New Year Ramblings

So I often write blog posts in my head, or at least start them in my head, but they rarely actually make it onto the blog.  I'm going to try to do better and actually record my thoughts!!!!:)

So  here are some random thoughts.  First of all about New Year's resolutions, I don't believe in them, haha!!:)  I do believe in goals though and I make goals all the time, currently I have been doing a 6-month inventory (not every 6 months, haha) and a weekly goal list!!!:)  Lucky for me I don't feel guilty when I don't accomplish everything in my goal list!!!:)  I work my hardest to accomplish what I can, but at the end of the day I realize that I have 3 little girls to take care of and if it doesn't get done, oh well!!!:)  So as for New Year's resolutions, mine happen whenever I need them, not just January 1- whenever, and most of the time I am trying to make my life better and make lifelong changes, whereas I think a lot of New Year's resolutions are over by Valentine's Day.

Okay, so second thought.  Yesterday we were chastised by our stake president for not going to stake conference.  I love stake conference and I hope that everyone who reads this goes!!:)  It is such a great opportunity to be instructed by our local leaders, and I have found that our local leaders really are inspired to help us in our needs!!:)  Especially the Adult session of stake conference...I've tried to attend as many of those as possible, although it isn't always possible (last time my husband had his high school reunion that we'd already paid for by the time we found out about stake conference, too bad.)  The sad thing is that we only had 10% attendance at the last adult session...how sad.  The adult session is where all the good stuff is taught...plus you don't have any kids as distractions, so you can really glean a lot!!!:)  And yes, my husband took my 2 little girls to stake conference last year when I had my 3rd little girl (I was still in the hospital) and yes we took 3 little girls to stake conference 2 weeks in a row (haha, we went on vacation and it just so happened it was stake conference - and I tell you what, our stake conference was a lot more pertinent to me than the other). 

When I was younger I always took notes during stake conference.  In fact I took notes at a lot of functions!!!:)  Anyway, now that I have 3 little girls, I find it impossible to take notes, I'm lucky to hear half of a talk!!:)  But last stake conference I came home and wrote notes from what I remembered and what really impressed me.  I printed off the paper and stuck it on my mirror in the bathroom, and I've actually read it quite a bit!!:)  And I am excited to get to do it again in a couple weeks, and maybe make some more goals - not new year's resolutions!!:)

~The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Henry Ward Beecher