The Glad Game

Kaitlyn has been reading Pollyanna and she and I decided we need to be more positive every day. So, I dedicate this uplifting, happy post to her.

Reasons today was great!!!

We slept until 8:00 a.m.
Zach was successfully registered at the new high school
We met K12 friends at a cool park
My friend Tami has an adorable dog that I got to hold but not take home
I held a baby and it didn't spit up on me
We went to Baskin Robbins for lunch and I had a banana split
We found Zach uniforms for 50% off
We had delicious enchilladas for dinner
We went swimming for a couple of hours and Jacob was thrilled with his wrinkly feet
Zach teased his sisters the entire time and seemed to be truly channeling his Uncle Shad'O
I figured out why my computer has a blank screen when it "wakes up"
I couldn't decide between popcicles or popcorn for dessert so I had both.
The red drink came out of my favorite white shirt.

This is a Great Insight

My Dear Childhood friend Jennifer had this on her blog and I stole it. I'm not sure if it is really stealing since I'm admitting to it or not but nonetheless, it was fun. Take your Ipod/mp3 player and hit shuffle. Answer the questions based on the title that comes up. I will admit it was pretty on target. I obviously listen to a lot of different genres and haven't updated my list since Kaitlyn had it in the hospital and I used it to entertain her and for spirtual enlightenment.

1. What would describe your personality? : Follow Through: Gavin DeGraw

2. What do you like in a guy/girl? Book of Mormon Mosiah 1:8

3. How do you feel, today?: We're Gonna Catch a Heffalump: Winnie the Pooh

4. What’s your life’s purpose?: I've Got to Make it to Summer, Billy Gillman (I would have thought that was my husbands purpose.

5. What is your motto? : Book of Mormon 2 Nephi ch 14

6. What do your friends think of you?: Dream :Voicemail

7. What do you think of your parents?: You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story)

8. What do you think about very often?: Love Gets me Every time :Shania Twain

9. What do you think of your best friend? :Cruella De Vil ( I'm so sorry, I considered cheating on this one but it was too funny not to be put the random answer on)

10. What do you think of the person you like?: Opening Race (soundtrack to Cars)

11. What is your life story?: When: Shania Twain

12. What do you want to be when you grow up?: Horse on the Merry Go Round (Mark Beckwith)

13. What do you think when you see the person you like?: Move Along The All American Rejects

14. What do your parents think of you? : Rock This Country: Shaina Twain

15. What will be played at your funeral? Lucky Star: Madonna

16.What is your hobby/interest?: Wild Blue Yonder: Joe Diffie


17. What is your biggest secret? : Out of this World Michael W. Smith

18. What do you think of your friends?: All the World Needs to Help Families Succeed (scripture Scouts)

19. What should you post this as? :Truly Madly Deeply: Savage Garden

If you complete this quiz please put your best answer in the comment box, it is fun to read

Decisions Made, at Least for Now

After much soul searching and lots of prayer I've decided to say goodbye to my angel boy and send him to the charter high. I feel good about it since I know the administration and I'm happy with the uniforms and such (except at the checkout stand today, boy stuff is pricey). They don't make pants long and skinny enough for him though. He needs a 28x33.

big decision

Zach has been accepted into a charter high school and now we need to decide if we send him. I am bit concerned about the uniforms, are the kids normal? Will he be able to do the work, will I survive driving to seminary, home,seminary, school, home, school, home and still home school the other kids and find time to decompress every day? Will I be able to get him there in the snow and cold. Will he like any of the kids and will he participate in their activities? Will he be getting a better education there or with me. I have been really stressed out about trying to teach him the high school courses. This school focuses on leadership and he won't have the social interaction he craves simply because there are only 250 kids accepted. Those of you who are familiar with Paradigm High or anyone who attends I really want the nitty gritty.

Pity Party, Table for One

Today is one of those days that you know you're being completely ridiculous but you just can't help but get out of your funky mood. After church I had great ambitions to help Kaitlyn practice her cake entry for the fair in August but everything I tried fell short. I made a huge mess, kept dropping things and losing feeling in my hands so after an hour of listening to the drama my husband decided to make a huge sacrifice and watch 27 Dresses with me. Unfortunately that didn't get me out of my funk and I have continued to feel completely overwhelmed and inadequate through out the day. I have decided that I am spreading myself a bit too thin. I have 100's of interests but all of them are distracting me somewhat from my eternal goals. I need to take a couple of days to sit down and really prioritize what is important to me. I took a class a couple of years ago in my real estate training that made me write a mission statement about my goals and I was the biggest disappointment to the instructor because not one of them was work related. All of my goals had to do with being a better mom and a wife. While it may have disappointed him it clarified a lot for me. Time to center myself again.

What Lies Beneath

I am not a person who likes change. I analyze every decision I make to the point of a compulsive disorder. It took me three years to buy a new comforter for my bed even though the old one was beginning to unravel and the shams were less than pretty. I took special trips to specialty stores and browsed the internet looking for the best combo of femininity and "butch" to please both my husband and I. I had told him I'd be looking for something with blue or brown so that he could finally feel as though he wasn't sleeping in a Barbie dream room and he was very pleased with the prospect of having stripes. Imagine his surprise when I came home a few months ago with the quilt of my dreams. I don't know where my pillows have disappeared to so it isn't as pretty in this photo as it is in my head. There is a bit of red in it. and I didn't put the pretty pink fluffy blanket on it that I watch tv with so I figure it was a great compromise.
But now I am faced with a dilemma. I love my sheets! I find nothing more satisfying at the end of a hectic day than to slide into my bed and surround myself with the luxurious feel of these cream colored sheets spun by some mystical creature in a far of land. Here's the problem. They have now ripped in too many places to even call them sheets. They've been like this for a month or so but I can't bring myself to get rid of them. I place them carefully in a laundry bag and wash them on the gentle cycle in the attempt to get one more washing out of them. I've tried to replace them. I've gone to the stores and have yet to find anyone that carries California King in this town and then the choices are so overwhelming. I don't know if I want sateen, satin, cotton, Egyptian cotton, 200 count, 400 count, or sheets made out of t-shirts. I need your input. I am going to have to order of the internet so I won't have the option of rolling around on them prior to by them. I want them to be silky without falling out of bed when I were my silk pj's. My husband has always thought that was a fun game to play so it is the most important requirement. So please, HELP me part with my threadbare sheets!!!

Smith's Loves Me

It is kind of sad when I walk in to Smiths and the manager goes out of his way to greet me. He has gotten to know me as the "crazy sale lady" who buys him out of all his cereal when it is on sale. Today was even better because I had coupons for the cereal too. He told the checker to let him handle checking me out. He also asked if I had any jalapenos I needed to return and if the butcher was accommodating getting my 50 lbs. of hamburger freezer wrapped. Boy, talk about customer service! I'm glad there was a sale, I was down to about 30 boxes so this brings me back up to a comfortable 130!!!