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Update on the computer situation

Well, the missionaries came over yesterday, and one of them tried to turn on my computer for me, and it worked! Silly computer, turns on and off whenever it feels like it.... At least it's working right now! I still plan on getting a new one very soon- my birthday is next week, and I am hoping we will be able to buy it then. My mom offered to send me money for my birthday instead of presents so it will go towards the computer, and Mike told me yesterday his parents were thinking of doing the same thing. I would love if I got no presents this year from everyone, and just got help for the computer, because once I get a brand spankin' new computer that works, I will be happier than a fish in water if you get my drift : ) It would definately be more than I would expect or even ask for. 

Mike went offshore again last night. He got home last Wednesday night around 11 PM, left Friday night at 11 PM, got home Monday morning at 4 AM, and left last night (Tuesday) at 11 PM. Luckily, with gas prices they way they are, he gets travel pay for all these jobs. And I believe he's getting standby as well, so he'll get paid as if he never came home, which is nice. But poor guy, all that back and forth travel on the boat to the dock, and driving from the dock to home is wearing him out! He says work will probably slow down to normal winter work within a month, so I guess it's good he's getting all this work now.

After 10 years together, my husband still treats me like a queen!

I went for an early morning run last week, and while I was running, my sweetheart made me an omlette....

Oh how I dearly love that man. The omlette was delicious too- we went to a restaurant for breakfast while we were in Washington, and Mike had ordered a Hawaiian omlette, it has ham, pineapple and mozzarella cheese. The one he made that morning was the same, and it was just as good, if not better! Because, as you can see, he made his with love (insert cheesy grin) : D

More blogging coming soon....

We are hoping to get a new computer soon. We have my 5 year old computer which I think is officially done working (it's been working for me intermittently for the last year or so) and Mike's 3 year old computer which works, but not that well. We are ready for the iMac desktop, 320 GB of hardrive space, 24" of beautiful screen, and much faster all around. I can't wait : ) My mom said she will help us pay for it for my birthday, so it won't be too much longer!!

Love It or Hate It

This is an excerpt from a book I'm reading called "Quiet Mind- One Minute Retreats from a Busy World" It helped me regain focus this week on my mental attitude...

"My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like work and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh- anything but work" - Abraham Lincoln

Honest Abe tells it like it is, I would guess, for many of us. Love work or hate it, we have to do it.

But so many of us live for the weekends. We face Blue Monday. We say TGIF. We work as a necessary evil. It's very easy to be negative when it comes to work, but that negativity can wear us down and we accumulate a lot of depressing energy over the years. Before we know it, it's become our dominant attitude toward life.

So even though there are some things we cannot change, and even though work, or aspects of it, could well remain something we don't particularly like, and even though we might not easily change work....

Is it possible for me to put emphasis on the positive and ask myself how to find affirmative aspects of work to focus on?

Are there people with whom I work, whom I look forward to being with?

Can I bring what I enjoy to my work? (Lincoln would- and did- bring storytelling and joke-cracking to his work.)

What part of my work is most fulfilling to me? When do I feel that I am of the most value or performing a task I enjoy?

Who benefits from my work, even remotely? How can I keep them in mind as I go about my job? Where do I find joy in my work?

Whether the answers come quickly and easily, or slowly and with difficulty, continue to seek them. Life is too short and wonderful to allow work to ruin it. Or maybe you agree with Ronald Regan:"They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance."

Today find some new joy in your work.