CAPAWHAT?!

I noticed on my sister in law's blog that it has been 5 months since I last blogged.   My life has changed considerably in that 5 months and honestly I've had a ton to blog about because of all the changes in my life, but then I haven't really had the time or desire.  Maybe another day.  For today I'm just stressed.  Owning a business, being a mom to 3 kids, being a wife to a very abitious and also lately a homesick and very bored man, being in the primary presidency at church, being a landlord and owning a lot of debt is all just weighing down on me lately.  Sometimes I mistakenly believe I am more capable than I am. 
The last time that thought crossed my mind I decided that before my mom put in her new carpeting in a couple weeks I would paint most of the rooms (VERY TALL rooms I might add) in her house.  After about an hour and a  half and one coat of paint on the ceiling only, I decided that I was crazy, and the next time my alter ego Super Woman decided to show up she was going to be kicked to the curb.  Amazingly with the help of my mom and sister (who must have their own alter ego super women as well) we completed the very large and physically draining job before the new carpeting arrived.  It was very nice!  Apparently the million+ times I told myself while completing that job, that I was NOT repeat NOT super woman, didn't sink in.  A few months later I was off on Vacation and met my soon to be husband.  I'm pretty sure my shoulders are more sore now than they were after I finished that paint job. 
hmm...
We have plans to leave on vacation this weekend to Kentucky to visit family. 
hmm...

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.