Joy in Failure

Keeping with the theme of Joy- I am finding it really hard to write something. This week was about disappointment on a variety of forefronts, so I guess today I will write about Joy in Trials.
Friday night- Brian’s Honda Pilot had a huge issue on the freeway- The engine about dropped [...]

“I thought YOUR JOB was to take care of us”

This little story will break your heart. Every morning I usually read my scriptures in bed and write in my journal/blog on my MacBook. Recently I have been so exhausted between 6-7 am I have been hitting the snooze button and starting a little later. About 7:00am on the money- Noah comes [...]

A Slovenian Women and 41!

Last week I met a Slovenian women who was 90. She was outside raking leaves in her yard. Her face resembled a dry desert in the Sahara cracked and rough. I think every line in her face told a story. She began to tell me the stories of her life [...]

Let’s Talk About How to Make Life Better Daily- It’s Like a Lightswitch

I just have a need to tell you this morning that if I don’t start my day of right with a little spiritual time then my whole world feels like yesterday- a train wreck and you know when you have missed.
Then I read this talk- by Thomas Monson the President of my church
And this is [...]

Time to Take Stock and Inventory

Today, I have a meeting with our potentially new financial advisor. All weekend I have been gathering the financial data and thinking about where we want to go financially in 2010. We are well diversified, it will be interesting to see where he thinks we can make the changes in the portfolio. [...]

Deep Family Traditions

It’s no secret that we love traditions at our house. We love to do the same things over and over again, year after year.
When I was a younger mom, I used to study out what made families strong and there was one theme that kept playing over and over – that was [...]

Opportunity Cost and Choice

I’m trying to figure out what my priorities for worldly things are for the rest of the year. Can we prioritize those? Sure why not!
Let’s not get confused- all of the family and ethical and moral goals are all the same.
But let’s be honest- I have a hard time spending money- [...]

Required Reading if you are Having a Bad Day!

My Aunt and Uncle are full time missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints in Samoa right now. As you’ve heard, the casualties and the destruction was much worse than anyone imagined. We received this letter from them yesterday, via my cousin. This is long letter but [...]

That’s Why He is MY Guy!

Let’s get down to the real stuff today.
Background: This past week my husband was offered a huge job with the corporate office he works as a distributor for. The owner of his distributorship is loyal, has stood by him and overall he loves working for him. The owner protected him [...]

Non-Essentials

Non Essential Things
This weekend I listened to Julie Beck speak at the General Relief Society meeting. Many things stuck out at me, but one thing in particular is still ringing in my ear!

She quoted Elder Uchtdorf:
“A wise man once distinguished between the noble art of getting things done and the nobler art of [...]