Swensen Sentral

Well, I'm hot, tired, hungry, sweaty, and just plain gross, but it was worth $200. Love getting rid of things I don't need for money I do :).

Today was a good Sunday.  We actually got to church on time.  I got to listen to Sacrament meeting because Rick stayed home with the girls and their sniffles, and they were actually good talks.  The lesson I taught second hour went pretty well.  And I got to listen in Relief Society since I didn't have the baby and that lesson was really good too.  I came away from church happy and spiritually well-fed.  Much needed. One of the great things about today was that The Spirit could actually teach me.  I wanted to jot down some of the things I learned that I want to committ to doing this week. 1.  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  (Matthew 6:21)  If I want my heart in a different place, I need to focus my time and efforts in a different place.  So, if I want to feel happier inside, focus on the things that truly make me happy: people, service, music and singing, more sleep, family time, scripture reading, fe...

I recently read of some struggles a friend of mine is having, and I felt prompted to write to her about it.  Then I felt prompted to put my letter here, for whomever else needs to read it.  I've changed it a little to make it more anonymous.  Please apply it to yourself if it's something you need to hear. *********** Hello Friend, I too have struggled with 4 children (I actually struggled with #3 and then #4 came along too soon) and it's been really hard.  I don't even have some of the same struggles you have but I've had other things come up in life and even without those "other things" it's still a really REALLY hard job.  It's a full-time job to raise children, and a full-time job to keep a home organized and clean, and a full-time job to plan meals and buy groceries and do it on a budget using coupons and spending time cooking and making everything (all while 4 little kids are running around getting in the way and asking you questi...

A few weeks ago, I decided to weigh myself.  Don't really do it ever, I just don't pay attention to how much I weigh.  To me it's just a number.  I pay more attention to how I feel, a better indicaton of my health in my opinion.  Anyway, to my surprise the scale read 103 lbs!!!  What???  How could I weigh 103 lbs!  Well some of you may think, "Wow, I'd love to weigh 103 lbs."  But what went through my head was, "Ewww...grosss...way too skinny."  Made me feel anorexic and a bit sick.  I looked at myself in the mirror and saw the beginnings of a skeleton showing through.  Another ewww.  I went to bed, and had a hard time getting that number out of my head.  I can't even remember when I turned past 100 lbs when I was young and growing, it was that long ago.  All I remember is that I ranged between 115-125 in high school and college.  I never remember feeling fat, just a little chubby in some key areas (like my thi...

Today I gave Sawyer a spanking.  Afterwards, without a tear in his eye or a flinch in his facial expression, he said "thanks mom".  "Thanks for what?" I asked.  "Thanks for spanking me" he replied, and that was it.  I'm pretty sure it didn't phase him.  I don't think he learned any lesson, I think he mostly taught me that spanking doesn't work with him.  Yes, I did start laughing, I couldn't keep it in. Sawyer has definitely hit the terrible two's.  He's testing every limit and boundary he can possibly see, and it's getting on my nerves (to put it politely).  He rarely comes when I call him, almost always waits until I start counting and comes right before I say "3", teases his siblings relentlessly, pretends he doesn't hear me when he does, doesn't look at me when I'm talking, you get the picture.  And he's been crying over everything, it's getting pretty ridiculous.  If he were a girl I'...

Sawyer just asked for more "black strawberries". I guess those are olives.