Showing posts with label Anne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anne. Show all posts

Sunday, August 1, 2010

These are a few of my favorite things...

Today was full of favorites:
Fast Sunday- I love hearing everyone bare their testimonies.  It is always a great spiritual experience, but highly entertaining at times.

Sunday Cat-Naps-  Lately by Sunday,  I am so exhausted from work and school that I will sleep for like 3 hours...

Charles Dickens-  He is an inspirational figure for me.  I love his brilliance, romantic writing style, and beautiful syntax.  The other day I bought one of his less-commonly known works that he wrote for his children.  It is called The Life of Our Lord.  Simply written, it is a summary of the life of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  A new favorite.

LOST- just dang good.

Anne of Green Gables-  the soundtrack brings back so many memories.  It takes me back to my families annual mid-summer night eve party where I learned to waltz.  It reminds me of being at my grandparents cabin late at night staring at the moon over the lake of shining waters. :)  It reminds me of my dad reading to me when I was little.  I love that music.

Skype- I may be like my grandpa Kent in being sortof anti-technology, almost to the point of it being a phobia, but I am grateful for the chance and opportunity to be able to stay in contact with close friends and loved ones.

Rain storms-  These always take me back to a time when my parents were out of town and my cute aunt chrissie stayed with me and kenn and there was a huge rain storm and we danced with towels on our heads.  I remember how the rain smelled and how the light looked through the aspens.  I cherish that experience.

Enya- I love this style of music.  It is so yoga, so artsy, and so calming.
Chocolate covered strawberries with ice cream- best thing ever!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Recipe for life

What a beautiful world we live in!  

Today the sun is shining and the grass is almost green! woot!

The sky on my left is periwinkle blue and on my right there are beautiful clouds, reminders of heaven.

You know, this year I have been really good at being sad.  Choosing to let trials get me down. 
 
How lame is that?  God didn't send us down to earth to be sad.  

"Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy."

Today, I am choosing joy :)

I went to a beautiful funeral on saturday for the sweetest woman named Anne (with an e.)  

I felt like she lived her life with the motto of "You are as happy as you want to be." 
 That is my new motto.
  Along with her Recipe for Life

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup good thoughts
  • 1 cup consideration for others
  • 1 cup kind deeds
  • 3 cups forgiveness
  • 2 cups well beaten faults
  • Tears of joy, sorrow and sympathy
  • 4 cup prayer and faith

Directions:

Mix good thoughts, consideration, kind deeds, forgiveness and well beaten faults. Add tears of joy, sorrow and sympathy for others. Fold in prayer and faith to lighten other ingredients and raise the texture to great heights of Christian living. Pour all into your family life. Bake well with the heat of human kindness. Serve with a smile.