Week of Gratitude: Change

I completely wore myself out last week and didn't finish my Week of Gratitude posts!!! I have been really grateful lately for change....life changing changes that I wasn't expecting that kind of came up and kicked me in the butt for a little while. When I was laid off I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next - go back to school? try to be a stay at home mom? completely change fields? I just didn't know. But taking this new job just felt so right and I really feel like this is the place I need to be.

On a completely different note - I changed my hair:) I have bangs!!!! I literally don't think I've had bangs since high school. And I went dark dark dark with the color - I've never had it this dark before. It was a HUGE change but I'm really liking it:)

So for big changes and little changes I am grateful. We can't learn and grow and progress in life without change.

Week of Gratitude: Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for you, for my family and for my faith.
Have a beautiful day with family and friends!!!!!

Week of Gratitude: Tuesday

Today I am grateful for music.....which fills in my life in many different capacities. Whether it's playing the organ for Sacrament meeting, playing the piano for musical numbers, singing in musical numbers, listening to music on the radio.....I literally do not go a day without listening to several hours worth of some form of music.

Exodus 15:2 tells us the Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation; he is my God and I will prepare him an in habitation; my father's God and I exalt him.

In Doctrine & Covenants 25:12 it reads For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.

Be grateful for the music that you can make and strive to surround yourself with good uplifting music. Personally I think the best uplifting music is the Beatles. I'll be sure to ask Jesus if he's a Beatles or a Stones man when I meet him:)

Week of Gratitude: Monday

Ahhh....Thanksgiving week...one of my favorite weeks of all. An uber short work week, beautiful day with family, putting up Christmas on Friday....I'm thankful for it all.

Today I am especially grateful for my family - Miss S and Hubby especially. The three little puppies that bring joy in to our lives. My darling baby brother who is watching Miss S this week while I work. My middle brother (I suppose I should give them all nicknames since I do refer to them quite often on my blog) - okey dokey - here's my family and their nicknames I have just created:

Baby brother -Chadwick
Middle brother - Funny Boy
Oldest brother - Soldier Boy
Baby sister - Rye Bread
Middle Sister - Ms. A

So anyway....Chadwick is watching Miss S all week - and I love him for that. Miss S loves her Uncle Chadwick SO much!! They will have fun together.

This will be the first Thanksgiving in many years that I will be with two of my siblings - Chadwick and Funny Boy and his family will all be celebrating at my house. We will have a houseful of kids - just like Thanksgivings growing up. I'm SO looking forward to it.

I'd love to hear what you are grateful for today....I'll be posting ALL week about different things I am grateful for.

Happy Veteran's Day

Soldiers and Jesus by James Otto

Grand-daddy came home in a B-52
In a pine box covered in red, white and blue
He was one of the brave and the proud and the few

Twenty-one guns helped us say goodbye
I stood there in silence tryin' hard not to cry
As the preacher, he quoted, lines written in red
And then he folded his bible and in a broken voice, he said

There's only two people who's every died for me
Laid down their lives just so I could be free
They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells
And both got back up again after they fell

They never picked the fight, but they're there
To pick up the pieces

God only knows who we'd be without soldiers and Jesus

It seems like the news loves to run 'em both down
But whenever we need 'em, they're always around
So don't hand me a party's political views
'Cause they're a left side, a right side, and then there's the truth

There's only two people who's every died for me
Laid down their lives just so I could be free
They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells
And both got back up again after they fell

They never picked the fight, but they're there
To pick up the pieces
God only knows who we'd be without soldiers and Jesus

To me, they're both heroes for the path that they chose
'Cause one fights for my life, one fights for my soul

There's only two people who's every died for me
Laid down their lives just so I could be free
They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells
And both got back up again after they fell

They never picked the fight, but they're there
To pick up the pieces

God only knows where we'd be without soldiers and Jesus
Soldiers and Jesus

Lukcy Shoes

These shoes shall henceforth be known as my lucky shoes:) Cause I wore them to a job interview and totally got the job! Yep - I go back to work on Monday. I've enjoyed my three weeks as a stay at home mom....but I feel really good about this job:)


PS my lovely shoes are from Savers - $6.99 and they are Enzo Angiolini's - one of my favorites for dressy shoes:)

Sleeping Beauties

I can't even remember if I've mentioned that we've added a new puppy to our family - we adopted Izzy from a breeder down south and traveled to Socorro three weeks ago to pick her up. She is absolutely darling! She's a Yorkie/Affenpinscher mix, and weighs a whopping 5.50 pounds. She's feisty, and spirited and super lovey dovey. She loves to cuddle and give kisses. And yes, I kiss my dogs on the lips. I love me some puppy kisses. She gets along well with the two boys - though Max gets pretty rough with her sometimes. She fights right back and stands her ground.

I went in last night to turn off Miss S's light and found this little scene. See Izzy all cuddled up there amongst the Build-A-Bears??? My two baby girls all snuggled up together.

Cub Scouts

I had an all day cub scout training yesterday....kind of one of those that you grumble about going to but then have an awesome time once you get there:) My favorite quote shared was "No person goes about a more godly purpose than he who is mindful of the right upbringing not only of his children but of other people's children." Socrates about 400 BC

The Boy Scouts treated us to an awesome Order of the Arrow presentation ceremony -

And I got to hang out with my fabulous co-leader, Carla.