The Way Of Success

so my husband is reading this book, the way of success by sterling w. sill, and yesterday we decided to sit outside in the beautiful weather to read a chapter together.. the chapter we ended up reading was about The Pleasure Principal which is basically that as humans we tend to do things that bring us pleasure and avoid those things that cause us pain.
i want to share a paragraph that i really loved;

In our ignorance we sometimes think life is picking on us and we become rebellious, or we feel sorry for ourselves and get discouraged. Then we lose our morale and quit trying. as the pain is increased we sometimes whine or cry, instead of taking life's suggestions that we repent.
(here's my favorite line....)
But life never turns off the pain until we eliminate the cause. (duh)
the pressure is increased until we either change our ways, smother our conscience or have a nervous breakdown. instead of accomplishing what was intended, some let fears and worries take over their lives to produce heart trouble and other disease. but this pleasure pain arrangement seems to be here to stay, and we had better learn how to profitably live with it..

LOVE IT!!

Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.

~socrates~

a great quote for today

The ones who are hardest to love are usually the ones who need it the most.

Cafe Rio, yummy! but is it racist?

so what is the deal with Cafe Rio. this might be funny to just me and my bestie Dinah but i had to write about it. me and Dinah love to go eat lunch at Cafe Rio. i think we've filled up at least 10 cards together. so you know that the 11th meal is free right and then they yell "FREE MEAL" so everyone can hear.... well can i just tell you that not once have they said it for us not even once. and then the next person in line will have one and they yell it out. so my theory is that they're  racist to brown people. doesn't really make sense since it's a Mexican joint right! i know but i cant think of any other explanation!!! so if you've ever had a free meal please tell me if they yell for you and if they do it every time so i can finally know once and for all!!

last night i went to my ward service project. they were making little wooden toy cars, quilts, and file folder games. it was fun. the best thing of all was that i totally remember my mom having all those file folder games. i got so excited about it i came home and made Ava one!! so i hear these are the best thing to keep children entertained and quite at church!

how greatful i am!!

I just have to say how luckyI am to be surrounded by so many wonderful people in my life! yesterday I got to see my sister and her kids, Elaina and Aden. by the way Eli is the best! today i got to hear from some friends and family in VA which i love!!! and spend time with my daughter... best of all the few minutes me and my husband had in the morning to get on our knees and thank the lord for all his love... it's amazing to me that when you make a change within yourself how the world around you changes as well. so can i just say to you.

I LOVE YOU!!!

so here is a video especially for my mom and dad in VA to see their little nieta having a blast reading! and Ava covering her mouth when she laughs that's all tia Ashley!

so here is a sneak peek at what my curtains are starting to look like.. i dont think the pictures do them justice but to those that can't come and see them here's what you get.......

this video makes me laugh! carlos wanted to make it look like ava was driving so he coverd his head with a blanket and drove the car with ava in his lap!! (one year olds are way to distracted to do anything for more than 2 seconds) i love my family!

what a fun day today! i got to meet Heidi Uhl from retrospects studios. not only did i meet her but i had a blast doing her hair. i have to admit that what should have taken me 2 hours took me about 4 but that's only because i had so much fun talking to her! she is amazing, i love her! thanks Heidi for letting me do your hair!

MAY-DAY!!

so this is a shout out to those with twins!!
I've been privileged to have my niece Kiara with me for the week. wow good thing she's awesome or i might have thrown her and Ava out the window already!! if you've ever had a toddler you should know what i mean....... to have 2 one year old toddlers equally curious equally independent and equally uncommunicative is such a challenge so mothers with twins i salute you!!

just a thought

"whether you think you can or you think you can't either way you're right"

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