Why Are You A Mormon?

My favorite thing in the whole wide world is when a precious baby falls asleep cuddled in your arms. It just makes me never want to put that cute baby in their crib....until another baby starts crying. Because I've got to stop the other baby from crying so it doesn't wake up the sleeping baby. Because I don't know how precious the sleeping baby will be when it is woken up 5 minutes into their nap. It's true, these were really my only worries today. Don't you wish those were your only worries? It was nice while the time lasted. Now I am worried about not being sick this weekend.

I am just starting to get a soar throat and my nose has been running today too. I can't be sick when I run Epic. It's just not okay. Here's hoping it's just a small little thing. I guess I'll just need to sleep as much as I can to make myself better. Here is an excuse to talk NyQuil ;) now I won't only be taking it to just make myself fall asleep....and I have only done that on a few occasions. Don't judge.

Moving on....Glenn Beck was pretty fantastic last night. I'm the type of person that can barely make it through a 15 minute talk, but he had me entertained for the whole 50ish minutes that he spoke. The time flew and the whole entire talk was incredible.

Why are you a Mormon? That was his question. Think about it...if you don't know, then you better figure it out. I think I'll be reading the Book of Mormon again. The fireside really was awesome. I don't even know what to say. Because he just had so many great things to say. The man sure does make you think though.

It is currently 91 degrees and I am in sweats. And I have been all day. Yep. Getting sick. Crap. I just can't seem to keep my mind off of that. So I'll just be thankful now...

#218...I am thankful for wipes and gloves. There were some seriously NASTY diapers today. And you bet I was beyond glad that I had gloves on when I was changing those diapers. And it definitely helps that we use wipes for babies too. Because I just don't know how great toilet paper would be in that case.

I find that some of the things I talk about lately are not a good reflection. All I talk about is sleeping babies, burping babies, pooping babies...I guess I do spend all day with multiple babies most of the time though. I need to get out more when I'm not at work. Maybe I'll have cooler things to talk about ;)

Kohn is going to cook some chicken cordon bleu for me and his brother, Shawn, tonight. I love this meal. So I'm pretty excited. The main thing I'm excited for though is that he will be cooking, and I don't have to cook dinner. I am going to find something productive to do with my time while he cooks though, something other than watching some TV show that I'm way too obsessed with. Mark my words.

Other than feeling under the weather, today has been a pretty good day. And I'm excited for all the days to come that I feel better and can really work on bettering myself.

Glenn Beck

Hello, again. I think this is record breaking. This time around I only have 1 thankful thing to say. And I even wrote 2 blog posts in one day midmorning. Oh well what time it was, it still got done. I'm sitting in Weston, just ate some dinner, and am waiting to go to a pretty neat fireside. And I was by the computer and just felt this urge to type. Because it feels good. So, again, here I am.

We're looking to buy a townhome. Not quite sure if I mentioned this already, but it's true. We are. We thought about renting for a few short minutes, and then my realtor grandma helped us realize that it would be more beneficial to buy since we'll be there for so long. So...we are now "house hunters". I feel so grown up. Anyway, we just got back from discussing some things with my grandma, and I am just so ready to make this happen. I am ready to move, I am ready to sort of start over. It will be a new ward, new neighbors, a new area. We won't be in the "ghetto", if Logan even really has a ghetto. But it'l give us a chance to not be so shy and reserved this time around. And I am ready. Friends, here we come ;) We just need to make sure we have the moneys...oh money, money, money. The goal is to spend our Christmas in our new place. Pretty realistic goal I do believe. So here we go!

I'm thinking of naming this blog something else. I mean the name is cute and precious and stuff. But...there will come a time when we've been married a while and it will no longer exactly be a "beginning". I just don't know what name to go with. I need a creative bug. I kind of want to have a "purpose" for this blog too. I mean yes, it is meant for my thankful thoughts and to update about our lives. But our lives aren't too exciting and so there aren't really much updates. I guess I'll need a creative bug to figure this out too. Just be aware, there will be changes in the near future. Maybe. As long as I keep up my "love" for blogging. Maybe blogging will become my "hobby". Haha oooooooh, I am ridiculous. It shouldn't be hard to find a hobby that I enjoy, but I have found it's a lot more difficult than I thought. I guess I don't want to settle...now I just sound like I'm talking about dating. So I will stop.

Here is my thankful thought...

#217...I am thankful for cool conversion stories. They honestly are so inspiring. I mentioned earlier that we are getting ready to head off to a fireside. And I said a pretty neat fireside. Why so neat? Because it is Glenn Beck. And he is sharing his conversion story. I'm excited.

I just love conversion stories because they help me to realize how lucky I am. Now it would be cool to be the one with an inspiring story, don't get me wrong, but I am pretty lucky that I've had it so easy. I was born into this church and knew from the get go that it is so true. I never doubted, and I know that I've always known it's true. I'm very lucky to have always had that faith and knowledge. And I'm proud of that.

If I remember, I'll share a little about the fireside. But with my memory I could easily forget. I have to write things down. ALL THE TIME. Ask my husband, he was reading my planner today, and I think he kind of laughed to himself about some of the things I had written down. You'd think they'd be common sense to remember, but I just am not that good. Thank goodness for pen and paper. And the ability to write, no less.

Wheels are still turning in my brain. And I'll come up with a purpose for this blog. A greater purpose. Just you wait.

Until next time...which will hopefully be tomorrow. But I'm not promising anything.

M-E...me.

I figured it out...I figured out my new hobby. Brace yourself, you may not expect it. My new hobby is....me. Yep, that's right. M-E...me.

Don't we all need to spend a little time with ourselves/on ourselves? YES. It's healthy. It's needed. I think I'll get more mani's and pedi's ;) spoil myself a bit. But out of all seriousness...

I'm going to work on being healthy, in every aspect. Healthy physically, healthy mentally, create healthy relationships....just plain old healthy. Healthy Haley, I like it.

I guess laying in bed hours upon hours really makes you think about things, reevaluate, and figure out what needs to change in our lives. Because let's face it, something can always afford to be changed. Hey, I guess I can work on healthy sleeping habits too.

For starters, let's work on healthy physically. Let's face it, I've let myself go a little bit. Maybe a lot bit. I'm married, I won my man, I can skip weeks and weeks of working out and eat whatever I want. And gain weight. Icky. I actually...can not. Because when I become unhealthy physically, I become unhealthy mentally...and that is pretty for no one. And that even makes relationships unhealthy. It just does. Read my next paragraph to understand a bit better.

I read an article about how bad body image makes you afraid of socializing. And while I'm not necessarily afraid to talk to people I can totally see it is true. If you're not comfortable with yourself then you definitely tend to stay back in the shadows more. Learned it first hand. Do not like it.

Anyway, back to the "for starters"...yes, physically healthy. We're going to tone this body right up, and we're going to do it the right way this time, because the wrong way will ALWAYS come back to bite you in the behind. Promise.

And mentally...well that'll be an adventure. Positive talk, here I come. I don't even know what to say about this because I'm embarrassed. I just know it will take work.

Healthy relationships...let's just say I'm going to just be a nice person to everyone. Life is really just so much easier that way. Too much energy is wasted holding grudges and thinking bad/mean/upsetting/etc thoughts. Every single person has good qualities about them, and that's what I'm going to seek.

And this will be the tough thing...I'm going to get over this "let's be lazy and feel bad for myself" mentality. If I don't like it then I better fix it. My apartment WILL stay clean, mark my words. When my apartment is messy, like it seems to be a lot lately, I feel like I fail. So it really is huge that I keep it clean and have a nice "home". It's important that I "clean" up a lot of things right now.

I'm going to get the sleep I need so I don't drag all day long, and I'm going to accomplish lots and feel that accomplishing feeling that I love, and unfortunately, miss so much. I'm going to make myself feel important.

No worries, we're not all serious. I still plan on finding a fun hobby, like crocheting ;) but how will I ever enjoy something if I don't enjoy the simple things first? Especially if I don't enjoy me. I guess this blog will now be dedicated to continuing my thankfulness, but also to talk about the changes that I am so ready to make. I decided this because everything is so much better when you can talk about it. And yes, I can talk to my hubs about it all I want, but I just REALLY enjoy writing. So writing about it makes me feel way good too.

I can't believe I'm really being this out there and open about this...though I'm not being as open as some may think. But there comes a point where all you can do is let it out and talk about it.

I realize a lot of this probably doesn't make sense and seems jumbled, but it makes sense to me. And as soon as I start really making progress here I am confident that you'll see a difference and maybe understand better.

Here's to becoming a healthy Haley and loving me....and if I fail, well then...kick me ;)

I Need A Hobby!

Good freaking morning...I can't sleep so I'm going to write this blog post now. And this accounts for the 4th of August. So I shall catch up all over again...excuse me if I mess up or say some things that are wrong, or something like that....I am so very tired. But just can't seem to sleep. Too much on this little mind of mine. Plus it's flaming hot. And the hubs is snoring his little heart out. Sleep is not in the cards for me right now...how unfortunate. I shall say that...

#208...I am thankful for sleep. I feel like I have probably said this before. And will probably have the same explanation. But here I go again. I am thankful for sleep, when it comes to me. It's a bummer when it doesn't quite come so easily. So those nights that I can just lay down and close my eyes and fall into a deep sleep are spectacular. I wish they'd come...always. 

#209...I am thankful for text messaging. Sound ridiculous? Well, it probably is. But it really is quite great to just be able to relay a message super fast without having to talk on the phone, especially if you don't want it to be overheard ;) I'm not much of a fan of talking on the phone anyway...but texts are superb. They're just so convenient. And you know it's true. 

#210...I am thankful for pain killers. Oh yes I am. I'm not one to normally use any type of medication. I'm just really not a fan. But when it's needed...well, it's needed. And I'm glad they are there.

#211...I am thankful for this lap top that I can haul around wherever I like. I can still lay in bed, be by the hubs, and occupy myself while I can't sleep. Maybe the lap top isn't so great. Because if I couldn't occupy myself while struggling to sleep I may just fall fast asleep due to boredom. But oh well...I'm not trying to  contradict this thankfulness...moving on.

#212...I am thankful for words. I love how words can be so touching. When you say just the right things it's honestly like a piece of art. Nothing is better than a good quote that really makes you think and can actually have a pretty decent impact on you. Now if only we could always remember those words that meant so much and changed you for that moment...

#213...I am thankful for stores that are open for what seems like always. If I need to pick up something random at 11:00 at night I know I can rely on my good ol' WalMart. Fabulous.

#214...I am thankful for blankets. Funny how just a few minutes ago I was saying it was hot. Because now I'm cold. I just really think I need to sleep...haha.

#215...I am thankful that Epic will be here sooner than later. Honestly I'm way super excited to do it, I know it'll be fun. But I'm also just way ready to be done with it. I am ready to be done stressing about my training. For instance...I had 5 miles on my schedule tonight, but I closed at work, so I didn't get home until about 6:30, and then we were out and about until about 11. SO I didn't get my run in. If I didn't have a big running thing coming up, I wouldn't stress about it. It will just be nice to get the stress out of the way and gone.

#216...I am thankful for shade. I was outside a lot today with my 1 year olds. And I'm telling you what. It would have been icky to be in the sun all day. The shade is always welcome on a hot summer day. 

Right now I feel like I could type for hours and hours on end about everything and nothing. People, I need to make a change. I do the same thing all the time. And quite frankly, I'm sick of it. I go to work, I run, I cook and clean, I watch Cold Case, and I go to bed. Where's the excitement in that routine every single day? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my life, I couldn't ask for anything better. I just want to throw some excitement in there. Or something like that. Kohn did take me on a picnic to the temple the other night, and that was just the sweetest thing ever, and I loved it :) so I'll give him props on that :) but what I need is a new hobby...something that I do. Like Kohn does baseball. What does Haley do? Yes, Haley runs, but she needs something more...look at me, talking in 3rd person ;) haha. Anyway. I kind of have thought about learning to play the piano. But then I would have to buy a piano, and have space for a piano. Maybe when we move I'll have space, but there is no space right now. Plus pianos are expensive. So then I've thought, maybe I'll crochet. But then I think I'd feel like an old lady. Maybe tennis lessons? But again, money. Bleh. I need SOMETHING. I guess everything does cost money. So I'll just have to find something I can handle. 

If I tried half of the things I've pinned on pinterest, I'd be set for life. Maybe I should get working on that ;) I've never been super crafty...maybe I'll make myself that way. But it doesn't sound ridiculously appealing either though. What is this? A midlife crisis? Haha joking, joking. I'm only bored. I'll figure something out. And it'll be great.

Anyway...I'm afraid I'm waking Kohn up with all this tapping of the keyboard. So I guess I'll show some consideration and end here. Thanks for reading this dreadfully painful, and long blog entry. Have a great weekend! :) 

I Like Pizza and I Didn't Get Shot

It's a good thing that I said in my last blog post that I was going to stick to this, and not quit halfway through. Because now I really have to own up to that! Which is no problem, I've just fallen way far behind....again. Hey, and wouldn't you know it, dinner is cooking while I take a second to type this! Haha. The usual. Dinner however is not the usual. It's another new pinterest recipe! Oh how happy new recipes make me. I hope it will be good, it smells good. It's a no-carb pizza. The pizza crust is made of eggs, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, and some garlic powder. Smells delish, let's hope it tastes delish as well.

I really need to work on getting on here and writing more often. Because I always have cool things to say, but by the time I get around to writing, I forget all my cool thoughts. Oh well.

I'll just get on with it and get to my thankful thoughts...

#201...I am thankful for my nose. And the fact that it has the smelling sense. Mmmmmm. Dinner really does just smell that good. But it's also nice when I'm getting ready to eat a yummy piece of chocolate at work and I can smell that great smell as it's heading towards my mouth. Oh bliss. The only time I would rather not have my smelling sense is when a baby poops in their diaper. Oh gross. I don't know what some of those babies eat...but wowwwwwww. Haha I sure love their cute faces though.

#202....I am thankful for light. I should really consider running when it's light outside, rather than pitch dark. Last night Kohn and I were running down 200 W around 1000 N and we were just on the sidewalk. But a sidewalk we've never ran down nonetheless because we're normally on the other side of the road...and my point issssss....the sidewalk is crappy and I took a nice little spill...like the ones you only see in the movies. I've got a nice little ouchy on my knee. I can't stand to wear pants. So I wore a dress to work. My knee hurts.

#203....I am thankful that even though I had a whole week off work it really wasn't hard for me to go back to work. Because I love my job that much. Sure it was hard to wake up and have to be somewhere without just having a chill morning, but it sure was fun to see the kids again. And I didn't suffer at all. Haha.

#204....I am thankful for pain killers. Ahhhhh yes. I sure do love some nice drugs to get rid of pain ;)

#205....I am thankful for the happy experience we had going and watching "The Dark Knight Rises". It's always nice to make it through a movie without having anyone get shot.

#206...I am thankful for carts. You know, like the kind at the grocery store. If we didn't have carts we sure would struggle to get the thousands of groceries we seem to think we need. Carts are great.

#207...I am thankful for my purse. It's a nice big ol purse that carries what I need it to carry, and I like it. Plus it was a graduation gift from my wonderful mother-in-law. And let me tell you, it is cute!

Alright so that was kind of random about my purse. But I really do like it a lot. Anyways...I'm going to go stuff my face with pizza, cause you know it has no carbs so I can eat the whole pan if I want ;) and I'm going to watch some trash reality TV...what can I say, it's my weakness.

My weekend starts now. I hope you all enjoy your Friday though, while I enjoy mine.

Family Are Friends Too...

Here you are reading...and here I am again catching up...hahaha. I told you so. Oh well. I am just getting time (heard that one before), so it's all good. It's Thursday (obviously) and I have the day off, so I've had a pretty productive day thus far. Nothing like having a spotless apartment :) other than the extra bedroom....but we don't really count that, because that's just like a "storage/workout room" though it's hard to work out in there because there's no room...oh well. Enough about that, we'll fix it up soon. It actually was clean the other day, but then I heard a crash and I went in there and the dresser had tipped over and all the things on top of it were scattered all over the floor. And we just haven't had the time yet to clean it up. ANYWAY, now really moving on....

#195...I am thankful for a grandma who is a real estate agent, and knows her stuff. We are looking to move soon and she knows all the right things to help us out. Yay for grandma's education!

#196...I am thankful for the day I had at work yesterday. I just am :) most times people get nervous when their boss needs to talk to them, but I think it's about time I just get over that, because it's never anything to be nervous about...and I'm especially thankful to have a job that I LOVE. Very refreshing and fantastic!

#197...I am thankful that I can record my shows on the DVR. Or whatever you may want to call it. If there's nothing good to watch, while I have days off like today, then I can head over to that and pick some Cupcake Wars episodes, or some Cold Case episodes, or something fantastic like that. Oh boy, I'm starting to sound like my mother...

#198...I am thankful that Kohn gets paid to not work tomorrow. We both took tomorrow off so we can go to Rexburg for my brother's graduation. Gotta support the brother. But anyway, we took it off, and I don't get paid, and he does. So that helps lots.

#199...I am thankful for stores like Ross and TJ Maxx...I am very picky about my clothes, VERY. So it's nice to go to those stores and find "name brand" things for a way good price. Always makes me happy ;)

#200...I am thankful that I've made it to #200! Who ever thought that I would actually be able to stick it out this long? I only have like 165ish left! More than halfway there! There have been many times that I have fallen way far behind and figured I'd just forget about it. But I sure am glad I haven't given it up. And I definitely won't now. Sometimes we may just have to deal with novel blog posts because I have a million days to catch up with. But it's always a good time...

Well the apartment looks great. Oh especially with our new couch. Which I am oh so proud of. It took some hard work to get it ;) haha but anyway. Life is good. I love my family and I love that I get to spend more time with them now that it's summer. And when I say my family, I refer to both the Nielsen's and Thedell's. Sure it may not be a whole lot, but it's definitely more than it was before now. And we spend an equal amount of time with both families. I'm glad we both love our families and they love us too (well I think they love us, haha) ;) either way, it's nice to feel comfortable with both families for both of us! :)

Yay for families that are also best friends! :) Because those are always the best of friends!

I Think A Thought

Oh this summer weather is killing me! It's so hot! Even the walk from inside the grocery store to my car was a sweat breaker! This heat is killing me! But I will stop complaining....because I do love summer! Just not the heat. Anyway...it's been a while since I last posted. Oops. But oh well, I've just been busy with family, work, and life. As it should be. And of course you can bet that dinner is cooking while I take a breather to do this. Kind of a late dinner, but it's been a late day with work and such. And a long day. I can't wait to crawl into my bed and let some z's loose. Twill be fantastic.

I think I will thankful now. A couple times over...

#187...I am thankful for spurts of energy, and the "motivation" to get things done. It's great when I can just whip myself into gear and be successful...however, it's really probably not the best idea when I get spontaneous at 10:30 at night and have to work at 8, and don't go to bed til after midnight. Now it's not always a big deal, but when it happens multiple nights in a row, it should probably stop. Enough of that. I am thankful for spurts of energy.

#188...I am thankful for the awesome center that I work in. Licensing was approaching when I started working there and everyone was stressing out. A lot. I just couldn't figure it out. I thought that from everything I saw in the center that it was pretty much flawless. But we worked hard to get the center as child friendly as possible, even more so than it was, and when the licensing lady came we got a whopping 100%! Go Best Friends!

#189...I am thankful for thoughts. Some thoughts are no good, some thoughts are pointless, but some thoughts can really just save you in a moment. Thank goodness we can think to ourselves.

#190...I am thankful for rainy days every now and again. The moisture is always great, and let's be honest, the break from the heat is always nice. I think so anyway.

#191...I am thankful for caller ID. Let's you know when you should and shouldn't answer your phone. And yet...I just answered a telemarketer...genius.

#192...I am thankful for those cute little smiles I get to see every morning that just make my day. It's the best feeling in the world when a mom is dropping their child off and the kid is so excited to see you and just has a big smile on their face. It makes you feel good, and it makes mom feel good about leaving their child with you. I sure love those little munchkins.

#193...I am thankful for my husband. Again. I know, I'm always thankful for him. But as many of my facebook friends will already know, he is amazing. Sum of story: He helped a man in need. The man was very appreciative and told Kohn that he was a very good person. Random man in the road, I couldn't agree more.

#194...I am thankful for scentsy. Oh yes, this is true. I just put in a blueberry cheesecake scent last night, and I could smell it from the outside of my front door when I got home. And it was very welcoming. I could come home to that every day ;)

Well...I'm all caught up again. And I'm sure I'll be saying that again here in the near future when I have to write 8 more posts...oh well, it's a good time.

Thanks for reading!! ;)