Friday's Fun

Fun to sleep in a bit.  So enjoy having The Husband home.

Fun to have a "play day".  We took a quick drive to Park City to the outlets, found the husband a bargain on a pair of truly-needed shoes.  Found a wallet for me - not only one I think I'll like, but it was on sale for less than $20 - and leather, too.

Chatted with a friend this morning and he gave me a fun mental image.  He was going to flip a coin, but only had a dollar bill in his pocket.  Said he thought he'd try flipping the dollar bill but didn't think it would work.

Fun to have an evening out with friends - celebrating the acquisition of employment for The Husband.  Splurged on dinner at Outback, followed by the movie "The Life Of Pi" which I was hesitant about seeing.  Read the book, didn't like the book (yes, I know I'm in the vast minority there, didn't like the writing, thought it was sub-par and yes, I've been pounced on for stating my opinion about the book) but thought the movie was great.  This was visual eye-candy.

Fun, fun, fun to think The Husband will be having a fun job again, the last year has been lacking in that regard.

Thursday's Thinking

Thinking today about a few things:  first off, I wish my little camera phone could do justice to this view of the moon going down in the western sky this morning as I headed out for my walk.  It was just stunning.

Thinking I need to work on my attitude about people that only contact me when they want something from me.  I need to be kinder in my thoughts about stuff like this.  Breathe in....Breathe out.

Thinking The Husband wasn't as sneaky as he thought he was being when I ended up playing the piano for his choir practice session.  (I really didn't mind, and had actually made a mental bet with myself about how he was going to work it.  I'm thinking it was kinda fun.)

And thinking tonight it will be difficult for me to ever properly or sufficiently thank Heavenly Father for yet another miracle in our lives. (No matter how good I try to be.)  The Husband has accepted a verbal offer of employment.  He interviewed on Tuesday and Wednesday and had a verbal offer on Thursday.  I'm not sure things have ever happened that fast for us. It will be a job that he will enjoy.  One that will provide us with enough income & provide him with more interaction with people than he's recently had.  I keep asking if this is for real - I'm often astonished at the way Heavenly Father extends his hand to work in our lives.

Thinking how fortunate I am to have the testimony that I have, how blessed I am in so many ways.  Thinking I'd better work harder to be worthy.  That's lots to think about.

Wednesday's Wonderful!

Wonderful to look skyward after the sunrise and see (YAY!) blue sky!!  The wind had pushed all that "yuck" in the air to some other place.  Love the sunrise.

Spent some serious time here.  Not that I endorse  this particular bookstore over any other (or the library for that matter).  I just walk into a bookstore and feel "home".  Wonderful to find just what I needed.  

Wonderful to find that my heart is still beating strong after being "scared to death!" by the grandson.  (I was vacuuming, didn't hear the door open, didn't hear him behind me, about jumped through the ceiling when he hugged me.)

Wonderful Jamba Juice with extra banana and whey protein.  Even more wonderful:  I had a full frequent buyer card so it was free!

And the best wonderful of all for today:  The Husband is on his way home.  He's had a couple pretty good days.  Our fingers are crossed for some wonderful results.

Tuesday's Triumphs

Triumphed over my urges when I resisted stuffing my face with chocolate.  Haven't done it yet - although I wanted to.

Triumphed over my impulse to spend money.  I think they pump something into the air of the stores at this time of year (or is it always that way, just even more at Christmas time?) to make us part with our cash for stuff we don't need.

Triumphed over my natural laziness:  need to pick up a gift for a specific reason - resisted just grabbing something off the shelf in favor of waiting to find something more personal.

Triumphed over the checkbook register when I managed to get things in order there.

Triumphed over some of the trash when I managed to get several of the humungous bags of leaves into the bin that is already overfull.  (Weight limit=300 lbs.  I wouldn't be able to roll a can weighing 300 lbs. to the curb, would I?  I must be safe then.)

Triumphed over my urges to stuff my face with chocolate.  Oh, wait, I already said that?  Perhaps I haven't really triumphed there.  Heading in to find some chocolate......