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Pictures from my cell phone of our progress  If I was smarter than my computer I would only have one collage but alas I am not so you have two. pictures from the real camera of our progress On top of the holidays we, a little bit, and my brothers,  Dad, brother-in-law, who ever we can get, have been working on our basement remodel. To think of it all makes my head hurt. It has been a HUGE project, with about 700 mini projects that have to happen to make the finished project. We are currently on 357!  We have had lots of down time where nothing happens, but we have had good things happening lately so I have decided to share. We did a bunch during the summer, including taking out the laundry room. So I haven't done laundry at my house in probably five months.  We have recently made some big progress and are almost done with all the demolition and getting in to the actual constructing! By time we are done we will have replaced all of the windows in the b...

She wasn't up to asking how to spell all she wanted, so she drew it all in detail. Most of it came from her imagination, and she was still adding with two days till Christmas. Needless to say Santa had a hard time filling her list, but got the most important things. The big thing was the large cluster, (at the top and more to the left) it was a stuffed animal guinea pig with a house, clothes and food. AHHHH. Lilly was nice enough to label some of the items. Sometimes having kids with good imaginations can turn around bite you in the bum.

I recently decided to make a list of goals I want to achieve.  One of these is to read 50 books, which may or may not seem like a lot. To me it will be a lot and I will be including books I listen too, because I don't think I can make it with out. I need suggestions on books, I'll read or try to read pretty much anything, so suggest away! Thanks in advance!

Have I mentioned I hate shopping? I do. I don't mind grocery shopping. I happen to really like food and the thought of combining ingredients to make something yummy is one I like. It's just all the other stuff mostly buying clothes for myself. Maybe  I am just cheap?  I am fine keeping my cash in my pocket and wearing my worn out out of date t-shirt and jeans. Maybe it is my self awareness that  I am not fashionable or in style? Nor do I feel like I dress myself well. I think me and fashion or/and style are opposites. In fact I think one of my fantasy unrealistic wishes would be to have someone magically do my shopping for me, picking out things I would look good in, that would fit right, that are the right color and are things I would actually ware with out me having to try them on or go shopping with them. Maybe it's just that it is late, and I went to Walmart with my kids by myself after eight thirty at night.  Did  I just put a DUMB sign up on my he...

I just went through posts from the last year. It was a bit depressing. Who wants to visit a blog like that? There weren't to many fun and happy ones. Sorry. I will have to make things lighter around here. To lighten things up I thought  I would share some of the family pictures we have had done this year.  Thanks to Sarah our fabulous photographer! Not all of them are the best that were taken just some of my favorites. Typical us.

Today I have been ornery. It's my own fault. I let little things get to me and mess with my head. Thinking about it now, the kids are in bed and things are quite, I feel bad. The kids were good, they are good. Sundays just get to me sometimes, and then when things don't go like I have worked them out in my head it frustrates me. I let that stay with me today. I still enjoyed church. Our Stake President came to our meeting today and shared his testimony. It was fabulous. I know that isn't an uncommon thing, but is sort of is for our stake. He has been a very sick man the last two years. For him to be alive is a miracle in it's self. Any ways the thing that got me thinking that I should be happy and in a better mood was talking to my sister-in-law at dinner. The kids were playing and Christmas came up and she ask what a seven year old wanted for Christmas these days.  I only knew one thing that mine really wants, but the bigger thing is that my brother and sister-in-law...

Do you ever get reminders in life? The last year has been full of reminders for me. I have had some of these reminders before but I guess  I get distracted easily. I need to do better at remembering them and want to remember them now.  Here are things I need to remember from this past year and I may add more as they come to me- Your choices have consequences that you don't realize. Choose wisely. People are watching you and what you do. Be a good example, what you are doing matters. Prayers are heard. They are at the time we need them to be not when we want them to be. You have a greater influence than you think. It doesn't help to dwell on the negative or bad. It happens in life, learn what you can from it, write it down if needs be but don't let it consume you. Don't take your relationships for granted. Work on them, make them better. Love your spouse, they are as close to perfect as you are going to find and they put up with your imperfections. Give him or he...