Valentine's and a life-update

I have finally caught up enough with life that I feel I can invest in things like our blog.  It's a very nice feeling indeed.  Spencer and I had a very lovely weekend last weekend.  We were able to clean the house, and I mean DEEP clean the whole house. It relieved so much of my stress.  I was able to even have time to make home-cooked meals this week.  

Friday night, Spencer took me to a Valentine's dance at UVU's institute building.  There was a Live Big Band and dinner all for free!  (Orem Institute of Religion rocks!) I was very impressed with Spencer as he was willing to learn the basic steps in 5 different ballroom dances.  He was pretty dang good--except the polka did make him nauseous.

Saturday, of course, was Valentines day.  Spencer out did himself yet again as I found my self showered with chocolate, roses, a giant teddy bear, an antique-style picture of the Salt Lake Temple, and hugs and kisses throughout the day.  Hopefully, I can post of picture of them soon.  He also took me to Mimi's Cafe--just like when he proposed to me.  I felt so special!

Sunday, Spencer and I gave talks in Sacrament meeting.  I spoke on Elder L. Tom Perry's conference address titled, "Do it With Simplicity."  It was a talk I definitely needed to review and I hope it was helpful to those in the congregation.   Spencer spoke on a talk titled, "You Know Enough."  I didn't realize how well our talks correlated until Spencer was actually at the pulpit tying them together.  As you can guess, I'm a bit long-winded and Spencer had to cut his talk down a bit.  I was very impressed with how well he brought it all together though.  

Not only did Elder Perry's talk have many points I hope to improve on, but I had gone to a seminar earlier in the week where the speaker talked about the disadvantages of being over-busy.  He refuses to use the term "busy" with a good connotation.  After both of those talks, I got the sense the Lord was telling me something. :)  These talks also taught me how satisfactory work in the home is. Good thing because Monday, I put that to the test.

 

On President's Day  (Monday), Spencer and I started the real process of deep-cleaning the house.  When we were done, I was tired, but so very happy.  I was able to organize my home in a way that made it a sanctuary from the rest of my life.  Hopefully, I can start working on finishing the decorations soon.  I've definitely learned the benefits to keeping it clean.

So, it was a pretty influential weekend for me.  It's a pretty big thing when I change my perspective from wanting to be a business CEO to a home-maker.  I know the Lord has been working me over on this one.  And honestly, I'm glad he has.

P.S. the picture was taken at the Valentine's dance.  I don't like the way I look in it, but I thought I should put something more than just text.