Tender Hearted

You know, sometimes girls can be well….hormonal….and sometimes one thing can abruptly change the whole perception of life during that day.

Maybe it’s that you can’t get the D@*# Dishwasher to start the first 50 times even though you slam it the same way you always have to.

Maybe its that you found out that someone you looked up to romantically….thinking they had it all….just notified you of their divorce.

Maybe that boy that you look at with a little gleam in your eye stares back at you with disappointment instead of a smile.

Call it what you will when you will. The fact is…my hormones have been slightly more involved in my day to day since I got on the “pill”.  Guys will never understand what its like.

Yesterday just happened to be one of those days that I might have gone home crying. But luckily today is another day.

Life is back to some sort of normal and at least for right now….I’m doing great.

HelloGiggles – The Average Barbie

HelloGiggles – The Average Barbie.

I’m sorry but I have a problem with people looking to toys and games and thinking that we have social problems because of them. I think that people problems come from not understanding reality. I never thought that real women looked like Barbie. I never felt like ganging up on my family member in a game of Monopoly and charging them an arm and a leg to stay a night on my Park Place was going to be like real life.

Maybe I was just a little more adjusted than other kids. Or maybe I just had a great set of parents that brought me to reality with phrases like “I own everything in this house, you are using my stuff!” Or Maybe the fact that I’ve never fit into a size 0 unless there was another number in front of it…..

But come on people!

Toys and board games are not what we should be concerened with…but bad parenting….bad examples in the real world and lack of values. Thats what we should be concerned with. Be wise when buying toys and games for your kids and teach them what is ok and what’s not. Teach them reality and pretend. They’ll turn out fine.

I will go and do

Last night after work I talked with Em for a bit. She’s so much fun.

Then I talked to Uncle Dennis and had such a great time. He’s so great. He said I should come out there next Christmas and he’ll go to the NutCracker with me.

He also told me that I’m probably right in thinking I’m lactose. That Mom’s side of the family has dealt with it from GrandDad. But that when he cut out dairy he was able to start eating wheat again fine.

Then I went to visit Amber and she and I practiced memorizing 1Nephi 3:7. She got it pretty quickly and she was so happy with herself! It was so fun to work with her on it.

After my visit I came home and started working on my yams for tonights Ward Thanksgiving. Tiffany came over and freaked out because my hip was sticking out. I’m crooked because of my back. She gave me a “death massage” and I screamed a little.

But this morning I felt great until I went to shave my legs….bad idea. Now I’m crooked again. Boo.

I’m grateful for Tiffany and that her massages have gotten so good. And I’m grateful for people that care about me. I’m also grateful to learn the physical histories of my family. See! I’m  not crazy!

Good News!

So a couple things have inspired change.

Betsey’s ringtone form me is a news broadcast ticker sound because she says I always have news for her.

Getting  a year older, I thought I would put away my childish things and start fresh on something new.

I have been thinking for a while that I need to be better about writing in a journal. So I know this is a blog…but welcome to the 21st Century!

So today I will start a goal to write daily.

Begin!

Yesterday I woke up feeling miserable with a bad back and in lots of pain….I felt like a I looked miserable too all day at work. Betsey and I read the Book of Mormon together every morning and it was my turn to pray. In my prayer I thanked Heavenly Father for worthy Priesthood holding friends and prayed that they would be blessed to combat Satan in their pursuit of consistent worthiness. After work I worked in the Temple and luckily was able to stand at all of my posts or I probably would have not been able to get up with out looking super silly. (My back locks up and I literally look crooked!)

After the Temple I felt like I needed a blessing. I called my home teacher Spencer. He and Ty ended up coming over and consecrating oil and then giving me a blessing of healing. I felt better. Tiffany gave me a massage and we caught up on the day. And then when she left I saw some cookies and a note from Ashley. It was so nice of her. The card was even better than the cookies. I love notes that I can keep forever. So I stuck it in my kind note box and shared the cookies with Betsey and caught up with her.

I’m grateful for good friends, for worthy Priesthood holders, and for being able to serve in the Temple.