A somewhat productive day...

Well, for the first time, in a long time, I actually felt like I had a productive day! I got the kitchen floor mopped, which it needed HORRIBLY!! Did a ton of laundry, made a necklace, two bracelets, and a pair of earrings. And I made (well, pretty much Amanda made) an apple pie!! And that pie was YUMMY!! Now, most people wouldn't think of this as a very productive day, but that just shows you how UNproductive my days have been lately!


Here's the jewelry I made. I liked the way the necklace turned out, even though, I'm not sure it's my 'style', although, I'm not quite sure what my style is. Amanda said it looked kind of like something an older lady who wears animal prints would wear. I still like it though!!

Here's the yummy apple pie. I supervised while Amanda did the work (well, I did stir up the crust). We had it after Family Night tonight and it was SO YUMMY!! I was really impressed with it!

On top of all of that productiveness for today, I spent the majority of the day 'pretending' to be patient, and I was somewhat successful at it! I was talking to Steven about how tired and ornery and feisty I've been lately, especially to my kids, who seem to get all of their energy right as I lose all of mine, and Steven said he had read about how if you want to obtain an attribute (like patience) then you should 'pretend' that you have that attribute for about two weeks, then after that two weeks you'll be that much closer. So, I started today 'pretending' to be patient, and I really did feel like I treated my kids with more patience. I just kept thinking that someone was video taping me to show others. Anyway, that was my day. I have about 5 loads of laundry that needs to be folded and 'Hero's' is about to start, so I better go.