Happiness Happens Day 11–sleep

I know that this will be a precious commodity for the next few weeks so I’m trying my best to enjoy it while I can.  I do love languishing in my bed on a weekday. That’s really the true essence of summer vacation!

Happiness Happens Day 10- finished the nursery

Here are some pictures of my nursery which is finally finished!

The primary colors are red and blue. (oh so punny)

I have already spent many hours in this rocking chair, just daydreaming. It’s very comfortable.

The quote above the crib reads:

Read me a story,

Tuck me in tight,

Say a sweet prayer,

and kiss me goodnight.

Thanks Alex for cutting and hanging my vinyl!

“Aunt” Alex also helped me make a crib mobile. It’s one of my favorite things in the room.

Teddi helped me hang the wallpaper border of teddybears and bunnies wearing pink and blue.

Happiness Happens Day 9–An Organized Life

Haha! That title makes me sound like I’m not a total basketcase. That’s so not true. I’m losing my mind. 

I have been trying (and mostly failing) to stay calm and level-headed about this adoption. I’m trying to stay grounded in the reality that while everyone involved is 99% positive that this is a sure deal, nothing in adoption is a sure deal until all of the paperwork is signed. And that’s a long way off still.

So, even if this adoption was to fail (heavenforbid) there is some good news. My life is pretty organized right now because I’ve done the following things to keep myself busy the last few weeks:

1. My house is clean—swept, mopped, vacuumed, dusted, sanitized, organized, and decluttered.

2. My grocery shopping and food storage are all caught up. I even put together several crock-pot freezer meals to cut down on prep time later this fall. I can’t wait to try that homemade chili!

3. I’m ready for school. I have organized my classroom and written three weeks of lesson plans for a substitute and even made copies of all the worksheets, etc. The only thing I need now are my class lists so that I can make a seating chart.

Happiness Happens Day 8–Cloudy Weather

The fact that it is overcast today is making me very happy. It makes me think that maybe Autumn isn’t too far away. Yea!

Happiness Happens Day 7- County Fairs

Going to the Jerome County Fair tonight made me happy. I met up with my parents and sister and her family there.

There’s so much to do at a county fair. Even a little one like in Jerome. We ate hand dipped corn dogs, I ran into two former students (one pretended not to see me, whatev), we pet baby lambs, saw the cutest baby piglets, ran into old friends, met new friends, and ate an elephant ear.

Elephant ears make me happy. Fresh warm scone. Honey. Cinnamon and sugar. Powdered Sugar. YUM!

Happiness Happens Day 6- temple

I’m so glad that we have a temple in Twin Falls. It makes me happy that I can go whenever I want.

Happiness Happens Day 5– food!

Prijoskis are a favorite in the Schwab family. And I gorged myself on this yummy meat-filled pastry tonight.

August is a busy month in the Schwabedissen family. We have two birthdays and two anniversaries to celebrate! We had a nice big party today and Tiara requested this yummy dinner. An unhappy thought- some important family members weren’t able to be there. But the rest of us had a grand time!

Last night my mom made fried chicken for dinner. This is a favorite in the Fiala family. I gorged myself last night too. I’ve got to stop doing this. It’s soooo tasty.

Happiness Happens Day 4- Jacob

Happy 7th Anniversary! 

Happiness Happens Day 3- Sammy!

After a night away from home, I came back to this face. Happiness!

Do you wanna be my friend?

Happiness Happens Day 2- Women!

Today I am happy because I have some amazing women in my life.  I have a wonderful mother, wonderful sisters, wonderful mother-in-law, and wonderful sister-in-laws. I have wonderful aunts, cousins, and great-aunts. I have some of the most incredible, caring friends in the entire world, women that I’ve known from high school, from college, from work, and some that I’ve just recently met.

All of my baby related stress has been completely lifted because of the amazing women who are answering my questions, calming my hysterics, giving advice, and making me laugh. I’m especially thankful for the ones who let me call at odd hours of the day or who listen to my crazy, sleep-deprived rants. My phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from colleagues and former roommates who are just checking in on me. I feel blessed!

I have even had the privilege of meeting several more amazing women in the past two weeks because of my time in the temple and at Girls Camp. My ward is full of amazing women and I’m glad that I’m getting to know them better too!

So here’s a special shout out to all of the phenomenal women in my life! And now I’m off to Rexburg for the night to have a little bit more “Girl Time".