You know, I believe that things always happen for a reason. I would never hope to assume that I know all those reasons but sometimes you just do.
Today in Relief Society our lesson was given by a great lady (Sybil Jemmett, who also happens to be my neighbor across the street) and when she got up to give the lesson she announced that she had prepared the wrong lesson. Things being what they are, it all work out ok and she gave the lesson she had prepared. It was a wonderful lesson on the talk given by Dallin H Oaks, about service to others.
I just have to tell you, this was one of those times when I just knew, that this was the lesson we were suppose to have gotten today! There was a fantastic spirit in the room and the lesson kind of took a turn towards selfishness and how it affects our being able to serve.
I was reminded of a time when service to others was pretty much the last thing on my mind. I had let me life take a turn in a direction that I never thought it would, and I was, as it were, 'far from home'. I was at the time meeting with a wise Stake President, and he told me "that if we as Humans, could over come ONE sin, we would be able to over come every sin!" Then he asked me if I knew what sin that might be? When I told him I didn't know, he told me it was the sin of Selfishness!
He was of course so right! As he reminded me, every sin I had ever committed had been done out of pure selfishness. Be it out right, or disguised, it had been done in selfishness.
I think it is human nature to be selfish, to want things and to want someone to make you feel important or special. Day to day I am sure that we don't get all that we feel that we need.
I probably don't think about this point of teaching, I was able to have, as often as I should, but I do think of it often. Days like today, when it feels like an opportunity to share it with others I am grateful for. It is something that I KNOW has helped me in many points of my life, but most especially in my marriage and Family. When I start feeling like things are just really out of balance and not going well, I often think, am I being too selfish in one way or another? Often the answer to myself is yes! I am not even close to perfect, but I do try to step back and re-evaluate where my mind set is at these times.
This lesson today was for me! To remind me to step back, and remember that we are All, or should be, in this together! Family, friends, ward members, community members, whatever we may be! If we are in it for good, we are in it for each other! Thanks for all of the service which has been rendered to me and or my family! I will try to return the favor, and focus on serving rather than the alternative. (Sorry if it seems preachy, didn't mean it that way. Except for to self)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I hate the wind!
Our weather here this year has put on a stellar performance! You can't even guess fro moment to moment what you are going to get. It can be sunny one minute and then the next it is snowing like crazy!
With that in mind, that as we were sleeping Sunday morning, we had no idea that the wind was winding up to take a swing at us.
It was about 6:50 am and I heard a noise like I had never heard before. So much so I can't give it a proper description. I can only guess it might have been a little like what you might hear just as a tornado blows in. Only not quite such a devastating scale. It was so loud, I woke up so fast and was out of bed before I knew why. I went to the window to try to figure out what I had been hearing, but all I saw was stuff blowing around the yard. No big deal really, it has been doing a lot of that. Then Chet got up to see and he look beyond where I was looking (just in the back yard) and said "holy crap! The barn's gone!" I looked out farther to the back of our yard, and sure enough the Bishops cow corral roof was lying sort of on the ground, and sort of on top of an old car, a pickup bed trailer and Chet's tractor implements. It was really kinda funny at first. but after having gone out for a close up look after church, and seeing the damage and how far the wind had moved the roof, it wasn't really very funny. Actually I was glad it dropped it where it did and didn't bring it up closer to the house. Anyway I have never been a big fan of the wind, but it does seem to make me more nervous when it starts whipping things around now than ever before. Hope you like the pictures.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
On The Mend
After about a week of being sick with Heaven knows what, I think I am finally on the mend.
Being sick has of course done what I am sure it has meant to do, and that is make me ever so aware of and grateful for good health! I haven't been sick too much this school year, so I suppose I had begun to take for granite that I would continue to have good health. Even when the rest of the family all got sick still I was up and running on full. That's when it snuck up on me. Making me reflect back and take stock in the fact that for the most part I really have goo health and for that I must be sure to give thanks. Without the bad stuff we would never truly appreciated the good stuff. Here's to the good stuff.
Being sick has of course done what I am sure it has meant to do, and that is make me ever so aware of and grateful for good health! I haven't been sick too much this school year, so I suppose I had begun to take for granite that I would continue to have good health. Even when the rest of the family all got sick still I was up and running on full. That's when it snuck up on me. Making me reflect back and take stock in the fact that for the most part I really have goo health and for that I must be sure to give thanks. Without the bad stuff we would never truly appreciated the good stuff. Here's to the good stuff.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentines
For all you sappy couples out there, Happy Valentines day. I, on the other hand, am not really one of those; one day a year sappy type people. NO... not me! Nope, I like to be sappy all year long! So when V day comes around Chet and I usually don't ever plan much. I think there was one year we actually had a plan with friend of mine and her hubby. Then when she found out that Chet had bought a gun for me that day, it kinda threw her off. (she has no use for guns, poor thing) It was still fun though.
Anyway, We just don't plan things for Valentines Day, this year was no exception. At the last minute, I told Chet we should take the kids and go to breakfast at Doug & Emmy's. Yum! I love their scones!
Megan had traded out her schedule for today where as she had a date, and Ford isn't dating or working yet, so he had no plans, so we went to breakfast.
After breakfast we just went home and had a mostly typical Saturday, only not as much running around as usual?! Chet and I went out to pick up a few things, and then came home to get some dinner. We had decide, without the knowledge of the kids that we would eat at home, (save a couple bucks) and just go out for Ice Cream later.
Cold Stone has some very wonderful things that will be assured to add a couple inches to the waist line, but that is where we went. I don't know about all of their stores, but the store in Layton, has only about 4 tables for patrons to sit at after they get their Ice Cream. (Dumb I think, but what do I know they seem to be busy ALL the time.) Anyway, we managed to get a seat just as a rush of people came through the door. (Whew! That was good timing for us :) ) I have said that we love to watch people, and Cold Stone is no different, there was an interesting array of people there tonight. This one couple in particular came in all dressed up, like they had been to a dance. The girls dress caught every ones attention, strapless and short. It is cold out side and all I could think was that she was crazy! To make a sort of long story short, we invited them to share our table with us, because there was nowhere else for them to sit. It is never easy to sit with someone you don't know, but I am so glad we invited them to sit with us. We had a really good time visiting with them. When we first told them they could sit by us, the poor guy looked like he would rather do anything BUT sit with us, but since there where no other options, his date took us up on the offer. They turned out to be coming from Clearfield Highs "Valentines Dance". She was graduated and goes to school up at Weber State, but He is a senior this year. We were talking and I told her she had beautiful eyes, and her date got all excited and said "see!" turned to me and said "I tell her that all the time! I love her eyes!" He was so cute about the whole thing, and she said, "ok... So I know it's kinds cheesy, but look what I got today!" and she put her left hand up on the table, so we could admire her new promise ring. She said she was just so excited and wanted to share it with someone, but she had already told her Mom, so she told us. They were really cute together, we visited with them a little while longer, then wished them the best. As we turned to leave, I heard her say to him, "Now aren't you glad we sat here! " With a huge smile on her face. I couldn't tell you their names, I forgot to ask.
I hope, that they can, in their time together, have as much love, respect and Fun as Chet and I have, and I also hope they are strong enough to weather any storms that will come their way. I remember young love, and I have to say I am glad for mature love!
Happy Valentines Day!
Anyway, We just don't plan things for Valentines Day, this year was no exception. At the last minute, I told Chet we should take the kids and go to breakfast at Doug & Emmy's. Yum! I love their scones!
Megan had traded out her schedule for today where as she had a date, and Ford isn't dating or working yet, so he had no plans, so we went to breakfast.
After breakfast we just went home and had a mostly typical Saturday, only not as much running around as usual?! Chet and I went out to pick up a few things, and then came home to get some dinner. We had decide, without the knowledge of the kids that we would eat at home, (save a couple bucks) and just go out for Ice Cream later.
Cold Stone has some very wonderful things that will be assured to add a couple inches to the waist line, but that is where we went. I don't know about all of their stores, but the store in Layton, has only about 4 tables for patrons to sit at after they get their Ice Cream. (Dumb I think, but what do I know they seem to be busy ALL the time.) Anyway, we managed to get a seat just as a rush of people came through the door. (Whew! That was good timing for us :) ) I have said that we love to watch people, and Cold Stone is no different, there was an interesting array of people there tonight. This one couple in particular came in all dressed up, like they had been to a dance. The girls dress caught every ones attention, strapless and short. It is cold out side and all I could think was that she was crazy! To make a sort of long story short, we invited them to share our table with us, because there was nowhere else for them to sit. It is never easy to sit with someone you don't know, but I am so glad we invited them to sit with us. We had a really good time visiting with them. When we first told them they could sit by us, the poor guy looked like he would rather do anything BUT sit with us, but since there where no other options, his date took us up on the offer. They turned out to be coming from Clearfield Highs "Valentines Dance". She was graduated and goes to school up at Weber State, but He is a senior this year. We were talking and I told her she had beautiful eyes, and her date got all excited and said "see!" turned to me and said "I tell her that all the time! I love her eyes!" He was so cute about the whole thing, and she said, "ok... So I know it's kinds cheesy, but look what I got today!" and she put her left hand up on the table, so we could admire her new promise ring. She said she was just so excited and wanted to share it with someone, but she had already told her Mom, so she told us. They were really cute together, we visited with them a little while longer, then wished them the best. As we turned to leave, I heard her say to him, "Now aren't you glad we sat here! " With a huge smile on her face. I couldn't tell you their names, I forgot to ask.
I hope, that they can, in their time together, have as much love, respect and Fun as Chet and I have, and I also hope they are strong enough to weather any storms that will come their way. I remember young love, and I have to say I am glad for mature love!
Happy Valentines Day!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Ugh!
I am surrounded by idiots! ( said with a Sebastian-esk accent. See little mermaid.)
Ok so I know that my goal for this year was to be more positive; however, there are times in a persons life when venting will do one of two things. It will either make the said someone feel better, or it will make them even more frustrated than they were to begin with.
Here's hoping this will make me feel better!
Working as a school lunch lady is a great gig! You work the perfect hours, you get the summer off, (without pay, but you get it off none the less) the kids are for the most part really fun and funny and all that stuff. So truly it is the perfect job for me. I have said for years now, if I had to go get a "real job" I would be in a lot of trouble.
Being a lunch lady does have it's pitfalls though. Such as, it is really hard to get fired from the district. It is relatively EASY to get hired on at the district. Their hiring process doesn't weed out the people that are a) unable to do the job effectively b) those who are LAZY and willing to sit back and let others pick up their slack c) somehow everyone knows that if you do things just right you can get away with almost anything!
Most days I have a pretty good out look about the whole thing. Some days though, the lack of work ethic some people have and the fact that they are allowed to have it just gets to me.
The problem the district has, is they don't want to get sued. And since we live in a sue happy world, that is a realistic fear. You might have good cause to fire someone, but they will try to sue the socks off you just because they can, and even if you win, you have spent time effort and money on something that got you nowhere. So, I see their point to a degree.
What I don't understand, especially in times like these, when there are people out there begging for work, why they can't do just a bit of house cleaning.
Take for example, one person I work with is so lazy, she leans on what ever she can lean on while she is working, and works with one hand while she leans on the other one. It takes her twice as long to do one job as it does almost anyone else. She is ALWAYS having some kind of crisis at home, that ALWAYS affects her at work. I have been told, that she is not capable of doing any better than she does. I guess I am a heartless person, because if that's all she has to give, then she should be down the road. No matter what her circumstances are! If she can't do the job, hire someone that can and will!
Another person I work with is of the opinion that what ever way she wants to do something, is the way it should be done. Even if the Boss has told us to do it another way. She will look right at you and shake her head and say OOOOHHH OKKKAY! Then turn right around and do it the way she wanted to in the first place! Not to mention, she has one speed, and it is not fast. She isn't the slowest person I work with, (see above) but she is not fast by any means.
This is what brought me here to vent today! I have no problem working hard. In fact I prefer it! I don't like though that if I don't pick up the slack that some of the ladies leave in their wake, that in some way it will affect me. If I pick up their slack, then I do more work than is necessary, or fair. If I don't do their work and sit around waiting for them to do it themselves, I would be late getting out of work everyday! And the district DOES NOT pay overtime! So however long we are there after the time we are suppose to be gone, is donated time. I don't know about you, but if I am donating time, it should be something I want to donate it to or something fun.
I am really having issues with this today. I would like to think that if I went to my boss, (whom I get along with for the most part) that things would change or at the very least improve. Alas, this is not the case. In fact I think it could be some of the cause. I can't say that at work though, because that would only make a whole new set of problems. Ugh! What to do?!
The positive of this whole thing, is that, I really like my job, most days. It will get better, even if it's just because I deal with it better.
Who knows, maybe I am suppose to be learning something from this. Maybe, it's that laziness is the ticket. Too bad that just doesn't work for me! Then again, I'm glad it doesn't!
Till next time.
Ok so I know that my goal for this year was to be more positive; however, there are times in a persons life when venting will do one of two things. It will either make the said someone feel better, or it will make them even more frustrated than they were to begin with.
Here's hoping this will make me feel better!
Working as a school lunch lady is a great gig! You work the perfect hours, you get the summer off, (without pay, but you get it off none the less) the kids are for the most part really fun and funny and all that stuff. So truly it is the perfect job for me. I have said for years now, if I had to go get a "real job" I would be in a lot of trouble.
Being a lunch lady does have it's pitfalls though. Such as, it is really hard to get fired from the district. It is relatively EASY to get hired on at the district. Their hiring process doesn't weed out the people that are a) unable to do the job effectively b) those who are LAZY and willing to sit back and let others pick up their slack c) somehow everyone knows that if you do things just right you can get away with almost anything!
Most days I have a pretty good out look about the whole thing. Some days though, the lack of work ethic some people have and the fact that they are allowed to have it just gets to me.
The problem the district has, is they don't want to get sued. And since we live in a sue happy world, that is a realistic fear. You might have good cause to fire someone, but they will try to sue the socks off you just because they can, and even if you win, you have spent time effort and money on something that got you nowhere. So, I see their point to a degree.
What I don't understand, especially in times like these, when there are people out there begging for work, why they can't do just a bit of house cleaning.
Take for example, one person I work with is so lazy, she leans on what ever she can lean on while she is working, and works with one hand while she leans on the other one. It takes her twice as long to do one job as it does almost anyone else. She is ALWAYS having some kind of crisis at home, that ALWAYS affects her at work. I have been told, that she is not capable of doing any better than she does. I guess I am a heartless person, because if that's all she has to give, then she should be down the road. No matter what her circumstances are! If she can't do the job, hire someone that can and will!
Another person I work with is of the opinion that what ever way she wants to do something, is the way it should be done. Even if the Boss has told us to do it another way. She will look right at you and shake her head and say OOOOHHH OKKKAY! Then turn right around and do it the way she wanted to in the first place! Not to mention, she has one speed, and it is not fast. She isn't the slowest person I work with, (see above) but she is not fast by any means.
This is what brought me here to vent today! I have no problem working hard. In fact I prefer it! I don't like though that if I don't pick up the slack that some of the ladies leave in their wake, that in some way it will affect me. If I pick up their slack, then I do more work than is necessary, or fair. If I don't do their work and sit around waiting for them to do it themselves, I would be late getting out of work everyday! And the district DOES NOT pay overtime! So however long we are there after the time we are suppose to be gone, is donated time. I don't know about you, but if I am donating time, it should be something I want to donate it to or something fun.
I am really having issues with this today. I would like to think that if I went to my boss, (whom I get along with for the most part) that things would change or at the very least improve. Alas, this is not the case. In fact I think it could be some of the cause. I can't say that at work though, because that would only make a whole new set of problems. Ugh! What to do?!
The positive of this whole thing, is that, I really like my job, most days. It will get better, even if it's just because I deal with it better.
Who knows, maybe I am suppose to be learning something from this. Maybe, it's that laziness is the ticket. Too bad that just doesn't work for me! Then again, I'm glad it doesn't!
Till next time.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Birthdays.
I love birthdays! I have always loved birthdays. When I was little, it meant that all of the extended family would come to our house, and we would gorge ourselves on much cake and ice cream. Then as kids do, run around on our sugar high, while the adults visited till it either got late enough for everyone to leave, or we just wore ourselves out. Fond memories, that I really do miss (sometimes).
Now that I am older, I still love birthdays, but for an entirely different reason. Don't get me wrong, I still love cake and Ice Cream! Love them both. However, with my semi heath conscious, older state of being, I TRY not to eat as much. That said, I have had dessert three times with in the last two days. Not doing so good on the healthy side of things right now. (DEEP SIGH) Oh well.
The reason I love birthdays now, isn't from the aspect of celebrating my own so much, as it is celebrating the people who surround me in my life. The fact that there are so many people who have such a profound impact in my life, on a daily or sometimes infrequent basis. They are the birthdays that I celebrate now. I celebrate their birthdays, because without that special day, whatever day it is, I wouldn't have that person in my life to give me guidance, support or love, for which I have come to almost depend on.
The reason this is something I wanted to blog about, is because for the first time I felt like this year in lot of ways, my birthday was celebrated like that. It was an incredible feeling for me to think that so many of my friends were celebrating MY birthday the way I have come to celebrate theirs.
Not only that, I just had a great birthday. I like that I am getting older, (my body would disagree). I hope that with that age, I might be able to acquire some wisdom as well. I have always told my family, I will never get "OLD". I don't intend to get "old". I intend to age, and hopefully, I will do it with some semblance of grace.
Thank you to all the Happy Birthday wishes from so many of you, you have made this year an extra special one for me. Also you have again reminded me of why I believe so fully in, celebrating my birthday, as well as the ones who have, in some way, big or small, touched my life. After all, life should be a celebration! One that we all share together. So next time someone tells you, "Happy Birthday", even if you're not happy about having a birthday. Remember that for them perhaps your birthday may mean more to them than you will ever know!
Oh, and for Emily, the cake picture is for you. Chet remembered what you said about you're birthday next year. So he thought he would apply it to me this year. He didn't think how long the word 'experience' was before he started, but oh well it made me laugh! See, even when you don't know, you inspire. :)
Monday, January 12, 2009
Having a hang up
Today I am having a little bit of a hang up. I have been trying to stay positive and look on the bright side and yada, yada and so forth and so on. Right now however I am having a not so up beat day. Even after having a venting secession I am still hung up!
In the eternal scheme of things it is a really trivial thing and I just need to let it go and look on a bright side, but I guess that's where I am coming into my hang up. Even on the bright side right now, it is seeming a little gloomy. (DEEP SIGH)
Oh well, this too shall pass right.
Chet told me I just need to get over it, things will be fine and again could be much worse than it is. For that he is correct, but still just telling me to get over it, just seems to minimize the distress this is really giving me.
Ok now I have sort of vented (again) I guess I need to be a bigger person and pick myself up by the boot straps and move on. (another DEEP SIGH)
In the eternal scheme of things it is a really trivial thing and I just need to let it go and look on a bright side, but I guess that's where I am coming into my hang up. Even on the bright side right now, it is seeming a little gloomy. (DEEP SIGH)
Oh well, this too shall pass right.
Chet told me I just need to get over it, things will be fine and again could be much worse than it is. For that he is correct, but still just telling me to get over it, just seems to minimize the distress this is really giving me.
Ok now I have sort of vented (again) I guess I need to be a bigger person and pick myself up by the boot straps and move on. (another DEEP SIGH)
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