Honest Scrap

I stole this from my awesome and amazingly talented (who just put out a book) friend Mercedes M Yardley. 
It seems kinda fun and I have not written anything in about a million years so here goes :)

Here are 10 honest things about me:

1) I am irrationally afraid of cockroaches/water bugs. Long story short- I had a fever and woke up with one walking on my face. Then it stalked me in my bedroom the next night and watched me do homework. It really creeped me out.

2) I call my husband Goober because we have a dog named Honey and it got confusing after a while.

3) I will make fun of myself so that other people will feel better about a situation. I can always make you laugh.

4) If I walk into a crowd I will leave with at least one friend. That is just how it is.

5) My entire life my mom told me that I was 5 minutes older than my twin. Truth is I am 6 minutes older than her.

6) I once spent an entire summer fixing my sisters Chevy Lumina with my dad. When we got one thing fixed another would break. It was the best summer of my life.

7) I am overly optimistic about most things when I am with friends and family. When I am alone I worry about it all til I make myself sick. 

8) When I cook I like to use as many pots and pans as possible cause I know it bothers my husband

9) I was born as Melinda Morris. I was known as Minda Morris until my best friend in high school changed it to Minna Morris (thanks Kara). I have been that since 10th grade. I had to put Melinda Morris in parenthesis on my wedding invite because no one knows me by that name. Now I am Minna Pedersen :)

10) I was told that as a child I would walk away from my mom and go up to complete strangers and say "Hi, my names Minda and I have a twin." I would then walk away and go tell my mom I had a new friend. It is a miracle that I was not kidnapped.

Now you know 10 things about me!!! What are 10 things about you??? Let me know!!!

Good Life

I have been thinking about a lot of things in the last little while. The conclusion that I came to is that I have a really good life. I have a great husband who loves me and treats me like a queen, a job that pays the bills and all the little things that make a girl really happy.
One of those things was a calling in my church. I received my dream calling. I got to be a Young Women leader. If you are like everyone else you are thinking "Who the heck would put her in charge of other peoples children??" :) But I was put in charge of those Girls and it was awesome!! I got to talk about boys and have spiritual discussions and tell each one of the how special they are and how much Heavenly Father loves them and it was a great experience.
Last week I was told that I no longer get to be a leader because my days off are changing. I was given the choice to go to Swing shift or Graveyard and I could keep my calling. Matt and I discussed it and it was decided that I choose my family over my calling. It was a very hard decision to make and after I signed my name I cried like I had lost a loved one. I know it sounds dramatic but it is true.
For the last few days I have been sad. Matt cuddles me and tells me he loves me and does all the right things. But nothing helped. I was choosing to be upset over this and letting this get me down. On Saturday I had a friend who had a terrible experience happen. And I wept for her. I cried for the people involved and I prayed for them. The first thing I did was put them on the prayer roll in hopes they would be comforted and feel the love of our Heavenly Father. And everything would turned out okay. Everything did turn out okay.
Through all this I realized that I really do have a great life. Sure I don't get to go to church (it is really such a big deal for me) but at least I have my loved ones and I get to hug my Goober whenever I want. The bottom line?? I think I have finally learned to not sweat the small stuff and to be thankful for the awesome things that I have. And to always remember that I really do have a good life.