Sunday, September 26, 2010
Being happy
I watched a movie last night that made me think about the many directions my life could have gone if I had made different choices, and the many ways is could still go in the future based on the choices I make now. It is a very humbling thought. I wonder, where would I be if I hadn't served a mission? What if I had gone to BYU instead of BMCC? Would I be married? Would I have children? Would they be the same spirits that I have now? Where would I be living?
In the movie, the main character gets a chance to see what his life would have been like had he made a different choice in his past. It was great to be reminded that nobody has a perfect life, but if you have the right priorities, life is good anyway. I loved how messy their home was, how they had real problems, but how happy they were.
One of my favorite quotes is from J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: "It is not our abilities that make us who we are. It is our choices." I firmly believe that is true...otherwise free agency wouldn't be so important in our Heavenly Father's Plan.
In the movie, the main character gets a chance to see what his life would have been like had he made a different choice in his past. It was great to be reminded that nobody has a perfect life, but if you have the right priorities, life is good anyway. I loved how messy their home was, how they had real problems, but how happy they were.
One of my favorite quotes is from J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: "It is not our abilities that make us who we are. It is our choices." I firmly believe that is true...otherwise free agency wouldn't be so important in our Heavenly Father's Plan.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I am sooo bad at this
It is now officially fall, and I haven't posted since...well, for a very long time. I hardly have any time to get on the computer, and the little time I do have is usually spent researching something specific or doing coupon match-ups.
We had a really busy summer. Samuel decided he really wanted to be on the swim team. Jerome works a crazy schedule right now, so I was mostly on my own. I even camped with all four children at one meet. I was awfully proud of myself for that. Our weekdays looked like this all summer: 6 am up, make breakfast, get dressed; 6:50 out the door for 7 am practice (I volunteered to help coach); 8 am swimming lessons for Jake and Abrie; 8:30 shower and dress the kids; home by 9 am; 9-12 do chores, errands, any summer library activities and lunch; 12 pm read stories and put Elise in bed; 1-4 homeschool older ones while Elise napped; make dinner, eat at 5:30, clean up, ready for bed at 7 pm; in bed by 7:30/8pm. Some days we went to the pool in the afternoon and weekends were spent at swim meets. We went camping in June with my parents and niece and nephews. That was fun - our first ever camping trip.
Now the boys are back in school. They love it - Jacob adores his teacher and Sam thinks his is nice. She is pretty strict from what I hear - Sam keeps reporting that his class is losing recess time for talking and being loud. I am homeschooling Abrie and two days a week we have class with two other little girls. I'm thinking I might cut back on that and just let them play once a week becuase I have a lot going on. I just don't really feel up to teaching other people's children right now, no matter how good they might be. And these little girls really are good. I'm just full up with things to do and feel a need to cut back somewhere. I've been called as the Webelos den leader in my ward and that is pretty overwhelming for me. Jerome and I are still in the nursery on Sundays, except he works most Sundays so it's usually just me. I've served on the swim team board this summer but won't be doing that throught the year. Now I'm involved with the PTO and also trying to set up times to volunteer in the boy's classrooms. I want to be involved before they feel embarrassed to have mom around. Whew! Just typing all that made me tired. I'm off to bed to hopefully get a good night's sleep...6 am felt awfully early this morning!
We had a really busy summer. Samuel decided he really wanted to be on the swim team. Jerome works a crazy schedule right now, so I was mostly on my own. I even camped with all four children at one meet. I was awfully proud of myself for that. Our weekdays looked like this all summer: 6 am up, make breakfast, get dressed; 6:50 out the door for 7 am practice (I volunteered to help coach); 8 am swimming lessons for Jake and Abrie; 8:30 shower and dress the kids; home by 9 am; 9-12 do chores, errands, any summer library activities and lunch; 12 pm read stories and put Elise in bed; 1-4 homeschool older ones while Elise napped; make dinner, eat at 5:30, clean up, ready for bed at 7 pm; in bed by 7:30/8pm. Some days we went to the pool in the afternoon and weekends were spent at swim meets. We went camping in June with my parents and niece and nephews. That was fun - our first ever camping trip.
Now the boys are back in school. They love it - Jacob adores his teacher and Sam thinks his is nice. She is pretty strict from what I hear - Sam keeps reporting that his class is losing recess time for talking and being loud. I am homeschooling Abrie and two days a week we have class with two other little girls. I'm thinking I might cut back on that and just let them play once a week becuase I have a lot going on. I just don't really feel up to teaching other people's children right now, no matter how good they might be. And these little girls really are good. I'm just full up with things to do and feel a need to cut back somewhere. I've been called as the Webelos den leader in my ward and that is pretty overwhelming for me. Jerome and I are still in the nursery on Sundays, except he works most Sundays so it's usually just me. I've served on the swim team board this summer but won't be doing that throught the year. Now I'm involved with the PTO and also trying to set up times to volunteer in the boy's classrooms. I want to be involved before they feel embarrassed to have mom around. Whew! Just typing all that made me tired. I'm off to bed to hopefully get a good night's sleep...6 am felt awfully early this morning!
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