Drew got called into work tonight and I had thought to go to sleep a while ago, but then I decided to jump on the computer for a minute. It has been a nice peaceful evening and one minute turned into two etc. Then I found myself reading some blogs and enjoying them so much. I know I am really not a very consistent blogger but I thought I would share some things.
We will be moving to a new house in April. We are going to be moving to a 4 bedroom house close to where Drew works and about 25 minutes from where we currently live. It is a home in a little village. It is on the edge of the village very close to fields and the beautiful rolling green hills of North Yorkshire. The house is located pretty much in the center of 3 local schools all about a mile away. So Anna will start school in a village school meaning there will be about 45 to 70 kids for the whole school!
The village we are moving to has a small general store and a playgroup/nursery school both of which are just a few blocks from our home.
This will be a totally new experience for us as we have only ever lived in a city, but we welcome the change.
I hope to be able to post some good pictures but those will have to wait until April as we have a lot to do to get ready for our move.
We are also headed to Belgium in two weeks! So needless to say that March will be a busy month for us! We are very excited to go to Bruges which is sometime called the Venice of the north. It will be a fairly quick trip, but it is a very small city. But it looks beautiful!
Drew is also starting to teach his first College class on the 22nd, so, I think we are going to have our work cut out for us this month!
Now, if I can just get over this cold and get some more energy because it looks like I am going to need it this month!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Choices
I constantly talk to my daughter about her choices. She is two and a half we always talk about things that are good choices and things that are bad choices. Tonight she make a choice that made me so proud. We were at McDonald's for our traditional family Friday night ice cream date. Anna always gets an ice cream cone. Drew and I had finished eating and she accidentally dropped her cone on the floor. We all looked at each other. Drew said that he would wipe it off, knowing the loss of the cone would make her very sad. I simply said that I did not think that it was a good choice because it was on the floor and might have germs that would make her sick. Anna thought about it and she looked me in the eye and choose to throw it away! No complaining no looking back. I was so proud of her to give up something she wanted because it was not the best choice (at least in my opinion). When she was making her choice I kind of felt like she was looking at me and thinking, I trust you to help me make good choices. It was just a really cool experience.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Perfectly Balanced
Do you ever have a day where if life were a graded test you feel like you would have aced it? Yesterday was like that for me. Nothing spectacular happened. I woke up and Anna and I watched some video clips from a church website. I really felt spiritual. The entire day I was patient even in the midst of having a child who was not at her most balanced. I didn't shout as little one made her mistakes I just told her consequences for her choices and it worked out well. I felt in complete harmony with my life. I had energy probably because I exercised. I didn't feel sick, sad or anything else negative. I felt peaceful, probably because I took the time to be spiritually uplifted. I felt loved probably because I took the time to talk with friends and my husband. I felt grateful for the blessings in my life. But more than anything else I just felt a perfect balanced. When do you feel perfectly balanced?
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Hapiness Project October...
I was marginally successful, but yes I will say it was a success. I did actually enjoy London, a bit. I had fantasized about staying home right up until the day we left for the trip, but I made it. I threw up in the train station in Harrogate (in the bathroom thankfully) but did not throw up on any train or underground or bus the whole weekend, which I think was quite a feat. I mean I threw up on the way to the hotel after the train ride and in underground stations in between transfers etc. but not a train itself. The train ride down was pretty fun, with the exception that I was not feeling great so Drew was my complete hero taming the toddler. Our hotel was awesome. We had an adjoining room with Joan and Fred. So we could hang out in their room while Anna was sleeping.
We decided to go and see the Tate Modern Museum as they had an exhibit of 100 million hand painted ceramic sunflower seeds. Originally they were intended to be able to walk on the sunflower seeds but they learned that it was actually creating toxic dust, thus you could only look at it from a distance.
At this point it was getting pretty late after a train ride and museum we decided to head to Chipotle for dinner.
Then we headed back to the hotel.
Next morning, I had a huge struggle waiting to eat breakfast, as the "morning" sickness was pretty unrelenting. So whilst waiting in the cue I had to go down a flight of stairs to the bathroom and get sick. But during my travels I found the pool which looked like a lot of fun. So, Drew, Anna, and myself, went for a swim after breakfast. Then headed out to Windsor Castle.
Touring the castle was quite an experience. I really liked St. Georges Chapel where worship services have been held every day since the 1600's!
The castle itself had loads of fun stuff to see, but Anna was a tired toddler without a nap, so while we got to see most things, we did it quickly.
Here is Anna trying on a hat at one of the shops outside of the castle.
We headed to dinner at pizza express, which is a chain of restaurants out here, upscalish for pizza and pretty tasty. Then caught the hour long bus ride back to the hotel.
Sunday, we went to Church in the morning and I really was not sure I was going to make it. This was my sickest feeling day of the trip.
I spent a good portion of church in the bathroom. Drew was surprised by a conversation he heard in the nursery. The congregation was predominantly from Africa and one woman said she had just come back from Zimbabwe and that the church was flourishing there because people didn't have to worry about all the things they do here like jobs and what not. They can focus on spiritual things, interesting comment, kind of makes you think.
After church we headed to Trafalgar square for the big Dwali celebration.
We did not stay too long, but it was fun to watch dancing etc. It was very crowded and hard to see anything. So we headed back to the hotel for the rest of the evening. Drew and Fred went out hunting for pizza and we celebrated Halloween by knocking on Joan and Fred's door in costume. The only treat Joan had were mentos, which Anna loved and referred to as `trick or treats` for the remainder of the trip.
Next day we decided that wanted to go to see St. Paul's Cathedral and the Globe Theatre. Well, we went to St. Paul and then realized that it would cost us 50 pounds to all get in and kept moving. That was the first church I had ever been to that charged money to go into and we have been to churches and Cathedrals all around the world! Anyway, we moved onto the Globe Theatre. We were a little disappoint to learn its location. It was literally the building next to the Tate Modern Museum. So, had we thought things out a little better we would have had a bit less in commute. But, It was really cool. They also had a really neat museum and it was fun to see the exhibits.
Oh, and I did have to miss a portion of the tour in order to go get sick but I got the gist. After the Globe, we headed back home. All in all a decent trip, less the 5 + times of getting sick per day. But I we did have a good time, so goal achieved!
We decided to go and see the Tate Modern Museum as they had an exhibit of 100 million hand painted ceramic sunflower seeds. Originally they were intended to be able to walk on the sunflower seeds but they learned that it was actually creating toxic dust, thus you could only look at it from a distance.
At this point it was getting pretty late after a train ride and museum we decided to head to Chipotle for dinner.
Then we headed back to the hotel.
Next morning, I had a huge struggle waiting to eat breakfast, as the "morning" sickness was pretty unrelenting. So whilst waiting in the cue I had to go down a flight of stairs to the bathroom and get sick. But during my travels I found the pool which looked like a lot of fun. So, Drew, Anna, and myself, went for a swim after breakfast. Then headed out to Windsor Castle.
Touring the castle was quite an experience. I really liked St. Georges Chapel where worship services have been held every day since the 1600's!
The castle itself had loads of fun stuff to see, but Anna was a tired toddler without a nap, so while we got to see most things, we did it quickly.
Here is Anna trying on a hat at one of the shops outside of the castle.
We headed to dinner at pizza express, which is a chain of restaurants out here, upscalish for pizza and pretty tasty. Then caught the hour long bus ride back to the hotel.
Sunday, we went to Church in the morning and I really was not sure I was going to make it. This was my sickest feeling day of the trip.
I spent a good portion of church in the bathroom. Drew was surprised by a conversation he heard in the nursery. The congregation was predominantly from Africa and one woman said she had just come back from Zimbabwe and that the church was flourishing there because people didn't have to worry about all the things they do here like jobs and what not. They can focus on spiritual things, interesting comment, kind of makes you think.
After church we headed to Trafalgar square for the big Dwali celebration.
We did not stay too long, but it was fun to watch dancing etc. It was very crowded and hard to see anything. So we headed back to the hotel for the rest of the evening. Drew and Fred went out hunting for pizza and we celebrated Halloween by knocking on Joan and Fred's door in costume. The only treat Joan had were mentos, which Anna loved and referred to as `trick or treats` for the remainder of the trip.
Next day we decided that wanted to go to see St. Paul's Cathedral and the Globe Theatre. Well, we went to St. Paul and then realized that it would cost us 50 pounds to all get in and kept moving. That was the first church I had ever been to that charged money to go into and we have been to churches and Cathedrals all around the world! Anyway, we moved onto the Globe Theatre. We were a little disappoint to learn its location. It was literally the building next to the Tate Modern Museum. So, had we thought things out a little better we would have had a bit less in commute. But, It was really cool. They also had a really neat museum and it was fun to see the exhibits.
Oh, and I did have to miss a portion of the tour in order to go get sick but I got the gist. After the Globe, we headed back home. All in all a decent trip, less the 5 + times of getting sick per day. But I we did have a good time, so goal achieved!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
October Happiness Project - London
Well, I was somewhat successful with my October happiness project which was to try and enjoy London. I am just not such a fan and while I cannot
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Happiness Project September - Education (Business statistics)
I'm late, again, I know, I know, but I have been busy. Also, Business statistics is well, hard. Sometimes. The first few weeks of the semester were a cake walk mathematically (more difficult learning the technology, excel, etc). Then last week hit. Wow! I was totally lost. Luckily our former Stake President, who lives near by, also happens to teach statistics on base. Unluckily he is moving back to the states in a few weeks. But, last week after a long tutoring session I was able to complete my homework. This week however, the homework has been pretty easy, so, I whisper very quietly, I like statistics. For instance it has already helped me financially and changed my view of some things:
After being frustrated that yet another house on our street was going up for rent for less than we pay for ours. In the time we have lived here all 5 houses on our street have gone up lease all of them for less than we pay. They are identical houses! Anyway, I did some statistics and of the know prices people are paying for their houses our price was more than 2 standard deviations away from the mean! Anyway, after a bit a discussion (it was pleasant) we now are going to pay 80 GBP less a month and will be getting our window fixed!
I don't like the news, sometimes it makes me a bit nervous, so I just don't watch it. Then Drew told me that he read in the news that there was an open threat of violence which was going to happen somewhere in Europe. I worried a bit, but not enough to really even research exactly what he was talking about and realized that the probability of being involved is like 0.00000000000 etc. So, not so worried.
I really worked hard and have learned so much.
In other news, on Monday I took a test and found out about another little tax exemption we are due for next year!
Next month Happiness Project, try to find something fun to do in London. We are going on the last weekend of the month and thus far, I am Not a fan. This will take a LOT of work!
After being frustrated that yet another house on our street was going up for rent for less than we pay for ours. In the time we have lived here all 5 houses on our street have gone up lease all of them for less than we pay. They are identical houses! Anyway, I did some statistics and of the know prices people are paying for their houses our price was more than 2 standard deviations away from the mean! Anyway, after a bit a discussion (it was pleasant) we now are going to pay 80 GBP less a month and will be getting our window fixed!
I don't like the news, sometimes it makes me a bit nervous, so I just don't watch it. Then Drew told me that he read in the news that there was an open threat of violence which was going to happen somewhere in Europe. I worried a bit, but not enough to really even research exactly what he was talking about and realized that the probability of being involved is like 0.00000000000 etc. So, not so worried.
I really worked hard and have learned so much.
In other news, on Monday I took a test and found out about another little tax exemption we are due for next year!
Next month Happiness Project, try to find something fun to do in London. We are going on the last weekend of the month and thus far, I am Not a fan. This will take a LOT of work!
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