A Starter...not a finisher..

OK folks, I've been informed I need to post something/anything on here or get the heck off - so here goes...
Actually it was this "request" that brought me to the subject of this rant. This blog is one in a long list of things that I have started and not finished. This is one of my greatest weaknesses and regrets, the fact that I really am a BRILLIANT starter, and a sloth when it comes to finishing things...anything...thoughts even...heck thoughts probably most of all.
I made a mental list the other day of "projects" in my house that I have started and not finished. The grand total? 21. And that's just in the last 18 months. These aren't little things either, like books or sandwiches, nooooo, these are biggies like for instance ohhh re-upholstering a couch. And it's almost as though it would be better if I had never started the things to begin with. At least if you're THINKING of re-covering a piece of furniture, it just sits there in one piece and is functional while it is waiting for it's new clothes. But me, I have to tear the thing apart, spread it all over the place, staple on a couple different fabrics to see "how they look in the light in the morning", and suddenly it's 4 months later, and I seem to have no qualms about inviting somebody in to actually sit down on the thing while it continues it's evolution. "Don't mind the pins, I'm just in the middle of recovering it.." AAAHHH! My whole life is half-finished tasks, and just begun projects. And here's another thing. After living with one of my "starts" in it's metamorphic state for awhile, I don't even see it as unfinished anymore. Yup, I'm so good at seeing what something "could" look like with a little facelift, that I actually just begin to SEE it, as though the surgery was already complete and the patient has fully recovered. Heck, in my case, the patient has already recovered and gone shopping, and got a new hair-do, had 3 more kids, and looks just great, thank you very much, when in all reality, it is still really just a chair in so many pieces on the ground...with pins in it...
The biggest thing on my "to be finished..." list is my degree...which I started awhile ago...ok...35 years ago. So now, I hereby promise to turn over a new leaf. (Although technically, isn't turning over a new leaf just another way of saying I'm "starting" another thing....that i probably won't finish...again?!?)
ANYWAY, I'm gonna do it. I'm going to join "Club FINISH", by choosing one thing from my list every month (I know, I really aim for the stars, don't I?) and finishing it. And I will post my accomplishments here, where I can be really embarassed and appropriately prodded. I am already enrolled in my first class back at BYU , AND I am going to finish dressing that chair with all the pins in it...my visiting teachers will be so relieved.

Christmas in Mesa

It's Autumn Time!

OOOPS! I'm not too good at this computer stuff yet, so you get 2 titles and only 1 blog - oh well...
Anyway, is there anything better than the sound of a good football game on the tube and the smell of pumpkin pie wafting through the house while I unpack my fall decorations? I think not! I started baking today and I couldn't stop! Brown Sugar muffins, a huge batch of homemade chili and cornbread, chocolate chip cookies, a pumpkin pie, and oh yeah, there were some over-ripe bananas on the counter so I HAD to make a bazillion loaves of banana bread. AAAHHH! I just can't seem to adjust to the fact that it's just me and Ron in this house. As Sadie would say, "I'm just ONE PERSON!" Look out neighbors! You just might step in some baked goods the next time you exit your front door - don't say I didn't warn you! I LOVE FALL!!!

It's Autumn Time!

Office - YAY!

Why oh why do I love office so much? I feel like such a dork. I watched by myself last week and laughed outloud the whole time. Lame! A couple more bars of "Take a Chance" from Andy, and I'll go out with him!

Unanimous in the Affirmative

I didn't know this is what my first blog (ok, second) would be about, and this is by no means a "religious" themed site, however my spiritual beliefs are an important part of who I am and this just happens to be what I have been "mulling" about for awhile, so here goes..(too much with the quotation marks? maybe?) (did I mention my thought process is very scattered?) ANYWAY...
The church to which I belong has a world wide conference every 6 months, in april and october and one of the unique things about it's organization is that at each of these conferences, members are given the opportunity to vote to sustain the General Authorities and Leaders of the church, all extremely gifted and accomplished men and women who give willingly of their time to serve in a worldwide arena. Sitting at home on saturday as I watched the conference on TV (a new thing for me, since other places I have lived do not broadcast this conference locally, I guess that's a point for Utah**) , as the names were read I raised my hand to vote and sustain, even though I was alone. At the end of the process Pres. Hinckley, who was conducting this business, said, "It appears that the voting has been Unanimous in the Affirmative." I've heard that phrase countless times in my life, but this time it really stuck with me. And not really for the occasion to which it was attached. I've been thinking since then, how much different and better my life would be if it was more Unanimous in the Affirmative (hereafter referred to as UA). How would this country be different if it's leaders and citizens were more UA? How would my physical, social, mental, spiritual, emotional life be if in my choices I was (or is it I were?) more UA? I guess what I'm thinking about could be called integrity, I've wrestled most of my life with being more integrated with myself. But on another level, I think it just means (to me) to be more "Positively Together", more "Genuinely Supportive", more "Certainly Assured", more "Absolutely Sustaining". I know I'd be a better person. And I think it would make my life, and the lives of those around me better. I'm not a person who makes new year's resolutions, but UA is something I'm going to really start working on. Yup. That's the team I want to be on. Team Unanimous in the Affirmative.
**Another blog subject to be tackled in the future: What's the score for Utah??? (or what the heck am I doing living here and do I want to stay?)

ATTENTION!

ATTENTION!
I am now entering the frightful and unknown (to me, anyway) territory of blogs! Everyone else in our family has one and I thought it was a great way to stay in touch with eachother, so I am biting the bullet, and stepping out of my comfort zone. As you can see, I haven't posted any pictures yet, I'm baby-stepping with just words this time. Stay tuned for some news and certainly some big goofs. Here we go!