Feeling confident in your ability to handle it - whatever it is? If you want a little self-assessment test, check out the Clean Sweep Assessment. I took the quiz and found plenty of areas of my life that could use improvement. In honor of turning 42, my score was 41. How did you do? I wonder what would be different if it included stuff like reading the scriptures, praying, or other important religious behaviors.
I had a bit of a pity party tonight & took it out on my kids. Nothing like ending a great day with a mother's temper tantrum, huh? Maybe we'll have chocolate cake for breakfast to make up for it.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Top Ten Hints that We're Not on a Cruise Anymore
So now that we've been officially back for a week, I thought it was time to let you know how we know that we're back. The cruise was WONDERFUL! We are so blessed to have good friends who were willing to take care of our children for us. We even came home to clean laundry & happy children. So nice.
1. It's cold! The weather was warm & wonderful for the entire time. The decks were very windy for a few days as we outran the hurricane. When we were docked in Roatan, the sky was overcast & threatening - but it was still warm! Now, I am cold every day & even wear my sweatshirt through most of class at the gym! (I am the designated Fan Girl usually so this is a change.)
2. No one cooks or cleans the dishes up for us! Every night at promptly 6 p.m. we would show up at dinner & Imade (our waiter) would bring us dinner (and offer another choice if he could tell we weren't pleased with our original choice). On our first night home, it was a shocking change to have to think of what to cook & actually cook it! Also, we had great dinner companions (Jan & Walter from Florida) that were fun to talk to every night. We even saw Gilligan's Island out the window next to the table.
3. Nothing very new & exciting out the window when we wake up every morning. We were lucky enough to see four different ports of call - I am still counting Roatan because at least we saw it from the window! In order the pictures are Tulum (Mexico), Belize, Roatan, & Freeport (Bahamas).
4. I don't get to spend enough time with my husband. We were together 24 hours a day almost every day. It was wonderful - Scott is such a fun traveling companion! We didn't have to divide & conquer to get everyone where they needed to be all at the same time.
5. We ARE the fun & games committee at home. We miss the cruise directors & staff planning fun activities all day long. We played charades, bingo, and trivia games. I even went to a little scrapbook class. We could have done 100 other things - there was almost always a decent selection of things to do.
6. When we go to bed at night, no one has turned down our sheets, left us chocolates, & a to-do list for the next morning. Also, no cute towel animals.
7. No cigarette smoke clogging our noses & lungs every time we took a wrong turn or tried to get somewhere that was only accessible through the lounges or casino. (This is definitely a positive!)
8. No more wardrobe excuses - all of my clothes are present & accounted for. I don't have the excuse of saying that my [-----] is at home so I have nothing to wear. Everything is right here.
9. Piles & piles of pictures to scrapbook. I chose my favorite 188 pictures to Costco to have them printed up. Now I have a list of pages to scrapbook & great memories to relive! (And a deadline so I don't forget!!!)
10. Three beautiful children are within reach to hug & kiss & love almost all day long.
1. It's cold! The weather was warm & wonderful for the entire time. The decks were very windy for a few days as we outran the hurricane. When we were docked in Roatan, the sky was overcast & threatening - but it was still warm! Now, I am cold every day & even wear my sweatshirt through most of class at the gym! (I am the designated Fan Girl usually so this is a change.)
2. No one cooks or cleans the dishes up for us! Every night at promptly 6 p.m. we would show up at dinner & Imade (our waiter) would bring us dinner (and offer another choice if he could tell we weren't pleased with our original choice). On our first night home, it was a shocking change to have to think of what to cook & actually cook it! Also, we had great dinner companions (Jan & Walter from Florida) that were fun to talk to every night. We even saw Gilligan's Island out the window next to the table.
3. Nothing very new & exciting out the window when we wake up every morning. We were lucky enough to see four different ports of call - I am still counting Roatan because at least we saw it from the window! In order the pictures are Tulum (Mexico), Belize, Roatan, & Freeport (Bahamas).
4. I don't get to spend enough time with my husband. We were together 24 hours a day almost every day. It was wonderful - Scott is such a fun traveling companion! We didn't have to divide & conquer to get everyone where they needed to be all at the same time.
5. We ARE the fun & games committee at home. We miss the cruise directors & staff planning fun activities all day long. We played charades, bingo, and trivia games. I even went to a little scrapbook class. We could have done 100 other things - there was almost always a decent selection of things to do.
6. When we go to bed at night, no one has turned down our sheets, left us chocolates, & a to-do list for the next morning. Also, no cute towel animals.
7. No cigarette smoke clogging our noses & lungs every time we took a wrong turn or tried to get somewhere that was only accessible through the lounges or casino. (This is definitely a positive!)
8. No more wardrobe excuses - all of my clothes are present & accounted for. I don't have the excuse of saying that my [-----] is at home so I have nothing to wear. Everything is right here.
9. Piles & piles of pictures to scrapbook. I chose my favorite 188 pictures to Costco to have them printed up. Now I have a list of pages to scrapbook & great memories to relive! (And a deadline so I don't forget!!!)
10. Three beautiful children are within reach to hug & kiss & love almost all day long.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Cruise Pictures - the big file
I wish that I had time to make captions on each picture right now. You can see A SLIDE SHOW of the trip if you have nothing to do for half an hour. It's long. We saw Cozumel, Belize, Roatan from the ship, & the Bahamas. Very cool & fun.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Cruise teaser
We are currently docked in Roatan, Honduras. Civil unrest (a strike against the government) has made it impossible for us to go ashore. The officials didn't tell us until we arrived this morning. It is very beautiful - hilly, mountainous, lush, green, & overcast. We were going to go by rickety fishing boat to Anthony's Key Resort to snorkel & see the dolphins today. We saw the dolphins out swimming in the ocean this morning - A LOT of dolphins (20-30). Yesterday, we went ziplining & cave-tubing in Belize. The day before we visited the ruins of Tulum near Cozumel, Mexico. Here are a few pictures -- (*well, there up there)
We just received word from the cruise director that we are going to have an extra At Sea day instead of another destination. Bummer, bummer, bummer. We are loving the cruise but this ship is especially suited to beer drinking, smoking, & gambling.
We have however discovered all of the places to eat good food & have partaken liberally. ;)
Anchor just dropped & so will the internet service.
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