Day 227: Proceed with Caution

Aha:

This may seem insignificant but to me anything regarding food is always significant, anyway today I decided to pull my sandwiches off the sandwich-maker a moment earlier than usual (yes, I have one under my desk that I use everyday to make grilled cheese sandwiches).  A second later, someone came into the office that needed me to escort them over to the hospital--a 5 minute round trip.  Had I waited to pull them off, I would have lost track of time and my perfect sandwiches would have been WAY overdone!

Ha ha:

Here's a reason why one should look before they bite:

I was distractedly staring at some documents on my computer screen and totally took a bite out of my sticker!

Day 226: I Like to Eat, Eat, Eat Chocolate and Bananas

Aha:
A couple weeks ago I noticed a friend of mine post of FB that she had been eating lots of lava cake.  I commented that it was my favorite dessert and the next thing I knew this "sweet" friend of mine invited me over to her house to enjoy some with her.  So, yesterday I went over to her place after work and we got to visit for an hour and eat the BEST DESSERT EVER!!
Thanks so much Sarah for thinking of me and for making me my all-time favorite dessert!!!  It was great getting to know you better and I look forward to doing this again soon!

Ha ha:
As I was walking up the front steps into work this morning I noticed a banana on the ground.  There were two women shuffling up the steps a little bit ahead of me and I thought I'd pick it up, try to catch up and see if it belonged to one of them (although, my first thought was, Mmmm, banana).  When I got inside they had both split (no pun intended) into different directions and I was unable to return the banana to its rightful owner (ok, maybe I didn't try that hard to catch up, but that's beside the point).
I had two options:
1.  Throw the perfectly good sidewalk banana away
2.  Eat the perfectly good sidewalk banana

After a couple moment's reflection, I decided to go with option #2.  That's right.  I ate a banana I found on the sidewalk and I enjoyed every last bite.

Day 225: A Little Different

Aha:

The lesson in Relief Society was on President Uchtdorf's talk back in September titled, Forget Me Not.  As I mentioned in my blogpost back then, this is by far my favorite talk!  It's amazing! 

Anyway, after listing the principle "Be Happy Now", the teacher asked for comments on how we can be happy now without waiting for "our golden ticket to happiness".  One of my friends said, "Not to be a downer, but you can't rely on 'it'll get better' because it may not.  It might be better, it might be different, but it can always be good."

I thought this was a great way to look at life.  Things could be better--they could change--but no matter what, with a positive attitude, things can always be good.

Ha ha:

Whilst hanging out with friends during the Super Bowl, Clinton spent a good deal of his time swapping ghost stories with Richard.  They were sort freaking each other out and laughing about it when Richard's wife said she wanted to take a picture.  All conversations ceased and we posed for the below picture.

It wasn't until looking at this picture that Richard nervously laughed and said, "Uh, Clinton?  Look at this."  (Notice the ghost orb floating between Clinton and Richard? Spooky/really hilarious!)

The innocent girls (no ghost orbs here!)

Day 224: If the Ferris Wheel's a'Rockin'...

Aha:
Friday night Clinton asked if I wanted to go to Chicago for the day on Saturday. Totally excited by his spontaneity, I said, "Heck yes, I do!", and so we went!
I took him to Navy Pier and we went to a 3D moving called, Flying Monsters, walked through all the fun shops, got some Garrett's Popcorn (carmel w/pecans...uh...yum!), walked through the indoor gardens, rode the giant ferris wheel (found out it's 150 feet hight) and found a really cool stained glass exhibit. Anyhoo, here are some pics from the day (compliments of Clinton's new lens)...

Here's my hottie GQ husband! This was an "accidental" picture but I LOVE it!!

Ha ha:

Clinton kep taking pictures of me and after a while I'd had enough, so I started making both silly and "sexy" poses. When I looked at the pictures I laughed out loud. Apparently, I don't "do" sexy very well, but I'm sure the giant coat and earmuffs didn't really help either. Ha!

Ha ha!

Day 223: Work (Over) Load

Aha:
I had a rather frustrating day at work with a lot of extra work being given me that I really had no idea how to do.  I'm thankful however for a brief spiritual nudge reminding me that everything was going to be fine and for help from my coworkers.  One even met up with me to have some candy and let me vent for a while, so thanks guys!

Ha ha:
"Nothing calms a troubled soul like candy"
--Anonymous (actually, that was me that said that, but "anonymous" sounds so much classier!)

Day 222: Here's the Story

Aha:
I had the responsibility to remind Dr. Simpatico about something important today and almost nearly forgot to do so until 5 minutes before the end of the work day!  Whew!  So thankful for the little "spiritual nudge"; I would have been toast without it!
Moral of the story?  If you get a prompting...follow it!

Ha ha:
I have been meaning to blog about this for a while now, but I keep forgetting so here goes.
I don't know how it is in your house, but in the Logan Home whoever reads scriptures--the other one has to say prayer.  Well, both of us prefer to read and we'll usually "fight" over who gets to.  A few weeks ago we were both sure that it was "our turn" to read and wouldn't concede to saying prayers so we both picked up our scriptures and started reading out loud, at different parts of the scriptures, at the same exact time.  This went for several verses before we both just started laughing.  Honestly, I don't even remember who said prayer that night!

Day 221: Can You Hear Me Now?

Aha:

A few weeks ago I realized that I was becoming rather lazy in saying my prayers.  I'd get into bed, read my scriptures, turn out my light, turn on my fan and THEN roll onto my side to say my prayers/fall asleep--not a good system for heartfelt prayers.  Anyway, I made a commitment with the Lord during sacrament meeting to be better about saying my prayers and asked for a "spiritual nudge" if I started to climb into bed without saying my prayers first.  Sure enough, last night as I was preparing to jump into bed and rest my weary head, I had a little reminder from the spirit to kneel beside my bed to say my prayers.  I promptly knelt down and was able to enjoy a few moments of reflection and connection with my Heavenly Father.  :)

Ha ha:

My cold is passing (yippee!) but my ears are still rather plugged--here's an example from today.

There are two docs in our office who know very little about computers and require a lot of extra help from the assistants whenever a computer issue arises.  One of my coworkers came back from such an occurrence rolling her eyes.  When asked what was wrong she said, "Oh, it's just Casper's junky shoes again."      "What?", I asked.  "What do his shoes have to do with anything?".  

"No," she replied, "not his shoes--it's technical issues again."

"Oh, that makes much more sense."

Ha!