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This Past Week

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I haven't had a lot of time to blog lately.  Work has been crazy busy with the overtime piling up.  Such is life. I wanted to take a minute to share a few things that made me happy this past week, since another week is already upon us.

  • First, I've been needing to go grocery shopping all week.  However, I just haven't had time.  I could send Danny, but that means half of our groceries would end up being sweets and Mountain Dew.  With my cooking creativity, I put together a few meals with the random stuff in our freezer and cupboards which turned out well.  It's the small things that make me feel successful.
  • After a long day, Danny and I took a drive up the canyon because I needed to escape.  It was refreshing being in the mountain air and enjoying more of the fall season.
    • While this pictures looks very summery, there was a plethora of changing
    leaves in the canyon.
  • Danny and I (mainly me) decided we've been watching too much TV lately.  To combat screen time, we started putting together a puzzle.  It lasted about one evening, haha, oh well.
    • Favorite moment of the evening, when Danny told me he was going to
    put together the barn, because he was a man and that was the manly
    thing to do.  Should I mention I ended up doing it? Haha.
  • After a long day of work on Saturday, I met up with my sister Noelle to watch the General Relief Society Meeting.  My sister is so cute, she had a bag of snacks waiting for me, since I didn't have time to eat beforehand.  It was fun sister time taking notes of the meeting on our phones and getting glares from people who thought we were texting.
  • I went on another nature drive with my wonderful cousin Heidi.  We started in Provo Canyon and drove the loop up to Emigration Canyon.  We learned it was the perfect amount of time to update each other on the events, joys and frustrations of life.  
    • Foot shot in the leaves.

    Beautiful Heidi.
  • We had a family party with my side of the family this evening at my aunt and uncle's house.  My Aunt Gayetta has a whole closet of dress ups.  Every time I saw my nephews they were in a new costume.  I thought it was awesome.  It has always been a dream of mine to have a closet of dress ups for my kids someday.  Because let's be honest, a little part of me still enjoys playing dress up.
Darth Vader J
Captain America R
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  1. grammawoodOctober 1, 2012 at 8:18 PM

    Dressing up is fun! Unfortunately, I've passed on most of my costumes, but the kids always had fun with them when they were little.
    And I think its great to be clever and creative with using up what's available in the cupboard.
    I love the barn. Do finish the puzzle. I used to love doing jigsaw puzzles too and attribute my ability to get everything packed for our vacations to all the time I spent on puzzles.
    Kudos for cutting down on screen time. May I suggest indexing as a wonderfully productive alternative?

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  2. JanniferOctober 3, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    Mama Wood - Thanks for your suggestions. We will see about the puzzle, it appears to be missing pieces, but we can always get a new one.

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  3. ErinOctober 5, 2012 at 7:50 PM

    You can do a puzzle and watch/listen to TV. Multi tasking! I also find it very satisfying to create a meal out of random things left in the fridge!

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  4. JanniferOctober 9, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    Erin, I like the way you think. :)

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