Resolutions

I went to lunch with Steve on New Year's day and pondered over new resolutions. How I love a new year! I feel like everything is fresh and clean and waiting to start once more.

I set some resolutions for how I want to live my life, and my "word" (yep, Stephanie, I like words too. :) for the year... or at least for a season or two. (Last year's word was: Abundance, and I think it really sums up the whole of 2009.)

Most of my resolutions are emotional and spiritual: pray, meditate, read scriptures, serve others (outside of family too), create a room/space where the family can just hang out without it being my bedroom (why does everyone love my room so much?! :), learn to let things go, realize my self-worth. My word: Nurture. Nurture others, but don't forget to also nurture self.



I'm going to focus on putting on my own oxygen mask first. You know what I mean?? The reference is to the tip given before you take off on a plane: in the event of a crash, oxygen masks will fall from a compartment above; be sure to put your own mask on before putting masks on those around you. It's good advice. This year, as I nurture others, I am going to put on my own oxygen mask first. It isn't selfish, just practical. If you are so busy putting on others' masks first, you will pass out from lack of oxygen and will then be worthless for helping anyone. I think that just about summed up my problems in 2009.



How I love blank slates! I get to start again to do better; by learning from the past and looking with hope to the future I can make a great now!

(My pics were pretty random, but I wanted to dust them off and bring them out to look at again. :) I have to admit that I was feeling a lot like that camel looks a lot of last year!)

Happy 2010!

Dashing!

Michael loves moustaches and beards! He goes up to people and points at the area below the nose where moustaches belong (unfortunately he does it to women too!) and says, "Dashing". This is because my brother taught him that his moustache was dashing. So Michael thinks that is another name for moustaches.

When we were visiting Josh, Karen, and Aiden in the hospital, someone gave Josh a fake moustache (though I'm not sure why). Michael found it and put it on:



How dashing! ;)

Winter's Beauty

This picture was actually caught quite by accident. As Steve & I were driving one day I was snapping pictures randomly as we came to stop lights. I was thrilled when I got home and found this one. With the lamp post beside a forest of trees, it reminds me of a Narnia scene from "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". It just needs Mr. Tumnus standing beside the lamp post to complete it. :)

My entry for January 2010's Picture This Photo Contest: WINTER’S BEAUTY

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