My Life Rocks

I feel like all posts need a photo, so I thought I'd put on this great one of my great sister-in-law and me that was taken at our family reunion last month.   It doesn't have too much to do with this post except for the fact that I was really happy when this picture was taken, and I'm feeling really happy right now, and I wanted to post some reasons why.  Get ready for a new list, 'cause here it comes.

*I love my husband.  Does anyone else in the world feel that way as much as I do?  I don't know, but if they do, they sure are a lucky, blessed person.  I couldn't be more grateful.

* I love my kids.  They drive me crazy most days!! But in the moments when I'm not feeling crazy, I KNOW that I have the world's best kids.  They really are amazing, and awesome.  Good, and smart, and cute, and wonderful.  I love them so much.

* I love our apartment.  It is tiny and cramped, and we hardly have enough room to house guests ever, but it is a very nice place to live.  And, it's in a beautiful, quirky city, where a lot of good people live.  It was culture shock for me when we first came, but now it's a part of me.  I feel a little more well-rounded after our almost 5 years here.  I'm not ashamed to hug trees a little more often now than I did before!

* I feel like I get to do almost everything I want, all the time.  I like working for my family as a stay-at-home mom.  I get to exercise 6 days a week.  I get to use the computer for checking blogs, facebook, and email, a bajillion times a day (and I'm trying to figure out how to limit myself on that, without cold-turkey quitting on those habits).  I get to watch TV shows and movies almost whenever I want (that is, usually when I'm cleaning, or reposing after the kids are in bed; otherwise, the TV is off.  I'll take the quiet whenever I can get it).  I am currently reading 2 books that I really like (they may both take me weeks yet to finish, but I'm having fun with them).  I even get to take a nap when I really really need one, like yesterday, when I had an awesome nap for an hour and a half, right before the kids got home from school.  OK, I don't really get to stamp as often as I'd like to, but when I NEED to stamp, I do.  And I love it.  Do I sound spoiled, or what?      (...Wow, I almost made it sound like I hardly do any work.  Rest assured that that is not the case.)

* I like my calling in the church.  I am the Compassionate Service Leader.  I get to feel like I'm doing important service when it's needed, and I don't feel the stress of preparing weekly lessons.  I'm grateful for this calling.  The harder callings will come back around to me later, I'm sure, so for now, I'm glad I have this one.

 * I have really fun friends.  People that make me laugh.  People that care about me.  People that play sports with me.  People that I look up to.  People that amaze me.  Good people that do good in the world and add beauty to my world.  I love my friends.

I am blessed, and I feel rich.  I love feeling rich--it's something I always wanted to be.  I've learned that "rich" is a feeling, not a way to be, and I feel it.  Hooray!