Goals: Two Options

I really liked this quote I saw today - 

"You have two options: Increase your sacrifice - or - reduce your desire"

I was thinking of this regarding the health and flexibility of my body. I say I want to do the splits, but do I? I can choose to reduce or eliminate that desire OR I can increase my sacrifice to actually work harder towards it. Same with getting fit. If I want to be trim, I need to increase my sacrifice (aka skip the ice cream and goodies) or I could reduce my desire and just settle for where I'm at. What do I really want? "What desirest thou?" (1 Nephi 11, 2 Nephi 28)

Another thing I think that quote applies to: discipleship. Am I really making my discipleship my highest priority, as President Nelson's counseled us to do? "Brothers and sisters, now is the time for you and for me to prepare for the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. Now is the time for us to make our discipleship our highest priority." I don't want to reduce that desire, so I want to increase my sacrifice and intentionally do things that make Christ a higher priority in my day to day life.

So I was thinking about goals, and I think I can narrow them down to three:

1. My discipleship to Christ: scriptures, prayer, temple attendance, service
2. Mastery of my body: health and strength through nutrition and exercise
3. Master of my home: organized and free of clutter. I want to be in control here and I don't want our "stuff" to control me! 

So, that's what I'm currently going to be thinking about and working on. I organized a little bit in the basement today while I listened to General Conference talks. I'm giving a lesson in Relief Society on April 12th on Elder Christofferson's message "Look to God and Live". So I'm getting that in my head. 

Peter and Daniel stayed home from church today not feeling well. Corey stayed home for sacrament meeting and then I came home after that and he went for the second hour. Peter has slept almost the whole day. The primary children sang in sacrament meeting, and Daniel's voice was missed. Katharine was cute up on the stand, but she was staring at her thumb. She got a papercut yesterday when she was sliding her thumb along the side of a book. That will do it. It's very small, but it's been a trial for her. Putting on a brave face though!

We watched Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat tonight, skipped some parts. Girls are ready for me to turn it on. Corey and Lily left to pick up Ethan and Bella from the airport while we watched it. They are coming back from a trip to San Diego with Bella's family. Katharine getting squished by her big sisters! 

I still have Nuremburg rented and made the kids agree we'll watch is next Sunday without protests or complaints.

Yesterday Corey worked all day, but we did leave to climb for one last time around 7:30. We went to the Fort Union location and did top rope. The usually do 8 routes, but a few time we've done 10. So today we did eleven, just so we can end with a bang. It's been a nice weekend, with temps in the low 40s and mid 60s. Next week will be in the 70s, just in time for soccer games to start next Saturday for Owen Daniel and Peter. It will be busy but it's ok. We'll plan to get in our workouts early. 

Yesterday a neighbor invited Daniel and Peter to go to the Symphony with her and her son John. They had gotten tickets for their family to go, but then her husband and daughters couldn't come, so they invited the neighborhood gang. 

It was for the "Carnival of the Animals" performance. I'm grateful for wonderful neighbors that give my kids civilized and expansive activites!

At home I'm still on a sourdough kick. Yesterday I used my starter for the first time (in the jar with the green lid). I started making it on March 8th and I worked good! I also tried dividing the dough and put it in a bread pan, which conveniently fit in the dutch oven, so it made a baby bread shaped loaf. We girls all thought it was cute and they want me to make more sandwich loaf shaped bread tomorrow so they can make sandwiches for school.

I was trying to catch the steam coming out of the bread. Corey and Lily are still gone picking up Ethan and Bella. Ethan's arrival time that he told Corey was California time, not Salt Lake time, so Corey and Lily were an hour earlier than needed and E&B were an hour later than planned. I'm going to get kids to bed. I'll probably take carpool in the morning cause Corey's not going to get enough sleep with the time.