Randomness on my Camera

Bunny and Horsey watching the goings-on.

Trapped.

Lots of LEGO men.

Still Life on the kitchen table.

That looks comfortable.

Daughter #2 made Plankton out of Christmas clay.

Gary.

Close-up of Matilda and her wobbly wattles.

Gross.

Someone is molting.  Who is it?

 

It's Pansy.

Looking in the back door.

Where's Matilda?

One of these things is not like the others.

One-legged balancing by Pansy.

Chickens grooming and preening is funny to watch.

Still funny.

She's almost got that itch!

Yarn, Legos and Food Storage, Oh My!

This Christmas was full of food storage items, crocheting and crafting supplies and lots of Legos.  Pretty fun stuff.  There has been plenty to keep the kids busy this week of vacation.  I also made everyone their own rice bag.  The microwave has never been used so much as it has this week.

We've had some kind of cold/aches around here, with my husband getting it the worst.  He's pretty miserable.  I was achy for a couple of days, but didn't get worse than that.

With the adults not feeling well and the kids busy playing, not much of the regular chores got done around here.  As my mom used to say, "This mess is a place."  Hopefully some progress will be made on that today.

We've been listening to lots of 80's music around here lately.  It's awesome.

113

About one year ago I started keeping track of what I read on the side of this blog.  I thought I'd go back and look at what it was that I read.

Total: 113 books (I think I forgot to put a few on there, so I didn't count those)

I read:

The Book of Mormon: 1 1/3

Classics: 3

Non-fiction: 20

Young Adult Fiction: 34

Adult Fiction: 55

I can see where I need to improve.  More classics and scriptures.  Although last year, I made it through the complete standard works by reading and listening, and I do have a bunch of classic books lined up on my nightstand waiting to be read.

Boy, I sure read a lot.

Too, Too Cute!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyPDQpel8bI&feature=relmfu



A Bowl of Dry Cereal Just Isn't the Same

I've been staying away from milk lately to see if my tummy issues improve at all.  I have to say that there has been MUCH improvement.  Which is too bad, since milk is my favorite thing to drink.  Oh, well.  It's better for everyone if I don't drink it.   ;)



It's a Wonderful Life

Every year around Christmas our family watches It's a Wonderful Life.  It's my favorite movie ever.  On another blog I found a link to an article that Jimmy Stewart wrote about making that movie.  I wanted to share that article, so here's the link:

http://www.guideposts.org/positive-thinking/jimmy-stewart-says-it-really-wonderful-life?page=0,0

Thanks to http://www.320sycamoreblog.com/ for the link.



It's a Cornmeal Mush Kind of Morning

We had cornmeal mush for breakfast this morning.  Quite tasty.  The chickens get any leftover hot cereal we have.  They'll be ecstatic, I'm sure.

We've had a weird stomach bug/cold/flu going around here.  I got it first, with headache, body aches, and tummy troubles, but never threw up.  Daughter #4 was next, with headache and cough.  Then came my Son with headache and lots of vomiting.  My Husband was after him with headache and nausea.  I hope we're over it.

I had my yearly physical last week.  Everything looks good.  I am adjusting my brain meds, so we'll see if my energy and motivation pick up.  Hope so.

So far, in the past month or so, we've taken about 6 or 7 loads of stuff to the D.I.

Mom's Trading Post continues to have great success.  I got 2 full kitchen garbage bags of stuff to donate and 3 bags to toss.

Our ward is doing a pioneer trek in June.  So for 3 days the youth and leaders get to walk around the west desert in pioneer clothes pushing and pulling handcarts.  Should be fun.

I got a new visiting teacher.  Someone I've never really met yet.  I know it was inspiration to assign her to me.  She said some things that really got me thinking.  Definitely an answer to prayer.

My husband and I went to the temple last night.  It had been a while since the last time.  It's time to recommit to go more often.

Some of the kids are learning to play the guitar.  It's cute to hear them strumming and tuning the strings.

I've been feeling lately that I need to do family history indexing again.

I'm very thankful for my blessings.

I love this time of year.



Hope

 

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

~Winston Churchill~

"The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination."

~Marian Zimmer Bradley~

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible."

 ~Christopher Reeve~

Fear

"Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.  Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person."

~Dr. David M. Burns~

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions.  All life is an experiment.  The more experiments you make, the better."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Good For a Laugh

Here are links to some of my favorite funny blogs:

http://catalogliving.net/

http://larainydays.blogspot.com/

http://www.grumpygratefulmom.com/

http://fiverreasonstosmile.blogspot.com/

http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!



The Golden Ticket

"So many people today are waiting for their own golden ticket—the ticket that they believe holds the key to the happiness they have always dreamed about. For some, the golden ticket may be a perfect marriage; for others, a magazine-cover home or perhaps freedom from stress or worry.

There is nothing wrong with righteous yearnings—we hope and seek after things that are “virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy.” The problem comes when we put our happiness on hold as we wait for some future event—our golden ticket—to appear.

...The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in pursuit of worthy goals, discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments. They are the ones who, thread by daily thread, weave a tapestry of gratitude and wonder throughout their lives. These are they who are truly happy."

~Dieter F. Uchtdorf~