Heck of a Way to Start a Week!

Welcome to my Monday morning!

That's right, it started off with a very flat tire (the gauge wouldn't even register the tire pressure, that's how low it started!).  Why is it flat?  Who knows, but I fully expect that when I leave work, I'll be out there airing it up again.  Oh goody - now it's raining.

The only thing that could make this day worse, a trip to the dentist!  Oh wait, that's this afternoon!

...sigh...Can we go back to Saturday? 

Busy, Busy, Busy

I found this on my cousin's blog and thought it very applicable to life right now:

Let’s be honest; it’s rather easy to be busy. We all can think up a list of tasks that will overwhelm our schedules. Some might even think that their self-worth depends on the length of their to-do list. They flood the open spaces in their time with lists of meetings and minutia—even during times of stress and fatigue. Because they unnecessarily complicate their lives, they often feel increased frustration, diminished joy, and too little sense of meaning in their lives.

~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Life doesn't slow down on its own.  We have to make time for the important things and not let perceptions and unnecessary noise cloud our vision of what's most essential to our growth, happiness and eternal progression. 

Pizza Time!

For dinner tonight, I decided to make pizza.  While Samantha is a little young yet to help out in the kitchen, she loves to watch me cook, so I decided to get her involved!

Samantha helped make the crust this time.  She watched as I gathered all of the ingredients and got them in the mixer.  Then, from time to time, I would stop the mixer and let her smell and feel the dough.  We talked about sticky, dry, the smell of the yeast and flour, and how to tell when the dough was ready.  She was a bit hesitant at first to handle the dough, but eventually, she got excited about it and it was all I could do at that point to keep her a safe distance from the mixer!

I'm torn about her growing up!  I love seeing her learn and experience new things and can't wait to do things like make cookies together, and such, but at the same time, she's growing up too fast!! 

Every day a new adventure...onward!