Day 28: Something that stresses you out

Most of the things that really stress me out are actually consequences of my own choices:

I hate being late, but I don't plan enough time or I try to jam too many last minute activities in. I like a beautiful, calm, tidy house, but I would rather sit and read a book (or six) than do housework.

Other drivers on the road stress me out, and I am very vocal about my road rage--commenting on the other driver's habits and lifestyle choices (which makes LargeBoy tell me I need to be kinder and less judgmental).

But, all in all, I try to be pretty mellow.

In other, completely unrelated stuff:

I got to go to a beautiful temple wedding this week. I cried, even before the Bride & Groom came in. I also decorated their reception for them:

I didn't get any good pictures of the decorations, but here is an idea:

We had a great weekend staying with friends and not getting enough sleep!

Also, today BigGirl and I went to the eye doctor, and got our new glasses ordered! Yay! Let there be vision for all.

My Favorite Gentleman has a new job. Yay! Yay! For those of you who heard me rant about his previous employer--rejoice with us! For everybody else--trust me, this is a GOOD THING!

In sadder news, one of the orange kittens passed away. We aren't really sure why, it just started having problems one morning.

PS--it seems to be taking me an extraordinarily long time to cover 30 days! Sorry!

brief update

J & A's wedding came off very smoothly. It was lovely, well attended, and fun. They were really laid-back about the whole process, which makes everything better, and they are now off on a honeymoon. Our "not-technically-family reunion" had lower numbers than in past years, but was good fun, nevertheless.

I am so tired (from exertion--decorating/undecorating the wedding, the reunion,attending the fair,etc., stress and getting up at 3:00 am this morning to take MFG to where he met his car-pool ride for work) that I am doing very slow, but reasonably steady trudging along on getting the house, vehicles and routines back into some semblance of order. Today is the day that LargeCousin's mom gets to take the largekins to the fair while I take SmallDaughter to therapy. They had their showmanship contest today. I think they will do fairly well, considering this is their first year.

However, the heat has been brutal this year, so we love any clouds that happen to pass over the fairgrounds. Since Sunday, 4 pigs, 8 chickens and a steer have died from heat related problems. Thankfully, none of ours. It seems to me that the laying hens and dual purpose (meat & egg) birds are much hardier than the "just for meat" birds--which are really suffering. They are so big they can't move around much, and just look miserable.

My largekins had "barn duty" yesterday afternoon (every exibitor has to sign up to help clean the barn). They did a good job, but they really enjoyed getting to check for eggs. Our hens still aren't laying, but they could start anytime.