Spiritual Me time = SaNiTy

I've found some sanity. Yes really.

Rhiannon threw a fit in the van after picking up Arilyn. This screaming?crying lasted for 30 mins. Oh she did take a break... you know while I was outside the van getting some stuff in the trunk. But as soon as I got back in... Rhiannon SCREAMED. Arilyn was a real trooper.
The thing is... it did not bother me at all. Truly. For once the screaming did not push a single button.
My relaxed attitude these last few days, have come from my ME time.
After taking Arilyn to preschool, I come back and set Rhiannon down for a bit of TV time (yeah, yeah, I know. Bad mom award)
I go to my room, sit on my bed and read. I'm working my way through "No doubt about it" by Sheri Dew, "Following Christ" and "The paradoxial commandments".
I read a bit in each of these. Then I say a prayer, and read a bit in The Book of Mormon. I spend about 30 min. on this, before going out and milking the goats.
Here is my take on sanity: not yelling at my kids... being calm... and not wanting to run away from everybody as fast as I can, when it gets to be too much.

My quotes for the day:
These really made an impression on me while reading today.

"Am I the woman I think I am, the woman I want to be?
Am I the woman the Savior needs me to be"
-Sheri Dew

"Each day we have the privilege of choosing whom we will follow. Each day we have opportunities to bolster and strengthen and exercise our faith. The Lord needed teh strength of the women of this Church as the seeds of the Restoration were planted and nourished. And He needs us today. He needs us to speak up for what is right, even when doing so is unpopular. He needs us to develop the spiritual maturity to hear the voice of the Lord and detect the deceptions of the adversary. He needs us to be everything we can be, to 'arise and shine forth, that (our) light may be a standard for the nations' (D&C 115:5)"
-No doubt about it, by Sheri Dew