what's your favorite calling?

Most of us have had many callings in life and in church. Some of them easy, some of them not so easy. Up until my current calling (Bear leader for Cub Scouts), I would have said that being Primary Chorister was the funnest thing I have ever done in the church. I just loved seeing those cute little faces get all animated and work so hard.

Being Primary Chorister wasn't all that easy though. It took a lot of work and preparation to do things the way I felt I should. Perhaps the reward was greater because of all the work that went into it, I'm not sure. I do know that my mission worked under that same sort of principle though. Being a mother seems to follow suit too.

For the time being, I am more than happy being the Bear leader for our ward. Those 9 year old boys sure can be a lot of fun, not to mention easy to entertain. I love it! My calling isn't really hard though, in that is doesn't require tons of preparation. Yet, somehow I still seem to reap the same sort of blessings and satisfaction from it. Perhaps it is because I give it my all. Who knows? What I do know is that it is a sacrifice for me to fulfil my duties. (They aren't hard or time consuming, but considering all that I have going on in my life, I don't think I could handle much more.) So, maybe there are some other principles at hand that I haven't quite figured out yet. All I do know for sure is that this is my favorite calling and I'm grateful for the things that it teaches me.

Face lift for my blog

Today I decided to be brave and try a couple of new looks for my blog. Normally I'm not very experimental with computer stuff, but I saw several cute sites run by women that shared their own backgrounds for free. They made it sound so simple too. I figured that if these ladies could do it, I could too. So what do you think?

For now this will do, though I'm tempted to learn how to create some of my own backgrounds later on. This particular background I found at http://simplychicblogs.blogspot.com/
There are also lots of other free backgrounds available at http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/

If you are interested in making your own alterations, just google "free blog backgrounds" and you'll find that there are many other options out there besides those mentioned above. Just make sure that your text colors stand out enough to be seen through your new backgrounds. (I had to change mine, but that was rather simple to do.) Most of these web sites share additional helpful tips like that, in case you wish to make other changes to your site, and even tell you how to do it. In return for their services most sites just ask that you give them proper credit and that you supply their link for others to see. Hope this helps! Happy blogging!

Hungry?

This morning Matthew had a rough time waking up for school. He didn't have time to sit down to breakfast, so I advised him to grab a few Fig Newtons and raw almonds to hold him over until lunch. Nolan helpfully piped in that if Matthew needed to, he could always go to the school nurse and tell her that he had a stomach ache because she would give him crackers to help him feel better. I kind of chuckled at this, and then tucked the memory away without a second thought.

Later on today I get a call from Nolan, who was "sick" in the nurses office for the second day in a row. After getting mixed information from Nolan about whether he needed to come home or not, I decided to talk to the nurse. After we went over things like temperature and so forth, it finally dawned on me what might actually be going on. I then proceeded to tell the nurse what Nolan had said earlier today and she laughed. She then told me that she hadn't tried giving him crackers today, like the day before, but that she would try it again and see if they made him feel "better". LOL !!! (I then gave Nolan crackers after he got back from school too.)

One way to make a living

Somebody should give this kid a scholarship, he makes for a great linguist!

Found the picture! So...what do you think?

The most ridiculous item of the day:

Today as I washed dishes, I thought I'd give the Bonnie Hunt show a try. As part of her show, Bonnie showed this ludicrous photo of a very pregnant woman wearing a wedding dress. Apparently this bride decided to celebrate her condition by flaunting her bare belly through a gigantic hole in her dress! (Really!!!!) What is this world coming to?

I apologize that I was unable to find the picture for you. Ah well, perhaps it is for the best.

Some things that I love...in ABC order

A clean house, All animals, Art, Avocados,

Babies, Baths, Beads, Beethoven, Bills that are payed, Books,

Camping, Celtic Woman (the group), Cheese, Chocolate, Chomping on ice,
Church, Classical music, Crafts, Crystals, Cuddling, Culture,

Dancing, Dave, Daydreaming, Debussy, Dvorak

Enya, Everyone, Exploring,

Family, Fire, Flowers, Flying, Fresh air, Friends, Fresh Fruit,

Gardens, Geology, Giving, Grieg, Guacamole,

Happiness, Helping, Hiking, History,

Ice skating, indigo blue,

Jane Austin stories, Jumping on trampolines,

Knowledge,

Languages, Laughter, Learning, Less stress, Limeade,

Maraschino cherries, Marzipan, Mexican food, Moon, Mountains, Music,

Natural remedies, Nature,

Obedience, Oil painting, Olives,

Pasta, People watching, Pistachios, Pizza, Plants, Playing the piano,

Quiet,

Reading, Red, Rivers,

Salads, Sauteed mushrooms, School, Science, Singing, Sleep, Snow, Smiles,
Stars,

Tart candy, Temples, The Savior, Tomatoes, Traveling, Trees,

Universe,

Valentines Day, Visiting friends,

Walks, Weddings, Wisdom, Work, Writing,

X-ellence,

Yacking (not the throw-up kind, mind you),

Zoo's.