I am driving kids to and fro (where is 'fro' anyway?) and that song "I'm Sexy and I Know It" comes on the radio.
Me: "This song is SO annoying. I can't stand this song."
My 14 year old: "Dad loves this song."
My 12 year old: "Yeah, he says it's his theme song."
Of course he does.
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actual text conversation between The Hubby and I:
Hubby: Did you have an idea of what's for dinner?
Me: Yeah. Like I would ever actually KNOW that.
Hubby: Hey, a guy can dream.
Me: It's cute how you keep hoping.
Hubby: Isn't it?
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
quote of the week...
"By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach."
--Winston Churchill
--Winston Churchill
Friday, March 23, 2012
a few random thoughts on a Friday night...
It's been a tough day. The good thing about having a tough day is knowing that it will end. That, and knowing that you can get through a tough day and it will be okay.
Heavenly Father sure does love us. I have been witness to His love and to His gentle way of blessing us even while allowing us to go through the difficult times of life. He won't take all the difficulty from us, because He knows it's what will teach and refine us, but he'll soften the blows so that we know we are not alone and can feel His love. I feel it.
Turns out, the Harry Potter books are quite good.
I miss Spencer. Just like trying to explain to a person who has never given birth what it feels like, I can't really describe what it feels like to send a child on a mission. If you've done it, you understand. It's wonderful, difficult, satisfying, gut wrenching, tender, faith building and faith shaking--all at the same time. It is one of my favorite words: bittersweet.
Friends are such a gift. It is just so good for your soul to spend time with people who know you well. Someone who you have inside jokes with, someone who remembers the embarrassing stuff you did when you were young, who knows what you looked like with braces. A night of laughter with friends can lift and strengthen and comfort.We are lucky, lucky, lucky to have friends to do that with.
Prayer changes things. I promise. Most importantly, prayer changes us--which is pretty much the point.
There are moments when we can be doing something that seems really simple, really small, and there will come the thought that what we are doing is NOT small but instead is actually really, really important and really, really matters. I love moments like that. I need to notice them more.
Heavenly Father sure does love us. I have been witness to His love and to His gentle way of blessing us even while allowing us to go through the difficult times of life. He won't take all the difficulty from us, because He knows it's what will teach and refine us, but he'll soften the blows so that we know we are not alone and can feel His love. I feel it.
Turns out, the Harry Potter books are quite good.
I miss Spencer. Just like trying to explain to a person who has never given birth what it feels like, I can't really describe what it feels like to send a child on a mission. If you've done it, you understand. It's wonderful, difficult, satisfying, gut wrenching, tender, faith building and faith shaking--all at the same time. It is one of my favorite words: bittersweet.
Friends are such a gift. It is just so good for your soul to spend time with people who know you well. Someone who you have inside jokes with, someone who remembers the embarrassing stuff you did when you were young, who knows what you looked like with braces. A night of laughter with friends can lift and strengthen and comfort.We are lucky, lucky, lucky to have friends to do that with.
Prayer changes things. I promise. Most importantly, prayer changes us--which is pretty much the point.
There are moments when we can be doing something that seems really simple, really small, and there will come the thought that what we are doing is NOT small but instead is actually really, really important and really, really matters. I love moments like that. I need to notice them more.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
this is why I love them...
Part of a conversation with one of my young women who has just been diagnosed with a chronic disease:
Me: "I am just glad that you keep your sweet smile and good humor through it all."
AYW (awesome young woman): "Well, thank you. Besides my smarts, charm, and good looks it's really the only thing going for me."
Seriously? I have the best calling.
Me: "I am just glad that you keep your sweet smile and good humor through it all."
AYW (awesome young woman): "Well, thank you. Besides my smarts, charm, and good looks it's really the only thing going for me."
Seriously? I have the best calling.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
quote of the week...
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”
― Steve Maraboli
― Steve Maraboli
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
More Marin-isms
Connor: "I need some lined paper."
Marin: "Oh! I have a Constipation Notebook that I never use! You can have the paper in that!"
We are talking about presidents at the dinner table. Somebody brings up JFK, and the fact that he was assassinated.
Marin: "There is just so much tragedy in the world. The Twin Towers fell; President Kennedy gets assassinated; the book fair closed early..."
The older kids tell Dad and Mom that the door on the downstairs armoire is completely broken.
Marin: "Yeah, that was me. I was sitting on the door, and then I remembered that I shouldn't be sitting on doors, so I was getting down, and right about then--it broke."
Marin: "Oh! I have a Constipation Notebook that I never use! You can have the paper in that!"
We are talking about presidents at the dinner table. Somebody brings up JFK, and the fact that he was assassinated.
Marin: "There is just so much tragedy in the world. The Twin Towers fell; President Kennedy gets assassinated; the book fair closed early..."
The older kids tell Dad and Mom that the door on the downstairs armoire is completely broken.
Marin: "Yeah, that was me. I was sitting on the door, and then I remembered that I shouldn't be sitting on doors, so I was getting down, and right about then--it broke."
Monday, March 12, 2012
Move.
This song happens to be my theme song for this year. I love to run to it. LOVE. And I love to listen to it to be reminded of the waste of sitting around and worrying about whatever it is I am worrying about.
Friday, March 09, 2012
quote of the week...
"And even if someone else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad."
--unknown, found on a comment on 'Give Me The Simple Life' blog
--unknown, found on a comment on 'Give Me The Simple Life' blog
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