Focus

I have a focus now ... it's April 1st. You may not see this as much but it is my focus. If I focus on this I will be able to make through the next 7 weeks or 51 days or 1,224 hours or 73,440 minutes. Focus. I would add a picture but when you're focused on one thing you can't add a photo that would really do it justice. Focus on April 1st.

Quote of the Day

"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.” Spike Milligan (He was an Irish comedian and writer)

I don't know Spike but I like him today. I am typically not too materialistic so having things isn't the issue: but after starting our taxes last night, paying our monthly bills, and budgeting for our upcoming real estate taxes I was a little, well, depressed. I needed a smile and I got one from this quote.

I like what I remember Mom saying more than once, "I just want $20 in my wallet.". I think my financial quote for the day will be, "I want to have enough to ..."

Let my Little Light Shine

What a great day in Primary! I miss being with the kids so much that it was great to get a call from Tylor's teacher asking me to sub today.

The lesson was on the priesthood and I have done this one, oh, about six times in the last 7 years. I wanted to try a few new things and it worked great. I found $1 lights at the Dollar Store and added Matthew 5:14-16 to a cute tag. All the kids were engaged and pretty much appropriate. Having 4 quotes and 5 scriptures to have them read really got them using their minds and stretching their understanding. They loved the lights out game - the room we were in was pitch black.

It was a lovely day. I'd do it again in a heart beat!

Idle Hands

I have been horribly busy for the last two weeks saving money and taking up all my time. I have made a goal to stick steadfastly to birthday budgets. With parties I tend to see things that go or would work and justify it in my mind. Well, no more.

We had Tylor's party last week and came in at $60 for 9 boys - $15 for food and juice and $45 for the soccer balls I sent home with them. Fabulous!

We held Lauren's party today, $89. We crafted Heart Strings ($6 for 15 and I could do another 20!) - as soon as I find my camera cord I will post a pic -, potato stamped scarves ($15 for fabric 12" x 45" and $18 for fabric paint (I did smaller potato blocks with more colors) and felt bags ($22 for bags and $23 for felt flowers), and $5 for homemade pizza and drinks (all stuff left over from Tylor's party). The girls were thrilled, the parents (moms) were impressed.

The down part was that I spent the better part of 5 days prepping all of these crafts. My hands are actually buzzing today. I have to look down at my hands once in a while because my fingers don't feel quite right.

One more thing to prep as I am teaching the 11 yr olds tomorrow - each are getting a $1 flashlight "so their light can shine forth". I love it when a plan comes together so well!

Look What Deb Did!

Deb helped me change stuff on my blog this morning. (Okay, she did it but I watched intently!) I love the mouse. Tee-hee! I put in the pic of Lauren because all of it seems like magic to me.

Enough!

You guys can be such nags! Seriously! It's not that I haven't wanted to show you my new nose but, well, I haven't. I'm still not used to seeing my nostrils in pictures. But here it is. Not too different unless you are shorter than me, and not too many people are thank goodness. I want to use the pic Deb posted on Facebook. The mustache seems to distract people... ;-) so they don't notice my nose.

Breath of Fresh Air

This morning I woke up and was still a little sleepy. I lounged in bed until 5:05. As I was laying there I recognized that something was different but I couldn't quite pinpoint what it was. Puzzled, but ready to get up, I sat up and discovered that I was breathing. Really breathing! I think I'm on the final assent to the summit of Mount Breath-of-Fresh-Air. So, I was wondering can everyone feel air go through their nasal passages? Is this how others breath on a regular basis? Can Kermit and Miss Piggy ever move on?