Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

Wow!  November has flown by!  We have been crazy - busy with the remodel. We got the bedroom (mostly) finished and moved downstairs.  (We still need to finish and paint the baseboards)  I was just a little nervous about moving my bedroom downstairs, but I am finding that I really like it. Add caption Kim built a half wall in the entry way and will add a bookshelf on the other side to hold all of my scrapbooks.  The wall is up, but we still need to add the bookshelves and then do all of the finish work. Before After  We started working on the upstairs . . .  Before:  the bedroom wall Before:  the kitchen wall   AND the  VERY BEST PART!   We knocked out the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom to make a big, open space!   Shanne joined us for the demolition - she was a great supervisor!  Kim couldn't resist doing a little artwork prior to removal of the last piec...

Add caption I absolutely love going to lunch with friends!  This month I had the great opportunity to go to lunch with several times.  I treasure the time with each of these great friends and I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to have them in my life. Jodi, Shanne, and Ashley Brynanne and Kale Karen and Jonell Teresa and Jalyn (Just for the record - I also regularly go to lunch with Tammy as well as Shandra but for some reason I can't find any pictures of them right now) There are no words to express my gratitude for the many friends in my life (I include my sisters and daughters as friends!).  My life is so rich.  They are there to laugh with me, cry with me, they allow me to vent, they don't judge me - but love me enough to chastise me when I make foolish choices.  They support me, they cheer me up when I am feeling down and cheer me on if I do something well. Add caption Add caption Add caption Add caption I ...

Whew!  What a day! My day started off alright - except that I woke much to early knowing that I was going to be "on call" and may have to work all night. I started the day right with a prayer and scripture study (something I have been lacking lately!) and then I got ready for the day.  I had decided that it was time to catch up on some housework, so I rolled up my sleeves ... and then ... for some reason ... my hands started working slower ... and for some unknown reason depression started washing over me ... and before I knew it ... I had tears streaming down my face. I really don't know why the depression started this morning, I wasn't depressed when I got up!  Anyway, as the tears started falling my confidence fell along with them.  Soon I started beating myself up about everything imaginable.  Luckily I have angels looking over me! I went to lunch with two of them, Tammy and my sister, Ashley.  Then they came to my house and helped me start movi...