Tell Me what you want..what you really really want

I love reading blogs! I love being able to catch up with friends at 1:00 am when I finally get to hang my hat up for the day.. I love learning things about them that they might never reveal in ordinary conversation... I love knowing that I have surrounded myself with some AMAZING people.

However, I have found that I have become quite the covetous person in the process. (Please use the following definition)

Covet Cov"et\ (k?v"?t), v 1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

Here are a few reasons why:

Have you ever been inside this woman's house? Alison has got to be one of the best housekeepers on the planet. You could eat off her floors. No, really. Y'know those women they talk about at church whose kids always look perfect, house always looks perfect, car is always clean, church callings done weeks in advance, vacuums the house in heels and pearls? You just met her. Visit her blog HERE

Have you ever seen cuter chubs than this??? My incredibly blessed sister TAMMIE gets to love on this everyday!!


I was feeling rather proud of my garden but was quickly brought to the depths of humility after visiting BECKY's back yard this week. I left there greener than her amazingly huge tomato plants!!! What are you feeding those things??


Up until a few years ago, I knew Karen only as one of my best friend's sisters. When Kristi was very sick and dying, I got to see one of the most tremendous examples of love and compassion I think I will ever have the privilege of witnessing. I will never forget the day I went to visit and found Karen quietly lying on Kristi's bed stroking her arm and whispering comforting words to help ease Kristi's pain. Thanks Karen for letting me see a piece of Kristi in you!

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to go to BYU Women's conference- Thanks Michelle for sharing some of that experience with me this year.Barbie- I lay awake at night wishing my pantry was this organized. Wait, I lay awake wishing I had a pantry, and that it was as organized as this.

I was born with the biggest case of wanderlust known to the human family... to be settled in one place nearly eats me alive. Melissa, if I thought you would not notice, I would zip myself inside your luggage and follow you to the amazing city of New York on your upcoming celebratory trip. JoDee.. I am still trying to figure a way to sneak in your house and steal those adorable vintage aprons you got for your birthday!

She probably does not want to hear this but..... Hanna, knowing you is like meeting your mom all over again. We had so much fun together as roommates in college. She has very clearly been an excellent mother to you and your siblings. I love seeing all the things I love about her surfacing in each of you. Your bubbly personality, outstanding acting skills, incredible sense of fashion and amazing figure are to die for!!

Niki... I want your kitchen sink. Bad. Really Bad. Really Really Bad.

Aaahhh... to have your very own wild blackberry bush right outside your front door just dripping with the most beautiful succulent treasures just waiting to be eaten, canned, made into melt-in-your mouth pies and tarts.... Katie, how do you stand it????

In Sunday School a few weeks ago, I taught a lesson on spiritual gifts.. each of us have at least one. Have you ever met someone with just about every spiritual gift that exists? I have. Her name is Nancie and when I grow up, I want to be just like her.

Lastly... and certainly not least... Susan, you bring out the pioneer woman in me. I literally drool over your homesteading skills (except castrating the pigs, after which viewing, I had to take a sedative and go to bed). If it ever comes to having to live solely off the land once again. I am packing my car and heading your way!!

God help me! I want it all. Someday I will figure it all out then.... Watch OUT!! I will be the most organized, compassionate, best dressed, physically fit, well-traveled, smartest, talented gardener and homesteader, spiritually gifted woman with the cutest kids, aprons and kitchen sink that you have ever met.