Last Week

Warren's surgery went really well. You would have never known that he had had surgery after 5:00 pm that day. However, the evening of sleepless nights returned. Apparently after surgery babies schedules are out of the ordinary. This past week there has only been one day that he only woke up once that was so dreamy. There was one day when we were up early that I started wishing upon a morning star for my own vacation, which included 8+hrs. of sleep and laying on a beach soaking in the sun. Another night there were prayers of the heart given that I could have strength beyond my own. I am grateful for these little tender mercies. I do hope that he sleeps more and more for his health and strength too. After that one day of good sleep that I mentioned earlier it went back to the multiple wakings I turned on the TV and saw part of this talk given by Mary E. Smoot that I watched while I was feeding Warren that gave me the encouragement that I needed. The talk is titled The Possible Dream (video) If you can't see the video there is a transcript that you can download too. The part the really helped me this day is found on page 8 the last paragraph to the end. I need to read it again.

I really enjoyed watching Warren this week I love my little boy more and more each day.

So last week I was able to do 3/4 things I set out to do. Yeah!Get better, free toothpaste, and the best one was playing with the nieces who were visiting. I started the invitations but didn't finish because I was lacking some information.

This weeks goals:

1. Warren has surgery... depending on recovery will see what we can do. I'll report on what were able to do this week.

So I saw this posted on the Krazy Coupon Lady's website and thought I would give it a try. She found from on Family Fun website.

Mine didn't quite turn out like this because I didn't have a white cake mix (I used a spice cake mix) and I didn't spread out each layer after I put it in. They looked festive. It kind of reminded me of the Rainbow Jello that my mom would make. As well as for one of my birthdays she made me a seven layer cake for the seven values in Young Women's, Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, and Integrity. Now they have added virtue to these values since that time. Anyhow, a walk down memory lane... this is how ours turned out.

We also had a green eggs and ham type meal for dinner too minus the ham, we had biscuits and gravy. I died the biscuits orange to have the Irish flag colors of our St. Patrick's Day meal.

March 17th

March 17th to most is just St. Patrick's Day, others their most important day of the year, their birthday, for me it has become more than a day to wear green but a day to remember that the Relief Society was organized in 1842. On lds.org they have a video to commemorate this wonderful occasion entitled Relief Society-An Enduring Legacy, I am listening/watching it right now. It gives the highlights of the talks given in the Annual General Relief Society Meeting in September of 2009(you can listen here). I love Relief Society and how it has blessed my life and my family. I am grateful that it was organized.

Leftover Pizza

Today for dinner I decided that we needed to use some of our leftovers and this is what we came up with.

1 refrigerated pizza crust

garlic herb spaghetti sauce to cover crust

1/4 c. canned corn

6 ground turkey meatballs

1 small handful each green, yellow, and orange bell peppers

1 sliced roma tomato

cream cheese (didn't have the regular stuff)

sprinkled basil, oregano, thyme, marjoram on top

Kyle was a little skeptical, but the results are in... "This is Good Stuff". I liked it too. I enjoy being creative in the kitchen. Sometimes it works other times I guess it is the process of creating something new that is the most important.

March 14-19 Projects

My projects to accomplish this week are:

1. Get better: I woke up sick, sore throat, head cold.
2. Coupon: get Free toothpaste from Walgreens and a $25 gift card from Rite Aid (If this doesn't happen that's ok because for me this week it may be 'a nobler art of leaving things undone' so I can get better.
3. Visit Sister-In-Law and nieces who are in town for their spring break
4. Baby Shower Invitations for a friend

Purpose

Yesterday I was listening to a talk by Relief Society General President Julie B. Beck, "Relief Society: A Sacred Work", given in September 2009. While I was listening she quoted President Dieter F Uchtdorf, he taught:

"A wise man once distinguished between 'the noble art of getting things done' and 'a nobler art of leaving things undone.' True 'wisdom in life,' he taught, consists of 'the elimination of non-essentials.'" President Uchtdorf then asked: "What are the nonessential things that clutter your days and steal your time? What are the habits you may have developed that do not serve a useful purpose? What are the unfinished or unstarted things that could add vigor, meaning, and joy to your life?

As I was trying to fall asleep on what seemed to be a sleepless night I got to thinking about the last question "What are the unfinished or unstarted things that could add vigor, meaning, and joy to your life?" I thought of all the projects that I have started and not completed, as well as the unstarted projects that I want to do, and the weekly projects that I usually do.

Just to name a few of the projects.

Unfinished Projects

1. Baby Quilts
2. Small Quilts
3. Table Runners
4. Wall Hanging

Unstarted Projects

1. Warren's Memory Book
2. A Wall Hanging (Something to cover up the electric box in our living room)
3. Books to read
4. A quiet book for Warren (and the little ones in the future)

I thought if I blogged about some of these things that can add vigor to my life that I would feel more accountable and accomplish the "Someday" pile of things I say someday I'll do that and then someday never comes. I know that I can accomplish these projects and learn from them too.