Friday, October 28, 2011
A Month of Catch Up!
Okay, I know I totally failed at this. This month just got really busy and kind of hard, so this kinda went to pot. But I think I will do it next month and try to do it more faithfully. It will be more appropriate next month, with Thanksgiving and all. I will say, though, that Spencer is wonderful! I have really been struggling with things lately, and he has been so great. He is so loving and understanding. He has been so great the past couple days. We are hanging in there and doing our best. :) We have wonderful family, so we are very grateful for that!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Thankfulness continued!
October 6th- Sun on a Cloudy Day
As I was cleaning up the kitchen on Thursday evening I opened the blinds on the big window in our front room. It had been cloudy and cold all day. I was listening to music as I was cleaning and suddenly the room lit up. I turned and looked out the window. A beautiful ray of sunshine was spilling over the trees in the quad and lighting up a spot in the grass. I went out on the balcony to better enjoy the view. I looked up and could see the hole in the clouds that was letting the sun spill through. It was truly a beautiful sight!
October 7th-"Your Choice" Prayers
If you are reading this blog it probably means you know me really well, which means that you know I had to make a very hard and big decision in who to marry. I had dated and was seriously expecting/waiting to marry a particular young man when Spencer came along. Long story short, after months of tears, prayers, and heartache, I chose to marry Spencer. My prayers had all been answered with, "It's your choice, they're both right." Obviously I chose Spencer. Well I am doing the wedding flowers for the other young man's wedding. Friday night I made the bouquet for her bridals so they came to my apartment to pick it up. We talked for a little while and it struck me again just how grateful I am for the decision I made. I know I would have been happy either way, because that was the answer to all of my prayers. But I am so glad that I am where I am. Seeing this engaged couple all googly-eyed and excited (not saying I'm not still like that, minus the engaged part) made me so happy. They look so good together and I know they are going to live a wonderful life and be so happy together. And I know that I made the best decision for me when I chose Spencer.
October 8th-Having no Plans
It is such a simple thing to clock out of work and go home. After a week of work, coming home to Spencer, knowing we didn't have to do anything for the rest of the night, made me so happy! Spencer and I were able to spend a great night together, sitting around and just enjoying each other's company. Not having any plans and just being able to do whatever you want--even if that means just sitting around watching episode after episode of Psych--is amazing!!!
October 9th- Laughter instead of Anger
I am sure many of you know that I have Vestibular Neuritis. Simplified, it's a problem with your inner ear that makes you really dizzy. Well I have been having problems with it the past couple days-- today especially. So I broke down and asked Spencer to help me with the Epley Maneuver. It is a little thing that is supposed to help with the dizziness. So I had just swung my legs over the edge of the bed to sit up, Spencer helping to hold my head. Well I was so dizzy and it happened so fast that Spencer had no time to react. As I sat up a major dizzy spell hit and I went straight over the edge of the bed, hit my leg on the chest of drawers and landed on the ground. I was instantly a little frustrated with Spencer. The point of having someone helping you with the maneuver is to help so that things like that don't happen. But he felt bad and I knew there wasn't a whole lot he could have done. So instead, I laughed to myself at how ridiculous I must have looked sprawling over the edge of the bed. I am so grateful for those moments when your first instinct is to be upset, but after just a little thought, you laugh at the situation. It makes life so much more enjoyable.
As I was cleaning up the kitchen on Thursday evening I opened the blinds on the big window in our front room. It had been cloudy and cold all day. I was listening to music as I was cleaning and suddenly the room lit up. I turned and looked out the window. A beautiful ray of sunshine was spilling over the trees in the quad and lighting up a spot in the grass. I went out on the balcony to better enjoy the view. I looked up and could see the hole in the clouds that was letting the sun spill through. It was truly a beautiful sight!
October 7th-"Your Choice" Prayers
If you are reading this blog it probably means you know me really well, which means that you know I had to make a very hard and big decision in who to marry. I had dated and was seriously expecting/waiting to marry a particular young man when Spencer came along. Long story short, after months of tears, prayers, and heartache, I chose to marry Spencer. My prayers had all been answered with, "It's your choice, they're both right." Obviously I chose Spencer. Well I am doing the wedding flowers for the other young man's wedding. Friday night I made the bouquet for her bridals so they came to my apartment to pick it up. We talked for a little while and it struck me again just how grateful I am for the decision I made. I know I would have been happy either way, because that was the answer to all of my prayers. But I am so glad that I am where I am. Seeing this engaged couple all googly-eyed and excited (not saying I'm not still like that, minus the engaged part) made me so happy. They look so good together and I know they are going to live a wonderful life and be so happy together. And I know that I made the best decision for me when I chose Spencer.
October 8th-Having no Plans
It is such a simple thing to clock out of work and go home. After a week of work, coming home to Spencer, knowing we didn't have to do anything for the rest of the night, made me so happy! Spencer and I were able to spend a great night together, sitting around and just enjoying each other's company. Not having any plans and just being able to do whatever you want--even if that means just sitting around watching episode after episode of Psych--is amazing!!!
October 9th- Laughter instead of Anger
I am sure many of you know that I have Vestibular Neuritis. Simplified, it's a problem with your inner ear that makes you really dizzy. Well I have been having problems with it the past couple days-- today especially. So I broke down and asked Spencer to help me with the Epley Maneuver. It is a little thing that is supposed to help with the dizziness. So I had just swung my legs over the edge of the bed to sit up, Spencer helping to hold my head. Well I was so dizzy and it happened so fast that Spencer had no time to react. As I sat up a major dizzy spell hit and I went straight over the edge of the bed, hit my leg on the chest of drawers and landed on the ground. I was instantly a little frustrated with Spencer. The point of having someone helping you with the maneuver is to help so that things like that don't happen. But he felt bad and I knew there wasn't a whole lot he could have done. So instead, I laughed to myself at how ridiculous I must have looked sprawling over the edge of the bed. I am so grateful for those moments when your first instinct is to be upset, but after just a little thought, you laugh at the situation. It makes life so much more enjoyable.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
31 Days of Thanks...wait....
I have recently decided that I need to be more grateful for the simple things in life. I have kind of lost sight of life's beauties and God's creations. So I am going to write about 31 things that I am grateful for-one for each day of October. After thinking about it just now, I realized that I am kind of a month early. But it's great preparation for Thanksgiving anyway! I need to go back a few days to catch up.
October 1st-Relationships
I am so grateful for the relationships that we have. The 1st was Spencer's birthday and I had been thinking for weeks what to do to surprise him and make a wonderful day for him. I actually was able to surprise him and (I think) make it a pretty good day for him. This made me think about relationships and how wonderful they are. I have been blessed with a wonderful husband that I love very much. And he loves me very much. This is such an amazing blessing in my life. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful, beautiful thing in my life. It gives me so much strength and happiness in my life. I have so many great relationships in my life and I am grateful for every one of them.
October 2nd-Living Prophets and Apostles
It was Conference Weekend and Spencer and I had the opportunity to watch all of conference in our apartment together. The talks given were amazing and brought the Spirit so strongly into our apartment, it was amazing! The talks gave me such a great desire to be better and try harder to live the Gospel. It is such a blessing to have moderns day Prophets and Apostles on the earth that speak for the Lord. It amazes me the love that they radiate. It makes me want to be a better person and to also radiate the love that they do. I just am very grateful for our loving Prophet and Apostles.
October 3rd-Nice Evenings/Date Nights/Family Home Evening
Okay, so I know that is a lot, but it makes sense in my mind and it is all connected. Monday night was beautiful-weather wise. It was overcast and chilly, but just perfect! Spencer and I had a date night that night, which could also be included as FHE, since it is just the two of us and it was Monday night. We went to the Riverwoods for some activities and we had a ball together. But the thing that I loved the most was walking outdoors with him because it was such a lovely evening. It is those simple moments-walking hand-in-hand with the love of your life on a beautiful fall night- that make life so enjoyable.
October4th-The Temple of the Lord
I must confess that Spencer and I have not been attending the Temple nearly as often as we should. But we decided that that is going to end and we went to the Temple on Tuesday. It was amazing! I feel so awful that we have not been more grateful that we live literally right next the the temple. We walked there together in the evening and went through a session. What a beautiful thing it is to be able to enter the House of the Lord and partake of the Spirit that is there. I felt such love and peace after going. We are making it a new resolve to go every week. We have the time, or we can make the time to go. I know we will be blessed even more for that and I can already see the blessings from going last night. I am so grateful to live so close to the temple. I am thankful that I can go with my husband and enjoy the Spirit and love that comes only from the Temple-a beautiful House of the Lord!
October 5th-Rain
I love rain. It smells wonderful, the sound of rainfall is gorgeous, and it cleanses the earth. I am sitting here writing this and I can hear the rain falling outside and it is music to my ears. For some reason it brings such comfort to me. There is something amazing about walking through a light drizzle with a breeze blowing around you. It just makes me smile sometimes. The beauty of God's creations amazes me. What love He must have for us to surround us with such beautiful things!
October 1st-Relationships
I am so grateful for the relationships that we have. The 1st was Spencer's birthday and I had been thinking for weeks what to do to surprise him and make a wonderful day for him. I actually was able to surprise him and (I think) make it a pretty good day for him. This made me think about relationships and how wonderful they are. I have been blessed with a wonderful husband that I love very much. And he loves me very much. This is such an amazing blessing in my life. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful, beautiful thing in my life. It gives me so much strength and happiness in my life. I have so many great relationships in my life and I am grateful for every one of them.
October 2nd-Living Prophets and Apostles
It was Conference Weekend and Spencer and I had the opportunity to watch all of conference in our apartment together. The talks given were amazing and brought the Spirit so strongly into our apartment, it was amazing! The talks gave me such a great desire to be better and try harder to live the Gospel. It is such a blessing to have moderns day Prophets and Apostles on the earth that speak for the Lord. It amazes me the love that they radiate. It makes me want to be a better person and to also radiate the love that they do. I just am very grateful for our loving Prophet and Apostles.
October 3rd-Nice Evenings/Date Nights/Family Home Evening
Okay, so I know that is a lot, but it makes sense in my mind and it is all connected. Monday night was beautiful-weather wise. It was overcast and chilly, but just perfect! Spencer and I had a date night that night, which could also be included as FHE, since it is just the two of us and it was Monday night. We went to the Riverwoods for some activities and we had a ball together. But the thing that I loved the most was walking outdoors with him because it was such a lovely evening. It is those simple moments-walking hand-in-hand with the love of your life on a beautiful fall night- that make life so enjoyable.
October4th-The Temple of the Lord
I must confess that Spencer and I have not been attending the Temple nearly as often as we should. But we decided that that is going to end and we went to the Temple on Tuesday. It was amazing! I feel so awful that we have not been more grateful that we live literally right next the the temple. We walked there together in the evening and went through a session. What a beautiful thing it is to be able to enter the House of the Lord and partake of the Spirit that is there. I felt such love and peace after going. We are making it a new resolve to go every week. We have the time, or we can make the time to go. I know we will be blessed even more for that and I can already see the blessings from going last night. I am so grateful to live so close to the temple. I am thankful that I can go with my husband and enjoy the Spirit and love that comes only from the Temple-a beautiful House of the Lord!
October 5th-Rain
I love rain. It smells wonderful, the sound of rainfall is gorgeous, and it cleanses the earth. I am sitting here writing this and I can hear the rain falling outside and it is music to my ears. For some reason it brings such comfort to me. There is something amazing about walking through a light drizzle with a breeze blowing around you. It just makes me smile sometimes. The beauty of God's creations amazes me. What love He must have for us to surround us with such beautiful things!
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