I Am...

Thanks to Rachel and Charlotte for the post idea, and Melissa for the picture!

I AM...

i am: a daughter of my Heavenly Father, who loves me, and I love him.

i think: about things when I'm supposed to be going to sleep.

i know: that Jesus Christ is my Savior, and that His true church is restored again on the earth.

i want: to be the kind of mom that my kids will have only good things to say about someday.

i have: a family, and that is what I am most glad that I have above anything else.

i wish: things could be how they used to be with my sister.

i hate: messes, clutter...but you wouldn't know it if you saw my house.

i miss: living in Cache Valley.

i fear: alligators and crocodiles. No, I've never encountered one outside of a cage, nor is it likely that I ever will, but they scare me anyway!

i feel: happy most of the time.

i hear: wind chimes a lot at my house.

i smell: almost everything! I love the way books smell, and I can't pass candles without opening a few to smell them. I just like to see how things smell!

i crave: quiet, peace, time with a good book or magazine, and peanut butter m&m's

i search: for ways to improve myself, my kids, my house...

i wonder: how long we'll live here, and if we'll ever stay anywhere for the rest of our lives.

i regret: the times I have yelled at my kids, or not listened to them, or been impatient with them.

i love: Brandon more than words can say.

i ache: in my heart for things I cannot fix.

i care: about our pets, even though I don't really like having them. I'm really sad when they're hurt, or they die.

i always: wear my retainer at night. Well, almost always...

i am not: flexible. I have the flexibility of a musclebound man, but without the muscles.

i believe: that things will always turn out okay in the end.

i dance: very rarely. The last time I danced was probably with my kids when they were babies.

i sing: opera when I am happy, and I want to annoy my family. I've done that all my life.

i cry: at sappy commercials! It's so embarrassing, because Brandon always notices, even though I try to pretend I'm not.

i don’t always: eat the way that I should. I have been known to eat dessert for a meal...

i fight: with my kids sometimes. It's silly.

i write: everything on my calendar that I have to do, or else I'll forget!

i win: races all the time... when I'm racing against myself.

i lose: my temper sometimes.

i never: watch R rated movies, even though I've been ridiculed for it.

i confuse: people when I change the subject back and forth. My brain works too fast sometimes!

i listen: to music and podcasts of General Conference on my ipod when I clean.

i can usually be found: at the ballparks lately!

i am scared: that I'm going to run too slow, or not be able to finish the 6 mile run I have planned with Janice the marathoner tomorrow morning. Janice is nice, though... I think she'll forgive me.

i need: lots of love.

i am happy about: being a mom.