Panic Attack

PANIC has set in!!  I ONLY have 9 days to pull together a Fabulous Birthday party for the Relief Society Birthday celebration.  I need to breathe! It will be fine, I Can do it, I Think I can! I think I can! So why am I wasting time on Facebook and Blogging, well because I am overwhelmed.
Program to plan, food to buy, decorations to get, grass to grow, projects to do, and yeah remember Deep Breath!! HE-HE-HE-WHO( oh wait I'm not having a kid) okay I'm GOOD :) Overly dramatic you say, well for some reason I thought I had Way more time, but not so. I'm just gonna have to pick up the pace a little. It's all good. After some much needed inspiration(MANDY)  I've got great ideas and am looking forward to seeing it all come together.
More posts to come as the planning and prep work begins.
Yay for Parties and Friends and Food, and and pre-planning get together's

Gratitude is Not Overrated

Nothing to do with this post. I just LOVE them

I heard a comment the other day that Gratitude is overrated. Today I am going to disagree.
I have kinda been in a Slump lately and as I sat in bed last week thinking about life and How good I've got it. I realized just how Grateful I "Should" be.
I am a pretty Lucky girl and this thought reminded me of a church article about having An Attitude of Gratitude, I realize that Attitude plays a huge part in my day. If my Attitude sucks, then I make it hard for those around me to have a positive attitude, same with those people I surround myself with. If they are Crabby, it's easy to have a Negative attitude. I know that Life isn't always easy, or fair, and I compare my life with people who in my opinion "Have it All" and it's hard sometimes to see people who have husbands and sweet children and realize that it's what I want more than anything in this Whole Wide World, I know that It's still a possibility that I will find "Mr. Right" and have those beautiful Blond Haired, Blue Eyed Spoiled rotten kids. But for now it's not my life,  SO I need to find Joy in the Journey TODAY,  Easy, probably not, but it's my new goal.  Wish me Luck :)
 To help with this, I have started taking time everyday to find reasons to be Grateful, some may seem a little far fetched but they are all "my" reasons  I should show Gratitude.
Here are Just a Few I listed Last week
 I'm Grateful For:  A Loving Father in Heaven who Knows me and Loves me  No Matter What.
 I'm Grateful For:  My Family who supports me and loves me even when I'm Grumpy
 I'm Grateful For:  Cozy Pillows and Blankets to curl up in, when I feel like Crap
 I'm Grateful For:  Mandy who invited me over for a Great lunch and catching up.
 I'm Grateful For:  Faithful Church Leaders who are Extremely Patient and willing to just Listen
 I'm Grateful For: Glee- They make me Smile
 I'm Grateful For: Reagan- She is so sweet and sassy all at the Same time
 I'm Grateful For: Pain Medication to knock me out when the pain is more than I can stand
 I'm Grateful For: Music to add to my mood- good or bad
 I'm Grateful For: The Atonement that allows me to be forgiven and try harder tomorrow
 I'm Grateful For: Milk and Cookies
 I'm Grateful For: Talented Crafter's/Cooks' that I can Learn from
 I'm Grateful to just Chill with the Fam
 I'm Grateful For:  Sunshine amidst all the snow and ice
 I'm Grateful For:  My preschoolers and how they teach Me regularly
 I'm Grateful For:  Quotes that make me think
 I'm Grateful For:  Friends who care and are Honest even when I don't want to hear it
 I'm Grateful For:  The knowledge that I am still A Daughter Of God

See I have a lot to be Grateful for and it's amazing how when you look for the good you WILL find it!!

Ch Ch Ch CHANGES

Someone once said that Change is a good thing. I am willing to agree to disagree.
I know change can be good. I love reaching into my pocket and having loose Change especially Quarters, and I love Changing into P.J's after a long day, and watching the leaves as they Change colors in the Fall, and I especially love the way cookie dough Changes into warm gooey delicious cookies  Okay but seriously, Change is not something I like or even look forward to, even if I know it will benefit me in my life. 
I've been thinking a lot about change and how it's inevitable, there is No stopping it. Sometimes change comes from the choices we make, or the choices that others make, it can be good or bad, but it will happen.
I recently spoke to a friend who said " You Choose To" that's how you make it through your day. You have the right to choose how you react, how you will let things affect you, you can't change some things, so you just have to choose what you can Change.  Seems simple right? Well to this friend, THANKS FOR NOTHING :)  ha ha,  Sometimes it's SO hard to make the right choices, and sometimes I'm afraid that I'll  mess up a good thing, so why try.  I'm so confused right now in so many areas in my life that it just seems easier, to quit.  Nothin like a positive outlook on life :)  Looking forward to getting hit soon with the inspiration stick, and hopefully knock some sense into me or some stuffing out of me. Either would be good!

If Life Hands You Lemons...

SQUEEZE THEM IN SOMEONE'S EYE!!!!!

Nothin Fun to Blog About...

I need some excitement in my life. I haven't blogged for 4 days because My life is BORING :)

I need a hobby. I think I will take up Cake Decorating again, but this time For Real. Cake decorating can be expensive but I plan to learn all I can from YouTube and Blog stalking. I Love Blogs, I Love YouTube, I Love Frosting, I Love Cake so it seems Like a Perfect match..  I also love the idea of Cupcakes, they are just cute and fun and can I just say, the ones that are all the rage these days look like little pieces of Heaven. I have stayed FAR away from the Cupcakes shoppes in town because let's face it, I don't want to turn into the Chubby Cupcake Mascot. That would just be Wrong, OK maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Cupcakes are DeliSh!!!
Anyways if you find random plates of cupcakes or a fabulously decorated cakes turn up on your doorstep you can just Smile and know that there's probably more of that to come, so ENJOY or have a cupcake/cake throwing contest :)

L-O-V-E

Well considering that today is Valentines Day, the day of showing Love n all that other Mushy crap :)  I decided that I would maybe jot down a few of the things that I Love.
1. I LOVE My Family. They truly are the greatest
2. I LOVE Being a Member of the Church
3. I LOVE Working with the Pre-School Kids
4. I LOVE Chinese food
5. I LOVE Crafting
6. I LOVE Being an Aunt
7. I LOVE Swimming
8. I LOVE Spending money on fun stuff- Not Bills
9. I LOVE Traveling
10. I LOVE Baking
11. I LOVE Learning new things
12. I LOVE Taking pictures
13. I LOVE Blogs and being a "Blog Stalker"
14. I LOVE Holidays
15. I LOVE Pillows
16. I LOVE Jamba Juice
17. I LOVE Fishing and Camping
18. I LOVE Sleeping in
19. I LOVE My friends
20. I LOVE Tanning
21. I LOVE Peanut Butter M&M's
22. I LOVE Playing Games
23. I LOVE New socks
24. I LOVE Babies
25. I LOVE Being Single on Valentines Day. HA HA HA

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!!  LOVE YA

Let the Good Times Roll

This weekend we headed down to Salt lake to visit family. My cousin Jamie was Baptized on Saturday, What a special time for her. She is such a special girl and has such a sweet spirit. also her brother C.J. returned from his mission in Washington and gave his mission report on Sunday. Sounds like he was a great missionary and was able to bless many lives while serving Heavenly Father. It was a great weekend.
We borrowed Jordan and Sara's car and headed down Saturday Morning. It was a little squishy(for those who sat in the back) my front seat was not bad at all :)    Our trip started perfectly as we arrived in Utah with a pit stop to the London Market. I freaking Love this place, although you could be broke within 5 minutes, I refrained and only spent 20 bucks.  Then we headed to the church and spent some time with the family, after that we went to Wal-Mart.! I know right?  Were we not on Vacation??  Okay we just stopped to grab a few things for the road. Then it was off to Iceberg. Can I just Say "YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!!  I'm so glad we don't have one here in I.F.  I would be the new balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade :)  next stop the Hotel. I love staying in Hotels, okay, I love them, only if I don't think to long, about all the Hotel Horror stories. My fav part of the hotel stay is the pool! I love swimming, I was enjoying myself until Nathan told me I looked like a Beached Whale. RUDE!! I could have drowned him :)  after swimming and relaxin in the Hot tub I relaxed by watching Glee. Could a Girl ask for a better weekend? Well I could, but Why??

Couch to 5 K

I'm honestly not sure why I'm gonna do this to myself, but I am, and I'm Secretly Excited.
Dang the Secret is out.  Oh Well, now that it's out, there is NO, and I mean No Backing down.
I am going to start training for a 5k!  I am kinda freaking out, OK not kinda, I AM FREAKING OUT!!
What happens, if I pass out or Die? I guess there are worse things, but if I do pass out, hopefully I will die so I don't have to see any of those people again. Ha Ha.
I am going to start the couch to 5k program on Monday the 14th. I need to go get some sweet workout gear so I can look Hott doing it. and I don't mean Sweaty Hot, maybe if I wear a  Pink track suit, I will land the man of my dreams. He would be so LUCKY :) A cute Blonde in a Track suit, what more could a guy want??  
Anyways Looking forward to working hard and looking good for my 4th of July 5k!!

I've made up my mind!

I'm Gonna Be a ???? Are you Ready?  A DANCER!!   HA HA HA
I've just spent the last 45 minutes Dancing (Wii Style) and I Freaking Love it. One of my Favorite dances is by the Pussycat Dolls and it seems fitting where as I'm trying to decide just that, Maybe the Pussycat dolls have it all figured out for me.
When I grow up I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up I wanna see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies
When I grow up,I wanna see me, me on TV, people know me, be on magazines
When I grow up, freshly cleaned, number one chick, wanna step out on the scene
 Well as far as Dancing is concerned,
 Am I coordinated? Nope,  Do I have Rhythm?  Not exactly, Is it pretty to watch? Not quite, Do I have the Girlish Figure?  Heck No, But can I move? Well Yes, Yes I can.  I will say that I have more energy since my recent weight loss and so Dancing is really fun, but I'm not really sure I'm cut out to be a Dancer. So I guess it's back to the Drawing Board. So much for having my mind made up. Maybe Next time :)

Updates

Here's a little update on my life! Lame, I know
Life is good for the most part, headaches still going strong, still a hoarder, but each day I'm getting closer to being just a "Clutter Organizer" and I'm good with that for now :) , still deciding what to do as far as what I'll be when I Grow up, and praying for answers as far as where my life should go NOW. Looking forward to the Weekend more than I have in a Long time,  not looking forward to teaching Sunday, Loved going tanning, boy did I need that,  spending time with my Niece, cuddling under a blanket so we didn't freeze while watching Scooby Doo, Her Fave, Not mine. thankful it's Fast Sunday, and not High Council Sunday, No offense, but sometimes Fast Sunday's are just more eventful. Excited for the Super Bowl, Wait, Jk I am not a Football fan , but I want to make some yummy food, because let's be honest, I've been depriving myself of yummy food for Way too long, and I want to just eat some Delish, fatty food. I've been adding a few things in this week for Preparation, so I don't puke. Bring on the Game, okay, just the food is fine :)  Thankful for Amazingly patient people in my life who put up with me and all my Craziness. All in all a pretty boring post, but boring is good sometimes.

A Work in Progess

I have decided that my life lately, seems like a big ole Work in Progress. I'm learning daily that, I can't rely on myself, but that I need to Rely on someone much much greater. This week especially, I have realized that I need Heavenly Father in my life,  more than I have needed him in a long time. Now that being said, When I say much more, I have always needed him, but it's evident to me that I need more help in my life to figure out what and how to be happy. Life is interesting, and when you think you've got it all figured out, and are coasting along like you've got it all under control. BAM out of the blue you hit a big Speed bump, with a sign that says, Nice Try you are not in Control. Is this just my life? 
 I'm so grateful for the Gospel and for the knowledge that I have a Loving Heavenly Father, who is there for me No Matter What. What a Great blessing this has been. I know that as I put my trust in him, he will guide me in a direction that will help me find  happiness.

You are a Hoarder.. Say What?

Okay it's confession time. I am a Hoarder!! This is not a proud moment for me and This is Not a personal picture of my crap, rest assured.
Wow that feels good to get that out in the open. Ha Ha Alright in all honesty I am not a hoarder, I'm a Collector :) There is a difference, I'm just sure of it.
I have been told that I will never find a husband, because when he sees all my collections, he will Bail. Well sorry Man of My Dreams, I can't let that happen.
 Last week when I realized this, I decided to make a change. I have been working hard to get rid of stuff, let me tell ya, Not Easy. When I worked at the Craft store(BIG MISTAKE) I saw all these new and fun ideas and had the money to waste on crap, and that is just what I did. Now I still have it, and for the most part they are still unused, or tried and failed projects. So it's time!! I am doing well and feeling good about reclaiming my space. Can't wait to have a space where I can just go to relax or do my craft projects, that don't get chucked. Wish me Luck. Hopefully I can keep my motivation and help supply the D.I. with lots of fun new things.