Today I deactivated my facebook account. Why? I'm not positive. Facebook has always kind of been an addiction for me. I got on to escape chores and homework and then had to stay up late into the night to finnish my assignments. It has prevented me from spending my time with my siblings. It has kept me from giving Snoop more attention. It has allowed me to hold on to things that I really needed to just let go. It had taken place over personal scripture study and prayer... It's been a problem and I am now ready to end it.
I know I'm not Catholic, but there is a practice that I admire that Catholics do. I believed it is termed lent. This practice encourages people to give up something small for a certain period of time. It's purpose is to show how hard it is to give up a tiny want in our lives, in order to show how great Christ's sacrifice was and to come to a greater appreciation of the atonement.
Today I'm not giving up meat for a few weeks (disclaimer: according to my Catholic friends that's the traditional Lent offering, I'm not really sure if its true, though) I'm not giving up chocolate or TV for a few days. I'm giving up a distraction for life. I'm not doing it to understand the Lord's sacrifice, because as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I'm already doing that. It's one of the many great things about my religion. As members we give up our time due to church callings and activites, we give up part of our income (tithing), we give up food (fasting), and perhaps the hardest sacrifice for me is giving up being popular in the eyes of the world. We have high standards and we fight to keep them. No, instead of giving up facebook to understand the Lord's sacrifice, I will be giving up facebook so that I can become closer to the Lord and be worthy to partake of the blessings given to me because of his sacrifice.
Taysom
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Flowers, Jewelry, Romantic Dinner????
Happy Valentine's Day to me! Flowers, jewelry, romantic dinners, etc. are all wonderful gift ideas for Valentine's Day, but when you've had a problematic kitchen faucet ever since installation 4.5 years ago... the new faucet is the only way to go.
Since Valentine's Day was on a Sunday, we decided to celebrate on Monday. I had big plans of going to see Percy Jackson, some grocery shopping and making a "fancy" dinner in the evening. As often happens, the day didn't quite turn out as planned.
I woke Mike up Monday (a special sleep in day since it was President's Day) asking him to come check the kitchen sink. There had been a big leak - evidence down in the basement - and the faucet wasn't sounding good or turning off correctly. While the kids and I ate waffles, he spent a good chunk of time diagnosing the problem and then taking the old faucet out. Secretly I was soooo happy that we had to replace it :) It has been a problem since day one. We then encountered a few more inconveniences - the vacuum wheel thingy wasn't spinning. When I tried to figure out why, I noticed that the bag was so full it was overflowing - YUCK! So I replaced the bag and cleaned up the huge nasty dust mess and cleaned the wheel up, but it still was having issues... Mike was going to have to fix that too. Then Taysom came in from cleaning out the van and showed me a puddle of rust/red liquid from where the van had been in the garage. I told Mike that the van was probably leaking transmission fluid. Since we just had the transmission redone at the beginning of the school year, it is thankfully under warranty.
We did make it grocery shopping and to the movies. (Although the movie isn't that close to the book, I still really enjoyed it. The best movie this year, though, is The Blind Side.) Our fancy dinner, however, was replaced with Subway sandwiches since the kitchen was out of commission. It is amazing how much we use the kitchen sink. After one day without it, the kitchen was a pig sty. I couldn't wait to do some dishes after Mike installed the new faucet. The water pressure was even. There wasn't an annoying sound. And the best part is, no leaks!
Since Valentine's Day was on a Sunday, we decided to celebrate on Monday. I had big plans of going to see Percy Jackson, some grocery shopping and making a "fancy" dinner in the evening. As often happens, the day didn't quite turn out as planned.
I woke Mike up Monday (a special sleep in day since it was President's Day) asking him to come check the kitchen sink. There had been a big leak - evidence down in the basement - and the faucet wasn't sounding good or turning off correctly. While the kids and I ate waffles, he spent a good chunk of time diagnosing the problem and then taking the old faucet out. Secretly I was soooo happy that we had to replace it :) It has been a problem since day one. We then encountered a few more inconveniences - the vacuum wheel thingy wasn't spinning. When I tried to figure out why, I noticed that the bag was so full it was overflowing - YUCK! So I replaced the bag and cleaned up the huge nasty dust mess and cleaned the wheel up, but it still was having issues... Mike was going to have to fix that too. Then Taysom came in from cleaning out the van and showed me a puddle of rust/red liquid from where the van had been in the garage. I told Mike that the van was probably leaking transmission fluid. Since we just had the transmission redone at the beginning of the school year, it is thankfully under warranty.
We did make it grocery shopping and to the movies. (Although the movie isn't that close to the book, I still really enjoyed it. The best movie this year, though, is The Blind Side.) Our fancy dinner, however, was replaced with Subway sandwiches since the kitchen was out of commission. It is amazing how much we use the kitchen sink. After one day without it, the kitchen was a pig sty. I couldn't wait to do some dishes after Mike installed the new faucet. The water pressure was even. There wasn't an annoying sound. And the best part is, no leaks!
Thanks honey!
Oh, and he fixed the vacuum, cut the boys' hair, and will pick up the fixed van today. I am one lucky lady!!!!!
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