Well, I have neglected this for quite a while...good news...I haven't been neglecting myself. I have not been keeping up with my little goals, but I am working on other stuff that is a leetle bit more important right now. Evidently "sanity" is important, at least that is what I am told!
Sad news...stomach flu in the house...worse news(for me) I have it! I rarely succumb to such nonsense. So not much today, but I will try to be more diligent.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=129&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=129&searchsubseqend=ZZZ
I have no idea if this will work...but if it does, click on the link to find a song that I love, that always comforts me when I am feeling discouraged. I tested it and I think it does work...you just need to select words and music, if you want to hear the words sung to you. ( the place to change it is on the upper left side.)
I had to play the piano this weekend, to fill in for the organist while she was visiting family, and this was one of the songs. It was a comfort to practice all week. While I played on Sunday I felt overwhelmed with a sweet spirit of truth and comfort. I know that my Father in Heaven is there, I know that my Savior loves me and this brings comfort and reminds me where I need to turn for peace.
When it says "I draw myself apart, Searching my soul." and "Where, when my aching grows, Where when I languish," it just seems to speak to me. I so often feel that way, as if I am being drawn apart. I love the phrase.."Gentle the peace he finds for my beseeching." Great song!
I have no idea if this will work...but if it does, click on the link to find a song that I love, that always comforts me when I am feeling discouraged. I tested it and I think it does work...you just need to select words and music, if you want to hear the words sung to you. ( the place to change it is on the upper left side.)
I had to play the piano this weekend, to fill in for the organist while she was visiting family, and this was one of the songs. It was a comfort to practice all week. While I played on Sunday I felt overwhelmed with a sweet spirit of truth and comfort. I know that my Father in Heaven is there, I know that my Savior loves me and this brings comfort and reminds me where I need to turn for peace.
When it says "I draw myself apart, Searching my soul." and "Where, when my aching grows, Where when I languish," it just seems to speak to me. I so often feel that way, as if I am being drawn apart. I love the phrase.."Gentle the peace he finds for my beseeching." Great song!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Saturday
Yikes...I am paying the price of too much sugar and stress...and exposure to countless snotty noses. I am usually pretty immune to them, but it has gotten me this time. I am in sinus agony( the head, the nose, the ears, the teeth, the works).
Good news is...the sun is shining(it hurts, but it is pretty)
also...my new piano books came in yesterday, my students will be happy!
and...my seeds came in yesterday, I am hoping to organize and plan a little today.
and...my children are generally healthy
Good news is...the sun is shining(it hurts, but it is pretty)
also...my new piano books came in yesterday, my students will be happy!
and...my seeds came in yesterday, I am hoping to organize and plan a little today.
and...my children are generally healthy
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thursday Blues
I am not feeling so hot...life is catching up to me and I am feeling pretty blank and empty. I am fighting the urge to disapear into my "escape" habits...eating...reading...playing dumb games on the computer...but it is going to be an uphill battle today. Thankfully I have a strong sense of responsibility...I fell empathy for people who use drugs..alcohol...suicide to escape the drudgery of daily life. So now that I have freaked anyone out who knows me...don't worry- I will be fine..although I empathize...I know where to turn to find strength and peace...I am just not there yet. And not to be rude...but don't bother asking why I feel this way...it is just a personal issue that I am not ready to share..This would be the fallacy of using an online journal technique!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wednesday
Well...I have not been doing so well with my goals...a bit of illness in the family will be my excuse...I have, however, been walking each day. On Tuesday I walked with the girls to the library and took the long way home...not quite a vigorous walk, but it sure was fun...and I got some books. I also walked yesterday...to the high school..It gave me empathy for the walk that my high schooler has to make from time to time. It took a good half hour, and I had a babe on my back. I sure was winded at the end!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Oooh I am very excited to have a blog that is just for me...I don't share it with my little people, so I can totally share top secret things.
I work at a local retail store...I have never enjoyed shopping, and never prioritized it. I often would pause at the clearance racks, and feel like there was never anything for me, and if there was, it was not discounted enough. However, since I have frequent access to sale racks, and plenty of time to peruse them(as I have to organize them) I am in love with shopping for my family. Of course I also have a discount! One day, as I was looking over a sale pile, I actually had tears come to my eyes...because I often bemoan our inability to buy our children things they want and sometimes even the things they need(at least we can't do it in the time frame desired, we usually get around to it) But as I stood there that day, I thought.."This job is not just a paycheck, it is a blessing, my children will be able to have the things they need, and some of what they want, because I can find it in prices that fit our budget...and it is better quality than some of what we usually buy!"
So, some of my recent conquests...
I bought two of these toasty flannel shirt/hoodies...for a grand total of $.67 a piece, after using a coupon and my discount on an already clearanced item! The sweater was also the same price...yippeee!
Now...I did not buy these on clearance. This was a just because it was fun...and almost Easter. I have not bought Easter dresses since we lived in Montana...so this was very fun. They were originally 49.99 for each big girl dress. I bough them when they were 40% off, then used a coupon...then applied my discount...final price...$16.07 each, with the undershirts costing $4.43 a piece. For the little one, the dress and shrug were $14.99 each...$6.33 after before mentioned discounts..I am so excited for Easter morning!
I work at a local retail store...I have never enjoyed shopping, and never prioritized it. I often would pause at the clearance racks, and feel like there was never anything for me, and if there was, it was not discounted enough. However, since I have frequent access to sale racks, and plenty of time to peruse them(as I have to organize them) I am in love with shopping for my family. Of course I also have a discount! One day, as I was looking over a sale pile, I actually had tears come to my eyes...because I often bemoan our inability to buy our children things they want and sometimes even the things they need(at least we can't do it in the time frame desired, we usually get around to it) But as I stood there that day, I thought.."This job is not just a paycheck, it is a blessing, my children will be able to have the things they need, and some of what they want, because I can find it in prices that fit our budget...and it is better quality than some of what we usually buy!"
So, some of my recent conquests...
I bought two of these toasty flannel shirt/hoodies...for a grand total of $.67 a piece, after using a coupon and my discount on an already clearanced item! The sweater was also the same price...yippeee!
Now...I did not buy these on clearance. This was a just because it was fun...and almost Easter. I have not bought Easter dresses since we lived in Montana...so this was very fun. They were originally 49.99 for each big girl dress. I bough them when they were 40% off, then used a coupon...then applied my discount...final price...$16.07 each, with the undershirts costing $4.43 a piece. For the little one, the dress and shrug were $14.99 each...$6.33 after before mentioned discounts..I am so excited for Easter morning!
Falling off the wagon
Well...I have not done well this weekend, as far as goals go...I am mostly ok with it though.
I went for a last minute trip to my parents home, four of the five young people in tow. We are down to one car currently...and trying to live as such is beginning to have a toll. I am not sure I can survive the stress level of trying to arrange every ones lives around one car...I often drop a piece...this weekend it was a primary activity...and then I had to endure the cold and angry stares of a blue eyed little darling for the remainder of the weekend.
I did walk Saturday morning..it was delicious. They live in the country, and I in the city...so It was just so nice to smell fresh air, to walk across frozen furrows instead of concrete, and to hear the rush of flowing water instead of the rush of cars!
I made a mistake Sunday Morning...I weighed myself. Since torturing myself with early morning wake ups and sore muscles for the remainder of the day, I have gained two and a half pounds. Not the direction I want to head. This affected my motivation this morning...I confess to thinking..."What's the point?"
I will however, make a commitment to go walking today. The weather is nice, I am going to hike through the snow to the back shed and dig out the double stroller. Walk with the little people at 12:15 sharp!!!
Here is a picture from my early morning walk on Friday. If I catch it just right, I have a little patch of trees near my house, and sometimes I can pretend that I don't live just above the city!
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