Let me start off this post by telling you some of the ways my life has already improved since yesterday. : )
- Within half a day of my post...less than 12 hours, I had 3 separate friends contact me and ask if I'd like to use their extra flat iron. I am simply amazed at how thoughtful and wonderful my friends are...not to mention the fact that you all cared enough to even read up to that point in my ridiculously long rampage of a blog. Thanks to thoughtful friends, my hair was presentable at Church today. I love you!
- My entire family went and did baptisms for the dead last night at the temple. It was awesome. Taylor was the only one who couldn't make it, and it was such a rejuivenating experience to be there with all of them. We ended up being at the temple twice as long as we had planned because apparently the baptistry is hopping on Saturday evenings. Despite the 4 hour trip to the temple, my baby-sitter refused to let me pay her. Bless her soul! I really don't think she fully understands what that meant to me that she would do service because I was doing service. I hope someday a sweet little bee-hive will return the favor to her when she has kids, so she can experience what it really means. Also, at Church today, both of my boys slept through all of Sacrament Meeting, so Mitch & I could enjoy all of the talks--AMAZING!
- Mitch took me on a date yesterday morning & we went to blow stuff up! THERAPUTIC!
I believe that the .22 is my favorite. It's like a glorified BB gun. Small bullets, fun to shoot, little kick. I'm so glad Mitch bought "me" that for Christmas the first year we were married.
The girls...Sarah, Amber, Deej...............You know what I loved most about Amber, yesterday? The green streaks in her hair. She's the type of person you would never expect to have crazy colors in their hair, and it was awesome.
Boys will be boys...Mitch printed off a charging rhino for a target. It was hilarious!
No, we didn't shoot at this cactus. I just took a picture of it, because when we drove past, it moved me. I don't know what it is about this cactus, but I love it. The world is a glorious place...even the desert has it's own beauty. Glad I live here.Other good improvements in my life since yesterday:
- No more need for pain pills. My tooth is doing better
- After a week and a half, Mitch got my car running again, yesterday afternoon
- Things with our truck are going to work out
- I have other thoughtful friends who have made my life better via email, coversation, text
Just a Note: I didn't mean to make anyone who has had to use welfare before feel badly about themselves by sharing my thoughts on it. I think our government system has a flawed welfare program--way too easy to get in, and people are allowed to stay in it for way too long. I believe the Church's welfare program is a better system that helps people take care of each other and get to a place where they can take care of their own. I don't think anyone who has had to have assistance should feel poorly about themselves if they use it as a temporary tool to get back on their feet. I have just been astounded in certain coversations lately and just wish more people in my generation would take more pride in building their own American Dream instead of believing it's the government's job to provide for them.
We had so much fun yesterday! Jason and I totally agree with your thought on welfare/ the American Dream. Thank you for sharing. We love you all.
ReplyDeleteI just read your post from yesterday and I totally agree with you. I'm so sick of people getting government assistance just because they can and its easy. It would be so simple to to take that road but how would that help us in the future? I have a friend who works at a casino and she told me that she had someone tip her with foodstamps once. I was so disgusted! Seriously, if you have money to blow gambling, you have more than enough to pay for groceries!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry that you are going through a rough time and wish there was a way that I could help. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you. You are such a great example to me and always have been. I hope that one day I can be even half as faithful as you are.
Agreed Val. I've felt that way my whole life :) Deej has always been a good example and I'm glad to know she has trials because who would have thought with someone like her who is always so willing to serve and is just a good genuine person?? Deej - I'm so glad you had fun shooting. We did that for a ward activity last weekend and I shot a .22 and the military gun that is used for training (it's bigger than a .22 but I can't remember the size) and it was A LOT of fun! So glad you have your chin up! I should bring Bauer over, he will make you smile until he squats :) BAHAHAHA!!!
ReplyDeletenicely put! (your footnote)
ReplyDeleteI am SO glad that you had a better day than yesterday! I have been thinking, and praying, for you since that post. I can relate to your feelings and what you're going through, and I just feel for you! And, I have to say, I am so impressed with your optimism - definitely something Father blessed you with to get you through such times as these!
What a fun date. Love the pictures. You are adorable. And you look HOT in your header picture too. Great photo.
ReplyDeletei'm so glad things are looking up for you so quickly!! a couple of "my" thoughts...
ReplyDeleteyeah, i totally disagree with you on your welfare view. not all of it, so i guess i don't totally disagree, but mostly. i agree that its a flawed system. i don't agree that being a stay at home mom is a reason to not go on wic/welfare/ahcccs. i think that is definitely why the proclamation states "individual adaptations" though because we are all going to have a different way and outlook on how to "get by." i appreciate your little comment stating that you didn't want to offend anyone who had been on it, although i knew that in the first place. i totally get needing to get things off your chest like that. my poor husband gets to listen to me too often! lol! but i cherish every day that i got to stay at home with my kids while dave was finishing school and wic and ahcccs made that possible. not because they were "easy to do" but because we deemed them necessary. then again, we didn't have cable and some other luxuries, so i might fall into your other category of people. haha.
ok, one more thing. my sister has her "journal" as a blog, but its private and no one is invited to view it. so she types whatever she wants. whenever there is something MORE personal than what you posted she puts it on her other blog. the biggest reasons are: she types faster than she writes. :) and you can put pictures with them! and then just last week she combined her personal journal blog with her regular blog in chronological order and got it printed as a 160 page book!! isn't that amazing!? talk about modern journaling. i'm planning on printing my blog as well but i'm pretty sure i'm going to start a journal blog too.
Well It looks like your little shooting trip was fun! The last time I shot a gun was hours before I had kellin last April ha ha Thats a funny story I was inlabor but not far enough along to go into the hospital so jake took me for a bumpy drive down a dirt road in Heber to shoot his new gun. Then when we were finished off to the hospital we went ha ha.
ReplyDeleteAlso The picture you took of the cactus was beautiful!!!
I think one of the things I love about the cactus picture is the empty space around it. As if all the other plants respect it and give it space as it goes through its struggles.
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