Goals

I often go thourgh a post in my mind for this blog and then I have zero desire to write it. but I will write this one. the year is coming to an end. alot of people are super excited for 2010. I am for the things that are going to happen, but at the same time I am left wondering, why do we make such a fuss about the new year? it is as if we believe that something magical happens when the numbers change in the year. and I only half subscribe to the resolution thing because I really feel like we should be continually reviewing, re-evaluating, and refreshing our purpose, our goals, direction and progress. So then why do we make such a big deal of it on January 1st and not July 1st? well, I know the answere, its because of tradition. so I guess thats a stupid question. But I invite you all to have regular periods of evaluation and planning.
Even so, as I write the above paragragh. I have goals I want to share, that I plan on working towards in the next 12 months.
but first I am actually really happy to report that some of the ones from last year have actually been achieved.
they were:
1: learn and practice patience. still learning it......

2:study the life of Jesus Christ. I have studied, and I have injoyed it when i did.

3:get regular physical activity. i was better about that in the last 12 months then i have been ever. but not perfect. I did work hard most of the year on that. till about august.

4:get out of the house and do things with the kids. we went on vacation, and we did get out but no where near as much as we needed to. I still really need to work on that.

5:make a few new close girl friends. I did it! well I made one and I love her! my friend Jen is the perfect match for me, I am still learning about how to have a friend who is not a sister of mine, but she is patient with me. love you Jen! I had to go to girls camp to find her. and I am so glad I did. she was the first person I saw as I steped out of the van, and she would not let me past till she knew my name. and its been non stop fun ever since with her. Also I have become even closer with a few of my sissy friends too. I love them all!

6: become a do-er. this one......fail. I have to say I am at the same point now, that i was when I set that goal. but....there have been moments of success, fleeting as they may be i must give them due credit. like the 10 days i worked out in the front yard everyday. and, and and....ok thats all I can think of. but there were more.

ok so what am i going to work on next?

1: doing more with my kids. getting out and teaching wise.

2: save money. even of its a doller a week I want to start to save.

3: have a healthy pregnancy, eat well, exersice and sleep. lots of sleep.

4: take monthly pictures of our family, not as a family neccisarily, but have everyone documented on a monthly basis.

5: finish the Book of Mormon.

looking forward to mikelle turning two,
lily turning 4,
having my third baby,
celebrating 5 years of marriage with my hubby,
lots of fun times,
and many things that are yet to come that I am not aware of.
and praying for the strength to endure the difficult times.
bring on 2010!

a time and a season to every purpose under heaven.

well I am finally making another blog update...yay! unfortunatly the yuck has not gone away. infact it just seems to get worse with every week that passes. I was laying down for a nap and then woke upneeding to eat the girls are asleep,so I might as well write. I would not call it morning sickness. partly because its not just in the morning but all day and partly because it is this strange combination of nausia and extreem hunger that some how are connected. I have been waking up at night so hungry I can hardly lay there without passing out. I get that way really quickly too. and thats how I get hungry. one minute i am fine and the next i am shaking and starving and the thought of most foods, or pretty much any food makes me feel like I am going to have the pukes. This baby is hungry, and demanding :) Iwould keep crackers next to the bed. but the only things I want to eat int he night don't include any foods that can sit out for5 hours. ah the joys. and this too shall pass, but till then, it sucks. and if you read my blog you get to hear about it.
I was released from my calling of 1st councelor in the young women presidency today. I am sad. but I know that it is time. I just wish it were possible to do everything I wanted all at once. but it is not. and I don't have strength even if it was. I have truley loved this calling. but really I truley love those young women. they are so beautiful. when I say that I realize that I have pretty much loved every calling I have ever had. but the youth are something amazing. My sister Halley posted on her blog about how she loves other peoples children, and it got me thinking....."huh I don't." now that might sound mean but its not. I take other peoples kids like I do other people. I am not best friends with every other person. there are some I get along with better then others. but when it comes to teenagers, I really love them. right now I can say that because i don't have any of my own. and I know they can be difficult for their parents. but I think I get them, on a different level then i get little kids. For one I still remember very clearly my teenage years and I was a rebelliouse one to say the least, so the rebels are not forign to me and the "good" ones, or less rebellouse ones, are more like me now. I am greatful for the season I was able to get to the girls. now it is time for me to focus on something else. my last thought on that subject is I hope I did enough to let them know I love them. and I hope the do know it.
we found renters. I am really excited about it. finally. I am shocked that we made it this long without renters and am greatful for the many blessings from the Lord that made it possible. I feel like we have been watched over and tenderly cared for. thank you to any and all who prayed for us to find renters. your prayers have been answered. love you all. Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.

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a baby, binky and dead spiders.

then ramblings in my head.
I wish I could beg everyone. Please please please if you are sick stay in bed....AT HOME!. for at LEAST 24 hours after your fever is gone. why is it that people think they should go to church sick? It really bothers me. No it pisses me off!
on to a few happier notes. we found out we are expecting again. Yay for Baby # three! I am excited....well when I feel well I am. I have not felt too sick really so I should not complain. its just been either not well or extreem hunger and then when I eat its extreem heart burn. plus the usual tiredness. but that is not so bad. I know that I have to go to bed early or if I don;t then I will be sick. I stayed up till 1 am the other night and I was so sick till about 11 am the next morning and that was all night. I did not actually throw up but that is more because i will do everything I can to keep it down. I HATE throwing up. its a control issue I have. the feeling of out of control of my body while it purges itself is not one ai handle well. I am sort of a control freak. same reason i hate being tickled. I can't control my bodies response. and I hate that feeling. any who. Lily thinks its a boy. I dunno. I don't really have a feeling either way. but if I had to pick I would say probobly girl. who knows. due sometime in june. I am happy to have a summer baby too! Now if i can just keep from getting sick from all the nasty people out there who don't care that they are spreading thier germs. that would be great.
We got rid of the binky this weekend. it went relativly smooth. a few more tears then with it but today she did not even ask for it. and she went right to sleep tonight with0ut any tears at all. she is such a big girl.
also on another positive note.................the spiders are dead!!!!!!!!! all of them. yesterday while playing out side I found not one or two or even three dead black widows. but four! I am SO greatful they were dead. To think that they were living ON my house. all of them were found on my home. one was the size of a nickle. so about a year old. EWWW! needless to say I will definatly be having them spray every three months for now on!
I really need to rent my basement. I am goig to advertise it at a college near by. i just have to find the right person. please pray for us. going on three months now without a renter witch is essentially my job and supplements our income by about a third.
i love this time of year. its been unseasonally warm. and that has been nice, but I can't wait till it snows. I love the cold and the wet! SO ready for the wet. So bring on the rain~

Snow!

I love this storm. it is awesome! yeah sure its not even Halloween yet, but what ever! it will all be gone by friday if not sooner. People are complaining all over about it. Honestly i would go play out there in a heart beat, give me a big snow or rain storm over 90+ degrees any day. Its really coming down! You can't see how big the flakes are but they are huge.

a pet peve..........

for some reason this is bugging me and I feel compelled to tell you all. You know when someone has a baby and they announce it like in an e mail or face book or some thing like that? I can't stand it when they say....." weighing in at....." Its not a wrestling match or a boxing match. I can't really explain why it bothers me so much. but it does. They don't weigh in. they are weighed ON the scale. I always notice and then re read it "weighed........... how ever much, or weighs. any who. It just drives me crazy. very silly I know.

foul of the air

I have birds! and birds I have a plenty! My rose bushes are sworming with these little finch type birds! and guess what they are doing.....eating. and I am going to bet they are eating bugs....you can read that as spiders. YAY! I love the birds. I could sit in the front window and watch them all afternoon. they are so busy. running here. flying there. then back again for something more. They make me happy. thank you Father in Heaven for my birds.