Final Day of Posting Daily for a Month

I did it! Even if it looks like I didn't... I posted once each day of November. Sometimes more. I will never do that again. Not saying I will never post daily again, just that I will never commit to HAVING to again.

Sideon said it best...

"It's like HAVING to have sex instead of WANTING to have sex. Ya know?"

I'm fairly certain I will still post on my blog daily, considering how much I love to. I have really enjoyed meeting new people on this forum, and look forward to many great times ahead.

Let the good times roll!

PS ~ if I actually win a cool prize from their drawing over on the NaBloPoMo website, forget what I just said.

Addict's New Rules

After spending two nights in a row staying up way too late blogging, I've come to the conclusion that I need to exert a little self control and not allow myself to stay up so late. I'm thinking tonight, just to eliminate my dragging thought processes and this horrible feeling of sluggishness, I'd better be in bed by 10:00. I can't produce any quick wit when I feel this way. And work suffers. Self-inflicted misery is the worst kind!

This morning when Mr. SML woke me up on his way out the door, he said, "You must be really tired since you went to bed a half hour ago."

"I did NOT go to bed a half hour ago!"

"You did too! It was really late. What time did you come to bed??"

"I don't know. I know it was late, but I don't remember looking at the clock."

"Riiiight. It was a half hour ago."

I wonder if he stayed up waiting for me. If so, why didn't he come get me then?

I must say I really enjoy blogging, though, way more than I thought I would. I feel like I'm making true friends as well as getting to know myself a little better. I enjoy writing a lot. I love trying out my creativity. I love reading all of the creative blogs I am addicted to.

It may be time for another intervention meeting over at Blogaholics Anonymous. Anyone want to join me?

How cold is it?!

Today's high was 9 degrees I think. This morning we stepped outside to total snow cover, the frozen kind that crunches under your car tires. As I watched my daughter high stepping through the snow to the garage in her tennis shoes, I asked her, "Where are your boots?!"

"I don't have any yet, remember?"

"Oh, yeah. Sorry."

So tonight after dinner we got our heavy coats back on and headed out to go shopping.

Brrrrrrrr!

Last night I blogged too late, and by the time I went to bed I was freezing. I couldn't sleep for the longest time...


This is the weather I wish I had back.

Thoughts on Desire

Do you think we will be judged by God for the thoughts and desires that we have but never act on? It's what we were taught by our Mormon leaders.

I found this quote by Dallin H. Oaks (“The Desires of Our Hearts,” Ensign, June 1986, 64):

God’s law can assign consequences solely on the basis of our innermost thoughts and desires. There is no uncertainty in the administration of this law. As Ammon taught King Lamoni, God “looketh down upon all the children of men; and he knows all the thoughts and intents of the heart; for by his hand were they all created from the beginning.” (Alma 18:32.)

As an LDS parent, I always figured this to be true, since sometimes I could look at my child and I knew what he or she was thinking of doing, even though nothing was said. But now that I don't believe in the church, should I continue to believe I'll be judged for my thoughts as harshly as if I'd done what I had thought about?

I think that's a raw deal.

I can't help it sometimes if I fantasize about something or someone. And what about dreams that come unbidden while we sleep? Will we be judged for those as well?

What was that quip? Oh, yeah. You can look at the menu, but you just can't eat.

Skiing the Alps

A blog post a day, a blog post a day!

How difficult is that? I thought it'd be super easy, but I definitely noticed that it was a lot less fun posting because I felt I HAD to vs. posting because I had something to say. But I already wrote about that.

I'm glad I'm almost through the month and have made good on my desire to try a post a day.

We are enduring a lot colder weather this week than we've had lately. Tomorrow is supposed to be 9 degrees Farenheit. Not my idea of a good time. Seriously. Some people love this weather because it means snow is coming and they can hit the ski slopes again.

I discovered I am no skier. I tried it once in my life, in the Austrian Alps, no less. It was a five-day ward party with the church congregation.

A few things I learned:

1. Little kids make skiing the bunny slopes look so easy.

2. Little kids have a lot less distance between their bum and the ground than an eighteen year old has who is 5' 9" tall.

3. I don't enjoy being cold. I already knew that before, but the cold that comes from within due to fear makes outside cold even worse.

4. I don't enjoy feeling like I'm going faster than I can control, unless I'm in a car.

5. I'm a weenie when it comes to skiing.

6. I really, really enjoy a good cup of hot cocoa in the lodge, while watching skiers enjoying themselves through the window.

7. There's something fun about a sleepover with other kids and adults in a lodge setting.

8. Getting off the lift is a lot easier said than done. I fell immediately and humiliated myself. It was only the beginning.

9. Hanging out on the bunny slope for two full days makes your host dad look at you and shake his head in disbelief.

10. Refusing to go back up the mountain after trying it only once makes your host dad really look at you with true despair.

11. It ain't pretty when a tall girl falls. I seriously had snow packed in my glasses. At least 5 times.

12. People who really love me, do so in spite of my inability to enjoy skiing.

I love days like this

It doesn't get much better than drawing while watching (listening to) "Singing in the Rain."

I plan to work hard on this drawing today (in between laundry loads) because it just occurred to me I have FOUR WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!