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Time

Time keeps moving on and i do my best to keep up everyday. I bring it on myself though, I try to do everything. I forget that time isn't as willing to allow it as I'd like. I feel like I'm constantly running and my poor body is getting too old to handle it. I wake up early and go to bed late running all day long. I'm glad I have so much that I can do. I love my friends and family for keeping me busy. I love the activities offered by the church, and I'm grateful to have a job in such a rocky economy. I guess I have no right to complain. I just feel like everything is competing for my attention that I'm skipping out on other important things. For instance i haven't read my scriptures in quite some time, and my prayers are so rushed at night. I'm half asleep and more going thru the motions then actually talking to God. I wonder how people are able to do it all. I wish I could be Superwoman and do everything. That or be a vampire and never need to sleep. I could get so much done if I did not require sleep. Well enough whining, I've go things to do.

Awesome new Jon Schmidt video

Forever Strong

This is an awesome rugby movie that teaches values. It comes out on video soon. I can't wait to buy it.

Service is Great!

Sunday Hudson, Cherstan, and I made up our own calling. We have a Young Single Adult activity with the church planned for today to go mini golfing and to get some Chinese food. We delivered fliers about the activity to every one who is supposed to be in our class on Sunday. It took a few hours but we made some new friends doing it. We knocked on their door, introduced our selves and gave them a flier about the activity asking them to come, then because we always play board games Sunday night we invited them to come over and play with us. Much to our surprise three new people came over and played with us that night. It was great! We had a blast playing Snorta, Apples to Apples and Settlers of Catan. Even though i had to get up at 4:30 the next morning for work we stayed up to nearly midnight.
I realized that even though i was pretty tired driving to work Monday morning i was finally feeling that happiness I've been missing. Not that I've been depressed, but there used to be a happiness inside that was different, good, fulfilling ....i have no idea how to explain it. But i realized that a part of it is back! I am loving it. I think what finally did it was delivering those fliers and having such success. See, I've been trying to find ways to serve, because i know that when a person loses themselves in service they often find themselves. I think there's a quote about that somewhere. I watch my nephew everyday for my sister after work, i hang out with my little brother every Thursday night, we call it our date night, I have been trying to pick up Landon (he's two) at least once a week to give his mom and grandma a break, I am teaching two of my cousins piano lessons, i help my grandparents outside with the yard work, but i still wasn't feeling anything. After watching General Conference a few weeks ago Hudson my cousin and i decided to make our own calling in the church, since neither of us had a calling yet. We asked our Sunday school teacher for a list of all the people that should be coming to class but aren't. It turns out there are nearly 30 young single adults in our ward, and maybe 5 come each Sunday. We have a plan to visit them and bring a new person to church each week. It's crazy how when you're service is more for the building of the Kingdom of God it's more fulfilling. I have an appointment with a member of the bishopric on Sunday. I hope that means i will be getting an official calling. I know once I'm set apart and doing a calling it will be even more fulfilling. I am hoping i get to just keep doing my self elected calling, but even if i get another calling I'll keep doing this.
Service is great, and I'm not trying to suck up to anyone. I love how it makes me feel so much better, the warmth inside that i can't explain, it's worth it to have that feeling.

grams and gramps christmas

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Real Hero Posters

Well since i have a cool blog now i wanted to show you one of the cool posters i just bought to add to my room. I have Enos hanging by my bed to remind me to say my prayers. I also got the Women in the Wilderness poster which is hanging on the wall opposite where my bed is. Here's the URL to his website if you want to see his other stuff. I bought Skyler the Army of Helaman poster and the Abinidi poster for his room. These are the type of hero's we should have on our walls. The kind of people I want my little brother to want to be like, and example-ize.

http://www.realheroposters.com/magento/

My first Blog

Well i thought I'd get on the bandwagon and start a blog. So here's my first entry. I'm at work right now, it's still slow. I just got my first call at 630 and I've been here since 6. It's a little drizzly today, but at least it's not snow and ice. I can't wait for spring. We finally got the peas planted last Saturday but it's been snowing all week, I hope that they sprout up despite the freezing weather. Maximus and i got a little stomach bug Wednesday and Thursday of this week. It was one of the saddest things I've seen watching my two month old nephew's little body curl and heave as he threw up. It took everything with in me to not join him in throwing up. Watching him the last week has really opened up my eyes to the idea of me having kids. I've always been so against kids. Not that I'm against others having kids, just me. I've never thought I'd be very good at the whole mothering thing and didn't want to subject some poor child to my grumpiness and inexperience. I"m not any less grumpy or any more experienced, but i love that little guy so much that it's not that big of a deal taking care of him. I mean even cleaning up his puke wasn't too bad because i knew how horrible the little guy must have been feeling and i just wanted to help him feel better. I guess another one of my excuses as to why i don't want to have kids is because I want my freedom. I know i'm quite selfish aren't I. But even though watching Maximus does limit what i can do it's not as big of a deal as i thought it would be. Maybe it's because i eventually do get to give him back to his mom, but i think when the time is right i might consider having kids. There's still a ways to go before i get there but at least now i kind of want to be a mom and i think I'll be pretty sad if i don't get to have that experience.
Well that's quite a bit for my first blog. Hopefully i get around to write again soon.