Holiday Season....

Tis the holiday season. Lets remember to be kind to one another. Although we should always be doing this, it should definitely be done during the holiday season. We need to remember people are more stressed during this season. A kind word to someone might booster their day. Make them smile, hold the door open, give them a good morning. It doesn't matter how you make their day,  just do it. I think as a  group of people we have lost the act of kindness. Sometimes that smile, the holding the door open, giving them a good morning, could turn the day around for them. There is a quote that goes like this."Sometimes it takes one act of kindness and caring to change a persons life" Imagine what could do for someone by just saying that one powerful word "HI". Think about it. 

My challenge to everyone, including myself is do an act of kindness everyday. You might even feel better and happier by doing. What a shock that would be. That we would also benefit from it.

Make this holiday season about paying it forward. Buy that person behind you in the drive thru there dinner. Offer to help someone you see is struggling. Just that little bit will help the world be a better place. Help the season be about giving and not receiving. Teach your kids what the true meaning of Christmas is. In case we have all forgotten what the true meaning of Christmas is, it is 

"to give up one's very self — to think only of others — how to bring the greatest happiness to others — that is the true meaning of Christmas.”

Happy Holidays to everyone. 

Long time no hear from.......

I am not going to bore you with all the details of my life for the last 1 1/2 years. HAHA! Feel lucky. But I will tell a lot has changed. I am not longer working at Ace Hardware. But I am working from home. Which gives me time with Devin,more free time to do things that I have been wanting to do, and more time to spend with my other kids. 

I have been doing some crafts. I actually really enjoy doing some DIY projects. There is a FB page called Dollar Tree Crafts. It is actually very cool to see some of the crafts that people come up with stuff from that store. I have made pumpkins and gnomes so far. Here are the pictures of them This has been so relaxing to do. I really am enjoy doing the DIY projects, and I am glad that I actually have time to do them. Now on to some other projects that I have in mind. Pictures to come. I know you can't wait. Neither can I. 

Negativity/Positivity in life............

People. How do people go thru life being angry? Blaming everyone else for what is going wrong or what they don't like about life? I have come across people in my life that don't seem to be happy unless they are complaining about something or someone. 

I have come to learn in life that it just isn't worth worrying about what other people are doing or not doing. I worry about my life and my kids life. That is it. 

People get so involved in what everyone else is doing. Don't worry about what everyone else is doing. Do your life the way you want to live your life. Not everyone is going to be or think like you. We are all different. Thank The Lord for that. It would be pretty boring in this life if we were all the same. Could you imagine what life would be like? Pretty boring! But I would guess that we wouldn't know the difference. We would probably still complain about something. 

If you don't like something don't use it, don't buy it, and walk away from it. You don't have to have it or be around it. No one is forcing you to. Do you! 

If you go thru life with so much negativity in your life, you will dig your self a grave. So much negativity in your life will make you ill. People it isn't good. 

A challenge to find the good in people. To find the good in what is surrounding you. To find the good in your job and the people that you work with. You might find that this will make life a little better to live. Work might be a little brighter. 

Stop the negative thinking. Start the positive thinking. You will be amazed at how things will change in your life if you start thinking positive  thoughts. Came across a quote by Abraham Lincoln.

I think that this sums it up! Rejoice people that we all dance to our own tune!

I am back.....

Ok I have been really bad at writing on my blog. So much has happened since the last time I wrote. Which has been over a year ago. I don't even know where to start.

I guess I will start with I AM A GRANDMA! I am so lucky and proud to be a Grandma. Yes I will be called Grandma, because I earned that right to be called Grandma. And I am proud of it. I have the most beautiful granddaughter. Oh she just lights up my world. Her name is Collins. She weighed 8lbs 13oz when she was born on November 9,2017. She is 5 months now. Growing like a weed. She smiles, laughs, eating baby food, and loving it. She hasn't quite got the rolling over down, but she is getting close. She can pretty much sit up on her own for a little bit. I don't get to see her as much as I would like. Hopefully I can change that this summer.

Next new thing in life. I moved. I moved back up to Elba, Idaho in August 2017. It has been great up here, except when it snows. HAHA! I work at Ace Hardware. I am head of plumbing. Yes head of plumbing. Very different from being a CNA. Yet I am still dealing with plumbing. Yes this is a bad joke. I like my job, and I have been able to meet some pretty amazing people. The job is hard just in the fact that I am having to learn about plumbing, water heaters, filters, sprinkler systems, and all the fittings that go with it. But it has been fun.

Next huge thing that has happen is Mike was diagnosed with Cirrhosis of the liver at the beginning of the year. He is given a 3% chance of living to his 58th birthday. He is 55. Not a lot of time. We are trying to get him on a transplant list. We go see the liver doctor on Monday in Salt Lake. Will have more information then. This news of course did not make for a good start to the year. As the days go on he is getting weaker, losing energy, hurting, bloating stomach.

Let me clear things up about Cirrhosis. It doesn't just get caused from alcohol. It also comes from fatty liver disease, medicines that you take, or even genetics. Mike has not drank for over 35 years. He has gotten his from genetics, medicines he takes, and fatty liver disease.

What I have learned this year is to not take things or people for granted. Enjoy life to the fullest. And always tell the people you love that you love them.

Well that is all that I am going to write tonight. I promise it won't be so long next time.

Love all my family and friends.

That dreaded time of year......

So how many of us really hate the New Year's Resolutions? I know I do. But every year I make those New Year Resolutions! Every year I fail them. It is a vicious circle. A vicious circle that needs to stop.

So what if we changed the name of them? Or maybe we just need to have one that we work on the whole year. That way maybe we can actually obtain that goal.

I know for me that those resolutions are always hanging over my head. I feel like I am a failure for not reaching them.

So this year I think that I will change the way I label the New Year's Resolution. Maybe I will call it a New Life Style for the New Year. I am only going to make one New Life Style for the New Year! That is to try and be healthier. Healthier can mean a lot. They way you eat, your exercise, outlook on life and situations. So I am choosing to try to be more positive in my daily activities. Try to change my eating habits. And yes I am going to try to do more exercising.

I want you to see that my key word in there is TRY! Not I am going to do it, I have to do it. I want to set myself up for achieving my goals, not failing them. I want to be able to achieve a better outlook of life at the end of the year, not looking back at what I failed to do.

On Facebook there was a post for every week you write down one thing that happened that was good. You put that into a jar. At the end of the year you pull all those papers out and read all the things that that have been positive during the year. Well I might have to try that. But maybe I will do that on here as part of making my life healthier.

Have a Happy New Year!

CNA Life......

I thought that I would write about my job. My job is awesome, stressful, sometimes not so glamorous, but it is definitely a rewarding job. I couldn't ask for a better job.

I have had people that tell me that it is a demeaning job. There is nothing demeaning about helping someone have a comfortable, dignified end of life. See in my job I get to help people pass on gracefully. I get to help families understand and cope with their loved ones declining in health or passing away.

We as CNA's work very hard, for little money, but we get the most rewards in our job. I take care of a lady right now. I go see her everyday except weekends. I have probable become more attached to her than any other patient I have had. She has so many stories to tell. She is an amazing lady. That is one of my perks on the job is to be able to listen to stories of their lives. How they grew up. What they did in their teenage years. How they fell in love.

So if you one of those people that think CNA's have a demeaning job. Think again. We have the most rewarding job, I think in the medical field.

This quote sums up A CNA job!

Friends.....

Hey everyone! It has been awhile since I have written in this here blog. So I thought that because of recent events in my life I would write about friendship.

Many of us have friends, we have good friends, acquaintance friends, the best friend, and the friend that is basically family.

Well I wonder if we all know what it is to be a friend. Do we truly know how to be that best friend. That friend that is like family. Or even just a friend. I think we forget how we should treat each other. I think we get comfortable or we just figure our friend will always be there no matter what. But how many no matter whats, taking advantage of, or it doesn't matter were friends, before we decide that we are no longer that trust worthy friend. That we brake that respect, love, honesty, or relationship.

I have learned that over the last couple of weeks that friends are not what they are cracked up to be. But is that really what how we should feel? Should our trust in people be determined by the actions of one person? NO! Although we may not trust one person, doesn't mean that another person is untrustworthy. It just means that it might take you a little longer to trust them. That you will use more caution on choosing who you trust, who you make your lifetime friend with.

So becareful out there. Choose wisely. And when you have chosen that special friend. Make it your goal in life to strive to live and be that friend who they will always be able to come to and trust. Because once you lose that trust, you can't get it back.

Although I forgive the friend, I won't ever be able to trust her again. That is what makes losing your best friend so hard. Especially when you have trusted for most of your life.

'BE TRUE TO YOUR WORK, YOUR WORD, AND YOUR FRIENDS!"