The Simple Pleasures

I love my sofa...$65 and it's beautiful, clean, and a bargain to boot!!


Have you ever felt like this: yesterday my boss (I love her dearly) asked me "how are you doing?" It was all it took for me to tear up and start crying. I felt like an idiot. She handed me a tissue and I got myself together. I told her that I was just worn out from these awful kidney stones. Staying home and in bed is never an option for me. I was worried that if I needed surgery, I would need to save my days off. I worry that the H1N1 will strike the family and I'll need to have time off to deal with that. I worry that I need to visit my Mom and I need to have time off. I worry, I worry, I worry! Plus, I have the worse case ever of "I do it." I think I go through this every semester. When school starts for both me and the kids, I get overwhelmed. I do manage to keep all of the balls in the air, but it takes its toll. I find myself crying for no good reason...Stake Conference was so incredible, but I cried through most of it. There's a remedy and I know what it is.....and it's not "just say no." It's "just say yes" to the things that really matter. Spending time with the family, reading the scriptures, working on family history, and finding time to laugh are the most important things I need right now. I want to go camping with the kids. I want to watch a good football game. I want to walk through Umstead Park and look at the changing leaves. I want to visit my Mom and Marlin out west. I want to eat a hot krispy kreme donut. Okay...I'll stop. Thanks for the therapy session.

Here's quote for the day:

"Doing the right thing isn't always easy - in fact sometimes it's real hard -- but just remember that doing the right thing is always right."

David Cottrell