I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Feeling Blah.


I don't know what my problem is today,
but I am feeling really blah.
Maybe it's that I can't go outside because it's frigid.
Maybe it's because I'm 30 pounds over weight and am wanting to see results from the gym NOW.
Maybe it's that I haven't gotten a lot of sleep lately.
I don't know.
What I really want to do is go shopping for some instant gratification,
but I am the worse with shoppers remorse,
so that would make me feel even worse later tonight.

Hum.
Usually I would go bake something.
Actually I did last night,
and it was divine.
The girls came over for game night.
But I only allowed my self 2 small squares.

I think I should take the rest of the 9X13 pan and split it up between the mothers in the neighborhood, that just had babies, immediately.

The other thing I do when I am feeling down is read.
But,
I have no books.
(Maybe I should start Twilight again....)

Any suggestions?

7 comments:

Shane and Jamie Smith said...

Chels definitely read Twilight again, that is my vote...I did that and it always makes me laugh and puts me in a better mood :=) haha
But I agree I need a new series to read, something other than Twilight...I will let you know if I find anything good :=)

Josh and Nat said...

i feel blah today to. i need a new book. but it aint gonna be twilight! :) miss you guys. we want to come to st. george this summer and see you.

Elder Larkin said...

Come visit ME!! That would make you feel better! And I will go to the gym with you and tell you YOU can do it! Sister always make things better. Go read Pres. Hinckley's book Standing For Something. I LOVE that book.

Elder Larkin said...

PS that picture is HILARIOUS!!! I feel that way sometimes too.

Always, Forever, NO MATTER WHAT said...

The books that I have recently read is awsome, and up lifting. Try to find the book Remembering Isaac. I want to re-read it with a read pencil, because it has so much up lifting thoughts in it. I bought the second book, but still have to buy the first one. I read it at Dondi's mom's house over Thanks Giving.

Melissa Hoffmeyer said...

The Sookie Stackhouse series...another vampire book...you can find it at walmart and they are only like $5 each!! I loved them, I think you will also. Stephanie Meyer wrote another book called The Host. Lots of good feedback. Even though I own it I havent read it yet!!

kate said...

That picture is perfect for blah.

January is blah. Winter blues. Holiday let down. Nothing to look forward to.

I'll send some sunshine your way. In the mean time.
Get rid of the brownies. Keep at it at the gym. Just remember it didn't take weeks to put on the weight, so it's not going to come off in that amount of time either
{my personal motto for the year.}

Oh, and I heard The Hunger Games series is fantastic. Like can't put down.must read now type.
Check it out. I'll do the same.