ROOKIE

TODAY I REALIZED THAT I AM STILL A BLOGGING ROOKIE. I MESSED AROUND AND LOST MY BACKGROUND AS WELL AS A FEW OF MY POSTS. I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY QUOTE BACK ON MY BOOK BLOG, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY GOOD. I WILL KEEP TRYING...

MORE FROM MY BOOK

THE ART OF SHEDDING. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING FOR ME. "THE FIRST STEP IS IN SIMPLIFICATION OF LIFE, IN CUTTING OUT SOME OF THE DISTRACTIONS. BUT HOW? FIRST VANITY; LEARNING HOW LITTLE WE CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT. SHEDDING PRIDE; SHEDDING OUR MARTHA LIKE ANXIETY ABOUT THINGS AND THE IMPRESSION THEY MAKE ON OTHER PEOPLE. SHEDDING HYPOCRIY IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS-- SHEDDING MY SOCIAL MASK. FINALLY, TO ASK HOW LITTLE, NOT HOW MUCH, CAN I GET ALONG WITH. TO SAY -- IS IT NECESSARY?-- WHEN I AM TEMPTED TO ADD ONE MORE ACCUMULATION TO MY LIFE." FOR ME THAT IS JUST HARD. BUT IT IS BEGINNING TO HELP WHEN I AM TEMPTED TO BUY SOMETHING, NOW I AM STARTING TO ASK MYSELF, IS IT NECESSARY?--WE HAVE THE CHOICE BETWEEN SIMPLICITY AND COMPLICATION OF LIFE.

GIFT FROM THE SEA by Anne Morrow Lindberg

I love to read and my new book is so good and thought provoking that I read a chapter and then find myself re-reading it again before I move on to the next. It is a good thing that it is a short book. I am so glad that I found this book, it is one that every woman should read and ponder. There are so many little pearls of wisdom to be found within it's pages.
I LOVED THIS QUOTE...IT'S HOW I FEEL
"The shape of my life is determined by many things, my background and childhood, my mind and its education, my conscience and its pressures, my heart and its desires. I want to give and take from my children and husband, to share with friends and community, to carry out my obligations to man and to the world, as a woman, as an artist, as a citizen. But I want first of all-in fact, as an end to these other desires--to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can."

Now what you need to understand that this book was written in 1955 and is applicable to our lives today as she thought it was to her 55 years ago.

CHANGES

So this week I have decided that I need to eat more healthy and so I was perusing the internet to find a way to track my calories. I found a web site called http://www.sparkpeople.com/
and I really like this site because I can customize it around the foods I like and it tracks all the essentials that I need in my diet, as well as my exercise. I think that it will be good if I stick to it which I am going to really try.

Tonight I felt like Rachel Ray because I found the best recipe, it is healthy, very easy and it was YUMO-LISCOUS all the ingredients for the perfect recipe. There is nothing I like better than to find a great recipe. I wish that I could cook and experiment more, but generally there is not anyone around to eat it and therefore I would eat it ALL MYSELF. Maybe that is why I was looking for a calorie counting website the other night :) I guess that is why I like sundays and company, always someone there to eat dinner. Here is the recipe for Chicken Escondido.

So I have decided that i like scrapbooking, which i do very little of anymore and i like cooking, something which i also do very little of anymore and so I am going to learn how to create a recipe blog. This will be my new challenge to figure out how to do this, I see it on other people

WEEKEND IN UTAH

We went to Utah on Saturday for the annual Jones Bowling party. We spent the rest of the day at Grandpa Swaners with the family. We loved holding Hailey while she slept. What a sweet baby girl!

I don't think that Ben has the holding the baby thing down quite yet! It's a good thing that babies sleep through most anything.

SPRINGTIME IN IDAHO

I GOT UP THIS MORNING TO THE SOUND OF THE SNOW BLOWER AND ABOUT 5 INCHES OF SNOW. IT JUST DOESNT SEEM RIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NEWS SAYS THAT NEW YORK COULD GET TO 80 DEGREES TODAY. THE TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE 40'S TODAY SO MAYBE BY THE TIME I GET HOME FROM WORK IT WILL BE MELTED. THANKS JEFF FOR MAKING IT EASIER TO GET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING :)

ONE LAST POST FOR THE NIGHT

I KNOW WHAT YOUR THINKING... IS SHE EVER GOING TO QUIT?, BUT I HAVE TO SHARE ONE MORE THING. I HAVE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO USE PHOTOSHOP AND IT IS SO MUCH FUN. HOWEVER I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO WITH KNOWING WHAT I AM DOING AND I HAVE TO RELY A LOT ON OTHERS TO HELP ME. THIS WEEKEND BEN HELPED ME CREATE THIS ABSOLUTELY DARLING PICTURE OF OUR NEW HAILEY JO THAT I JUST HAVE TO SHARE. THANK YOU BEN AND http://www.jessicasprauge.com/

EASTER WEEKEND

WHAT A WEEK!

It is Monday night and I am once again missing DWTS to update my blog, but it seems to be the only time that I have available. I went to Twin Falls with Jeff last week and spent a couple of days. My dear friend Marilyn has a son who lives there and is a chiropractor and he said that he had some treatments that might help my sinuses so I WENT, I TRIED, and I am unsure that there is anything noticabley different, however I might go back again sometime this month and try again, we'll see.
Friday Jeff and I took off from Twin and headed to Sun Valley to ski with our friends Dave and Sharon. It was a great day, the snow was still in pretty good shape and for the first time my feet actually sweat. I know that sounds gross, but I have always battled with cold feet so it was nice for a change. I have decided that Grand Targhee doesn't compare, Sun Valley puts them to shame. The logdes are like 5 star hotels and the ones at the top of the hill are equally as beautiful as the ones at the bottom of the hill. It was worth the couple of extra bucks to ski there and I am pretty sure that I will be getting Jeff to take me back there again.