recapturing beauty....

ashley put on her blog the focus of byu's women's center campaign for this month....

the focus is "recapturing beauty"....http://recapturingbeauty.byu.edu/challenge/

check out the link and come along with us and do this challenge....

this will be a challenge, but i think it will be a good one.....

all is well on the home front!

keep smiling! ;0)

what is your goal?

my friend amy just sent this pic to me that someone else took....it is quite profound!

so......what is your goal?

everyday is a new day!

ok, so i just read ashley's recent blog post http://smashley-livelaughlove.blogspot.com and she talked about changing our attitudes (oct. 6, 2010 entry).
well, that will be me, too...
i posted an "ugh" last week because i was super frustrated with myself and the way i react to things.....
i hate to admit that sometimes i get jealous and then it sometimes consumes me.....
so....i am trying really hard to change that weakness and with it comes a change of attitude.
i just read this in jeff galloway's blog post: (he is a former olympian runner)
"you can take control of your attitude or let yourself be swayed by outside factors that will leave you on a motivational roller coaster: fired up one day, and down the next. Getting motivated on a given day can be sometimes as simple as saying a few key words and taking a walk.
1. Consistency is the most important part of conditioning and fitness.
2. Motivation is the most important factor in being consistent.
3. You gain control over your motivation - every day."

i am grateful for my amazing family who teach me things i need to learn every day.
i am also grateful for the things that i learned during conference and the book of mormon.
i am grateful for Heavenly Father's trust and i am trying not to abuse that trust.
i am grateful for good friends.
i am grateful for the joy that exercise and sports participation brings me....mtn. biking and swimming to be exact.
i am grateful for life.

life is good!

Ugh!

simple pleasures for simple minds....

what can you do with one yard of fabric?
i have been racking my brain all summer trying to come up with something....
you see, our quilt group was challenged to make something out of one yard of fabric...
we were even given the one yard.....
make something and bring it back to our october meeting....
well......i finally came up with something.....
i found this cute pattern to make slippers.....
i don't normally want to make things like that, but they were so cute i couldn't resist....
i gathered up all the supplies and dove right in.....
an hour and a half later, i emerge from the basement with....slippers!

they turned out so cute i had to show them to everyone that would listen....amy, eliza, ashley (via picture mail), mark, addison, york - to name a few....
they are so cute! oh, did i already say that? let me say again - they are so cute!

a simple little sewing project can bring my simple little mind such great pleasure!

what are your divine qualities?

i taught a lesson on divine nature, today....
i really struggled with this lesson, because i was feeling a little less divine this week....
but, i put my nose to the grind and prepared a lesson even though i knew the lesson was more for me than it was for the girls.....
i hate when the lesson is for me.....
i really didn't want to learn from it, i wanted to wallow in my feelings....
so, here's what i learned....
i was sent to earth with divine qualities and now i need to develop them....
once developed (continuous process), use them for good and fulfill my mission that God has for me....
here are some scriptures that tell of divine qualities....
2 Peter 1; Alma 7:23-24; and D&C 121:45
divine qualities....
submissive, gentle, easy to be entreated, patient, long-suffering, being temperate, diligent in keeping the commandments, grateful, faith, hope, charity, humble, virtuous
"and then ye will always abound in good works" when you have these things.

i think that i have some of these qualities.....
i am gentle, patient for the most part, faithful, charitable
i need to work on being more humble, grateful

the ways to work on these are....
be more apt to humble myself and not always have to have god humble me...
see the good in all things and recognize that they are from god....
"always return thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive"

i am grateful for my calling and for my family....
i am grateful for the gospel and the scriptures that guide and direct me...
i am grateful for the talents that i have and the ability to perform them and hopefully share them...
i am grateful for a kind and loving heavenly father....
i am grateful for good friends who love and accept me for who i am....
i am grateful for lessons that teach me the things i need to know and work on!

never mock...it will surely come back to you

so, the other day i was in the parking lot by smith's.....
i watched a guy back into a parking stall and proceed to hit a cement pole....
i sat in my car and kind of laughed....i have to admit.....
as i pulled into my parking stall, i noticed a grocery cart in front of the truck.....
i thought, "now don't hit this when you come out and drive away".....
i probably was only in the bike shop for less than 10 minutes.....
got in the truck.....
put it in drive......
hit the grocery cart, but didn't notice until.....
i heard the scraping of it on the ground......
oh, how blonde can i get?!.....

moral of the story.....
never mock someone, because it will come back to haunt you!