30 reasons I am glad to be 36

30 reasons I am glad to be 36

1. I have a 15 year old. I better at least be 36.

2. I have nearly been married for 17 years. I better be at least 36.

3. I am old enough, with careful consideration and helpful advice, to make my own decisions.

4. I am old enough to know better.

5. no expects me to get all the candles blown out any more.

6. I have learned to say no when needed, without guilt.

7. It's fun to have teenagers.

8. I'm still young enough to remember "the good ole days"

9. Since every day I have to get older, I try my hardest to get wiser.

10. Each day I am one day closer to death (jk lol..it's an "old" joke)

11. I'm old enough to realize that what someone thinks of me is none of my business.

12. Also old enough not to care too much what people think about me.

13. 36 isn't 46.

14. 36 isn't 21 (thankfully!)

15. I have learned to appreciate the different qualities in people.

16. I'm old enough to have ice cream for lunch if I want.

17. ...or dinner

18. With my new found memory lapses I never get tired of the same jokes.

19. Since my eyes are getting bad, I can't see the mess in my house as well as I used to.

20. ...or the scale...

21. My joints hurt when a storm is coming so I can predict the weather.

22. With all my gray hair, I get to experiment with new hair color every 5 weeks.

23. I am more patient than I was 15 years ago.

24. I love having "old" friends who I have been through a lot with.

25. The older I get, the more I appreciate my mom. (love you mom!)

26. With my new found memory lapse, I never get tired of the same jokes. (hee-hee)

27. I love my husband more each day.

28. I've learned to love learning new things.

29. The older I get, the better looking I am. (okay, I'm stretching)

30. I'm learning to enjoy the journey.

A long time ago I decided that the only thing that I could change about getting older was my attitude about it. I am now happy to get older because I know I am learning valuable life lessons. Sounds cheesy, I know, but it gets me through another birthday.

Name them one by one....

With all the chaos and mayhem in my home this week I decided to take a moment to count my blessings.

I am thankful for the extra time to spend with Brent. Life is moving so fast and this past year we seem to go in different directions with alternating pairs of children. So, unemployment has given me 24/7 access to the person I love and admire most in the world.

I am thankful to be married to my best friend.

We have been able to go to the temple twice this month.

I only have one sick kid right now.

My kids have wonderful friends who are good influences.

Since Brent is home, picking up Jared after school to get him to practice at the HS (while the little dude is sleeping) isn't a hard thing.

I am recognizing the Lord's hand in my life especially right now.

We have awesome friends and who mean so much to us and uplift me daily.

With daylight savings, Tyler and Jason are sleeping in until 10:00. (suh-weet!)

Jared finished the BOM for the first time this week. He is preparing for his Patriarchal Blessing and set a goal to have it read before he did it.

I feel like I have a lot of time on my hands during the day.

With Brent home, I can do hair during the day which frees up my evenings for family time.

I am thankful that things could be worse.

I will be 36 soon and am happy not to be 26.

I am thankful that time heals all wound.

I am thankful that my teenagers haven't done one thing that I (allegedly) did at their ages.

I am thankful for two little boys who drive me insane and who are the light of my life at the same time.

I am so thankful for my amazing daughter. She has a good head on her shoulders and makes good choices.

I am thankful for my sisters. I have spent some time talking to each of them this week and they are two of the strongest, kindest and beautiful (inside and out) women I know.

(I can't leave out my brothers) I am blessed with cool brothers. They always protected me as a little girl and now I turn to them for advice....they are awesome.

I have been blessed with wonderful parents. I think it is fun as an adult to get to know your parents in a new way. My dad has been gone nearly 10 years and I am proud of my mom for carrying on the best she knew how while losing him when she was 50.

Last, but not least, I am thankful for MC. She puts up with my craziness on a daily basis and she is patient with me with all my faults. She's a true friend who will call me on my crap (not that I need it very often... lol), listen to me cry, laugh with me and just help me get through the day.

I am very blessed, I am trying not to forget it. C.S. Lewis said, "When we lose one blessing, another is often unexpectedly given in its place." That is the biggest thing I have seen in my life this week.

YAY....

Try-outs are over and Jared made the High School baseball team! There games start next week and they have a tournament in Las Vegas at the end of the month. Good job Jared!