Home

I've been thinking a lot about feeling "Home sick". Whenever I get these feelings, I realize I have little places throughout Utah that help me chase away these negative emotions.
First: Borders! By far one of my favorite places to go when I need peace of mind. I love getting my Chi tea and walking up and down the aisles. I love grabbing random books about ghost ships or the making of the star wars movies. I love seeing friends anxiously engaged in conversation over a cup of coffee. Or the man sitting in the corner enthralled with his laptop. I call Borders my place of peace.
Second: The house of the family I nanny for. Whether or not the kids are there, I see the drawing on the fridge and the toys on the floor and I can hear their voices. They bring me happiness. I love the comfort of knowing that it is a place I can find refuge in. A place where I am loved and seen as the world in the eyes of three small children.
Third: The Spa! Enough said!
Fourth: The gym... even though I haven't been in months I remember how good it felt pushing myself and seeing the results.
Finally: My own home... being with my family. There isn't anything that can top that. It is my sanctuary!

GIRLS!!

Whats more ideal then getting all the girls together, sharing the latest gossip of new trends they've found. Talking about the latest guy they are eyeing or how the last one broke their heart? I've realized now more then ever that there is something great about being with your best friends, story telling and gossiping. Some of my favorite moments are listening to the conversations that are going on, hearing the happiness in the voices and most of all the laughs that are sincere and for real. Mothers advice: Never forget your girlfriends. Reach for them, confide in them and fall back on them. Its interesting how these are the people in our lives that at one point we couldn't go a day without telling them the latest gossip, but in the busy world we live in we let the days go by without giving those girls a call. How easy it is to let those days turn into weeks or even months before the guilt hits us when we realize the time we've lost with them. We move on and let husbands, careers, and life clutter the room we had for these women. Well today, I want all the fabulous girls in my life to know how much I care about them! This one is for your ladies!