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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Forward

Today my mom sent me a forward, usually I don't really look at forwards when I get them from people or if I do I usually skim then. But this one I actually read and wanted to share it with everyone.

Title: Stress!!
 
A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and 
explaining stress management to an audience;with a raised glass of 
water, and everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, 
'half empty or half full?'..... she fooled them all..."How heavy is 
this glass of water?", she inquired with a smile.


Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how 
long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold 
it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.  In each case it's the 
same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She 
continued, "and that's the way it is with stress. If we carry our 
burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes 
increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on."

"As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and 
rest before holding it again.  When we're refreshed, we can carry on 
with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time 
practiced. So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your 
burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the 
night.... pick them up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment. 
Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it 
and the now 'supposed' stress that you've conquered!"


1 * Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days 
you're the statue!

2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to 
eat them.

3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the 
middle of it.

4 * Drive carefully... It's not only cars that can be recalled by 
their Maker.

5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was 
probably worth it..

7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a 
warning to others.

8 * Never buy a car you can't push.

9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then 
you won't have a leg to stand on.

10 * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.

13 * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

15 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the 
world to one person.

16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are 
pretty and some are dull.  Some have weird names and all are different colors,
but they all have to live in the same box.

18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

19 * Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you 
today.

20 * It was I, your friend!

*Save the earth...... It's the only planet with chocolate!
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Weekend Recap

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Mine was pretty busy but really what else is new!

Friday

Today after work I finally got to watch the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I thought it was so good. I am a big Harry Potter movies and books fan! I didn't actually get to see this movie in theaters, so I waited until I could rent it on shaw and demand. Once I was home from work I got comfy and rented the movie (I watched it twice!). I wont go into any details because I don't want to give away anything to those who haven't seen it and are planning to, even though I did post a picture from the movie but if you have read the books you'll understand what it is all about.
I want to see part 2 now!!!
This part was funny and weird all at the same time


Saturday

Today is going to be a busy day! This morning I got up early because I needed to finish getting a few things ready for a youth service later today. Once I was ready I went and I picked up Hailey and we went to choir practice at church for the big Chief Apostle service in July (the one that I am doing flowers for). This choir practice was suppose to start at 11am but didn't start until close to 11:20am (I didn't really look at the time but I'm guessing around then). It went till 2pm ish and then I had to make sure that all the youth that were there had rids over to the other church where the youth service was going to be at. So I took a few girls in my car who had to come with me to Sobey's to get the food for after the youth service (nothing fancy just some hot dogs and a few other side dishes). We had a great youth service and a fun fellowship afterwords. I then drove a few girls home as did some of the other youth leaders and older youth, so we got home at about 8:30pm which really wasn't too bad at all.

Sunday

Today was another one of those busy days. First we had service at church, then we had a choir practice which was about an hour and a half. After that I got home and John and Rachel were at our house already because there was an open house at the home of the choir leader at our church since their second son had his baptism today and they wanted to invite everyone over. We were there for about two hours and then we had to make sure we were home again at a certain time because I had somebody coming over to our house to pick something up.
At around 6pm I got to go and visit my niece, can you believe that she is already a month and a half! Like really where has the time gone. It was a really great visit, I got to hold her and feed her and play with her. I stayed there for a few hours but I just wanted to make sure I left before it was dark (i still have to get ready for work the next day)

That was really about it I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Five Question Friday



        Dreams! 

           1. What was your most memorable dream? 
As a kid I dreamed about candy land. (I think it was inspired from a Simpsons episode, where Homer was in either a candy land or chocolate land. I know the Simpsons but I really think that is where it came from). It was a really cool place; I had that dream a number of times as a kid. 
As an adult I think I had one that I could get anything that I wanted, as an example if I were walking down the street and I saw something that I liked that someone was wearing I would think of it and then that exact item or outfit would be waiting at home for me in my size and to fit me perfectly. Wouldn’t that be amazing if that was actually able to happen? 

2. What was the worst dream you ever had?  
As a kid I had this one dream about a witch and I was in her castle and I couldn’t get out and I was being chased. It was really dark with scary movie music and all that. Now that I’m thinking about it again I really hope I don’t dream about it again. I had this quite a few times as a kid.
    As an adult my worst dream would have to be ones where people in my life were dying or had died and there was nothing I could do. Just the other night I had one of those dreams, it makes me feel so confused when I wake up. 

    3.If you had your choice tonight, what would you dream about?
    About finding out I was pregnant and living my life with Matt and our children in our dream home. That would be the best dream ever!  

    4.If you had your choice again tonight, what dream would you not like to have?
    Any dream about anyone dying or being chased because someone wants to kill me.  

    5.What was your wildest dream (the craziest dream you would dare speak of)? 
    Usually the really crazy dreams are the dreams that I can’t remember once I wake up. So I would have to say I really am not sure.

      Monday, April 11, 2011

      Weekend Recap

      This weekend was a really great one, a few hiccups here and there but it all worked out.

      Friday

      Today I got to go home early from work YIPPEE! (this was to make up for me staying late at work on Tuesday) Since I was off work early I was able to get some errands done before all the rush hour traffic. First I went to Walmart because I wanted to look at a few things that I saw in the flyer, how ever I didn't buy any of those things I bought some new tights, pantyhose and a new thermos for Matt since he threw out his last one because it had leaked all over his iphone which then he had to get a new one (he was able to get it for free even though they don't cover coffee spills in their warranty, what a charmer!) Any ways then I went to Costco because I need to get some pricing on flowers since I am doing the flower arrangements for our big Chief Apostle Service in July. If you have any suggestions for florists in Calgary that you know of that have been good let me know. After that I went to superstore to get a few groceries for Rachel's baby shower tomorrow.
      Once I had gotten home and was making dinner I all of a sudden felt so sore. You know when you get sick and your body is so sore and you feel cold, well that is how I was feeling. It was so weird! I thought I can't be getting sick now I have a baby shower to go to tomorrow! Well I went to bed early wrapped up in blankets and was just hoping for the best.

      Saturday

      Today I woke up really early at 6:40am, I just couldn't sleep anymore but I was feeling totally normal again!  I was so happy that I was feeling good again because today is a busy day. So this morning I finished getting things ready for the baby shower this after noon. I made a cheese and cracker tray and a skor dip with cut up apples. I made sure to checked my list of things I needed to bring and then I got dressed and was ready to go. But I was waiting for my mom since she was going to come to my house so we would go together. She said that she was going to be at my house at 10:30am (because Alison, Leigh and myself were going to meet at Rachel's for 11am to start decorating) Well my mom didn't get to my house until 11am and I still had to go pick Hailey up at the mall since she asked me for a ride. So we didn't get to Rachel's house until 11:30ish. But its all good Alison and Leigh were already there setting things up and my mom and Hailey helped decorate as well. So we got everything ready and just waited for people to arrive. After everyone arrived we started with the food and then played games. The first game that we played was created by Leigh which was an awesome word scramble of baby items. Then we played "guess the size of Rachel's baby belly" We passed around some twin that they had to cut to size of what they thought the size of Rachel's belly is. Then I measured Rachel's belly with a piece of twine and then went around to every one to see how close they were in guessing. It was really funny to see all the different sizes they had cut. After that game we then started with the gifts. Rachel got so many cute items for baby Henry it was awesome. Here are a few pictures of the baby shower.

      Beautiful decorations

      Alison made Henry's baby shower banner

      Leigh made these awesome cupcakes! They were delicious!

      Alison made these super cute words of wisdom cards that we got everyone to fill out.

      My mom made this awesome cake for Rachel's shower, it is carrot cake too which is Rachel's Favorite

      Alison made these super cute labels for the water bottles.

      It was great that the weather outside was beautiful but it didn't make for a great picture but I'm sure you all understand what we are going for here.

      The Mommy to be

      Alison,  LeighRachel  , and me

      Ducky Punch (funny story with this when we were first making it, it looked like swamp water. But a few drops of blue food coloring and vwa-la blue Ducky Punch.

      YAY presents!

      This is the diaper bag that I bought Rachel. When we were shopping one time this is the diaper bag that she really liked.

      Rachel has a puppy named Rudy and I thought it would be a good idea if Henry (her baby) had a little Rudy that he could take with him where ever he goes.

      Here is "little Rudy" for Henry

      Sunday

      This morning was so beautiful! The weather was so warm with a nice breeze. We went to church this morning and had a mini choir practice just to go over some songs that we would be singing for next Sunday. Then Matt and I went home and right a way open up a few windows since it is so nice out. We decided to just do a few things around the house and then relax.