get off at the rest stop i didn't anticipate the hard right bank that i needed to take to get to the parking area. And because my bladder was killing me i hadn't drank any of it and it went flying into the door. Ran into the rest stop and got rid of the remaining 60oz--filled my now empty cup up and wet down the hot chocolate so it wouldn't be a complete sticky mess and jumped back in the van and flew to Tucson. I missed my son's match by 5-10 minutes---what a bummer. So these days when i am in the car or any moving vehicle I am going for the empty cup--it's a lot less messy that way.

disbelief

Oh I can hardly believe modern technology!! Imagine my complete surprise when i opened my blog and found that someone had left a comment. Now while most are asking themselves what the big deal is--you have to understand that i have told no one about this mystery blog--not the best friends,kids or even the hubby. I am for the most part a pretty reserved person and am conservative in the things that i share and with who. Anyway how do you announce to people that you have a blog--and is this something that anyone would even be intersted in reading? Never mind the fact that when i do something, I like to do it well and at this point i have a steep learning curve in even learning to post (couldn't even remember the pass word today--not a good sign) I would love this to be a place where i can let my creativity show and have this be a place of interest--even if it is just for me right now.

Life happens

Well i even amaze myself--somehow i managed to stumble upon a way to set up my own blog---and for those of you who know me and my love hate relationship with the computer you know what a big deal this is that i am embrassing technology. I mean the fact that i was barely e-mailing a few years ago and now this--miracles never cease.

for all you in cyberspace
have a great night