21 & 22...

It's not blogging my blessings to the cyber-world that make them special...it's that I force myself to blog them, to remind ME of all the awesomeness that has happened in my day to day life.  I don't want to forget, I don't want to go through life missing and forgetting everything that's so great.  There's this saying I heard once...it goes something like this 'If you use the word "I" to much, you need to re-evaluate your priorities in life.'  I whole heartedly believe that!  HOWEVER, this blog is for me :]  I've heard so many people say that Facebook, You Tube and the Blogging world is just too much, an over-exposure (if you will?) of your personal life.  Nope, I disagree.  Wait, YES I agree...if used inappropriately. That being said...it's a wonderful place to go for inspiration, knowledge and communication.  Where am I going with this?  Well, hold on....I'll get there ;]
I'm an LDS, 41 year old, girl.  Yes, girl...not woman...girl, because that's how I live my life.  Not immature, just open.  LDS president, Gordon B. Hinkley, said, "Life is to be enjoyed, not endured."  Another statement I believe whole heartedly ;]  Things are placed on this earth for our benefit.  If we use them how they are meant to be used, then YAY what a treat...but, if we don't, then shame on us.  Computers are like Rocket Science to me, but, what a blessing the internet is!!  It's has taken communication to a whole new, wonderful level.  If I want to talk to a friend or family member who lives far away...or learn something from a person who has willing shared their knowledge with whoever wants to learn....I CAN!  If I want to share - with whoever want's to hear - what I think is so great about life and what I think will inspire others, then I think that's OK!  And maybe nobody cares about my blessings or finds any inspiration in them...and that's OK too.  My final words (for this post) are, if there's even a small chance that what I blog or post inspires ANYONE to be a little happier and a little better, then I'm good with that.  May not make sense to you, but...it makes perfect sense to me ;]  I do this because I can...and that's the beauty of it!
OK...WOW.  I feel like Jerry McGuire, that I might wake up tomorrow and regret the exposure of such profound feelings ;]  I don't have a office worker and a gold fish who would take the fall with me though, but I know my dog would.  Anyway, again...I've let this go too long and so I have 2 weeks to make up for, not just one.

Here we go...some more small gifts -

my christmas tree...i could just lay and look at it all night, every night.  so peaceful.

one of my MOST favorites...watching a childs face as a simple science experiment surprises the socks right off of them ;]  children are the best!

pickle flickin'...and that's all i'm going to say about that, because i'm not even sure if it's legal?
(my girls and i SO enjoy it though!)

friends.  everyone has to have them.  and good ones are way better than bad ones.

tom deloung...anything and everything about him.  no one's lyrics or music makes me happier.  i wish he was my brother.
(because then i would have the 2 funniest brothers ever!)

my new 'sweet beats'....skull candy.  these didn't make it to 'under the tree'.  i just had to use them NOW.

i'm not sure cold weather is EVER a blessing, and I HATE the Utah inversion.  i can't deny, however, the beauty that the morning fog leaves frozen on the trees...it looks like powdered sugar has been sprinkled all over everything!  i DO love that ;]

I said "I" (or refered to myself) 51 times in this blog.  Want to know what my response is to that...this is the only place I talk constantly about me and my life, my family and my friends.  "You got to remember the good things, and cherish the memories and go on with life cus it don't stop.  You only have to remember that what you've done in your life may change what someone else is doing in their life.  And it changes everything.  It's Love."  -Inertia, Angels and Airwaves  (thanks again Tom :])
59 times now ;]

Smile...because it's all good!
lisajp