60 day challenge

It was supposed to be a 90 day challenge from April to June but I didn't get my act together until Sunday. Our stake encourages everyone to read the scriptures for 30 minutes a day. I find this very daunting and scripture study has always been a weak point in our marriage. We're really good at it for a few days and then bad at it for a week and so on. I used to be so faithful at my reading in college. I think I thought I needed it more then. Silly me! So, our ward decided to step it up a notch and encourage everyone to accomplish the stake challenge for 90 days straight and make sure we're in the Book of Mormon for at least half that time. So, I made a chart and decided even though it's a third done, I'm going to do it for the rest of the time. I have read for three days straight now. It's not much...yet, but it's amazing how those small and simple things make a difference in my attitude and how I'm feeling. And, plus, I'm a sucker for coloring in squares to show what a good job I'm doing! :)

More trash can victims...

I can't find my sunglasses and the last they were seen was in the office...hmmmm....
She should be innocent until proven guilty but I'm suspicious to say the least...
We also discovered some cords and her snack that had been sacrificed to the garbage can. We'll keep you posted! :)

It all started with a lost library book...

We have a little problem. M likes to throw things away. My DH does the trash so I've had to start warning him. I found her favorite book in the bathroom trash...that one needed to be disinfected! But our office trash gets the brunt of her throwing. I'm pretty sure she threw a library book in there because it is GONE! I finally had to report it lost so they wouldn't charge me a million late fees! As you can see, the current trash can has a toy, stationary (unused), Easter decorations, and now that she's emptying it (the other lovely part of this process), more baby toys, batteries, a book, baby wipes (unused) and old cards from my old wallet. Boy, do I love this girl!

What a Difference a Year Makes!!

Every few months, I have to go through M's clothes. Today was the day! I put away the too-small stuff, reconsolidate bins to make more room, relabel things, usually throw out a few things I KNOW we won't use again, and pull out clothes for the rest of the season. I'm a sentimental person, so I love seeing it all again, looking at how little the clothes look, and remembering cute moments in them. It made me wonder if I took pictures today, a year ago. I didn't. But I did on tomorrow a year ago and that's close enough!

This is actually one of my very favorite pictures of her when she was this age.

This isn't from today. I'll take one later and upload it, but once again, it's close enough!

Amen!

I am trying to be more positive today. It's been a long week and I've been down in the dumps and it has to end! Here and now! So... here are the good things lately:
1. M says "amen" now at the end of prayers
2. in fact, any time we're all together at the table, she folds her arms and expects a prayer. i have to think we're doing SOMEthing right!
3. i had a patient call and thank me for the work i do, out of the blue, for no real reason
4. M gets teeth in clumps-we're fussy and runny nosed right now with the canines coming in-they're supposedly the worst-but she's getting all four at once! this could be seen as a curse, but i think it's a blessing that it's over quickly!
5. i haven't run the heater or the a/c for almost two weeks! i love spring! hooray for lower energy and gas bills!
6. i may get to see my family in less than three weeks...stay tuned
7. two whole hours of grey's anatomy

Crushed Ego

I screwed up at work this week. I was in a stressful situation with a patient on Saturday where she showed up 20 minutes late to a 30 minute session, and proceeded to yell loudly at me in the middle of the OT gym in front of everyone about her pain. Frazzled, I misread the order, didn't do the paperwork right, and lost the note for the next therapist to fix my mistakes once I realized I had made them. Luckily, the patient is fine and no harm was done. I got a phone call at my office on Tuesday informing me of my misdeeds and I have felt terrible ever since. I have made big changes in my career this year-going from only seeing kids to seeing adults as well-and it has been very stressful for me. After not working with adults for several years, it was like going back to school and relearning how to do things. However, I've gotten so much positive feedback from my adult therapist colleagues that I suppose a little humility was in order, but I am scared to face them the next time I work at the hospital. So I came home last night, bought Chipotle burritos and felt a little better. I suppose some ice cream would help too...

Finally!

I have been looking for a new quilt. Someday I will finally make a wonderful quilt for our bed but until then we needed a solution! We have one of those big thick beds that all the blankets are too small for! We wake up with all the blankets in a mess and untucked and it drives me crazy! So my current solution was to buy a king size blanket for our queen size bed. As you can see by the skirt and pillows, we've had a dark navy theme so I also really really wanted something bright and springy!