Saturday's ....

I don't know what my problem is... But I have 5 million things to do today... Laying in bed til 10:20 playing on my iPad and Facebook was not on the List... but for some reason that's the only thing I've done...grrr
I need to:
Take a shower and get ready for the day
Do laundry
Clean the house
Feed/ water/ walk the dogs
Do dishes
I have 2 crafty projects that need done
Homework
Tax papers
Grocery shopping
Relief society calls to make and paperswork to do
Not to mention I want to do it all before Justin gets home... At 3:30
Yikes...

Runnin....

I don't know what it is but for some reason, today I just want to bust out my tennisshoes and go spend a dusty dry day in the desert.
Grab the Dogs. Grab a Jacket. Stuff for a fire. Food. Water. Blanket- and I'm gone.

I wish it was warm outside, so I could run away and play.

Happy Friday.

Perspective...

fixate (ˈfɪkseɪt)

— vb

1. informal ( tr; usually passive ) to obsess or preoccupy

I have this awful tendency to fixate on things. It's usually a recipe, or a Craft Project, but from time to time it varies.

You name it: House project, A certain pair of shoes/boots, New clothes, Hair, a person, a sport, a book...The list goes on and on.

It's not always a bad thing, but I've learned that when I start to do it- everything else in my life tends to become fuzzy. I don't pay as much attention because I'm stuck on this one thing- whatever it may be at the moment. This is also the moment that I stop wanting to clean my house, or walk my dogs, or exercise, or cook dinners (unless that's what I'm obsessing over), spend time with friends or family, do homework, go to church/ fulfill my callings etc.

Everything else falls away but that one thing.

I'm trying to teach myself how to recognize when I'm doing it so I can knock it off.

I have to get out a healthy dose of Perspective to get everything back in order {in my head anyway}.

Usually, if it's a project- I have to finish it. If it's a "something i want"- Justin usually talks me into buying it. If it's a book- I have to read it. Recipe- Cook it. Person- Let it go {whatever it was}. Hair- Let it go Get it done.  You get the picture.

So...This is me...trying to gain some perspective.

 I need to remember the things that really matter.

They make me happier in the end anyway.

Happy Thursday Everyone

Basement Progress...

I have been wanting this huge mirror forever now. I see it in Walmart almost every time I go, and always think "I should just buy it," But I never do.

For Christmas Melanie bought it for me and I was SO EXCITED!

Then...My sweet husband hung it up for me.

I love it.

He hates that I hung a wreath on it, lol.

Ppppffft.... Men...

A Rare Day...

It is only once in a very great while that my sweetheart gets a weekend off. {Okay, so every 3rd weekend-- but still}. It is also very rare, that on one of his weekends off that we don't already have lots of plans made-- either going out of town, or parties, or shopping, or lots of little something's going on that keep us busy.

This weekend was different than most for that reason. We had a regular old, nothing going on, Justin being home weekend. I'm not going to lie...it was a little weird, lol.

We have both been fighting the flu, so on Saturday morning, neither of us felt like eating much, so we skipped our traditional Saturday morning breakfast of crepes. That might have been what made it so weird-- who knows. Since we didn't feel like eating, and were both a little extra tired, we slept in. Big time. Like 9am sleep in. It was also weird. After we decided to finally get up and get ready for the day, I told Justin I'd been hungry for the Artichoke Dip at Red Canyon Lodge, so we should go up there for lunch. I had a few errands to run, and Justin wanted to take the dogs running, and to shoot his new gun, so we decided to go do what we needed and meet back at the house at 1 to go up the Mountain.

I decided that I was sick of our old Christmas Tree from Justin's college days, so we tried to take it to the D.I. Guess what? They don't take Christmas Trees-- go figure. So we threw it in the dumpster. Poor little guy... anyway...

After running our errands, we drove up the mountain. It was beautiful. It made me feel like it actually is winter. There was--- wait for it--- SNOW! I know right? It was the weirdest thing.

The Restaurant was nearly deserted....{Except for one really annoying couple, that was super drunk, of which the lady said the F-word 41 times over the course of our meal-- Yes, I counted}

It was extra beautiful up at the lodge, with not many people around. We watched the deer eat out of the bird feeders, as usual. There was also a search and rescue team doing practice rescues out on the pond-- that was pretty cool to watch.

After I had my Artichoke Dip, and curbed my craving, we came back down the mountain, we were tired, so we took a nap.

When we woke up, both of us were tired of being at home, so we decided to go to the movie.

Mission Impossible 3. It was actually pretty good, I was surprised.

I also decided, during that movie, that Justin looks kindof like Tom Cruise.

 Justin doesn't believe me, but-- he does share an interesting resemblance to the "1990's Sexiest Man Alive" Eh??

2012!!!

This year for New Years Eve, we went pretty Low Key. Justin worked, and I was busy all morning, so we were both pretty tired by the time the evening rolled around. I wasn't finished cleaning house when Justin got home from work, and my Dad and Brother in law were going shooting, so I sent him to the shooting range while I finished cleaning. When he got back, we got ready and went bowling. We've been once before on New Years Eve, and it's just a really fun date. I'm borderline terrible/awesome. I either get nothing or 3 strikes in a row. It's the weirdest thing.

So we bowled two games, and decided to move on.

I had recently decided to retire the toaster we got for our Reception (3 1/2 years ago-- weird) and buy a new one, so I talked him into going to Walmart with me to buy a new toaster. Yep- we're getting old. We walked around for a little while, bought our toaster and came home. I started getting sick to my stomach and Justin was tired so we put in Fool's Gold and relaxed a while. I ended up making an 11 o'clock 7-Up Run to Walmart to try and calm my stomach down (I hope I'm not getting sick!)

After I got home, Justin spent a few hours plaing Battlefield 3 on the X Box and I caught up on my blog Posts. What a way to bring in the New Year.

Welcome 2012.

Please be good to us!

Mack Fishing...

For the last i dont know how many years, Justin has been wanting to go Mack (Lake Trout) Fishing. He hadn't ever been before, and he just so happened to luck out this year. My Uncle Lon, My Dad and Justin all had a day off together (the stars must have aligned or something) so Lon brought the boat to the Gorge, met Dad and Justin and they spent the day on the lake.

I swear I see more of my Dad's teeth in pictures of him fishing with his boys than any other time. I even lucked out and didn't get any fish sent to my house, Dad decided to smoke the ones they brought home.

{SCORE}