I was bored today at work.

Can you tell I was bored today? I had to work today because none of my assistants could work today. The I-80 freeway was closed for bridge repair. Therefore, you all get my wonderful musings. Thanks:)

What Do You Drink Your Hot Chocolate From?

A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives.
Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups --porcelain, glass, crystal; some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.
After all of them had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said; "Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones”. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups...And then, you began eyeing each others cups.
Now consider this; Life is the hot chocolate -- your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate.
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly... and enjoy your hot chocolate.

Dreams become a reality.

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” Anonymous

"Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true” Lyman Frank Baum

"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” Douglas H. Everett

Then indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;What you can do, or dream you can, begin it;Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


I think I am somewhat of a dreamer or an eternal optimist. I like looking toward the future and thinking it is going to be great. I do try to make my present the best it can possibly be. I have been put into a new life(Not by my choice, but I have been dealing with it well.) and I want to make it as good as it can get. I have a few dreams or goals in my life I want to accomplish. I have achieved a few dreams in my young days, but I have many more to accomplish. I am positioning myself to have great success in achieving these future goals. I have been held back in the last few years by someone or something. I will tell you I just achieved a dream yesterday that I have wanted for a long time. (You will need to e-mail me to find out what that dream was because I will not divulge it on this site.) I will have another dream come to fruition in the next month or two. (I will only divulge this to a select few.) I am excited for my prospects to a dream or goal fulfilling future. Life is good and it is getting better all the time!!! I am excited;)

Being Positive!!! 7 things to ponder

1. A Respect for people and their contributions, especially yours.

2. A belief that things happen for a reason, and that reason serves you, whatever it is.

3. A conviction that no matter how good or how bad things may be, they are going to get better - and you can help make them become so.

4. A knowledge that positive people are the ones who make the difference in life.

5. A dedication to living a positive life, no matter what.

6. An understanding that good things happen - repeatedly - to those who look out for them.

7. A commitment to form and foster positive habits, and decrease negative ones.

Positivity is contagious. Negativity is also. We choose each and every day which way we will be. Why would we want to be negative? Does it not feel so much better to think positive thoughts and make positive actions to define our life? Is it not better to be around positive people that make us smile and feel better? I want to live a positive life and live without negativity.

Two things for the day!!

The last few days have been very exhausting. I have worked straight for 4 days and long hours because of a corporate visit today with Dick Neff, Senior Vice President for Staples inc. He is in charge of the whole western United States. Yes, and that is what he uses for his first name. I did not change the connotation of Richard for him. Although, he does have issues that make him sometimes not very charming. I wanted to update you all because of your concern for my health and welfare for the last few days. Sorry I have been so out of commission. So here is the happy part, Life is good and I did not get fired. So that is the jist of the first part of this blog today. It was a good visit and he was very impressed. I will get to be part of the great empire of corporate America for at least a few more days.

The best part of my day was my wonderful grocery trip to Whole Foods. I really like that place, but the money you can spend is simply astounding. I bought some wonderful meat and fish for my dinners. Yes, I did buy vegetables and fruit for my well rounded meal. Thank you for your concern for my health again. It is tough being single and maintain good nutrition because of course you want to just eat junk food. Just Kidding. I actually eat really healthy. That is probably why I just go to whole foods because I cannot get into too much trouble with junk food there. Have you ever tried soy ice cream? It is not so appetizing. Ice cream is a guilty pleasure that I can get in trouble with.

I am getting so domesticated. I will tell you that I have been pampered for the last 2 years by some great friends that I stayed with in Kamas, Utah. They fed me, mothered me, and sheltered me. Thanks!! Ronn and Donna. I do miss their tender care with me. This is a new beginning of taking care of myself and not taking care of others. I have been taken care of or took care of someone for 16 years now. Wow! It is a good feeling of taking care of myself. Tonight, for example, I had a great dinner. I had steak, green beans(fresh), and mushrooms(sauteed). It was so good. I was completely fulfilled in my cooking abilities. It is so much better than fast food. I have many more great dinners coming up. Maybe I will keep you posted, but you might be too jealous. Maybe you can all give me good tips for dinners also. I am a little rusty from not cooking dinner for anyone for a very long time.

Tommorrow is my day off and have tons planned. That is a good thing! The temple will be priority number one tommorrow because of the great peace it gives me. I hope all is well for all of you. Peace out.

Happiness begins within oneself and ends there.

"Happiness, not in another place,but this place...not for another hour, but this hour." -Walt Whitman

Happiness is the object and design of our existence, and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God."Joseph Smith

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Allan Chalmers

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. David Steindl-Rost

The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy. Dalai Lama

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves. Helen Keller

Is it a trick to be happy? I don't think so. There probably is a lot in this life to be unhappy about, but it is definitely how we perceive those things in life. I could be sitting in my little apartment without my kids and not be enjoying life at all. Although, I am perfectly content and happy with my life. I am feeling very blessed in my life. Why is this so? It is how I personally choose to interact with my life and how I choose to feel happiness within myself. That is all that I want to feel always. I think I am doing a great job at being happy. I do have my days but overall I am fully happy and I love being were I am at. I do have many wonderful things in store in my future and I will relish them also, but this is the place and the hour to be happy. The future will take care of itself and will be a time of happiness as long as I am happy within myself.

Going to the Temple is amazing!!!!

I just had to say that. I went today to my usual temple, Bountiful, and had the best experience I have had in a long time. The Bountiful temple was closed for 2 weeks so this was my first time back since it closed. I was on a spiritual high for the whole session and it culminated in the celestial room. I am so blessed to have temples so close. It makes my week so much better when I get to go to the temple. It was truly amazing!! That is all I have to say for now. Bye:)

Emily's stay at Primary Children's Hospital

Emily bright eyed and bushy tailed on her last day in the hospital. Sorry about the red eye on the pictures.

The last part of the weekend with the kids was an eventful one, at least for Emily and I. Ethan and Isaac were not so thrilled with it. Emily went into the hospital for some type of respiratory order(pneumonia or other ailment). I took her to the Park City Health Clinic on Friday and she was breathing over 60 breaths per a minute and her oxygenation was at 82%. That is not good or so the doctors say. They wanted me to get her to Primarys as quick as I could. They really wanted her to go in an ambulance, but I knew I could get her there quicker. She was there from Park City to Primary Children's in less than 20 minutes. She was in the hospital 3 nights and finally was out on Monday night. We are blessed that we got her in to the hospital because she would of had serious problems if I did not take her to the doctor on Friday. She is back with her mother in Idaho Falls and I hope she is doing better. Thankfully, Amy did come up to relieve me from staying at the hospital 24 hours a day and that I could hang out with the kids more. I took the night shift because I can tolerate no sleep and she took the day shift. It was very difficult to sleep when you have nurses and doctors come in every hour at night to take vitals.

My precious Emily sleeping. She would not go to bed most nights until almost 1 a.m. I think it was because of the inhaler treatments would wind her up. So we would watch Disney movies until she was tired. During the day, she would take long naps.