May 10th Tuesday

Today I did a Pasta Class at work. I felt kind of out of my element. I have always kneaded the dough for 8-10 minutes. This time I didn't do that and I suffered the consequences of that decision. I needed to let it set for 30 minutes which I didn't have time to do. So when I put the Pasta through the Pasta Machine it came out falling apart. I just kept putting it back through and after about 6 times it came out beautifully. But each time I put more pasta through the machine it was the same way and I had to put it through about 6 times. So I felt pretty bad about the whole class. But before I made this pasta I made pasta out of Kamut. I turned out beautifully. It was amazing and tasted just like normal pasta. I was excited. I made fetticini out of this pasta. Then of course I had the disaster, but all turned out well. I made a great salad out of that pasta. But I had a Lady from my class say don't you dare apologize, you just made us realize that it can be done. You persisted until you finally did it perfect. When we go home and make pasta, we will know that if we persist we can really do it. You had a super class. She said this is real life, it isn't on TV. This is a true to life class. She made me feel wonderful. I was glad the mistake was made by the time she got through. People can make our lives wonderful. We just need to tell them we appreciate them once in a while.

May 9th Monday

I am just so grateful that I am able to work. Not that my job is super easy, not that at times I get frustrated with what goes on. Not that I am totally happy with everyones responsibilies, and feel like every one does their part, because at times I don't feel that way. I am grateful that Mother's Day is over, because sometimes I felt as though I was in the Bosch Kitchen Center alone. I felt like I needed to run to keep up with how busy the Center got, but it is fun to be around people who can appreciate me for the years I have spent cooking. It is certainly a reward to know that I have accomplished something good in my life. I think working makes me organize my time a little better. Sometimes it is tough to be Primay President and have that responsibility, as well as keeping up on a home, and working. I still have children that need me and need me to talk to them on the phone, especially when they feel in crisis mode. I want to be their for them. I just hope I can continue to juggle everything that I need to and be their for those I love.

May 8th Sunday

It has been a day of fun in my home. My children were awesome when it came to Mother's Day. I received such a special day of love. Michelle sent me a darling plate about Mother, and also some amazing cookies. Lisa sent me a darling card and a cute little letter from each of her children. Jennifer gave me a beautiful card. Karalee gave me a card with some money in it. Emily called and wished me a beautiful day and told me that she loved me. The dinner that everyone contributed too was more than I ever expected. I felt like a queen, with all the great love and respect shown to me today. I want to thank all my children for a beautiful day. I love each of my children and my concern is for them and their futures. They mean so much to me. I pray for them each day, some more than others. Some are having some struggles that I would like to take away from them, but I know things will be corrected in the Lords time.

We had a great Sacrament Meeting today. Once again all the Seniors spoke about their Mothers. It is so fun for such wonderful things to be said about Mother's on their special day. We all know that we are not perfect at all, but it is fun to hear that once and awhile you feel appreciated. This day was one of those days. A day that I felt appreciated. Thank-you all who had part in that.

May 7th Saturday

It is the day before Mother's Day. I have been working all day long and I am tired. We didn't sale all the Bosch Mixers that we were suppose too. They gave away with each Bosch a cute package that was full of toffee. It was nut walnut toffee, and toffee with a nut chocolate topping. Very tasty. So I brought some home for my mother as well as Frank's mother. At least I was able to give them a mother's day present. I know that it is the thought that counts, and right now I am giving a little something for the thought. I am pretty excited because Karalee arranged that we would have dinner her at my house, but she called everyone to contribute. She is bringing the meat. It will certainly make my mothers day wonderful. I am grateful to my children for all they do. They are certainly a blessing in my life.

May 6th Friday

I have been at work all day today. It has been super busy and we have sold a lot. I find myself enjoying talking to people about different items in the store. But it has been a very long day and I am exhausted.

May 5th Thursday

We had an early morning work meeting then I and my husband got to go to the temple before he needed to be at the airport and I ended out back at work. I came to work at 1 instead of 2 but I am glad that I did because they sure needed my help down there. The temple is a wonderful place when life around you seems in such turmoil. I am so glad I got to attend the temple this morning, because it certainly made the rest of my day.

The girls and my husband picked me up at work. They looked great! You can certainly tell they have been in the sun a lot. They are pretty tan. They enjoyed themselves greatly, but said it is nice to be home. I think it is always hard to stay with other people because you feel like you are invading their home sometimes, especially when they are living in a small apartment. But like I have said before it is worth it for family. Family is so important and we love them all. I loved hearing there awesome stories about Houston. My husband has been working on a basement again. He is such a perfectionist. When things are not perfect he feels like he needs to redo them. I love him for that, but he has been in this basement so much that at times I think he just can't do things he wants to do and make them as perfect as he wants them to be. I think he works to hard and expects to much of himself, so he over does things which cause him more work. But he fixes anything to look awesome. I just hate that he is re-doing because of whose basement this is

May 4th Wednesday

It has been another day of cleaning and being at work. I have been trying to get the house super clean for the arrival of my girls tomorrow. It has certainly been an easy job to keep this house clean with only my husband and me here. It is Mother's day this weekend so it has been crazy at work. I come home and find myself exhausted. Tomorrow my girls will be home. That is exciting. We have missed them and their guy stories, their work schedules with picking them up from work and making sure they are on time. There entertainment can make life fun because they always have an interesting story to share. So we will certainly be happy when they are home again. I hope they have enjoyed themselves in Houston. It is always fun to visit family, but in my situation I love being home as well. It is just always good to be in your own home, use your own bathroom and sleep in your own bed.

May 3rd Tuesday

I had a bread class today. It was great but I worked almost all day and I am exhausted. When I came home we needed to be somewhere. So we ate quickly and headed out. We went to the church, the UVU institute choir came to perform for us. The conductor use to be in our ward, so he does a special performance for the building our ward meets in. The wards in our building are invited. It was a wonderful performance. They did dancing and singing. The whole performance was on "The Proclamation to the Family." It was incredible. I know that there performance has inspired many people. I know they have done it up at the conference center all week and they have done it for institute classes. I was extremely well done, and I am glad that I got to be a part of it. It is amazing to be inspired by such wonderful youth, they are certainly a group that lives their religion and sings every song found in the hymn book and The primary songbook because they know that what they are singing is true and you can certainly feel that.

May 2nd Monday

It is the night for Family Home Evening. My girls are gone to see their sister so they are not home. FC and I read scriptures. We are reading The New Testament. We are studying the epistle of Paul, which is pretty much the whole New Testament. Sometimes I have a hard time making out what he is trying to say. It can be a frustration for me, because I feel like I should understand. But I am sure the understanding will come as I read more.

I worked today this afternoon. I know that my brother is having a lot of trama at the BKC because he called me tonight, and we talked for a good hour. I feel for him because he has a lot to figure out right now. I just think that he needs all his employee's to work together toward a common goal, instead of being so much against each other. He will have a meeting on Thursday morning so that we can discuss things and hopefully get things worked out.

May 1st Sunday

Another miracle has happened. My husband felt inspired to go and read his scriptures last night at midnight. So he did he wandered downstairs for a minute. He found we had left some meat on the unit, it had run out of water. Truly a miracle. A good reason to read scriptures, because the Lord is trying to protect you, and make your house safe.

It was a great Sunday. I was in charge of sharing time today and it was a hard thing for me to do. I don't understand how I can do all kinds of baking classes and never become shaky or unsure of myself like I can at sharing time. I think it is probably because all these little children in our primary are so innocent and cute, and I know what I say can become an influence in their lives. I love them all and I know how important it is for me to be the right influence. I know that right now I am an instrument in the Lord's hands. I pray constantly that I will be who I need to be. We had a great dinner tonight at Jennifer's home. We had a Thanksgiving dinner, it was delicious. We invited Grandma and Grandpa C. We all enjoyed the time spent together.

April 30th Saturday

It has been an awesome day. Another miracle happened to our family. In the basement apartment the dishwasher stopped working. My husband went down and found a wire nut that was fried. So he replace the wire nut. He cut the wires and started all over. But it did not fix the dishwasher. Today my son said, "Dad I can do without a dishwasher but I can't do without a disposal." So after solving his paint gun problem and doing some painting, he headed home and to the basement to do some repair work. While he was gone I prayed that he would find the problem to the dishwasher as well as the disposal. I guess when he went downstairs, he did the same. He went to the plug on the wall that both items were connected too. He turned off the circuit breaker and checked it out. Just as he was ready to put it back he saw a little spark. He took the plug back out and completely redid it. Miracle of miracles the dishwasher and the disposal worked. If my son had not complained and the dishwasher hadn't gone out, there could have been a fire. Either from the dishwasher or from the plug. We were truly blessed, another little small thing that tells us the Lord loves us.

I got my whole house cleaned today. Mopped and scrubbed everything. My husband vacuumed everything. Then we went to the movie "True Grit". The ending wasn't what I would call good, but I enjoyed the movie as a whole. It was so nice to come home to a clean house, and to have it clean for the Sabbath day tomorrow. It is Fast Sunday tomorrow, a day I have learned to love.

April 29th Friday

I think that we could probably count this day as a Friday. CHW worked with me at the BKC today and we had a rough day. I felt bad for CHW because she made a mistake and I tried for 1 hour to rectify it. But it couldn't be rectified because the money was not in the bank because the transaction had just been done. I hope it will be taken care of tomorrow. We all make mistakes I told her, if we didn't we wouldn't be human. I know that a big mistake was made a few days ago, and that wasn't CHW's fault. We had to ship a Bosch out second day air because one of the employee's didn't ship it out a week ago. So sad because it was another mistake. The name on the transaction was BH. But he claims he doesn't remember. That ended out costing 137 dollars. Sometimes mistakes can be big, but that is the business world. Like I said I wish we were all perfect. I sold a Bosch today and a lot of other items, but CHW rang most everything up. I was a frustrating day for my husband as well. He couldn't get the paint gun to spray right. So he rolled the ceilings in the basement he is working in. I think it was just a bad day for everyone. What about you? How has your Friday been? I know someone out there had a great Friday.

April 28th Thursday

Today K&T flew to Houston to visit their sister and her husband. We had prayer with them before they left. I couldn't go because I needed to get ready for work. While I was at work KC called me from the plane, and acted a little concerned about her plane ride. I told her she would be just fine. I know my girls will have a great trip.

I sold a couple of Bosch's today and a lot of other things. I put a lot of the items I sold under AKH's name. He told me it doesn't matter any more so I figured what do you do but sell things and put them under the bosses name. So I did.

My husband and I went to the temple again today. I was so rewarding. Anytime that I go to the temple the work seems to go by so fast. I am grateful to do work for my ancestors. I feel their presents my times. It doesn't bring anything to me but pure joy and I become pretty emotional. I can't describe this wonderful experience to anyone that hasn't felt it. I just know it is an experience I wish I could share with everyone.

April 27th Wednesday

I think that the most important thing for me to do each day is to count my blessings. I don't do it often enough. I think of them and yet I don't write them down. I didn't have to work today so I spent the day cleaning. I realized that I hadn't found the key to the BKC and I needed it. But of course someone else opened yesterday so I didn't need to worry. I searched for it for about 1 hour before I left yesterday. I searched all my pants pockets that were in the dirty clothes about 4 times. I searched the laundry room, the kitchen, the office, the family room, my room and the sewing room. These are the rooms that I spend most of my time in. I searched and searched. So when I got home last night I decided I needed to say a prayer. I told my Heavenly Father that I had looked everywhere. I couldn't find it any where. After I prayed I went to search the laundry room again. I searched my pants pockets again, and the key was right there as if I had never gone through that pocket. To me that was a miracle and a blessing for me, because I know how many times I went through that pocket.

One of my counselors couldn't be to our meeting tomorrow night, so I rescheduled for tonight. Unfortunately she still didn't make it. But we had our meeting and once again had a lot of things to discuss. We even called a few more people to important callings. It was a successful meeting.