Sharing time!

So, as I am sitting here writing in my journal, I thought- hm.... why don't I share?! Haha, so here you go:
Life has a funny way of making you realize your imperfections. Today was utterly gorgeous- the sun was shining, hardly any clouds in the sky.
Why don't I notice the glory and wonder of life more often? I get too absorbed in the silly day-to-day stuff. I have been blessed with wonderful eyes- to see Heavenly Father's magnificent creations all around me, ears to hear wonderful music and laughter, and nose- to smell all the wonderful (and at times, not so wonderful) smells all around me.
How blessed am I? I am just amazed. Words can't express how blessed I feel to be able to experience it all.
So- there you have it- a little peek into my brain at the moment! Scared?! I would be! Haha, no, I think going through what I am going through has almost reawakened my sense of life. At least that is what I am telling myself. If I'm going nuts, just don't tell me! ;)

Ah, independence!

I forgot to add a couple stories that I have experienced since becoming independent! The duplex I moved into has no closet, so my brother suggested I get a chin up bar (since those are used to holding very manly men!) to hang my clothes on. I thought it was a marvelous idea and would be super easy to accomplish. So, I got one from Walmart and broke out my awesome new drill. Well- halfway through the drill bit FROZE! I started to pull the drill back out, but the drillbit decided it wanted to stay put in the wall. What a lovely drill bit! I then tried to pull it out with my hand...... and it BROKE! If you look closely, the bottom left- you will see the tidbit that stayed behind. I tried to drill a screw in, and lo and behold, that got stuck as well. Long story short- thanks to a guy in my ward who had a bigger, more powerful drill- I was able to finally hang my clothes up and get them off of my dining room table. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! Happy day!

Second story- I got a little pantry to go in my kitchen and proceeded to put it together. I was SO proud of myself because it was going so quickly. I finally nailed 38 TINY nails onto the back to hold it in place and realized- I had put all 3 shelves in the wrong spots!!!! Can we say- pride cometh before the fall!!! So, I had to pry ALL 38 tiny nails off of the back and take it all apart again.......

I have to say, I am not quite as handy as I liked to think of myself. But, what can you do?! Haha, maybe next time I won't pray for patience! ;)