I Don't Dance

This weeks sons is I Don't Dance by Lee Brice. When I first saw the title of this song I laughed. Mainly because I hate dancing. I think I look funny when I try. More recently I have stopped caring and I am sure it has to do with me having a kid. This song is not about dancing though. It is about a guy that will do anything for this girl he loves.

In the song it says:
I don't dance, But here I am
Spinning you around and around in circles
It Ain't my style, but I don't care
I'd do anything with you anywhere
Yes, you got me in the palm of your hand
Cause, I don't dance

Love's never come my way,
I've never been this far
Cause you took these two left feet
And waltzed away with my heart

Never be scared to dance. you never know where it will take you.

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"Learn from yesterday, live from today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Five Minute Friday: Messanger

Oh how we all seem to turn into messengers these days. I remember growing up and playing telephone and never having the message stay the same by the time it was reveled. Oh how simple things would be if only one person would stick to being the messenger. When so many people pass things around so much gets changed. I can not tell you how many time I have received information that was not true just because I did not hear it from the source. I have felt like a messenger lately. With one brother in college, on living with friends, and my mom in another state.... we do not communicate well at all. It is quite entertaining when we all start talking to us all or we all try solving issues. If you are going to be a messenger make sure you have your message right. Write it down if you have to.

What can you do to make sure you relay message to others correctly?

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Ebay

Today I am thankful for Ebay. I have spent way to much time this week trying to find these Frozen dolls for my daughters birthday party. I finally caved and got them off of Ebay. I am getting so excited for her party now because everything is coming together. These dolls have been sold out everywhere.

Husky

I absolutely love this dog. I want one so badly. Maybe one day...

What does this make you think of?

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Theme Change Time

After three months of Trip Tuesdays I think it is time to change things up a bit. There are only so many things I have done so far in my life. Tuesdays are now going to be known as Theme Tuesdays. I will be taking a prompt from The Daily Post's Ebook, 365 Days of Writing Prompts, to write about on Tuesdays.

Today's prompt is: Ripped into the headline. Write about something that happened over the weekend as though it's the top story on your local paper.

Elephant presented the flag while crowd stood
to sing the national anthem.

Tuesday Weekly

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey LEGENDS

Crowds formed Saturday afternoon in the Colorado Springs World Arena hours before the show. Kids and their parents were very excited as they got to take a look at all the animals before the show. Elephants gathered in their pen and ate hay as people walked by to photograph them. The elephants were not the only animals catching peoples eye. There were also many tigers, lions, and... horses. After the doors to the arena opened, people made their way inside. The halls were lined with food, drinks, and memorabilia. I couldn't stop myself from getting my daughter an elephant stuffed animal to add to her collection. As people made their way to their seats there was still action taking place on the floor. Kids of all ages were able to talk and take pictures with some of the performers as they signed autographs. They were also handing out red noses so the audience could be part of all the clown madness. As we waited for the show to start we took many "selfies" in our clown attire. 7 o'clock finally rolls around and the arena goes dark. The ringmaster and clowns come out and the show takes off. There was a lot of music involved which kept the kids pulled in. The clowns did a fun act which placed about seven clowns in one jump rope without missing a beat. They were followed by some bicyclists who made a pyramid on top of two moving bicycles. A loud rumble formed as the motorcyclists came out. They went into a metal sphere starting with three... then five... then SEVEN! The crowd sat amazed as they watched these seven bikes zoom past each other in such a small area. Next came the large cats. This is always one of the

Amber, Adam, and my daughter with one of the clowns.

scariest parts for me to watch. There were many tigers, a few lionesses, and a lion. The lionesses were pushing their limits tonight as one jumped at the performer during a trick. The performer gave a tiger and the lion a kiss. You have to be a very brave person to put your face that close to a wild animal like that. The elephants came out and did tricks. I t was fun to watch them sit like a person and roll over. One of the final performances of the night were the trapeze performers. They did not have the best night. There were many moments I wondered how they were not hitting their heads on the polls above them during their flips. It was a very entertaining show. Definitely a show I hope to see again in future years.

We had a great night full of fun and laughter. If you have never been to a circus before it is something you should try at least once. My favorite part was seeing the big cats try to listen to the performer.

Have you been to a circus? If so, which one and what is your favorite performance?

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Distractions

For the next few weeks I want to talk about things that demotivates us and what we can do to gain that motivation back. Today I want to talk about distractions. When our attention is pulled in too many distractions, we can lose focus and motivation for working on what's most important. In order to try to stay motivated we need to be able to notice our distractions. Are you being interrupted by people, sounds, emails, and phone calls? What can you do during certain times of the day to minimize those distractions? Recently I have turned off the dings and vibrations on my phone. It has limited the amount of time I have spent texting or at least slowed it down. It has definitely shown positive affects on my focus, productivity, and motivation on everything I have done recently.

What are some of the distractions you have been facing? What are you going to try doing to minimizing them?

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"Learning from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Young Women Values

I have had a hard time trying to figure out what I was going to write about today. Then I realized I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the Young Women program at my church. I loved everything about church when I was in young women. I figured what a better thing to do then talk about one value each week until I finish all eight.

Each sunday when I was in young women's we would recite our theme:
We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, Who loves us, and we love him.
We will stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places.
As we strive to live the young women values, which are: Faith, Devine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity, and Virtue.
We believe as we come to accept and act upon these values, we will be prepared to strengthen home and family, make and keep sacred covenants, receive the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the blessings of exaltation.

So today we will start with Faith.
I have talked a little bit about faith before so I won't say to much on it. Faith is a good thing for everyone to have. I gives everyone something to believe in.
I love this quote:
Alma 32:21 Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for thinks which are not seen, which are true.

What does faith mean to you?

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein