Update

WEEK 1

How are you all doing with the September challenge that I started for this month?

This first week is to Love work and avoid idleness.

It has been really hard to always be doing something. I have been a little sick, and very tired. And I have been working extra this week.

I have been trying to get the paint on our fence so our yard looks good again!

We have made plans for our house, and now I have been a researching girl. For one, I want to make our little bathroom in our bedroom feel a little bigger. (suggestions?)

There has been a little bit of slacking in the house work stuff, but that just something to try to balance.


How have you guys been doing? Are you as exhausted as I am?

Happy Thursday! Thank goodness for a short week!

September Challenge: Week one

Last week I wrote this post about a September Challenge that I was starting for myself, and invited all of you to join in for the month of September and a week after.

For this first week of September the thing to work on is to Learn to love work and avoid idleness.

For me, sometimes this really is a hard thing to do. I started practicing this last week by putting my phone in my drawer at work so it wasn't a temptation for me when things got slow. That I could work on other things when I had nothing to do.

I get off work at 2:30, and it is so easy to come home, fix myself some lunch and plop myself down on the couch and do nothing for the rest of the evening, when I have lists of things that I would like to get done.

So this week, whatever you need to do to keep yourself moving and going, do it. The Lord doesn't want us to be idle. Idle bodes are the devils playground. Make lists, put notes on mirrors, be doing something.

If you need a rest, obviously take a rest.

but organize the closet that you've been wanting to. Fix the holes in the huge stack of jeans for your husband. Dust those places that you've been avoiding for a while. It will make you feel so much better when you know that you have accomplished what you've wanted to in the day.
Plus it will help you sleep better at night.

Take pictures, and share with me at the end of the week how you did!

Happy Labor day, all.

Ready, set, Go!

September Challenge

For the past few weeks I have had this feeling that I needed to get a hold of my visiting teaching companion.  Then finally I did it and we set a day to go visit our assigned sisters in our ward. We weren't sure what the message for August was so we decided to just go with a yummy treat and quote. 

Then I started reading the September issue of the Ensign and stumbled upon the message for the upcoming month. It is about being Self-Reliant. There is one part about how when the pioneers settled in the Salt Lake Valley that Brigham Young wanted them to "flourish and establish" their new homes. They had to learn new skills and had to become self sufficient. "While the specific duties of Relief Society sisters are often different today, the principals remain constant:

1- Learn to love work and avoid idleness.

2- Acquire a spirit of self- sacrifice

3- Accept personal responsibility for spiritual strength, health, education, employment, finances, food, and other life-sustaining necessities.

4- Pray for faith and courage to meet challenges.

5- Strengthen others who need assistance."

These got me to thinking that these are such great things to strengthen to any person. Religious or not. 

If you would like to join me, I am going to work on these one week at a time throughout the week of September. I will do a post at the beginning of the week to remind you of what the principal is, and one at the end of the week to share my insights and thoughts with you. **Some things that I/you may feel and learn through out this is very personal, and will help you grow and become more self reliant. You can choose to do this with your spouse/loved one as well and grow closer to one another.

I am very excited about this. If it helps to put notes around the house, notifications on your phone, anything to remind you to keep going, do it!!