I only have a minute or two ('cause I'm hungry & want some lunch), but I just HAD to post this ... maybe some of you have already seen it. For those of you who haven't, you're in for a TREAT!!!!!! My sister Beezie sent me the following link this morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k
You've gotta watch it -- the YouTube clip will make you feel SO HAPPY!!!! And then move on to this (which I suspect is where it all started):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZrrbgCdYc&NR=1
And then if you enjoyed both of those, watch THIS!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFNM8f9WnI&NR=1
I don't know who these guys are, but I'd give 'em hugs if I could because their "show" made me feel so very, very happy inside. In the midst of all the angst and sadness and depression in this world, isn't it wonderful to see people doing good and joyful things like this?!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
It'll be fun to see the neighborhood blogs on this day ...
Spring! I want Spring! Oh wait, they say this IS Spring in Utah ...
Yes, it was quite the surprise for us too.
Summer! I want Summer! But ... how can I complain when it is THIS BEAUTIFUL?!
another shot ... our other neighbor ...
Except driving home from work last night -- in a blizzard -- at 11:30 at night was NOT a fun experience. I'm grateful for my winter driving lesson Margaret and Steve gave me at the beginning of the year.
I hope the flowers and newly budding trees survived!
Yes, it was quite the surprise for us too.Summer! I want Summer! But ... how can I complain when it is THIS BEAUTIFUL?!
another shot ... our other neighbor ...
Except driving home from work last night -- in a blizzard -- at 11:30 at night was NOT a fun experience. I'm grateful for my winter driving lesson Margaret and Steve gave me at the beginning of the year.I hope the flowers and newly budding trees survived!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
An Unexpected Kindness
The nicest thing happened to me yesterday evening ...
January-May is not my good time of the year. I usually suffer from varying degrees of low-spirit energy and depression. I used to think it was the standard winter blues, but now I'm pretty sure it's more my seasonal circadian rhythm. And for some reason, March and April are my very worst months.
This year I had a plan of attack: read the scriptures every day, go to the temple at least twice a month, and exercise regularly. And it was working, too! But then I fell off the wagon in March, and so for the past week I've been feeling pretty low. Not as bad as last year, but not such a happy bug either. And even in the midst of friends and family, I've been feeling a little lonely and disconnected.
Yesterday evening I was walking Cowboy around the walking track at the hospital, and we were just coming down the home stretch when a big dark vehicle pulled up and out popped two of our girls from Young Women's (Hailey and Rachel). I was delighted to see them - they're sweethearts! And even more delighted when they ran over to ME (which I didn't expect). They said they had divided into groups and were doing service projects for Young Women's that night. And their little group had a service for ME! They gave me a card, thanking me for the things I did for the sisters in Relief Society and they said their group put balloons in my chainlink fence at home. They even let me hug them! I was deeply touched. Little did those girls know how much I needed that little something-something.
I don't know which guardian angel whispered in the Young Women ears to pick me for a service, but I'm grateful that they did and even more grateful that the girls listened and acted on it. Their small-but-not-so-small act of service lifted that little black cloud right off my shoulders and I felt happy, cared about and renewed. I was going to just do a little clipping together of some pictures to add to this post, but I've been learning Photoshop Elements and I just couldn't help myself ... I ended up doing a full scrapbook page last night. HAH!
I was also going to make a list, add some pictures, add some links of things that bring me joy (to fight against the dark side) but maybe I'll do that tomorrow. I want this little experience to stand on its own. Thank you, girls!
January-May is not my good time of the year. I usually suffer from varying degrees of low-spirit energy and depression. I used to think it was the standard winter blues, but now I'm pretty sure it's more my seasonal circadian rhythm. And for some reason, March and April are my very worst months.
This year I had a plan of attack: read the scriptures every day, go to the temple at least twice a month, and exercise regularly. And it was working, too! But then I fell off the wagon in March, and so for the past week I've been feeling pretty low. Not as bad as last year, but not such a happy bug either. And even in the midst of friends and family, I've been feeling a little lonely and disconnected.
Yesterday evening I was walking Cowboy around the walking track at the hospital, and we were just coming down the home stretch when a big dark vehicle pulled up and out popped two of our girls from Young Women's (Hailey and Rachel). I was delighted to see them - they're sweethearts! And even more delighted when they ran over to ME (which I didn't expect). They said they had divided into groups and were doing service projects for Young Women's that night. And their little group had a service for ME! They gave me a card, thanking me for the things I did for the sisters in Relief Society and they said their group put balloons in my chainlink fence at home. They even let me hug them! I was deeply touched. Little did those girls know how much I needed that little something-something.
I don't know which guardian angel whispered in the Young Women ears to pick me for a service, but I'm grateful that they did and even more grateful that the girls listened and acted on it. Their small-but-not-so-small act of service lifted that little black cloud right off my shoulders and I felt happy, cared about and renewed. I was going to just do a little clipping together of some pictures to add to this post, but I've been learning Photoshop Elements and I just couldn't help myself ... I ended up doing a full scrapbook page last night. HAH!I was also going to make a list, add some pictures, add some links of things that bring me joy (to fight against the dark side) but maybe I'll do that tomorrow. I want this little experience to stand on its own. Thank you, girls!
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