Boy o'Boy

Abigail!

Three years ago today, this little cutie decided to make her appearance in the world.

Happy Birthday Abby!

You're Auntie Christy Loves you!!

Summer!!

Corpus Christi here I come!! :) Im so excited to be going to the beach this weekend to finally get some sun on these pasty white legs of mine. I love having fun friends who have fun friends in great places to visit.

On Being Spectacular

I read the following quote here today...

"If your time is unscheduled, you are SPECTACULARLY ineffective and inefficient. It's because you don't treat time as your most precious resource, so you squander it."

I found myself quite guilty and then took solace in thinking that at least I was spectacular at something :) hehe!!

Note to self: it's time to change

Productive Day

Load of laundry done. Check
Payroll complete and money recieved to cover it and bills. Check
Work for the day complete and errands run by 2 so could start painting. Check
Drilling rig part recieved after 2 month wait, so it will be up and running soon. Check
One room w/closet and trim completely painted, second room started. Check
Birthday package for missionary brother sent. Check
Lots of missionaries fed. Check (This was my parents check but I thought they did Great so I had to mention it)
Wrote on blog. Check
Happy Day!

Gratitude

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."

Melodie Beattie

Gratitude is my favorite reciept.

I wish I were better at expressing it because frequently I feel like this:

" I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would add family to friends as well, although, they are generally one in the same.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!