Whitney's 24th Birthday
Hi Everyone,
Oh my gosh I have really missed writing. This picture is from Friday March 12th, two days after I got home. I decided I would make dinner for Whitney's birthday. There were 11 of us and maybe I bit off a bit too much. I was exhausted!!! It was great having everyone over and getting caught up and my family did all the dishes which was great. This is the reason I came back:) Not for the dishes ! haha!!! Starting from the front left is Danielle (Landon's girlfriend), Landon (my son), Jerry (brother in law), Judy (sister), Kyle (nephew), Dad, Mom, Me, Whitney (daughter/birthday girl), Lauren (daughter) and Jason (Lauren's boyfriend). This is our typical dinner at my home and I love it...
It has been an adjustment getting back, first just being tired ( I am back to normal now) and just getting use to being home. I missed my family so much but I think I need to plan something so I can look forward to another adventure:)
What have I done????
I have spent the past 4 days unpacking, cleaning and organizing. I feel like when I moved here last June it has been a whirlwind. With school and remodeling, organizing just didn't happen the way I had hoped for, so now that I have a window of time I am going to focus on getting my house dialed in. It feels so good to clean out things, it definitely is a personal clean out as well and I believe it is so good for us to purge the things we no longer need. It opens us to be more productive.
Yikes!!!
I have decided that I would really like to write a book. It has been something that I have been thinking about for a while and after the positive response from my readers I feel like I am ready to try. However, I need to figure some things out, like how exactly do you go about getting a book published? I am putting this out there so it becomes a reality:)
It feels so good to to say hi and reach out to all of you. I have heard from so many, some I know and some I don't, but the closeness I feel is really something. I have missed you all over the past few days.
Talk to you soon,
Sending all my love,
Laura
Thought for the day:
In life we often settle
Settle for a job we don't like
Settle to live in a city we don't want to live in
Settle to go with the flow
Settle for mediocre relationships
Settle because we think this is as good as it gets
Settle because of lack of confidence
Settle because it's easy
Settle to not hurt others feelings
Settle for lack of knowing what's out there
Settle because of fear of change
Let's not settle anymore
Let's focus on what we want
Let's not be afraid of the unknown
Let's live this amazing life that we are so blessed to have
Hello Laura
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Lauren! I love the picture of you all at dinner and being able to put faces to names! 11 is a big number to cook for first up .. .what did you make?
Your thought for the day is perfect, that needs to be made into a poster!
Can't wait to hear more, have fun getting your house organised. The boxes cracked me up. I didn't even finish packing mine, poor Peter was sending the last two for me. Total: 4!!
Love me
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Hi Helen,
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh so good to hear from you. I have tried to contact you through Skype with no success and then through your blog a few minutes ago to find you here on my blog.
How is being home? It has been a transition for me as I am figuring the same for you.
I miss you and think of you everyday.
Love Laura