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The first part of May, I went to Mexico for a long weekend with some friends while writing my final paper and knowing I had a 10 page essay final exam yet to write when I got home. It was … Continue reading
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Done Better 2015: Disclaimer – None of these are perfected and nor do I expect to in this lifetime. I just do better (sometimes) when I know better 1. More communication with Aub – okay she deserves the credit for this … Continue reading
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As you may have noticed I’ve been catching up on my blog, In order to do that I have to scan through a lot of photos to find the ones I want and then I get a little nostalgic and … Continue reading
Every time we fly a long way, B gets motion sick causing severe nausea and malaise and it puts him out for at least a day. I determined this time that I was going to kill the roach with a … Continue reading
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12/31/14 We may have missed out on making trains for Christmas Eve but we kept the tradition alive making them on New Year’s Eve with J & C Wyatt and the twins, while Lelu and Landon went out. No my … Continue reading
Aub sent me these delightful flowers on Mother’s Day and they bloomed the next day into this…
I thought it’d be funny to use the word “musing” because it seems to be a buzz word in the philosophy student world. One guy in particular really liked to use it. He spent a lot of time musing. I thought he sounded ridiculous. Maybe it’s appropriate here? Or maybe it’s never appropriate.
Three Mother’s Days have made a forever imprint on my memory in the 26 years I’ve been a Mom. The day we blessed Aub (not even 2 weeks old) and the two that we were allowed to talk to Master D on his mission. Most likely there won’t be another one that sticks with me until TT goes on a mission. That’s not to say I am ungrateful for being spoiled and treated well by B and kids. I just really treasure those memories and moments. Master D did send me an email saying that his mission Pres was allowing him to skype at a certain time on Sunday. It was better to have him here!
With the death of Maya Angelou last week (she’s an author & poet that I liked) I ‘mused’ on her quote “When you know better, you DO better”. It’s one of my favorites and I have adopted this as sort of my motherhood mission statement. Lord knows, as well as B and kids, that I haven’t made all the best mothering choices. I’ve read about, watched and studied various parenting experts and other moms attempting to figure out HOW to be the best mom that I could. After an overwhelming amount of information I’ve come to a simple epiphany that reacting to what was going on has created the most regret in my life, rather than pondering, praying, accepting what is and/or …musing and then acting. It really sucks to realize this at age 45 when I really could have used this realization at 20! Thus, Aub’s description of “first human experiment” is painfully accurate. I could pontificate a good long time about this subject but I will just wish every mother out there a late Happy Mother’s Day. I know we are all in it together doing the best that we can with the knowledge that we have. And I hope I did a little better last year than I did the year before. By the time they are all moved out, maybe I’ll have it mastered?
My kids think they are hilarious. This was my gift from Master D and TT – from Izzie. They are pretty darn funny but don’t tell them I said that.
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So as you all know, I’m not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. This is where I recognize that a year doesn’t go by that I don’t learn a whole bunch of helpful new things. Some I will use again, … Continue reading
I try to be politically correct most of the time. I do not like jokes in bad taste…normally. But this is my borderline inappropriate blog:
I have a professor that I am having a very difficult time figuring out how to get an A from him. So far I am a solid B to B+ and it’s not for lack of hours put in. I will not, however, divulge his name or even what the class is called for fear of……repercussion? A guy in my class sent me this photo of my professor and his twin:
I am not a Simpsons fan so I have no idea what this characters name is but look at the VERY strong resemblance!
Another strange coincidence that we’ve noticed in our lives lately is the race of our coaches this year. Now I know this would not be strange if we lived anywhere other than Draper UT – but I am pretty sure we’re working with the few:
So far their team is winning again. Fourth year of TT playing and fourth set of new coaches. He seems to land on winning teams. TT is getting a lot more play time in this year. He’s 1st string offense, defense and special teams.
This is B’s trainer he’s been working out with the last few months. He seems to be working miracles in B’s arms. I didn’t think his arms could ever get as big as they are right now. I will have to snap a photo to show you. Mike came out to watch TT’s game last week but sadly left just before TT made a great interception. I will have to replace this photo at some point because B does not like it.
Ari’s coach and his daughter photo bombing…I was going to try and crop her out but I think it’s one of the funniest photo bombs I’ve seen.
I thought this post would be the appropriate place to end with a joke I heard this week:
A guy died and went to heaven and went through the pearly gates. There was a massive wall of clocks behind St. Peter. The guy asks what the clocks are for. St. Peter says everyone has a clock and it only moves if you tell a lie. There was a clock that had never moved, so the guy asked whose clock is that? Oh that’s Mother Theresa’s. Another clock had only moved twice and he asked whose clock that was? Oh that’s Abraham Lincoln’s. So the guy asks “where’s Obama’s clock?” And St. Peter said “Jesus hung it in his office as a ceiling fan.”
Rather than focusing on the future, how about a little walk down 2012 memory lane? After all, it seems to me ‘resolution’ has become synonymous with ‘inadequacy’. I heard once about a “to done list” instead of a “to do list”, that way you can focus on your successes because let’s face it..we are ALWAYS getting things done, right?
1. Sending a missionary (once your baby always your baby) out into the world to a place of someone else’s choosing with no control of any aspect – is HARD! The upside is that time moves slower – Continue reading
My semester is over…phew! After history of R&R, I am absolutely sure that I loath heavy metal in all its forms (there’s A LOT of them) as well as 99% of rap and I (somewhat embarrassingly) really liked the psychedelic genre. After digital photography, I am absolutely sure that there is SO much more to learn, but I have the best camera to do it. After Justice & International Affairs, I absolutely know I will not go into political philosophy and avoid it like the plague (my instructor made it as palatable as possible thank heavens).
At the beginning of the semester, I chose to give up sugar for 90 days and told B that I needed a reward to keep me motivated. Continue reading