ok...so I love the Office

Been Too Long

It has been way too long since I have posted in my own blog. I figured no one was really reading it anyway...lol. So if you are, let me know, I will be happily surprised.

I have thoroughly enjoyed having my daughter and her family back close to home. This is where she belongs, I have missed her and her beautiful family so much. We have had a bit of upset when it comes to moving....Amy and Jaron had just moved to Willard in August at the same time Justin and I moved to an apartment in Roy. Well, since they have moved there, they found a fabulous LDS private school for the kids up in Tremonton. Jaron has been driving the 100 plus miles daily to take them to and from school, so they decided it would be better to find a place closer. They found a very nice town home in Tremonton and are moving there this week. I am sad she is moving farther north, but happy she is still in Utah. It will still be closer than if I were to drive to Salt Lake, so I can't complain.

Darren and Samantha are doing great in their new school, I can already see a difference in Darren's confidence and attitude.

Ryan took his first steps this last week and is now walking like a drunken old man all over the house. I get a kick out of watching him, he is so proud of his new accomplishment.

I am working at Sams Club now part time, I can't say I love it, but I do like it. The people there are great to work with and I have a good time. The money isn't great, but I hope to change that soon. I am still working on niche blogging and this is actually starting to pay off, as well as working for AtTask daily. I can't complain, I am very blessed, I have more than enough money to get by, I am healthy and I am very happy.

Scotty is a Sophomore at Bonneville High School. He is on the swim team and he just informed me this weekend that he is going to try out for the ice-hockey team. Jared is doing great in 5th grade, he is finally taking the role of education a bit serious. He also is learning how to play the electric guitar, I'm so proud!

I am so blessed to have such an incredible family, not just my children and grandchildren, but my siblings and their families. I feel so loved by them and I hope they know how much I love them back.

Life is good!

I am honored to be able to sing this in Sacrament Meeting in my new ward

A Day In the Life of ADD

If you are one that suffers like I do from ADD, it tends to be a constant battle in your mind. Well, ok...in my mind, is where the battle is happening. I have been sitting here at my computer, doing everything but what I know I need to be doing. It is as if my mind were on speed...but, NO, it's not...it just keeps going from on thought to another thought and I can't keep track of it.

I feel as if I need to just go to bed, with a boring book and sleep...then start all over again tomorrow. Focusing seems to be like an impossible task right now. I liken it to when I am go check on the dogs food, see that the kitchen needs sweeping, so I sweep really quick, and as I am putting the broom away, I notice that I need to bring up more cereal from the storeroom, so I go downstairs to the storeroom, and then I see there is some laundry that needs to be thrown in, so I throw in the laundry, then grab another load out of the dryer, take it to my room to fold. As I am folding the laundry, I see some mail on my dresser that I forgot to open, I open the mail, see that I need to to put it with my bills to be paid, start thumbing through the bills, getting frustrated that I am getting so disorganized. So I sit down to attempt to organize my bills and start to get them paid, so I turn on my computer, pull up my web browser, see that I have some emails....I start to read emails....and then....THE DOG STILL HAS NO FOOD!!!!

Now do you understand what my mind and day is like? So, as you can see, I am a bit unfocused today...I have so much going on in my mind that I can't keep track of it all. I become mentally exhausted...whew! Well, tomorrow will be a better day, and I will get my writing assignments done. I think it is the stress that I am under right now...it just doesn't help things.

The Perks of Living In Utah

FORGET REDNECKS; THIS IS WHAT JEFF FOXWORTHY HAD TO SAY ABOUT UTAHNS!

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September to May, you live in Utah .

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Utah .

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Utah

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you live in Utah .

If 'vacation' means going anywhere south of Salt Lake City for the weekend, you live in Utah .

If you measure distance in hours, you live in Utah .

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Utah .

If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' and back again in the same day, you live in Utah .

If you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both unlocked, you live in Utah .

If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a rag ing blizzard without flinching, you live in Utah .

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in Utah .

If the speed limit on the highway is 75 mph -- you're going 80, and everyone is still passing you, you live in Utah .

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in Utah .

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Utah .

If you find 10 degrees 'a little chilly' you live in Utah .

If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends, you live in Utah .

I am working on more blogs of course

I have been learning a lot about blogging these past few weeks. I have made another blog that I am dedicating just to my writing...and it is http://jensenwriting.blogspot.com. This site is just going to be some things and thoughts that I write about. My journey that I am taking and the struggles that I am going through and the lessons and skills that I am learning because of these trials.

As we all know, growth hurts more than anything. Sometimes when I am struggling so much, my thoughts and feelings are swarming all around my head and putting them down in my blog seems to make them stay. It is a release of sorts for me. I guess that is why I have kept a journal for all of these years, since I was 12 to be exact.

I want my family and children to know my thoughts and spiritual experiences that I have, they might think that I am always depressed, or trying so hard to be happy, but it is ok to be either. I just want them to know that I have faith in Heavenly Father and that He loves me with all of His heart and won't let me down. I am grateful for my tests in this life because they are what has made me who I am.

Well, I will write more in my writing blog if you would like to read it. Thanks, and love to you all.
annette