Project: Simplify

I'm participating in Simple Mom's Project: Simplify! The project this week? My wardrobe and closet.  I had a bit of a jump start on this project because we had gone through our clothes in January and sent quite a pile to the Deseret Industries Trift store.  I turned all the hangers backwards so we could see what we were really wearing and what items we had kept 'just because we may wear them'.  The Project:Simplify gave me the push to go through all my clothes again, a lot of the clothes whose hangers were still hanging backwards were put in the give away pile.  A few are still backwards because it's just too cold to wear them yet! I got rid of a big pile of stuff, I can see and vacuum the floor in my closet now without moving anything! Yay! Here are my pictures BEFORE:

and AFTER:

Now I'm ready for next week!

Thursday Thought

"And we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over them."  Doctrine and Covenants 109:22

This is my thought for today.  I'm planning to print it out and place it near the door to our home so that when we come and go we can be mindful of the love and power of our Heavenly Father, and so that we can know that we are being watched over.

Baby!

I get to be the next Grandma Atkinson! We're getting a baby BOY...So I have been purchasing little pieces of flannel to make a quilt or a receiving blanket.  Maybe both, but now that we know it's a boy I need to get started. (I was buying both boy and girl fabric up to this point, so the girl stuff will go in the stash for now)

Thursday Thought

"There are two types of pain you will go through in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret."
— Jim Rohn

This is a thought that a missionary friend of ours used in his talk this past week.  Hannah said it is also hanging on the wall in her gym class at school.  It really made me think when I heard it, I guess because it applies to everything in life.  The first thing I thought of was the pain I have been having with my lower back.  If I had been disciplined I would have stayed physically fit throughout my life and would not have to work so hard at it now, I am suffering the pain of regret for that.  There is also the disclipline to do what is right no matter the consequences.  Sometimes even when you choose to do the right thing, people get upset with you and you may suffer. NO REGRETS though, because choosing to ignore a situation or to look the other way will always cause the pain of regret.  You could have done something about the situation and instead you choose to ignore it. The pain of regret is always heavier than the pain of discipline.

Nathan News!

Big news from Nathan....But I'm waiting for him to post about it first:)

Thursday Thought

"Remember, a good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude fair results, a poor attitude poor results.  We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude."
Elder M. Russell Ballard

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this thought and have frequent need to remember it.

Happy Anniversary

We had a fabulous weekend in Park City!  Thayne had a business dinner/overnight stay that happened to land right on our anniversary.  It was with a company that he purchases computers from for work.  They paid for the beautiful hotel room at Newpark resort in Park City, and for a dinner (sales presentation) on Friday.  Saturday they had different activities for us to choose from.  We chose to have a massage at Massage Envy (the other options were skiing or snowmobiling).  Thayne had roses and chocolates delivered on Saturday morning.  I felt so spoiled!  What a nice, relaxing weekend.  It really beat last years anniversary which was spent with Thayne in the hospital.  It was difficult to get back to real life when we got home:)