Thursday, October 21, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Jiffy Lube; and dinner chez Marcos & Metta
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Journals
My Relief Society president sent me this today. Something to think about.
"If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than
the rest, I do think it is memory. There seems something more
speakingly incomprehensible in the powers, the failures, the
inequalities of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. The
memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient; at
others, so bewildered and so weak; and at others again, so tyrannic,
so beyond control! We are, to be sure, a miracle every way; but our
powers of recollecting and of forgetting do seem peculiarly past
finding out."
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
The prophets have told us time and again to keep a record. Heavenly Father has been saying it for centuries.
So what will you do? Make a decision! Stick to it! Write in a journal, or write letters to family and photocopy them to save, or blog regularly and keep a backup. Keep photo albums. Just choose, and keep at it!
As for me, I'm going to start writing letters weekly to family members, and saving photocopies for my kids. If I don't feel like writing to family, I'll write directly to my sons, and save them for the future.
"If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than
the rest, I do think it is memory. There seems something more
speakingly incomprehensible in the powers, the failures, the
inequalities of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. The
memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient; at
others, so bewildered and so weak; and at others again, so tyrannic,
so beyond control! We are, to be sure, a miracle every way; but our
powers of recollecting and of forgetting do seem peculiarly past
finding out."
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
The prophets have told us time and again to keep a record. Heavenly Father has been saying it for centuries.
So what will you do? Make a decision! Stick to it! Write in a journal, or write letters to family and photocopy them to save, or blog regularly and keep a backup. Keep photo albums. Just choose, and keep at it!
As for me, I'm going to start writing letters weekly to family members, and saving photocopies for my kids. If I don't feel like writing to family, I'll write directly to my sons, and save them for the future.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Relaxation
This weekend was a good one! We sold our Hyundai Sonata, bought a minivan, and visited the Knudsens in Virginia. And we did a lot of relaxing over the weekend, let me tell you it was marvelous:
(Johann absolutely loved holding Axel and dozing with him)
Can I just say how much I LOVE our little Leo? He is a ray of sunshine, with such a charming and sunny personality. He is also pretty high energy!
And yesterday at the park, Leo discovered what Guy figured out this summer--the swings are AWESOME!
Can I just say how much I LOVE our little Leo? He is a ray of sunshine, with such a charming and sunny personality. He is also pretty high energy!
And yesterday at the park, Leo discovered what Guy figured out this summer--the swings are AWESOME!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Impossible Dream
Sleep. It's the holy grail for some young moms. I used to gauge how successful a day would be by how many hours I slept the night before--and just as important, how many times was I awake in the middle of the night?
I'm slowly learning to let go. To stop looking at the clock. To relax, because no amount of fuming or martyred sighs will make my kids need me less in the middle of the night.
Yes, Axel has had a few too many nights where he's wide awake when I want to go to sleep. Leo is doing a stint where he's coming into our room between 4 and 5 a.m. We put him back in bed, but he's not going back to sleep, he simply plays.
So a few of us are tired. Some more than others (Leo tends to tantrums, and I'm tending to coke and chocolate. We all have our coping mechanisms).
But everyone is still getting fed. The household is limping along; we have clean clothes (usually folded). We're making it, somehow, just fine. I'm no super woman, that's for sure, and the computers are playing cartoons far too often, but that will be of short duration. I'm trying to take small steps in the less-computer-more-playing direction.
Axel will find his rhythm. So will I. And so it goes, as we try to fully enjoy this new season in our lives.
I'm slowly learning to let go. To stop looking at the clock. To relax, because no amount of fuming or martyred sighs will make my kids need me less in the middle of the night.
Yes, Axel has had a few too many nights where he's wide awake when I want to go to sleep. Leo is doing a stint where he's coming into our room between 4 and 5 a.m. We put him back in bed, but he's not going back to sleep, he simply plays.
So a few of us are tired. Some more than others (Leo tends to tantrums, and I'm tending to coke and chocolate. We all have our coping mechanisms).
But everyone is still getting fed. The household is limping along; we have clean clothes (usually folded). We're making it, somehow, just fine. I'm no super woman, that's for sure, and the computers are playing cartoons far too often, but that will be of short duration. I'm trying to take small steps in the less-computer-more-playing direction.
Axel will find his rhythm. So will I. And so it goes, as we try to fully enjoy this new season in our lives.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Read, Read, Read
I had a long-distance friend e-mail me and ask me what I was reading, and I thought that my other friends might be interested in the list. Most of my playground conversations revolve around what I've been reading lately, and I miss chatting with all of you girls about what's going on in my books!
An incomplete list of what I've read this year:
Jesus the Christ Talmadge
The Promise of Discipleship Maxwell
The Man Watching (a biography of Anson Dorrance, coach of UNC women's soccer)
The Well-Trained Mind Bauer, Wise
The Well-Educated Mind Bauer, Wise
Nurture Shock Bronson, Merryman
How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life Lakein
Romancing Miss Bronte Gael
Foundation Asimov
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Asimov
1632 Flint
Dragonsdawn McCaffrey
Tintin (several comic books) Herge
Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan
The Ladies of Missalonghi McCullough, Colleen (I read this at least twice a year)
And the books I have out from the library right now:
At Home in Mitford Karon
The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt
Le Petit Prince Saint-Exupery
Mornings on Horseback (biography of T. Roosevelt) McCullough, David
And this is just off the top of my head! I really love reading and learning, obviously, and I've started taking notes to retain more of what I read. If you want to learn to read critically, The Well-Educated Mind is a great guide to giving yourself more of a classical education.
What are you all reading these days? Any great recommendations? I'm debating checking out the Hunger Games, but I've heard the end of the trilogy is rather depressing. Thoughts?
An incomplete list of what I've read this year:
Jesus the Christ Talmadge
The Promise of Discipleship Maxwell
The Man Watching (a biography of Anson Dorrance, coach of UNC women's soccer)
The Well-Trained Mind Bauer, Wise
The Well-Educated Mind Bauer, Wise
Nurture Shock Bronson, Merryman
How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life Lakein
Romancing Miss Bronte Gael
Foundation Asimov
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Asimov
1632 Flint
Dragonsdawn McCaffrey
Tintin (several comic books) Herge
Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan
The Ladies of Missalonghi McCullough, Colleen (I read this at least twice a year)
And the books I have out from the library right now:
At Home in Mitford Karon
The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt
Le Petit Prince Saint-Exupery
Mornings on Horseback (biography of T. Roosevelt) McCullough, David
And this is just off the top of my head! I really love reading and learning, obviously, and I've started taking notes to retain more of what I read. If you want to learn to read critically, The Well-Educated Mind is a great guide to giving yourself more of a classical education.
What are you all reading these days? Any great recommendations? I'm debating checking out the Hunger Games, but I've heard the end of the trilogy is rather depressing. Thoughts?
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