Wondering Wednesday: A Random, Rambling Mess

• I'm tired.
• I'm still disorganized after coming home from my trip to Wyoming.
• I'm recovering from a U.T.I.
• I just want to lay outside and read.
• I have a ton of yard work to finish.
• I want to walk on the Peekskill water walkway.
• I finally got caught up on my blog. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
• I have too many pictures on my camera and no will to sort, delete, and organize.
• I still need to unpack.
• I keep running around like a crazy person taking my kids to appointments.
• Why do we have appointments during the summer?
• I love bullet-list journaling.
• I haven't watched or read the news in a month. I don't want to even know what a mess our country is or what is going on in the world.
• I know it is a like an ostrich sticking their head in the sand. I can live with it.
• I am so tired of politics and the presidential race. I wish the election was today and we could just vote and get it over with. I don't think the next few months will make any kind of a difference in persuading voters one way or the other.
• I'm not wasting my vote if I opt for a third-party, not when I am following my conscience. 
• I have a lot of Relief Society work to catch up on.
• We still need to finish our deck.
• We are going to sell our table. We got a nice table, but it turns out we hate it. We plan to sell the table and chairs and use the money to make the exact table that we want/need.
• I really like vegetables and missed them on my trip. 
• Even though I haven't been up to date on the news, I'm scared with all the unrest and stuff that is happening.
• I think Pokemon Go is awesome--my boys are playing it and enjoying it.  
• I took my kids swimming three different times yesterday. They were exhausted when they got home. 
• I used to take my kids to the beach in Sweden for the sole purpose of wearing them out. It worked every time.
• I have been reading some awesome books on my kindle. 
• I just listened to a podcast about a lady traveling in Spain and it made me miss traveling in Europe.
• I don't want to travel right now because I am too tired. Plus, I hate packing.
• I really, really hate packing with every fiber of my being.
• And unpacking... oh gosh, how much do I loathe unpacking??? The pile of stuff in my room is a testament to intense hatred of the activity.
• Sometimes I wish I was more organized like my mom. But I have other strengths.
• I've been keeping my kids busy and they are helping out a lot this summer.

What's on your mind today?

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Wondering Wednesday: A Study in the Ordinary

This week, along with thousands of women, I am participating in a project called, A Week in the Life, where I document all the little everyday moments of my life. I have taken at least 100 pictures in the past few days. The pictures I take showcase the ordinary and mundane things that comprise my life.

I clean a lot, which is no surprise because I have six children. My house gets really messy.

Working on this project, I have caught some really tender moments.

My ordinary moments have changed over the years, as our family has grown, children go to school, we move to a different country, and people change. I'm a different person than I was 16 years ago when I was a very young mother to one small baby boy. I'll be a different person and our family circumstances will change in a few years as my oldest children start to leave home for missions, college, and their own families. In three years, all my children will be in school and I will no longer have a toddler following my every step.

I think that learning to appreciate the ordinary moments of life makes for a richer, fuller life. We start to see progress and growth as we look at how these ordinary moments fit into the big picture.


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