more random stuff

In order to have joy, you need to understand that, as a child of your Heavenly Father, you inherited divine traits and spiritual needs—and just like a fish needs water, you need the gospel and the companionship of the Holy Ghost to be truly, deeply happy. Because you are the offspring of God (see Acts 17:28), it is incompatible with your eternal nature to do wrong and feel right. It cannot be done. It is part of your spiritual DNA, as it were, that peace, joy, and happiness will be yours only to the degree you live the gospel.
Marcus B. Nash

Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.
Gordon B. Hinckley

Found these two quotes on some blog & really liked them for various reasons, and am posting them for myself b/c I cannot find a pen to write them down.

Not much excitement going on in the Painter household lately...we went to my least favorite place today Wal*Mart, I needed a few things but No granny Smith apples, and they were out of the diapers I needed??!!! Nope, no Pampers size 4's anywhere to be found.Good thing I did not just have the diapers that were on my children's bodies as usual, or else I may have gone crazy! and then I of course get upset because Sam is not potty trained, and I make he and Nolan wear the same size diaper, and think if I do not get this together I will have THREE kids in diapers at the same time...that is not their fault. I usually have this problem of not finding things in stock when buying Sam's formula, I may go to 3-4 stores until I find it in stock and I do tend to get a bit flustered when this happens. Wal*Mart serves it's purpose for me as it is a bunch cheaper , I was somewhat impressed that they gave the store a "makeover" in what seemed like overnight, but now when I go, I do not know where anything is which adds to my growing contempt of the place!!!

I would prefer to get necessities at Target, and grocery shop at the best grocery in the whole wide world WEGMANS. When we lived in Erie and lived off the government for 4 years it was the only place I would shop and thought I was so cool and elite (kind of a contridiction when you get gov't assistance). So now I am back to the yellow smiley face sticker pushers and the one I am closest to is a bit well, the people that shopped at my Wegmans are certainly not shopping at this Wal*Mart.

I would almost prefer to not shop at all because I may have all my kids with my and it takes forever, Or I am by myself (rarely) and feel like I need to rush, & along with the crowds, missing stock, rude people, lines, etc. it is not always so enjoyable.

So you'd think with my feel good quotes I would be over somethings, but no I have to get the mindless nonsense out of my head and I have nobody to talk to since Chris took the kids to the movies. I think I sometimes prefer to do nothing when left alone, but feel I should be doing something productive. I think I will take a bath and go to bed early, it won't be long before I am back to sleepless nights.