Something Wonderful

The past couple of days Aaron has not been feeling very well. Actually, that's an understatement; he's been miserable.

While I was driving to Walgreens for the third time yesterday, I started thinking about the time many times that I have had a bad day and Aaron has been there to give me comfort and unconditional love.

Right before we made marital covenants between each other and our Heavenly Father, we shared our deepest feelings and made a few, more specific promises about how we would treat each other.

Those promises and covenants we made on our wedding day are very sacred to both of us. They are more important to us than any other person, addiction, or worldly thing. There is peace and comfort in knowing that no matter what happens there is a person that loves you unconditionally and cares for you more than anything else.

It breaks my heart that there are people who have never felt, or even understood, the peace that these promises bring. Today there are too many couples signing prenups and dividing belongings before they are even married. It seems that gangs have more loyalty between members than do married couples. Pornography is considered "normal" and many men leave their families because of their "loyalty" to their own addiction.

We are all human and make mistakes. We are imperfect beings living in an imperfect world. But it is these promises and covenants that we make to each other that help us to become better people.

I'm so grateful that I married a person who is fiercely loyal to me and his Heavenly Father. Our commitment to each other is what brings true security and happiness.

And this is something truly wonderful.

What I've Learned From Pinterest

It all started last December when I learned that my mom had a Pinterest account. 

So I signed up for one, too.

And then my house got organized...

Fabric organized in hanging folders

Magnetic spice rack (found everything at Ikea)

And I prepared food a little differently than before...

Instead of boiling, cook eggs in oven at 325 degrees for 30 minutes (tastier and easier to peel). I use my toaster oven.

Fill sink with water and add 1 cup vinegar. Soak fruit for 10 minutes. Fruit will be squeaky clean and free of pesticides and dirt. I like to use a bowl or a spray bottle filled with 2 cups water and 2 tbsp vinegar.

What is Pinterest? Amazing. And it's a place where you can bookmark websites and pictures that you want to save. Remember when you would get magazines and instead of keeping the whole magazine for one good idea you would clip out that certain idea and then get a binder or file to store all your clippings?

Pain in the bum. 

Just get Pinterest! You can save all the good ideas you want to remember for later, and you can share those ideas with other people. Like I said, amazing.

I think I have about 800 pins at the moment... You'll be seeing more posts like this.

Have a great weekend!