EnLIGHTen

I love the word Light.  It brings to mind so many different and beautiful things.

The morning light peeking through your curtains kissing your cheeks to wake them up.

Warm light on your cheeks on a bitter cold afternoon.

The glowing light of your lamp as you read a good book.

The twinkling lights from your Christmas tree warming your heart.

Opening up your curtains shedding the room with light.

Dining by candlelight with the one you choose to love.

The glow of the moon showing you the way.

I seek for, long for, grab for and want light.  I looked up the definition of enlighten in Webster and it stated: to furnish knowledge or to give spiritual insight to.  I think with the winter months, the crappy inversion and the loss of some of the sunlight and difficulties being outside my spirit becomes troubled.  Not that my spirit was not troubled before but it starts boiling with it.  I honestly feel a release of tension when I open my blinds, it is that literal.  I know that my husband has gotten a bit agitated with my light search.  He has always liked it a bit dark and loves to live in a cave.  We battle over open or closed blinds and curtains in the daytime.  It makes me laugh really. So now I am seeking the light not just literal light like my example but all thing light.  I want all things around me to be positive, bright, beautiful and enlightening.  This year if nothing else I am going to seek the light.  Most of all the light of the world, the light of our Savior and his love for me.  If something is hindering him from becoming closer to him, I will change it or drive it away.  We all deserve to be happy and have all the light we can.  And this is my quest.  That is what our Father in Heaven wants for us and we just have to choose it and grab it.

Wednesday Words 03-18-09

*Kersten was talking with Noah about Weapons.

This is a big deal at our house.

There are NO Weapons at school and 

Now Noah says school is boring because there are No weapons.

Boring is a word he also picked up at school

Back to the beginning.

Kersten asked Noah what his best weapon is.

He pointed to his head and said his Brain.

He learned that at karate.

Kersten asked him how he uses it.

Noah got a smirk on his face and promptly

Head butted Kersten.

We laughed for a good 10 minutes.

What a smart creative kid.

*Sofia is weaned.

It has been a week and a half.

She has asked twice but then resigned herself to snuggling.

It makes me a bit sad

She is my last baby. 

I won't get to do this again.  

I really do love breast feeding.

Even though it does confine you a bit. 

I love the closeness, the sounds they make, just everything.

This is very freeing and a little bit sad

*I am blaming my emotions 

on my hormones.

they are sifting all over the place.

I'll let you know more in a week.  

*My brother and his wife are in Disneyland

I am totally jealous.

I love that place.

It is the happiest place on earth.

I love the sounds, rides, sights and especially the magic.

I will now go look at our pictures of our vacation there in 2006

*The last episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is this friday.

Our family is freakin out in anticipation

Also a bit sad that there will be no new episodes.

Noah is very specific about his birthday party this year

I only do friend ones when they turn 5,8 and 12  maybe 10 we will see.

But it has to be a Star Wars: The Clone Wars party.

Not just Star Wars.  So  that will be so so exciting

Wednesday Words 03-04-09

*I like these random word wednesday.

There are so many big posts I have thought of during the week.

that never seem to develop because of time or tiredness.

I write in my head all the time

But rarely lately does it actually get put down on paper.

Sad, I know.

*Sofia has not been sleeping now

for almost 2 weeks.

She has a really bad cold 

that wakes her up from 2-5 am every night.

This makes for crabby baby and crabby family

and really tired mom from rocking her all night

We took her to the doc today and as I suspected

She has a virus, that we can do nothing about.

I thought it might be an ear infection and the doc was hoping for it

not because she wants her to be sick 

but just so that she could do something for her.  

I hope that she feels better soon.

She was 21 lbs 12 oz at the weigh in

*Noah's teacher has brought in her guinea pig to school

She has two of them.  Loey and Syler.

Noah now pretends he is a guinea pig

making little chirping noises and clawing everything.

It is nice the day she brings them in.

For he is always excited to go to school on guinea pig day.

*Sofia is full fledge walking now.

She races across the room tottling along.

She claps each time she goes a long distance.

If I forget to clap she comes over and grabs my hands 

and starts them clapping.  

It is very impressive.  

She is a big kisser now and gives them voluntarily 

It does make her crying all day and no sleep a bit more bearalble.

*I just finished the first season of Gilmore Girls.

I know I am a bit behind the times.  

I love it.  I think it is making me a better mom.

At least giving me ideas about how to talk with Sofia.

It is witty and funny.  Now I understand the craze. 

I watch it at night while folding laundry, making bows, typing or whatever.

I feel like I am talking a lot about tv lately.  Hmm, I maybe  I should work on that. 

*The last couple of days it has been in the high 50.  

Very warm and wonderful.  It makes me ache for spring. 

We went on a family walk last night.  

Just at dusk when the world looks shaded and the air turns a bit crisp.

It was delightful.  I am looking forward to more of this.  

Wednesday Words

*  I have been a bit slow on blogging.

Partly because I have no quiet moments on the computer

and also because I don't want to be redundant.

My life is pretty much the same.

Busy being a mom, and trying to stay sane.

So here are some random words on Wednesday.

*I was talking to my mom today.

And she made the comment that every time she talks to me

I am changing Sofia's diaper.

I responded with "well I feel like all I do with her right now

Is change her diaper 

Or try to keep her away from the toilet."

After we had a good chuckle.

She told me that I needed to write that down somewhere.

So here it is.

*I admit it.

  I watched both 3 and 2.

In that order.

I watched High School Musical.

In backwards order.

And I loved it totally.

Noah asked me to dance each time a song came on.

For that reason alone I will forever love these movies.

I now have a slight school girl crush on Zac Efron .

Now I have to just find a way to have them more at my disposal. 

*One of the reasons that I have blogging stress.

Is that each time I sit down 

at the  computer the kids flock to me.  

Sofia wants to be on my lap 

and Noah starts begging to have his half hour of games.

For example I started this post this morning at 10:23

with interruptions, food, pick ups, laundry etc.  I am posting now.

So I wait until night and then I think of all I could create or clean

and creating mostly cleaning usually wins.

I am obsessed with making bows for Sofia's hair.

Kieran has taught me some of her trade secrets.

That I am not willing to divulge.

So now each time I see an outfit of Sofia's

I imagine what I need to make for her hair.

It is a good obsession and a good night activity.

*So there you have it some words on Wednesday. 

My Word

Today is the last day of January. Who knew that this month would challenge, uplift and stretch me like it did. I knew I would have a baby sometime in this month which always brings changes, both good and bad. But I did not comprehend the magnitude of all the blessings and inspiration this girl would bring. Time is rushing by and I want to focus my energy on the good and present in my life

I have had some posts since probably October that I have been planning and wanting to do in January for the beginning of the year 2008. I kept track of all the books I read in 2007 and wanted to post all of them and give my top ten. I wanted to write down my hopes and goals for the new year and I also wanted to post about "My Word" for 2008. I have seen this across the blog world quite a bit and really liked the idea. I am not big on resolutions that is why I wrote hopes and goals. This way I can encompass more than just I will do this and this etc. But I did like the idea of have a word that you focus on in that year to see if it helps you become better. So as I have contemplated and thought about this word. I have finally come to a decision on one and the word is

CAPACITY

Okay, I know what you are thinking. "Lou, of all the words in the entire world, why, oh, why did you chose this one?" Well, I will tell you. I want to increase my capacity in all areas of my life. For example, I want to be able to have my house to be more organized. It I can increase my capacity to go through even one more box a day or clean out one more cubboard or throw one more thing away. This will greatly help in getting my house organized more quickly. I want my capacity for patience to increase with my children and along with that the love I feel for them. I also want to have a greater capacity to do more joyful, happy, productive things in my day. Such as painting, scrapbooking, projects with my son, and having a clean house. So the laundry can be done, dinner thought of and on the table when honey gets home, getting the bills paid and all the stupid paperwork that life makes you do. I want the capacity, desire, energy and time to do these things. I feel if I concentrate on it and organize myself correctly. I will be happier and things will get better. I also want to have the capacity to be more spiritual. Do the things that will make me closer to my Heavenly Father. So here is my word for 2008. I hope it helps in even a little way.