The Little Things In Life!

There are a lot of things in life that make life easier to manage and these are my things:

--Dr. Pepper, Diet... it's better if it's Cherry, but the other works too, I am always needing to loose weight so the extra 5 pounds that drinking non diet gives me I can live with out. I also enjoy Diet Cherry Pepsi, and Diet Cherry Coke... see a pattern here? (and yes even being a Mormon I drink Caffeine!)

--Dancing... in any form, I love to dance, I look like Elaine off Seinfield most the time but I love to dance.

--Good music, everything in life is made better through music... Sunday mornings, Christmas, cooking, cleaning, exercising, you name it!

--Exercising, I know your thinking, she exercises... I couldn't tell, well yes I exercise and I exercise quite a bit. I had a two week break over Christmas but before Christmas I was doing Billy Blanks tae Bo, and it is about 40 min long, and now I am doing 10 min solutions. I do 20 minutes abs, and 20 minutes dance cardio a night. And I am planning on hopefully losing some of this 30 lbs I have on reserve from having 3 kids... It's about 25 lbs now, but it's not wanted, I have plans. It's all a matter of coordinating my thyroid medicine and such, well anyways.... I work out... if I had a tredmill I would run, like everyone else and there dog, but I don't like running outside in the cold air.... it has never made sense to me how people can do that. I won't be doing a 5 k anytime soon or ever...

-- Food, hence the reason i am not losing weight... I think it's harder with kids who don't finish there food. My dad did this when we were younger and I never understood why, but now I understand.... it's just so GOOD! Just this morning I was eating some mini muffins and I decided on just 3, but than Daphne and Sami gave me there's.... it's a matter of self control which I am working on and evidently failing... well no ones perfect.

-- Movies, I love watching movies, I have a whole cabinet of movies of my own that I watch, my favorites are: "You've Got Mail', Must Love Dogs, Dan in Real Life, The Jane Austen's, America's Sweethearts, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 27 Dresses, Killers, I Hate Valentine's Day... I will stop i could keep going... It's annoying to me these days that most movies that come out are so filled with filth, gays, swear words, disgusting talk... so I guess I will just stick with my older movies that have some of the other stuff but aren't so gross about it...

--My kiddos, yes they all annoy me in there own special way, but they are the best, and the love me right back and so it makes it easier to get through the day.

--Family time, which is going out on the town once a week or so, we go out to eat, go to a fun store, have some laughs, those days usually go way to fast and I am thinking of ways to drag them out. I love having that time... I love vacations and getting out of the norm even if it is just a day or to to Kennewick, it's different. Vacations are never resting for me, I always come home and take a nap, or go to bed early...

--Cricut, everyone should own a cricut, not a silouette but a Cricut... I am biased I worked selling them for about a year before I had Sami, and have the first one made... but they are great... it's entertainment for the whole family. I sit down and the girls are bombarding me with what they want cut out, it's amazing how entertaining a couple papers shapes can be to kids, yeah sure I hate picking up the pieces on the floor, but it was something that kept them busy for a while...

--Sewing... I love to sew, I am not very good, but i love to sew. I would love to take a sewing class to refresh on the technical terms because I feel like I am missing some of the technics and such, but i love to sew, I just made the girls pillow case dresses (the easiest dress ever), and a shower curtain for there bathroom, and am now working on a  play mat for Ezra... seriously love sewing...

--Piano, my favorite instrument ever, and someday i will take lessons again because I want to improve my talent. I know the basics and can play a lot of stuff but once again it's the technical stuff that I really skip over and would like to feel more confident in my public playing. I step in and play in primary sometimes, and I play a lot at home, My family enjoys listening to me, but I really love to play and enjoy the sound that i create. I also enjoy teaching if the student practices... I never was interested in guitar, or violin or anything like that because to me, the piano is the best one... I have the best piano, it's an old upright, that once was my grandma Ransom's. I don't know why it means so much to me maybe because it's old and has a history, it has ivory keys and now a days pianos aren't made that way... so yes I enjoy it a lot!

--House Decorating, I love making my house look nice and presentable. I put new stuff up for each season and make new things as well, I take great care and thought into what I put on my walls and how it is put up. I often contemplate on things on my walls at night while feeding Ezra and either compliment myself or think of how I can change it. There is no way that I could have couches that didn't match, or white furniture and black furniture mixed with my brown... I have all brown fake wood/real wood in my house. a few pieces are painted a color, which is fine, but white furniture drives me bonkers... I immediately paint it... Paint can do wonders. My kitchen table and 4 chairs were bought at different times and I would very much like to re paint them, since the paint I painted them with is all scratched but I might just buy a new set some day... I saw a real cool, black and brown combo... which I could do. I love the color red, and find any excuse to use it. I can't just throw blankets on a bed, it has to all match... the girls have matching sheets, and matching blankets... and it's the best... I am very controlish about this and stuff drives me crazy... Dave doesn't think this way and so it's hard... but I get my way if I can do it myself... and not need his help. I take pride in my house and what it looks like...

--Cleaning, it's very hard to keep a house that has one main living room clean, and small bedrooms. Our front room is where all the toys end up, and clothes, etc. More clutter with a baby, and our kitchen table is usually covered in toys. I look forward to the day when the girls bedroom is bigger so I can insist on them always playing in there... it's hard to keep room for things and make it all work... but once a week my house is clean... it doens't last for long but once a week, or twice if I can manage, my front room is vaccumed and picked up, the throw pillows are in place, and you can see the floor. Once a week the clothes are all folded and put away... once a week the girls room is clean... once a week, but sadly it never happens at the same time.

Well I think i have said enough with my thoughts of the little things in life... so yes... do it for yourself, focus on the little things in life and forget about the bull crap in this nasty world we live in, the horrible president, the shootings, the gun ban, the fact that in time we will live like cowboys and indians... having to defend our land... learn to deal with the fact that the world thinks it's ok to blame everything on everyone else and not take responsibility for there own actions... there fat... get lipo, there poor, get money from the state, there mad go shoot people and get off because they claim to be crazy, cheat on your spouse.... have it plastered all over as if it's something cool, choose to love someone as the same sex... hey that's ok... and my favorite... voice your opinion (like I just did) on your own facebook page, your own blog, and have someone bite your head off because it offends them.... it's bull crap... it's messed up that one kids problems are forced on everyone else. Heck when I was in kindergarten I didn't do well and so was held back a  year... i doubt they do that now, they probably just slow the progression of the class and blame that kids problems on everyone else... I fear my kids are growing up in a world where they are going to be worthless... I am thankful for my home and what I teach them here... My daughter was being annoyed by a kid and told him she didn't wnat to play with him... the parent told her she needed to apologize... kids should be able to say how they feel and not be forced to play with someone they don't want to....

Ok... I am sorry that was my tangent... once again my disclaimer... you don't like what I have to say... don't comment, it's that easy this is MY blog...