Monday's musings...

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
~ Epictetus

Rejoice in what you have instead of focusing on what you don't have!

I rejoice in the fact that I have a husband who wants to take a quick walk with me to McDonald's to get an ice cream cone before heading back to work!

Do you know Swimmology...

I was in yoga this morning and Diana was talking all about learning how to swim when life's waves try to knock you down. She told this great story that really spoke to me. If you do not know Swimmology, when life's waves come your way, 100% of your life will be wasted!!

"Once upon a time a very learned professor was traveling in a ship to some place. It was a long voyage, and very soon word of the professor’s knowledge spread. People were eager to meet him, to invite him to their cabins for tea and chat with him. He was a distinguished man after all.

There was one old Sailor (employee of the cruiser) who was more than eager to meet the professor and learn whatever he could from the distinguished traveler. He would lie in wait for him, bend over backwards to serve him and be extra courteous to him than he was with other travelers on the ship.

Seeing this service, the professor was pleased with this sailor and called him to his room for a chat. He asked the sailor, “Do you know about Meteorology ?” The sailor replied “What’s that Sir? I’m illiterate. I’ve never been to school .” The professor said “Old man, you spend your entire life on the waters, under the open sky. You don’t know meteorology, the study of climate conditions? Go away, 25 % of your life is wasted.”

The old man not knowing what to say, just nodded his head and went away. “If the learned man is saying 25% of my life is wasted, then it’s wasted. No point crying over it..” Saying that, he went his way.

A few days later, their paths again crossed. The learned professor regaled him with various anecdotes of his academic life and the old sailor lapped it all up enthusiastically. After some time, the professor asked him “Do you know about Geology?” The sailor replied “I told you Sir, I can barely scribble my name. How can I know?” The professor, somewhat angry, shouted “Old man, what type of a sailor are you? You do not know meteorology, now you do not even know Geology, the science governing the earth and the mountains? Fifty percent of your life is wasted.” Saying that, the professor gave him a lengthy piece of his scholarly mind, and again, the old Sailor, shaking his head in shame, went away.

As the days progressed, the Old Sailor in no way angry with the professor met him and served him selflessly on many occasions, overwhelmed by his distinguished air. He held him in the same awe as a poor man holds a billionaire, as an ugly person holds a Greek God. Seeing his meek dutifulness, the professor entertained him, chatted with him, but it was only a matter of time before he could not control his academic superiority any longer.

He asked the Old Sailor, “Old man, tell me, do you know about Oceanology?” The old man replied “Told you Sir, I’m a total illiterate. I never had the occasion to learn about any of these great topics.” More in disbelief than anger, the Professor actually snarled “How can a person be this ignorant? You do not know Meteorology, you do not know Geology, now you do not even know Oceanology, the laws covering the waves and the tides of the ocean? What type of a sailor are you? You have spent your entire life on the High Seas, and you couldn’t even learn oceanology? 75 % of your life is totally wasted!!”

The old Sailor not knowing what to say, simply nodded his head in silent acknowledgement, as if to say “Yes Sir, if you say so. You cannot be wrong.”

As the weeks went by, and the voyage neared its end, one day early morning, the old Sailor came rushing to the Professor. He blurted out “Sir, do you know swimmology?” The professor shouted “You fool, there is no such logy!” The Sailor reverted back, this time with a little triumph in his voice. “That I do not know Sir. I only wanted to tell you that the ship has dashed against a Rock and is going to sink any moment now. There is a little Island just a few miles away. All those who know Swimmology, they will be saved. If you do not know ‘Swimmology’, 100% of your life is wasted.”

Do you know Swimmology??

Twenty-fine...

Last week I turned TWENTY-FINE...aka 29! It was also my Spring Break off of work. It turned out to be one of the B E S T birthdays yet. It started out with dinner at my parent's house for the my birthday a little early. Then on Monday I was extremely blessed by all of the amazing women that I am so proud to call my friends and family. We celebrated at Lucca Restaurant in mid-town Sac. Every showered me with birthday words and I left feeling so loved and important to all of them. I also received the B E S T gift that I think I've ever received. My friend painted me an amazing picture!

On Wednesday I met up with Layton in Portland to spend a few days there for my birthday. We had such a fun time exploring downtown Portland. We felt the same way as we did when we were in Boston and Chicago. We felt YOUNG! I know that sound silly because we are young. But...if you know us, you know that we are kinda old people at heart; however, the more we spend in fun cities, the more we realize that we enjoy being young! We went to a few museums, went out to Lake Oswego to have dinner at a friend's house, went to a fabulous jazz club to end my amazing birthday day, went to Voodoo Doughnuts, went to a taproom, etc. It felt so good to enjoy life! Layton knows me so well that he got a King Suite with a H U G E bath tub in it! I definitely took advantage of that. Again I realized how truly blessed I am to be married to the perfect person for me. I love exploring life with him and making so many great memories. Here are a few photos from our Portland Adventure. Who knows...Portland may find us as temporary residents someday...

Yoga and Layton...

...those 2 things were my blessings yesterday.

• I had a long day



• I was tired because of the time change



• I had a mound of papers to grade

Usually when I've had a day like yesterday, there is one thing that ALWAYS helps!! And it did help!

I felt refreshed and rejuvinated after yesterday's 75 minute yoga class. Right before I went into class Layton sent me a text and said that he'd take care of dinner that way I could focus on grading. After I got home from class, he sent me upstairs so that he could work on dinner. He bbq'd a pizza from Papa Murphy's and then after dinner he helped me grade a stack of tests.

It's the little blessings that count. I'm so blessed by Yoga and Layton!

Snapshot Sunday

I'm going to start something new on my blog each week! I'm going to put up a favorite snapshot or two that I've taken throughout the week. Hopefully this will get me to take my camera out more.

This week's snapshot is to get us all in the mood for Spring! I couldn't help but bring my camera out while I went walking this week and I captured the cherry blossom's in bloom.

Enjoy!!

.l o v e.

Yesterday was a much anticipated day. As I stood at the altar, listening to the string quarter play over the speakers, watching the rain outside gently fall on the window, looking at my sweet husband getting teary-eyed as he watched his brother greet his bride...I couldn't help but feel the love on this amazing day! Yesterday we welcomed a new member into the Wedgeworth family. Yesterday was such a beautiful day.

We've watched Colby and Margaret grow up and it was such a blessing to stand up with them yesterday as they pledged their lives to each other. Colby was only 14 when Layton and I started dating and we met Margaret a few years later. It is so amazing to me how the difference in age seems to lessen the older that I get. I truly love these two people and think of them both as my brother and now new sister. They are such beautiful people and I truly am blessed to be part of this amazing family.

The entire Wedgeworth family had so much fun celebrating their new life together. I also had a BLAST getting to take some photos of my first wedding. I think I did a pretty good job not being the primary photographer :) Here are a few of my favorite shots!

It was also really fun for me to stand up at a marriage altar again with Layton. I couldn't help but sneak a peek at my husband of nearly 9 years as the pastor was having Colby and Maggie repeat their vows. It brought tears to my eyes to see him so emotional over his little bro's marriage. It reminded me of what I said to him 9 years ago this August.

It reminded me of how truly blessed I am!

Valentine's Day

We decided to do something more low-key this year for Valentine's Day. We went up to Placerville to our favorite cafe called Heyday Cafe. While we were at dinner, I was reminded why I'm so blessed to call Layton Jaret Wedgeworth my husband. We were sitting and talking when Layton said to me, "You really are more beautiful than the day I married you." Talk about an ego booster :) With that one sentence, he made my night!

After dinner we came home, put a Diana Krall cd in, and we danced in the living room.

It really was a perfect evening with the most amazing man on the planet!

He is my blessing!