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The typical question from someone trying to make conversation lately is, "How is it being home?" Well let me tell you!

It feels good to be home! I am so grateful that after all my journeys and all of my adventures, I always know that I have an anchored place to return to. I can't tell you the comfort I feel every time I come home to the welcoming arms of people who love me and know who I am. And I am not just talking about my family. In my head I am picturing the faces of people in my community who make coming home so wonderful. Faces who when I look around and see at church I know I am home and safe. I know they really know me and they support me and I like that. There are times we've had our differences and there are times I wanted to find myself a new home. But I am grateful for the one I have and the people who fill it. They bring me comfort and I am filled with love and gratitude when I see their smiles and hear their voices. I can't describe the feeling that I feel when I think of them other then love and peace. What a lucky girl I am to have so many people to love and who love me! There are many new faces and a new building who have come since I have been gone. I am excited to get to know them and love them all! Welcome to my home new friends! It is good to be back!

HELP!

When cleaning and organizing, does anyone else ever get down to a small little pile of random things and find they have run out of brain power to figure out a place to put it?

To All the Deborah Haters out there

I have been sorting though old boxes of high school stuff for what seems like forever! Really I just need to sit down and not stop until it's done! Anyway, I found a letter from a friend that I have kept for about ten years! I love it and thought I would share it with you.

In case you were wanting a little back ground, in high school writing letters back and forth was big with me and my friends. I had written Will Tyson a letter and he just never wrote me back. So I wrote him another letter to tell him I was annoyed by that. Granted I saw him every single day multiple times a day. HA So why him writing me a letter was so important I have NO idea! HA I remember I showed it to my mother and she laughed out loud. I was so upset because who was he to say a Deborah Hater club even possibly existed! HA I didn't get the point until much later obviously. Now I laugh every time I read it!

Day 30-a picture of you today and 3 good things that have happened to you today

So I had this plan. Today was picture day. I was going to get up, shower, spend extra time on my hair and make up, and then take a beautiful picture for my blog.

We all know that my plans ALWAYS work out perfectly! They really are the best plans if I do say so myself. This morning the alarm went off and I popped straight out of bed and into the shower singing the whole way! NOT! I pushed snooze about three times before I just turned it off completely. "Your public awaits Deborah" a little angel on my right shoulder said. Then a very attractive woman on my other shoulder who looks like This:

Said, "We're sleeping. Do us a favor and go tell the public they can keep waiting." Then we rolled over and slept for another beautiful hour! That's how it really happened. Promise.

Yeah, I'm not a morning person. So instead of the beautiful glamor shot I envisioned for today's post you get this.

Enjoy!

Picture of me today: Check
Three good things that happened to me today....Hum....Let's see....
Today was a pretty regular day. But it was a good day for sure and I was very happy!

1. I got a letter from my missionary! I just love her! Seriously, I read her letter and laughed the whole way through it. I wish everyone had the privileged of knowing Brittany. First: because she is the greatest. And second: Because then every one could laugh along with me envisioning her saying everything in her letter with her fun quirky personality!


2. I had a great time at FHE! Here's a little some thin' some thin' for you to share in the fun.

Me and my new friend Amy going head to head

3. And At 11:15 pm I my Valentine FINALLY accepted my invitation to be my Valentine! He was pretty late, but what can I expect? He's a hot MES!

This concludes the 30 day challenge! Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed it! I know I did.

Dear Readers

     It is so nice to know that there is some one out there reading my blog. I enjoy hearing comments like, "I love reading your blog!" or "I've been keeping up with your blog!" It keeps me blogging knowing that some one is actually reading it and enjoying what I have to say. Today is the last day of the 30 day challenge! (Finally!) I apologize for my late posts the last few days but today is also going to be a late post. The topic is a picture of you today and 3 things that happened to you today. Since it is about 1:30 in the morning I am not about to take a picture of myself and really nothing has happened yet.  Check in with me in 15 hours.

So Basically I am blogging you to tell you I will blog you later! Love ya! Call me!

Day 29-3 Wishes

Here's a quick one for you!

Three wishes......

MY first wish is to have unlimited wishes!
My second wish is to have unlimited funds to travel and do humanitarian service missions.

My third wish is to make dairy good for you!

And because I have unlimited wishes my fourth wish is to be able to hold my little hot mes of a nephew whenever I want to!

That's all for now.

Day 28-Something that stresses you out

I've never been good with choices. It stresses me out to have to make the right choice between many things. I will go back and forth between the options weighing them out until I have driven myself AND everyone around me CRAZY! Let me tell you! Going to the drive-through is a nightmare! There are 5 cars full of hungry people behind me and a tired employee all wanting me to make 5 decisions right then and there. What do I want? Do I want to make it a meal? Do I want it biggie sized or regular? Do I want curly or regular fries? Ranch, honey mustard, caesar, or blue cheese? And to top it off what to drink? Talk about pressure! I always feel very proud of myself driving away having just made all those decisions so quickly.

What is behind this stress? I of course want to make the right choice. I want to make the one that will help the most people. Last Tuesday I was exhausted! It was time to go to institute but I really didn't have the energy to go. Seriously I agonized whether I should go or not! I was really tired but what if there was some one there that needed me? What if I needed to hear the message that night? It took a lot of energy deciding what to do.

So choices? Yeah they stress me out.

If you thought the post was over and have stopped reading that's fine. But for the others who are not sick of hearing from me, another thing that stresses me out is running into exes. Even though I break things off....... I guess it's the uncomfortable feeling and not knowing what they are thinking at the moment is what gets to me. Last night I was in Mr Moment of Weakness's end of town for an institute activity and seriously, the thought of running into him made me want to wet my pants! Well that is until I gave myself "the talk". It goes something like this.

"Deborah, you are being ridiculous! You are amazing and you don't care what he thinks. You are going to walk in there and all heads will turn! Because you're going to keep telling yourself that you are the hottest girl there and every man in that room wants you". Granted it may not be true, but it gives me that little boost of confidence to get me through the anxious moment. So there's my little secret for you! Even though I don't believe it, when I am feeling uncomfortable I am telling myself things like "They'd be crazy not to hire you", "you are totally funny!", or "you are the best public speaker of all time!" Try it! It works!