Making Mole Hills Out of Mountains

I stress a lot. I mean seriously, it is ridiculous. I like having everything planned in advance. I make a lot of lists. I counted the other day and have eight different calendars. EIGHT! Who does that?!? Crazy people, that’s who. Unfortunately, that’s also me. This week has been particularly stressful for me and many things haven’t gone as planned. Yesterday when I waited in line at Taco Bell for 15 minutes only to be told their card machine was broken (I never carry cash) when I was already running late getting back from lunch I almost burst into tears. The only reason I didn’t was because I was determined not to cry over something as silly as Taco Bell. I came back to work, vented to my long suffering coworkers about the craziness and snacked on some goldfish. As I was being particularly petulant, I checked the blog of a family from my home town to read about the progress of their daughter who had heart surgery on Wednesday. As I was reading the things this mother had written about seeing her baby girl with tubes coming out of her body after literally having her chest ripped open, I felt so humbled. The words she wrote were so beautiful and heartbreaking. I can’t even imagine what she and the rest of her family are going through but I was so touched by the positive outlook she has on everything. At that moment I was so grateful for my trials. They seem so small in comparison. So what if I don’t get lunch one day. There are children in this world who haven’t had lunch all week. I am so blessed but sometimes I look past all my blessings and only see whatever is not going perfectly with my many plans. I have decided today that I’m going to try a little harder to be a little better, as President Hinckley once said. To count more of my blessing and not worry so much when things aren’t exactly how I want them to be. That’s life. I won’t always be able to change the circumstances, but I can change my attitude. So look out world, I’m now turning my mountains into molehills!

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This is our life.

I don't know if you can tell, but that is Cory under there holding up these two crazy monsters masquerading as our nephews. We have a lot of crazy fun times with people a quarter of our age. I know everyone is jealous. :)

I Like Lists

It's true. I think that is going to be my default blog method from now on. I keep waiting to have one big thing happen that will link everything we do together, but it just doesn't happen. So my solution is to make lists. Here it goes again.



Recently in the Watts House:


1. I took Cory to the Original Pancake House for part of our Valentines date. He has never been and it is too yummy of a place not to experience. He really liked it and is already talking about going back.


2. I am now a reformed sugarholic. I never thought I would see the day I went without candy, but it has arrived. And you know what? I don’t even miss it that much! I also don’t miss the 15 pounds I’ve lost since cutting it out (even though I did sneak in a Cupcake on Valentines).

3. I have been introduced to The Pioneer Woman. She is awesome. No joke. Cory bought Pioneer Woman Cooks for me for Valentines (yes, I am a girl who can be romanced with books) and I LOVE it. She is so funny and practical and all the recipes look absolutely delicious and have step by step instructions with pictures for every step! I can’t wait to start trying them out and I would definitely recommend it.


4. Subsequently, I am now dying to read The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels—A Love Story.


5. Cory has a work truck. This is a HUGE blessing for us because they pay for his gas and we can finally sell his moody Explorer. He is pretty excited to be driving around in the big snazzy thing too.

6. I have been released from my church calling as a Primary teacher. It is kind of weird, but I had started to feel like I was finished with that calling. Not in a “Wow, I’m so sick of this way” more like that whatever I was supposed to get from that calling had been accomplished. So it was really no surprise when Brother Duncan asked me to be the…

7. Second councilor in the Young Women! I am so excited and nervous about my new calling. The girls are so sweet and I have a ton of adorable little beehives. Luckily I am accustomed to having the largest class from my time in primary. What I have learned so far is how much I have to learn. The other women in the presidency are just so great and I am really looking forward to learning the ropes with them.

8. We have had free weekends. I have missed them so much! It is kind of sad how happy being able to go grocery shopping on a Saturday makes me.

9. I have been trying to temper my novel reading with more serious literature. I didn't go too heavy to start with because I like to read very quickly. I still haven't finished it but the book I chose is Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll. I have to say that I have really enjoyed it. Each chapter is about a different royal couple and it goes in chronological order so it connects together even though it is usually switching countries. I have definitely learned a lot.

And there you have it! Our life in a list. :)

Watts Up?!

Recently we/I have....

*had an absolutely wonderful Christmas I may or may not get around to actually posting about.

*been way intimidated by my Silhouette I got for said Christmas. I'm excited and nervous about using it. Right now I am taking it in baby steps...

*been wishing I had WAY more time to spend on crafts than I do. On top of figuring out my Silhouette, I've fallen in love with http://uvinyl.blogspot.com/. Susannah does such an awesome job and I want to make everything she posts!

*hosted a new years party and subsequently become the most hated people in our neighborhood.

*become addicted to the game Angry Birds. Who knew shooting pigs with birds could be so fun???

*fallen even more in love with our newest nephew, Carson. All of them are cute (nieces, too!) but he is the cuddliest!

*joined the gym! Hooray for us! I already have my favorite shiny neon spandex pants guy (he seriously has like a million pairs).

*unpacked our wedding china, over a year later. It now looks awesome in our antique china cabinet. It belonged to my Great Great Grandmother. Pretty cool, huh?

*started recycling. It feels so good to be green! If you don't do it already, you definitely should!

*spent many nights by the fire watching NBA basketball.

*taken a trip to North Carolina during a snowstorm. Not the best idea we ever had...

*seen some jerk wreak his "beast" car after warning him about a huge patch of ice on the road. He was fine, but got charged with felony hit and run (not on our car thankfully).

*had lots of fun with our family, friends and ward family. It has been too fun and we are definitely very blessed!