Or "Try, Try Again"
Posted in Family, Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2008
I noticed in my last post that I mentioned going out to eat on a whim (to Taco Bell) and planning to buy something unnecessary (a boogie board). And I did it with nearly no guilt. That’s a big deal for me, and I feel like I need to acknowledge this huge blessing of financial [...]
Posted in Health on Jul 9th, 2008
You may have noticed that I get to feeling pretty sorry for myself when I’m feeling nauseous or when I don’t want to deal with blood sugar issues. Today I had a little push in the gratitude direction. This morning I got a call from a nurse at Kaiser. As I mentioned yesterday, I assumed [...]
Image by hint of plum via Flickr To all of you moms out there, happy Mother’s Day! My mother is definitely one of the best mothers ever, and I dare anyone to try to top her efforts or results. Really, try it, you’ll be happier for it. My mom is a great teacher and [...]
Posted in Things I Like on Apr 11th, 2008
I like all the seasons, but I usually seem to like the one I’m in best until the very end of the season. Right now I like Spring. It rains in the Spring. I like rain because it smells good. It makes everything feel clean and new. It gives variety to my life. I even [...]
Posted in Food on Nov 15th, 2007
I'm thinking about practically free things we can do on Monday for Family Home Evening that have to do with Thanksgiving since that holiday is next week, though I can hardly believe it's so soon. I wrote a seperate post here with a list of appropriate LDS music I could use and which are my [...]
Posted in Home, Religion/Church, Young Women on Feb 11th, 2007
This morning all four of us are sick. I have a sore throat, Colin has a big sinus headache, Degen and Maggie have runny noses. Maggie seems to be teething, too, and she had a bout of inconsolable crying today that got me to call my mom to find out whether I should take her [...]