Tuesday May 18, 2010

Today was a pretty good day.  The weather was perfection and the kids played outside a majority of the day which always makes me happy since they are getting nice fresh air and exercise.  Baily had Amber over to play and they played very nicely and made sure, at my pretty straightforward demands, to clean up after themselves so there was not the usual tornado mess left after she went home.  I was able to talk to the water company and get an extension to pay our bill until next month which is a big relief because now our water won't be turned off tomorrow.  And after some major prayer of repentance and pleading for help in overcoming my yelling and anger problems I definitely felt some Divine help today to "school my feelings" (Pres. Monson's talk in the Priesthood session of the '09 General Conference) and be more temperate.  I'm so grateful for that.  I was able to get my laundry done and have been doing so great at keeping my house clean, feeding my kids nutritious meals and following through on important daily routines.  It feels so good to have made progress and I know it's only because I have returned to diligent daily and nightly prayer and scripture study and family prayer and scripture study.  I'm so grateful for these wonderful blessings in my life and how much they improve my life and give it meaning and direction and hope.  Life is real good today- quite the contrast to how I felt about myself yesterday huh?!  Prayer is amazing folks... prayer is amazing:)