Sarah's Week 8

Day 50: Sunday, February 19, 2012: I am so grateful to be able to fast for a purpose, and not just starving myself. I have to admit that I am REALLY bad at fasting, and when I am doing it for myself, it really just ends up in a brief starvation, because I forget why I am doing it, and I just am counting down til I can eat, but when I am doing it for someone else, or for some peoples that I love, then it seems easy, and a wonderful way to support loved ones!

Day 51: Monday, February 20, 2012: Today I was incredibly grate for the fake nacho cheese and tortilla chips! Is there anything better in the world? Today I argue there couldn't be!

Day 52: Tuesday, February 21, 2012: Today I am grateful for technology, because with it I am able to listen to Ella's music while at work. It really made the day go by quicker and made me feel closer to her! Thank you Ella, and thank you technology!

Day 53: Wednesday, February 22, 2012: Okay, I'm going to admit something kind of embarrassing, but I love how gratifying popping zits can be. I had this giant one on my chin and I got it today. Man it was awesome! (Okay, so I know a few of my friends enjoy this... Kathleen... Annie...PATRICE)

Day 54: Thursday, February 23, 2012: Sometimes what I really want to do is veg and watch the TV. Grey's Anatomy is great for that! That you Shonda Rhimes and the Grey's Anatomy cast! And thanks to the awesome folks that find all that awesome music!

Day 55: Friday, February 24, 2012: I am grateful that my friends know that I love them, and that I am thinking of them! I truly am the most blessed woman EVER. I have the best friends. And I don't deserve them.

Day 56: Saturday, February 25, 2012: My Dad and I went and saw "Act of Valor" this afternoon and I freakin LOVED IT! The action was the best I have seen ever. (Probably because Navy SEALS did it) but the acting was too terrific. The movie kind of made me wish I was in the military but really it was just that I wanted to be able to do all the cool things that they can. It also made me really grateful for our well trained military men and women! They are awesome!

Sarah's Week 7

Sorry that this week is posted so late!?!?!?!?

Day 43: Sunday, February 12, 2012: Today I am grateful for the fact that church is the same no matter which ward you attend. You can still feel the spirit, and you can make friends. I forget that at times, and it was nice to be reminded.

Day 44: Monday, February 13, 2012: I just realized how much I love photographs! I have never been that great with journal keeping, but I love taking photos, and that has sort of become my journal. I look at all those I took last year and I can still remember all the details, but I need to somehow write all those memories down before they get fuzzy!

Day 45: Tuesday, February 14, 2012: Today I was immensely grateful for sugar cookies with frosting on them! YUM!!! Cookies are awesome! And I have to say those cookies helped me run a mile in under 10 minutes! (Yes I run very slowly...)

Day 46: Wednesday, February 15, 2012: I got to eat out with my Momo at lunch today. She treated me to Subway, and it was wonderful! Gotta love lunch dates!

Day 47: Thursday, February 16, 2012: I am really grateful for the power of the Internet. I have always wanted to be in a book club with my friends, and so today I made my book club blog! So if you want to read with me and my friendies you can follow and join us here!

Day 48: Friday, February 17, 2012: Today I am grateful for reunions! I drove the 75 miles to Ella's, and it really felt like no time had passed! I love friends!

Day 49: Saturday, February 18, 2012: Tonight I had the most amazing meal combo! Shepherds pie, caesar salad, and creamy lemon pie! YUM! Thank you Marie Calendars!

Sarah's Week 6

Day 36: Sunday, February 5, 2012: I’m grateful for gratitude. Having someone thank you makes all the difference, and I hope I can remember to be the type of person who remembers to thank those in my life. I’m really starting to enjoy my calling; food really does seem to be the way to people’s hearts!

Day 37: Monday, February 6, 2012: British TV Shows! I love the accents, the story lines, the propriety, or lack thereof. I just love it! Right now I am back to being addicted to Downton Abbey. It makes me think of loving it a year ago with friends in England, and now loving it at home. It is comfort TV!

Day 38: Tuesday, February 7, 2012: This is going to make me sound like a baby, but I love that my Mom likes to make my lunches for when I go to work. It is nice to be taken care of, even when you’re a grown up kid. And I know my Mom loves to be needed and to take care of her family, and this seems to be a way for her to serve and for me to be loved and cared for.

Day 39: Wednesday, February 8, 2012: Today I am so grateful for Pandora. It has kept me sane with several jobs. I just don’t handle quiet very well, and I love that now you can listen to it for an unlimited amount of time. The work day goes much faster with music!

Day 40: Thursday, February 9, 2012: The power of cute shoes! Because of my surgery for my birth defect I cannot wear heals that are greater than like an inch. They also can’t narrow heals or I fall over or have to walk in a permanent squat… it is not pretty. But I found these baby wedge peep toe heels in the children’s section of Payless, and it was an instantaneous change. I felt pretty and girly. I loved it!

Day 41: Friday, February 10, 2012: The wonderfully calm and comforting feeling of being in the temple. I just feel like I am where I should be, and am on the right track. It was just what I needed!

Day 42: Saturday, February 11, 2012: Romantic movies! Today Kari and I went and saw “The Vow” and I loved it!!!! I love losing myself in a good love story! It was fluffy and wonderful and heart felt!

Sarah's Week 5

Week 5

Day 29: Sunday, January 29, 2012: Today I am grateful for answered prayers! My mother has struggled with her new church ward, and home teachers, and recently someone she knows has been called as her home teacher. She really feels comfortable with him, and is excited for him to come visit.
Day 30: Monday, January 30, 2012: I am really grateful for the peace that comes from making decisions. For the last month or so I have been uneasy about where my life is leading, and I've felt very much in transition. And I just decided that I will be moving to Portland at the end of the summer. And almost immediately I felt at peace, as well as excited for the move. I hope it all works out, and it is where I should be.
Day 31: Tuesday, January 31, 2012: Today I got asked to come back for a second interview. I was so grateful for the chance, and for the positive experience that it was. I was grateful for the smiles and laughter during the interview, and the calm that swept over me.
Day 32: Wednesday, February 1, 2012: Today I am grateful for Lucy our dog. Pets just have a wonderful way of making you feel loved. I love that she shows love so easily and yearns for affection. I love that she sleeps on my bed and snuggles into me. Dogs are wonderful!
Day 33: Thursday, February 2, 2012: I am so grateful for getting a job! I love the feeling of working and having a daily purpose. Today was the first day, and I really like it!
Day 34: Friday, February 3, 2012: Today I am grateful for the TV show "Who Do You Think You Are?" While watching that program about celebrities looking into their family history, I decided to check up on mine. Now I have struggled with the Jagger/Jacobsen side of my family tree. Tonight I had a break through! I found my great grandfather's siblings and parents in the 1910 and 1920 US Census'. A great mini-miracle! I can't wait to look into this more!
Day 35: Saturday, February 4, 2012: Today I am grateful for books and movies! I watched "The Jane Austen Book Club" and loved the idea of a book club for the classics,and for a group of friends all over the world. I hope it works!!