To the keepers of the blogs that I stalk and don't update - Please update!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Blog Keeping
To the keepers of the blogs that I stalk and update - Thank you for updating!
To the keepers of the blogs that I stalk and don't update - Please update!
To the keepers of the blogs that I stalk and don't update - Please update!
A New Member of the Family
Thanks to a friend who thinks of me (seriously, I totally appreciate it!!), trusts me with her feathered babies and ALWAYS gives me a GREAT deal! (Beyond great!) It appears that I have a new member of the family.
A male love bird named Phoenix!
He should be on his way to the "foster home" today and I'll be picking him up tomorrow!
(The picture above is not of him or his mate, but just a close resemblance of what he does look like. I'll get pictures up soon!)
A Week In Trials
So Friday or Saturday I had the brilliant idea to pray for specific traits that I would like to improve on - not that they were horribly lacking in any way... I prayed for opportunties to exercise this trait and to always remember why I prayed for these traits. One of these traits was patience. What I explained (hahaha...)to Heavenly Father in my prayers was something to the effect that I wanted to become more Christlike and, let's face it, I have room to improve, right?!
Sunday evening the pooky hit the fan.
A wonderful relative was found gossiping about me to another wonderful relavtive which started a wonderful (catching the sarcasm yet?) conversation with this second relative Monday morning.
Then another relative is annoyed (the only word that comes to mind) with me about some stupid, silly stuff on FB and de-friended me. Totally hurt my feelings and I am still completely confused and hurt about it. Thanks to my amazing little sister! She listened and encouraged me without stiring the pot of stinky viddles! She calmed me down and reassured me that all was well! Thanks You! I love you!
Christmas (all Holidays, rather) gets my down. So that on top of this has really kicked my booty and has me bummed out pretty good.
Had another brilliant idea - to pray and ask for understanding. That hasn't really come yet, so I asked for peace. I have teetered between hatred and a quiet calm... Ah, a test of my faith!
I hope I can let it be and those around me will...forgive or forget or whatever it takes to get our relationships (from whatever levels they had been) regain that ground and hopefully grow a bit, too.
A note, (a mom quote): "You can either be someone's burden or someone's blessing"
And a second note: "Be kind whenever possible. And it is always possible"
Sunday evening the pooky hit the fan.
A wonderful relative was found gossiping about me to another wonderful relavtive which started a wonderful (catching the sarcasm yet?) conversation with this second relative Monday morning.
Then another relative is annoyed (the only word that comes to mind) with me about some stupid, silly stuff on FB and de-friended me. Totally hurt my feelings and I am still completely confused and hurt about it. Thanks to my amazing little sister! She listened and encouraged me without stiring the pot of stinky viddles! She calmed me down and reassured me that all was well! Thanks You! I love you!
Christmas (all Holidays, rather) gets my down. So that on top of this has really kicked my booty and has me bummed out pretty good.
Had another brilliant idea - to pray and ask for understanding. That hasn't really come yet, so I asked for peace. I have teetered between hatred and a quiet calm... Ah, a test of my faith!
I hope I can let it be and those around me will...forgive or forget or whatever it takes to get our relationships (from whatever levels they had been) regain that ground and hopefully grow a bit, too.
A note, (a mom quote): "You can either be someone's burden or someone's blessing"
And a second note: "Be kind whenever possible. And it is always possible"
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Nutcraker
I am so excited! My dear baby sister drew my name for Christmas this year and decided (with an "ok" by me) to buy us tickets to go see The Nutcracker at the Julie Rogers Theatre!
I am too, too, too excited! I LOVE ballet (and often get make fun of because of it) and haven't been to a "real" (aka - professional) ballet since, like, elementary school.
Megz... I love you and cannot wait for this Saturday! Good seats and good company! I Love You!
da Vinci Codes?
Mona Lisa's Secrets: Hidden Animals
by: Christina Ng
Yahoo! News
Artist Ron Piccirillo claims he found the heads of a lion, an ape and a buffalo hovering in the air in the background of the Mona Lisa, after turning the painting on its side. (Photo Credit: Associated Press)
New York artist Ron Piccirillo is claiming to have unlocked the secrets behind one of the most mysterious faces in history - Mona Lisa.
Piccirillo argues that several animals can be seen hidden in the painting when it is set horizontally. The Rochester graphic designer and painter said a lion, ape and buffalo can be seen around Mona Lisa's head and a snake or crocodile is near her right shoulder.
The animals led Piccirillo to Leonardo da Vinci's journals and a few passages that mention the animals he sees.
"When I came across these answers, which I call the 'accidental discovery,' I wasn't seeking the information," Piccirillo told ABCNews.com. "I was just able to pull out a lot of puzzle pieces together that led me to the answers. It all came from Leonardo's writings."
One of the passages that references "her heart gnawed by a swelling serpent" also says, "Give her a leopard's skin, because this creature kills the lion out of envy and by deceit." Though the passage does not mention the "Mona Lisa" specifically, Piccirillo said he believes the references to the serpent and the lion lead back to the painting and back to the woman with the infamous smile.
Piccirillo said he believes that Mona Lisa was not an actual person, but, rather, symbolic of the human trait of envy. He also believes that his discovery will be important to an art community that has been puzzled by the painting for centuries.
"I was definitely aware of how big the impact would be in the art world," he said. "I knew it was going to be the biggest thing in 500 years."
Members of the art community do not necessarily agree with Piccirillo's sense of the importance of his discovery.
"I don't believe there's any reason to dwell on this particular theory," Brown University art history professor Evelyn Lincoln told ABCNews.com. "It doesn't help me understand the Mona Lisa to think of her as hiding iconographic symbols that are rather disconnected of envy."
Lincoln called the theory "problematic" and said that the interpretation may have more to do with the viewer than the painting itself. She pointed out that the image people are looking at is not the original painting and that even the original has been worn down by time, with crack and oil.
Lincoln also noted that da Vinci's journals themselves are fragmentary and were put back together after his death.
"The idea that we should be turning the painting upside down and around for an odd iconographic rendition of envy seems to be a personal obsession that this particular graphic artist seems to find in every painting he looks at," Lincoln said. "It's not my Mona Lisa."
Still, Piccirillo said he is confident in his assessment and his theory.
"I've been an artist all my life and always been aware of the mysteries of the Mona Lisa, but I was never that interested in it. I was more interested in the beauty of the art itself," he said. "But once you know what to look for, it's there."
>>>> What?! da Vinci painted animals in the Mona Lisa?! Holy Smokes! He's a madman!! Good gravy... cool article, though!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Finals Week
Ah...a bitter sweet time for all college attendees. NOT!!
Some are prepared and can't wait for it to be over with. Some are not prepared and can't wait for it to be over with. I'm a bit in the middle, hanging violently toward the prepared side. Thank goodness... I have no life and hardly anything to do, besides studying.
English 1301 - Took the Final today
History 1302 - Take it next Wendesday
Arts 1301 - Take it this Wednesday
Math 0330 - Take it next Wednesday
Makes for a semi-relaxing-time-to-fully-study-and-be-prepared for each test kinda next two weeks!
Let's get this party started!
Some are prepared and can't wait for it to be over with. Some are not prepared and can't wait for it to be over with. I'm a bit in the middle, hanging violently toward the prepared side. Thank goodness... I have no life and hardly anything to do, besides studying.
English 1301 - Took the Final today
History 1302 - Take it next Wendesday
Arts 1301 - Take it this Wednesday
Math 0330 - Take it next Wednesday
Makes for a semi-relaxing-time-to-fully-study-and-be-prepared for each test kinda next two weeks!
Let's get this party started!
Monday, November 28, 2011
Horse Folks
"I was drawn to horses as if they were magnets. It was in my blood. I must have inherited from my grandfather a genetic proclivity toward the equine species. Perhaps there's a quirk in the DNA that makes horse people different from everyone else, that instantly divides humanity into those who love horses and the others, who simply don't know.
"To be content, horse people need only a horse or, lacking that, someone else who loves horses with whom they can talk. It was always that way with my grandfather. He took me places just so we could see horses, be near them. We went to the circus and the rodeo at Madison Square Garden. We watched parades down Fifth Avenue. Finding a horse, real or imagined, was like finding a dab of magic potion that enlivened us both. Sometimes I'd tell my grandfather about all the horses in my elaborate dreams. He'd lean over, smile, and assure me that, one day, I'd have one for real. And if my grandfather, my Opa, told me something was going to come true, it always did."
By Dr. Allan J. Hamilton, in "Zen Mind, Zen Horse: The science and spirituality of working with horses" in America's Horse, December 2011 (AQHA publication).
The part that really sticks out to me is "Finding a horse, real or imagined, was like finding a dab of magic potion..."
Currently I have four horses and I'm 28 years old. I still try to break my neck, picking horse(s) from a herd of cows or being ridden on the side of the road.
Must be in my DNA...
"To be content, horse people need only a horse or, lacking that, someone else who loves horses with whom they can talk. It was always that way with my grandfather. He took me places just so we could see horses, be near them. We went to the circus and the rodeo at Madison Square Garden. We watched parades down Fifth Avenue. Finding a horse, real or imagined, was like finding a dab of magic potion that enlivened us both. Sometimes I'd tell my grandfather about all the horses in my elaborate dreams. He'd lean over, smile, and assure me that, one day, I'd have one for real. And if my grandfather, my Opa, told me something was going to come true, it always did."
By Dr. Allan J. Hamilton, in "Zen Mind, Zen Horse: The science and spirituality of working with horses" in America's Horse, December 2011 (AQHA publication).
The part that really sticks out to me is "Finding a horse, real or imagined, was like finding a dab of magic potion..."
Currently I have four horses and I'm 28 years old. I still try to break my neck, picking horse(s) from a herd of cows or being ridden on the side of the road.
Must be in my DNA...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
"Its Time!"
(Just to quote from Twilight)
Saturday is the day I will take my dear nephew to see the movie!
Woo-Hoo for all of us!
Saturday is the day I will take my dear nephew to see the movie!
Woo-Hoo for all of us!
Thanksgiving
I try not to linger too long on certain personal fads, just to catch myself from developing an unhealthy relationship with such truelly meaningless things. This one, I just cannot seem to let go of...
You may not be able to really tell, but this is Dr. House as a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! How sweet is that?!
Yup...Seasonal! (Sorry! -But not really!)
You may not be able to really tell, but this is Dr. House as a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! How sweet is that?!
Yup...Seasonal! (Sorry! -But not really!)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Future Fashion
Have you ever looked REALLY close at the pores from which hair grows? It is thoroughly disgusting!
My prediction for future fashion, because of this yucky thing, is that we will all be voluntarily bald! Nice...
My prediction for future fashion, because of this yucky thing, is that we will all be voluntarily bald! Nice...
Monday, November 14, 2011
Bored...
english is over...what to do? what to do?
i brought my computer with games and a few movies, even. that doesn't sound like fun... i know! i could work on my research paper... um, no thank you! :D
btw - where is the dude that watches over the computer library, i need to get into the printer room and get my art analysis assignments! dern him!!
i brought my computer with games and a few movies, even. that doesn't sound like fun... i know! i could work on my research paper... um, no thank you! :D
btw - where is the dude that watches over the computer library, i need to get into the printer room and get my art analysis assignments! dern him!!
Monday, November 7, 2011
100 Posts
This is my 100th post and it is written to announce and celebrate my 100th post. Does it count if that's all I do?
Let's say it does, ok?
Let's say it does, ok?
A Month of Thanksgiving
One thing I have never been good at (I know...took me awhile to find one) and that costed me many, many A's in school was the proper order of bibliographies.
Poor Mrs. Borel, my 5th grade English teacher. She worked tirelessly to try to pound into my head the format and puntucation and all that good stuff, but never did it really sink in.
Now-a-days, these spoiled kids (including myself now) have the free services of the internet at our finger tips (cliche' - yes! I know it is, Mr. Hall!)! Thank goodness, right?!
Among a ton, I have found one that works 100% for me and require little to no work at all, really. And thats ----> bibme.org <---- (Sorry, the college computer won't allow me to insert a link...weird)
Especially the citing from a website feature. All the work that is needed is to open two tabs, 1. for bibme.org and 2. for the site you want to cite (haha). You'll highlight the internet address and paste it into the blank spot on bibme and VIOLA! Literally, everything is done for you. The site, the media, the publish date, the author (if applicable), even the date sourced!
What an amazing world...internet world, that is!
It even does graphs and tables. Just type in your information and what kind of visual you'd like and BAM! There it is!
You do have to sign up for an account (I think its free) to print it or move it directly to a Microsoft program, but if you're smart (like me) you can do it without getting an account. You'll just have to retype it onto your document.
Of course, I'm back to talking about the stupid bibliographies! (It puts it in the right order and such.)
Enough on English...
Poor Mrs. Borel, my 5th grade English teacher. She worked tirelessly to try to pound into my head the format and puntucation and all that good stuff, but never did it really sink in.
Now-a-days, these spoiled kids (including myself now) have the free services of the internet at our finger tips (cliche' - yes! I know it is, Mr. Hall!)! Thank goodness, right?!
Among a ton, I have found one that works 100% for me and require little to no work at all, really. And thats ----> bibme.org <---- (Sorry, the college computer won't allow me to insert a link...weird)
Especially the citing from a website feature. All the work that is needed is to open two tabs, 1. for bibme.org and 2. for the site you want to cite (haha). You'll highlight the internet address and paste it into the blank spot on bibme and VIOLA! Literally, everything is done for you. The site, the media, the publish date, the author (if applicable), even the date sourced!
What an amazing world...internet world, that is!
It even does graphs and tables. Just type in your information and what kind of visual you'd like and BAM! There it is!
You do have to sign up for an account (I think its free) to print it or move it directly to a Microsoft program, but if you're smart (like me) you can do it without getting an account. You'll just have to retype it onto your document.
Of course, I'm back to talking about the stupid bibliographies! (It puts it in the right order and such.)
Enough on English...
Runny Faucet
This week has been one of my least favorites...
Note to the public: When ill (in any shape or form) please be sure and take all precautions so as not to infect those around you.
* If you have fever or have vomited, please wait no less than 24 hours before re-visiting the public.
* If you are sneezing, snotting, or coughing: sneeze and/or cough into the crook of your elbow. When snotting, please ALWAYS use a tissue and be sure to carry antibacterial gel with you and use it after each sneeze, snot or cough!
Just saying...
Note to the public: When ill (in any shape or form) please be sure and take all precautions so as not to infect those around you.
* If you have fever or have vomited, please wait no less than 24 hours before re-visiting the public.
* If you are sneezing, snotting, or coughing: sneeze and/or cough into the crook of your elbow. When snotting, please ALWAYS use a tissue and be sure to carry antibacterial gel with you and use it after each sneeze, snot or cough!
Just saying...
Monday, October 31, 2011
Seasonal Obsessions
My obsession is now seasonal! How freakin cool is that?!
I want one! Not that pumpkin... House! ;)
I want one! Not that pumpkin... House! ;)
Happy Halloween - Ba Hum Bug!
I'm not usually one to spread the holiday cheer. If Cindy Lou Hoo were to be a member of Odomville, I would not be awarded the Holiday Cheer Myster Award, that's for sure! I'll put up a few decorations and what-not for each major holiday, but I'm not one to say "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Thanksgiving!" or "Happy 4th of July!"
Never really have been...
But anyway. The topic of Halloween and its history has been stuck on my mind for the past, oh,... 2 minutes. The origin of ghouls, skeletons and all that Halloween has its green and orange hands on, I find it kinda interesting.
This blog will not go into all that! You'll have to do your own research!
Total point of this blog is to share my surprise that my newest favorite author is the miracle maker, per se, behind The Halloween Tree. None other than Ray Bradbury.
Mr. Hall, my lovable English 1301 teacher, had us read a short story of his "Summer Rituals," and I remember in high school reading Fahrenheit 451, (which I am, again, reading - LOVE IT!)
Now my OCD has me grabbing for my debit card and searching Amazon.com and eBay, trying to find a decently, held-together copy. Wish me luck!
* By the way, YouTube has a free viewing feature of the full-length cartoon. Pretty neat, if you ask me.
Never really have been...
But anyway. The topic of Halloween and its history has been stuck on my mind for the past, oh,... 2 minutes. The origin of ghouls, skeletons and all that Halloween has its green and orange hands on, I find it kinda interesting.
This blog will not go into all that! You'll have to do your own research!
Total point of this blog is to share my surprise that my newest favorite author is the miracle maker, per se, behind The Halloween Tree. None other than Ray Bradbury.
Mr. Hall, my lovable English 1301 teacher, had us read a short story of his "Summer Rituals," and I remember in high school reading Fahrenheit 451, (which I am, again, reading - LOVE IT!)
Now my OCD has me grabbing for my debit card and searching Amazon.com and eBay, trying to find a decently, held-together copy. Wish me luck!
* By the way, YouTube has a free viewing feature of the full-length cartoon. Pretty neat, if you ask me.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
And I'm Thankful, So Thankful!
Today I am thankful for Hulu.com!
It allows me to watch Season 8 of House when the TiVo refuses to work, (for whatever unknown reason)! And since FOX refuses to play re-runs (you're killing me people!), I just, simply, cannot pick up the current episode during the six days between airings. Stupid FOX! (But thankful you do air House on your network, regardless...) :D
It allows me to watch Season 8 of House when the TiVo refuses to work, (for whatever unknown reason)! And since FOX refuses to play re-runs (you're killing me people!), I just, simply, cannot pick up the current episode during the six days between airings. Stupid FOX! (But thankful you do air House on your network, regardless...) :D
Monday, October 24, 2011
Chronomentrophobia
My English 1301 teacher gave our class an end of year assignment last week. He wants us to write a research paper. It has to be something we are totally not emotionally attached to (example: if we had a family member to die from cancer, we cannot write about cancer) and we have to be totally logical in all aspects of the paper and to persuade our readers to our thesis, (so not just a simple research paper).
After (much) delay, I have my topic. At first I was just going to prove with documented facts that Chronomentrophia (the fear of clocks) was a real mental disorder. But now... I'm making it much more interesting! And my teacher LOVES it!
Now... BASED on documented facts, cases, etc. on Chronomentrophia, I am going to diagnose Captain James "Jaz" Hook. I am going to, in 5 - 10 pages, prove that he was not a madman, but a mental disturbed man.
I am now emotionally attached - does this mean I have to change my topic? I am having so much fun with this!! I'll post the paper when I get it written and by the first of December I should have a grade.
After (much) delay, I have my topic. At first I was just going to prove with documented facts that Chronomentrophia (the fear of clocks) was a real mental disorder. But now... I'm making it much more interesting! And my teacher LOVES it!
Now... BASED on documented facts, cases, etc. on Chronomentrophia, I am going to diagnose Captain James "Jaz" Hook. I am going to, in 5 - 10 pages, prove that he was not a madman, but a mental disturbed man.
I am now emotionally attached - does this mean I have to change my topic? I am having so much fun with this!! I'll post the paper when I get it written and by the first of December I should have a grade.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
181st Semi Annual General Conference - Sunday Afternoon Session
Russell M. Nelson
Twelve Apostles
A covenant is a sacred agreement where the terms are set by the Lord.
We get to participate in the gathering of Israel.
We know who we are and what He expects of us.
Dallin H. Oaks
Twelve Apostles
What do we believe about Jesus Christ?
What are we doing because of that belief?
He gave us eternal life - ONE reason to worship Him.
Focus on Jesus - not the world.
"What think ye of Christ?"
Where is your ultimate allegiance?
Ask - Seek - Knock
Receive - Find - Opened
Matthew O. Richardson
2nd Counselor of the General Sunday School Presidency
Be a REAL missionary.
The best two year FOR my life, not of!
Our ability to teach is the Holy Ghost.
Teach BY the Spirit.
Mirror the Spirit - be diligent in putting our feet in His footprints.
Align our teaching with the Spirit's teachings.
1. Spirit teaches personally. Line upon line. Focus on the people - not the lesson.
2. Holy Ghost teaches by invitation - we must learn and act for ourselves - we have agency. We must invite, too!
"How can I help you to learn for yourself?"`
*Hiking Story* "Look how far we've come!" Go one step at a time.
Use the teaching method of the Spirit is all we do.
Kazuhiko Yamashita
The Seventy
The love and attitudes you show others is very significant.
Always show love!
3 Things to bring on a mission:
1. Desire to preach the Gospel - go, quickly, to the rescue!
2. Develop your testimony - necessary tool.
3. Love others - Christ's love
Missionaries are a treasure of this Church!
Randall K. Bennett
The Seventy
We have the gift of choice.
Evaluate the choices we make.
We can't make choices without eternal consequences.
We knew there would be trials - we knew we could make choices that would lead us to Heavenly Father - or away from.
When we make a choice, we are choosing our own consequence.
We have only TWO choices:
1. Choose the Savior, or
2. Choose the world (not the Savior
Safety and Joy in the Savior.
Errors will not correct themselves - Correct early!
It is never too late to choose eternal life.
J. Devn Cornish
The Seventy
Our Heavenly Father loves us so much that what is important to us, it is important to Him.
Open prayer to our Father in an attitude of reverence and of worship.
*Bible Dictionary - Prayer*
Ask for blessings.
DO for ourselves first.
Do things the Lord's way - we will be happier.
Say our prayers - Live for our prayers.
"Live as directed!"
Miracles are brought about through prayer.
Quinten L. Cook
Twelve Apostles
There is a bright future for each of us!
1. We have a Father who loves us and understands us.
2. Jesus is our Savior - the Atonement.
3. Mortal life - Eternal life
Be appreciative of the blessings we receive and appreciative of the trials we avoid.
Thank the Lord for preserving you.
The Savior's Atonement always has enough lifeboats for everyone (Titanic/LDS member story).
Thomas S. Monson
Prophet
Heavenly Father is mindful of each of us.
He is mindful of our trials. Seek Him through prayer.
Increase our kindness to each other.
Nourish our testimonies - it is our protection.
Remember me (the prophet) and the leaders of the Church in our prayers.
He is willing to go far for us.
"I love you!"
Twelve Apostles
A covenant is a sacred agreement where the terms are set by the Lord.
We get to participate in the gathering of Israel.
We know who we are and what He expects of us.
Dallin H. Oaks
Twelve Apostles
What do we believe about Jesus Christ?
What are we doing because of that belief?
He gave us eternal life - ONE reason to worship Him.
Focus on Jesus - not the world.
"What think ye of Christ?"
Where is your ultimate allegiance?
Ask - Seek - Knock
Receive - Find - Opened
Matthew O. Richardson
2nd Counselor of the General Sunday School Presidency
Be a REAL missionary.
The best two year FOR my life, not of!
Our ability to teach is the Holy Ghost.
Teach BY the Spirit.
Mirror the Spirit - be diligent in putting our feet in His footprints.
Align our teaching with the Spirit's teachings.
1. Spirit teaches personally. Line upon line. Focus on the people - not the lesson.
2. Holy Ghost teaches by invitation - we must learn and act for ourselves - we have agency. We must invite, too!
"How can I help you to learn for yourself?"`
*Hiking Story* "Look how far we've come!" Go one step at a time.
Use the teaching method of the Spirit is all we do.
Kazuhiko Yamashita
The Seventy
The love and attitudes you show others is very significant.
Always show love!
3 Things to bring on a mission:
1. Desire to preach the Gospel - go, quickly, to the rescue!
2. Develop your testimony - necessary tool.
3. Love others - Christ's love
Missionaries are a treasure of this Church!
Randall K. Bennett
The Seventy
We have the gift of choice.
Evaluate the choices we make.
We can't make choices without eternal consequences.
We knew there would be trials - we knew we could make choices that would lead us to Heavenly Father - or away from.
When we make a choice, we are choosing our own consequence.
We have only TWO choices:
1. Choose the Savior, or
2. Choose the world (not the Savior
Safety and Joy in the Savior.
Errors will not correct themselves - Correct early!
It is never too late to choose eternal life.
J. Devn Cornish
The Seventy
Our Heavenly Father loves us so much that what is important to us, it is important to Him.
Open prayer to our Father in an attitude of reverence and of worship.
*Bible Dictionary - Prayer*
Ask for blessings.
DO for ourselves first.
Do things the Lord's way - we will be happier.
Say our prayers - Live for our prayers.
"Live as directed!"
Miracles are brought about through prayer.
Quinten L. Cook
Twelve Apostles
There is a bright future for each of us!
1. We have a Father who loves us and understands us.
2. Jesus is our Savior - the Atonement.
3. Mortal life - Eternal life
Be appreciative of the blessings we receive and appreciative of the trials we avoid.
Thank the Lord for preserving you.
The Savior's Atonement always has enough lifeboats for everyone (Titanic/LDS member story).
Thomas S. Monson
Prophet
Heavenly Father is mindful of each of us.
He is mindful of our trials. Seek Him through prayer.
Increase our kindness to each other.
Nourish our testimonies - it is our protection.
Remember me (the prophet) and the leaders of the Church in our prayers.
He is willing to go far for us.
"I love you!"
Monday, October 3, 2011
181st Semi Annual General Conference - Sunday Morning Session
Henry B. Eyring
1st Counselor in the General Presidency
Our Promises
1. Be Charitable
2. Witnesses of God
3. Endure
1. Charitable - those who give and those who receive will feel the Savior's love.
2. His Witness - "What will God have me do?" The effect of the Book of Mormon on our testimony, courage is certain in our sharing of it.
3. Endure - "savor the world as if time as stopped..." Have a fixed determination to keep His commandments
Robert D. Hales
Twelve Apostles
Our trials are ALWAYS for our good and our experience.
Joy cometh in the morning - we must wait (hope & anticipate) on the Lord.
Always "thy will be done"
Be kinder to one another AND to ourselves.
Be willing to submit to all that the Lord has in store for us - good and bad.
Tad R. Callister
Presidency of the Seventy
The Book of Mormon claims to be the word of God - all of it!
*Will it (anything) draw me closer to God or further away?
Why/How can the Book of Mormon be when we have the Bible? "Two or more witnesses"
Elaine S. Dalton
General Young Women President
A Temple marriage is worth our effort and our highest priority.
Eliminate anything evil from your life.
Honor the priesthood.
Show true strength - Virtue.
"You are not ordinary men" - speaking of priesthood holding fathers.
M. Russell Ballard
Twelve Apostles
We are blessed to take up on ourselves the name of Christ.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
-of Jesus Christ - His Church
-of Latter-day Saints - same church as the One He set up when He was on the earth
-Saints - His People, those who follow Him
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it describes who are are and what we believe. It is a name of distinction, we need to use our full and correct name.
Thomas S. Monson
Prophet
Moral is NOT passe'
We are responsible for our actions.
Our code of conduct is not negotiable.
The Lord's consistency is our anchor.
We will be entitled to the Lord's guidance through prayer.
Trust in the inspiration the Lord gives us - be worthy to receive it - Act of it!
Communication with our Father is necessary to weather life's storms.
1st Counselor in the General Presidency
Our Promises
1. Be Charitable
2. Witnesses of God
3. Endure
1. Charitable - those who give and those who receive will feel the Savior's love.
2. His Witness - "What will God have me do?" The effect of the Book of Mormon on our testimony, courage is certain in our sharing of it.
3. Endure - "savor the world as if time as stopped..." Have a fixed determination to keep His commandments
Robert D. Hales
Twelve Apostles
Our trials are ALWAYS for our good and our experience.
Joy cometh in the morning - we must wait (hope & anticipate) on the Lord.
Always "thy will be done"
Be kinder to one another AND to ourselves.
Be willing to submit to all that the Lord has in store for us - good and bad.
Tad R. Callister
Presidency of the Seventy
The Book of Mormon claims to be the word of God - all of it!
*Will it (anything) draw me closer to God or further away?
Why/How can the Book of Mormon be when we have the Bible? "Two or more witnesses"
Elaine S. Dalton
General Young Women President
A Temple marriage is worth our effort and our highest priority.
Eliminate anything evil from your life.
Honor the priesthood.
Show true strength - Virtue.
"You are not ordinary men" - speaking of priesthood holding fathers.
M. Russell Ballard
Twelve Apostles
We are blessed to take up on ourselves the name of Christ.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
-of Jesus Christ - His Church
-of Latter-day Saints - same church as the One He set up when He was on the earth
-Saints - His People, those who follow Him
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it describes who are are and what we believe. It is a name of distinction, we need to use our full and correct name.
Thomas S. Monson
Prophet
Moral is NOT passe'
We are responsible for our actions.
Our code of conduct is not negotiable.
The Lord's consistency is our anchor.
We will be entitled to the Lord's guidance through prayer.
Trust in the inspiration the Lord gives us - be worthy to receive it - Act of it!
Communication with our Father is necessary to weather life's storms.
181st Semi Annual General Conference - Saturday Afternoon Session
Bro. David A. Bednar
Twelve Apostles
Initial instructions to Joseph by Moroni
1. The Book of Mormon
2. the role of Elijah
To seek after our dead - the greatest responsibility is given to us by our Heavenly Father
The "divine nature of the family" is the Holy Ghost's message of the spirit of Elijah
Genealogy is the responsibility of all age groups
Technological aptitude of the Youth is evidence of the Lord training the Youth now to do genealogy (on familysearch)
Testimonies will grow
We will be protected during our youth and the rest of our lives IF we do genealogy
It's more than a name - it's people
Bro. Neil L Anderson
Twelve Apostles
First commandment given to the people on earth - have kids.
"Children is what gave God gave you time for."
No words are sufficient for a righteous father
"It was not the Garden of Eden where Adam & Eve bore children."
Families are central to the Father's plan
Ian S. Ardern
The Seventy
We must use our time wisely
We will be required to account for our time
Prioritize our time - it will lead to procrastination otherwise
Love is spelt T-I-M-E
Poor use of time is idol
Busy v. Productive
We are (should be) masters of ourselves
Carl B Cook
The Seventy
"It is better to look up" -Pres. Monson
Can do - Will do
Have faith to look up and have courage to follow
His leadership is constant
Look up - Step up - Cheer up
"The Lord is my light, then why should I fear?"
LeGrand R. Curtis, Jr.
The Seventy
Redeem is to "buy back"
Less active "come back, repent, do the Lord's work"
My joy by day, my dream by night
D. Todd Christofferson
Twelve Apostles
Repentance should be with joy!
It leads to a better life.
It leads us to God.
It points us to freedom and celebration.
Only through the Atonement
Aspects of Repentance:
1. Invitation is an expression of love. Do not be afraid to repent or call others to repent.
2. Strive to change. No real effort from us is mocking Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (spelling?) Virtue loveth virtue. Steadily improve to live the Celestial Law!
3. Abandon sin - committing to God NOTHING LESS than a covenant to God.
4. Requires a seriousness of purpose. It is sometimes painful. TRUE repentance is not superficial.
a. confess - acknowledge of sorrow, bitter tears, potential despair becomes hope.
b. forsake - repair damage as far as can be done. Then a covenant can be made. Then "my soul is filled with joy." If they do not repent , then they should "suffer as I."
5. What ever cost - it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness. How can bad times be forgotten? Through the morning of forgiveness. "I the Lord will remember them no more."
L. Tom Perry
Twelve Apostles
Members impress non-members the most.
People are curious of us.
We should be good examples - share who we are.
Be bold of our declaration of Christ.
We need to have a love for God and all others.
"Walk by Faith"
1. Love others
2. Righteous examples to others
3. Speak up about the church. It is better for others to ask then us to tell. Be clear in what you say. Do not be contemptuous. Use the Internet to share religious light. Do not hesitate. Communicate honestly and directly. The Lord will provide the Holy Ghost to those who need It. Help others to understand and how to understand
Invitation to share - love will be our companion when sharing the Gospel.
Twelve Apostles
Initial instructions to Joseph by Moroni
1. The Book of Mormon
2. the role of Elijah
To seek after our dead - the greatest responsibility is given to us by our Heavenly Father
The "divine nature of the family" is the Holy Ghost's message of the spirit of Elijah
Genealogy is the responsibility of all age groups
Technological aptitude of the Youth is evidence of the Lord training the Youth now to do genealogy (on familysearch)
Testimonies will grow
We will be protected during our youth and the rest of our lives IF we do genealogy
It's more than a name - it's people
Bro. Neil L Anderson
Twelve Apostles
First commandment given to the people on earth - have kids.
"Children is what gave God gave you time for."
No words are sufficient for a righteous father
"It was not the Garden of Eden where Adam & Eve bore children."
Families are central to the Father's plan
Ian S. Ardern
The Seventy
We must use our time wisely
We will be required to account for our time
Prioritize our time - it will lead to procrastination otherwise
Love is spelt T-I-M-E
Poor use of time is idol
Busy v. Productive
We are (should be) masters of ourselves
Carl B Cook
The Seventy
"It is better to look up" -Pres. Monson
Can do - Will do
Have faith to look up and have courage to follow
His leadership is constant
Look up - Step up - Cheer up
"The Lord is my light, then why should I fear?"
LeGrand R. Curtis, Jr.
The Seventy
Redeem is to "buy back"
Less active "come back, repent, do the Lord's work"
My joy by day, my dream by night
D. Todd Christofferson
Twelve Apostles
Repentance should be with joy!
It leads to a better life.
It leads us to God.
It points us to freedom and celebration.
Only through the Atonement
Aspects of Repentance:
1. Invitation is an expression of love. Do not be afraid to repent or call others to repent.
2. Strive to change. No real effort from us is mocking Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (spelling?) Virtue loveth virtue. Steadily improve to live the Celestial Law!
3. Abandon sin - committing to God NOTHING LESS than a covenant to God.
4. Requires a seriousness of purpose. It is sometimes painful. TRUE repentance is not superficial.
a. confess - acknowledge of sorrow, bitter tears, potential despair becomes hope.
b. forsake - repair damage as far as can be done. Then a covenant can be made. Then "my soul is filled with joy." If they do not repent , then they should "suffer as I."
5. What ever cost - it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness. How can bad times be forgotten? Through the morning of forgiveness. "I the Lord will remember them no more."
L. Tom Perry
Twelve Apostles
Members impress non-members the most.
People are curious of us.
We should be good examples - share who we are.
Be bold of our declaration of Christ.
We need to have a love for God and all others.
"Walk by Faith"
1. Love others
2. Righteous examples to others
3. Speak up about the church. It is better for others to ask then us to tell. Be clear in what you say. Do not be contemptuous. Use the Internet to share religious light. Do not hesitate. Communicate honestly and directly. The Lord will provide the Holy Ghost to those who need It. Help others to understand and how to understand
Invitation to share - love will be our companion when sharing the Gospel.
181th Semi Annual General Conference - Saturday Morning Session
Holy smokes! What an awesome weekend this was! Here are some (MY) highlights from General Conference.
October 1, 2011
Saturday Morning Session
* Missed the first talk * :(
Sis. Barbara Thompson
2nd Counselor of the General Relief Society
Personal revelation; D&C 6
1. Desire
2. Pray
3. Be diligent - do not harden your heart.
Many forms will come by revelation - a song, a verse, a line in a talk.
Many challenges - our testimony will get us through them with help from Heavenly Father.
"Meet together oft"
Bro. L. Whitney Clayton
Presidency of the Seventy
The Church will continue to grow and spread through-out the world.
Prophecy given in a dream of King Nebacanezer and translated by Daniel.
"Scarcely scratched the surface..."
Pres. Thomas S. Monson
Prophet
"Building Temples has gone on uninterrupted, my brothers and sister!"
- Temples announced.
Jose' L. Alonso
The Seventy
Doing the right thing at the right time without delay is service.
Some do not realize they are lost, we must not delay - they could become lost forever.
Be willing the serve them (less-active, etc)
Heavenly Father expects our devotion.
Boyd K. Packer
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
poem "The Old Crow"
We are in enemy territory.
We do not know what is ahead of us.
A Proclamation to the Family.
Every person with a physical body has power over those who do not - Satan.
IF ...if you follow the Lord, you will be blessed...
the VOICE of teh Lord is a feeling, not an audible voice.
FEEL His WORDS!
"You will not make a major mistake without a warning from the Spirit."
The Atonement - we can be forgiven - we just need to go to Him.
"Repentence will heal hurts."
Listen to the Spirit.
We will be protected IF we listen to the promptings of the Spirit.
We are never far from the side of the Savior.
"The outcome of this war that began in Heaven IS NOT unknown - the adversary wil loose!"
"Trust in the Lord! Be trustworthy!"
Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
2nd Counselor of General Presidency
A vastness of worlds were created by God.
"I know that man is nothing" -Moses
But...the worth of souls is great.
Everything that God created is for our benefit.
"Worlds without end is within our grasps."
Humble yourselves and be exalted.
"The Lord does not care if we work in marbled halls or stable stalls." - He knows where we are.
"Always remember you matter to Him"
Principles:
1. God loves the humble and meek
2. He entrusts the Gospel to the weak
3. No matter how humble you may appear, you are not invisible to Him
4. What you experience now, will not be what you experience tomorrow. He will not forget or forsake you.
* Hold on!
* Remember Him!
He sees you as His Child - you matter to Him!
Be worthy of His blessings for you.
October 1, 2011
Saturday Morning Session
* Missed the first talk * :(
Sis. Barbara Thompson
2nd Counselor of the General Relief Society
Personal revelation; D&C 6
1. Desire
2. Pray
3. Be diligent - do not harden your heart.
Many forms will come by revelation - a song, a verse, a line in a talk.
Many challenges - our testimony will get us through them with help from Heavenly Father.
"Meet together oft"
Bro. L. Whitney Clayton
Presidency of the Seventy
The Church will continue to grow and spread through-out the world.
Prophecy given in a dream of King Nebacanezer and translated by Daniel.
"Scarcely scratched the surface..."
Pres. Thomas S. Monson
Prophet
"Building Temples has gone on uninterrupted, my brothers and sister!"
- Temples announced.
Jose' L. Alonso
The Seventy
Doing the right thing at the right time without delay is service.
Some do not realize they are lost, we must not delay - they could become lost forever.
Be willing the serve them (less-active, etc)
Heavenly Father expects our devotion.
Boyd K. Packer
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
poem "The Old Crow"
We are in enemy territory.
We do not know what is ahead of us.
A Proclamation to the Family.
Every person with a physical body has power over those who do not - Satan.
IF ...if you follow the Lord, you will be blessed...
the VOICE of teh Lord is a feeling, not an audible voice.
FEEL His WORDS!
"You will not make a major mistake without a warning from the Spirit."
The Atonement - we can be forgiven - we just need to go to Him.
"Repentence will heal hurts."
Listen to the Spirit.
We will be protected IF we listen to the promptings of the Spirit.
We are never far from the side of the Savior.
"The outcome of this war that began in Heaven IS NOT unknown - the adversary wil loose!"
"Trust in the Lord! Be trustworthy!"
Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
2nd Counselor of General Presidency
A vastness of worlds were created by God.
"I know that man is nothing" -Moses
But...the worth of souls is great.
Everything that God created is for our benefit.
"Worlds without end is within our grasps."
Humble yourselves and be exalted.
"The Lord does not care if we work in marbled halls or stable stalls." - He knows where we are.
"Always remember you matter to Him"
Principles:
1. God loves the humble and meek
2. He entrusts the Gospel to the weak
3. No matter how humble you may appear, you are not invisible to Him
4. What you experience now, will not be what you experience tomorrow. He will not forget or forsake you.
* Hold on!
* Remember Him!
He sees you as His Child - you matter to Him!
Be worthy of His blessings for you.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
House, MD
My new obsession...
With a wild whim or boredom, I asked Megan for her seasons of House (the first three) and became, increasingly with each viewing of the episodes, totally hooked on the show.
I have since forfeited time on studying and...other duties...to watch at least two episodes in one setting - a time span on about an hour and forty-five minutes. I have since purchased, through Amazon, season 4, 5, and now 6.
I've completed the viewing of season 4, 5 should come in the mail tomorrow and 6 by next Monday. I get paid (yesterday, technically) tomorrow and you can bet that season 7 will soon be on its way. (Plus, I need to order season 1-3 for my own collection...OCD!)
Plus, season 8 starts tomorrow (the 3rd) on FOX. It will be TiVo-ed, but I'm too OCD to watch it until I get through all the previous seasons. Too super excited!!!
And...its been decided that I enjoy House's company - not Hugh Laurie. Though, I do bask in the light of a man who can play multiple instruments and speaks with a freakin' awesome accent! I tried to watch Stuart Little...not the same. I like House... <3
With a wild whim or boredom, I asked Megan for her seasons of House (the first three) and became, increasingly with each viewing of the episodes, totally hooked on the show.
I have since forfeited time on studying and...other duties...to watch at least two episodes in one setting - a time span on about an hour and forty-five minutes. I have since purchased, through Amazon, season 4, 5, and now 6.
I've completed the viewing of season 4, 5 should come in the mail tomorrow and 6 by next Monday. I get paid (yesterday, technically) tomorrow and you can bet that season 7 will soon be on its way. (Plus, I need to order season 1-3 for my own collection...OCD!)
Plus, season 8 starts tomorrow (the 3rd) on FOX. It will be TiVo-ed, but I'm too OCD to watch it until I get through all the previous seasons. Too super excited!!!
And...its been decided that I enjoy House's company - not Hugh Laurie. Though, I do bask in the light of a man who can play multiple instruments and speaks with a freakin' awesome accent! I tried to watch Stuart Little...not the same. I like House... <3
Monday, September 26, 2011
McGruff
Besides encouraging kiddos to stay off drugs, wasn't MrGruff's job to keep them in school, too? I think so, but I'm too lazy to google him and find out. Anyway...
School is going good. I didn't think I'd ever get used to this distance learning system, which is how I'm taking 2 of my 4 classes. Mr. Rankin, my history teacher, has a full "home" class that often gets in the way of our small 3 person class as far as talking and keeping us from hearing him well.
Mrs. Norris, Art Appreciation teaches by power-point from her distance learning office - which is kinda cool!
Grades are good...
Studying is okay...
Loving school...
School is going good. I didn't think I'd ever get used to this distance learning system, which is how I'm taking 2 of my 4 classes. Mr. Rankin, my history teacher, has a full "home" class that often gets in the way of our small 3 person class as far as talking and keeping us from hearing him well.
Mrs. Norris, Art Appreciation teaches by power-point from her distance learning office - which is kinda cool!
Grades are good...
Studying is okay...
Loving school...
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Somewhere Between a Misdeamenor and a Felony - You Pick!
I find a bit of time yesterday afternoon to sneak away with Claire-Bear and our lil' tag-a-long, Lindon to make a trip to Payless in Jasper, (since Woodville SUCKS), to find school shoes for Claire.
We're not in the store five minutes and the cashier yells back, "Does anyone have a red truck?"
Hhhmmm, I do..., I think to myself.
"Yes! I do!"
"Well, someone to just hit and drove off."
"What? For real?"
"Yes!"
After a sweet couple wait around for me to finish my purchase and get my wits about me - and the police station phone operator tells me to come to the office, offers to go down with me and turn in a witness report and the other clerk at Payless says she will gladly talk to the police after her shift or if they could come to her.
The license number that man got matched a truck out of Fort Worth (could have read it wrong Officer Neel said).
We thought we were at a dead-end, "we" meaning "I."
Officer Neel says he believes Payless has cameras inside and outside the store... Dad knows a City of Jasper officer and texted him about 3 hours after I was home. They have outside cameras!!!!!!!
I'm supposed to call back Tuesday and talk to a Detective to check the progress of my case.
Ya' know, if this chick or backed into my had no insurance and would have told me so, I would have brushed it off. No big deal. The dent you put in my truck does not effect its ability to drive! But since you drove off and four people saw you...YOU'RE SCREWED!!! I hope they find your sorry butt...
We're not in the store five minutes and the cashier yells back, "Does anyone have a red truck?"
Hhhmmm, I do..., I think to myself.
"Yes! I do!"
"Well, someone to just hit and drove off."
"What? For real?"
"Yes!"
After a sweet couple wait around for me to finish my purchase and get my wits about me - and the police station phone operator tells me to come to the office, offers to go down with me and turn in a witness report and the other clerk at Payless says she will gladly talk to the police after her shift or if they could come to her.
The license number that man got matched a truck out of Fort Worth (could have read it wrong Officer Neel said).
We thought we were at a dead-end, "we" meaning "I."
Officer Neel says he believes Payless has cameras inside and outside the store... Dad knows a City of Jasper officer and texted him about 3 hours after I was home. They have outside cameras!!!!!!!
I'm supposed to call back Tuesday and talk to a Detective to check the progress of my case.
Ya' know, if this chick or backed into my had no insurance and would have told me so, I would have brushed it off. No big deal. The dent you put in my truck does not effect its ability to drive! But since you drove off and four people saw you...YOU'RE SCREWED!!! I hope they find your sorry butt...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Mrs. Snow!
Ya'll all know that movie Pollyanna, right?
I want you to watch it again and really focus on the part where Pollyanna and Nancy visit Mrs. Snow...and her daughter, Millie.
I totally "get" Millie! She is my soul-mate-friend! I have a Mrs. Snow, too!
I want you to watch it again and really focus on the part where Pollyanna and Nancy visit Mrs. Snow...and her daughter, Millie.
I totally "get" Millie! She is my soul-mate-friend! I have a Mrs. Snow, too!
Burn City, Yo!
I'm usually super careful cooking, especially with grease. I had a cooking accident that resulted in a pretty bad burn on my chest when I was much younger and since then have been kinda OCD about cooking/burn/fire safety.
Several days I was searing a bit of Spam for Grandpa in a pan and, like I said, am 99% of the time super conscientious. I thought I was being careful... guess not...
This is the "healing" burn. I know it looks like it wasn't much and didn't hurt. It really wasn't much, but it did hurt. :(
Several days I was searing a bit of Spam for Grandpa in a pan and, like I said, am 99% of the time super conscientious. I thought I was being careful... guess not...
This is the "healing" burn. I know it looks like it wasn't much and didn't hurt. It really wasn't much, but it did hurt. :(
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Visiting Teaching Woes
My Great-Aunt Sylvia, also my visiting teacher companion, pulls me aside before Sacrament Meeting started this past Sunday and asks if we could go visiting teaching the first Tuesday of August.
"Yeah! Of course!" I graciously tell her.
So, this morning...yep, this morning, I wake up early after a horrible nights rest, shower, dress, run to Grandpa's to get him up and fed before 10am, our time to leave and I sit and sit and wait and wait...
Then it hits me! This is not the first Tuesday of August...that'll be next week Blondie!
Jeez!
I told Grandpa this did not go beyond me, him and Ruby! :)
"Yeah! Of course!" I graciously tell her.
So, this morning...yep, this morning, I wake up early after a horrible nights rest, shower, dress, run to Grandpa's to get him up and fed before 10am, our time to leave and I sit and sit and wait and wait...
Then it hits me! This is not the first Tuesday of August...that'll be next week Blondie!
Jeez!
I told Grandpa this did not go beyond me, him and Ruby! :)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Kiddos, eBay and Futurama!
My poor, sweet little sister had to have hip surgery last Wednesday...but on a good note, ------> I got to keep her kids!! I planned to do a lot more with them, but rain came. So, not complaining cuz we needed it so badly!
When I was keeping Jace full time, I bought him one of those hard plastic swimming pools with a slide. Claire enjoys 'water bending' (which I call splashing and have always detested) and Lindon thoroughly enjoys going down the slide...head first! Oh my! Auntie Em must be just totally paranoid!
But what we did, we had a BLAST! We, meaning the kids, swam nearly every day, we fed goats, we rode horses and visited with Grandpa Kenneth. Saturday was a very special day... We visited MOMMY AND DADDY!! After about five minutes of being there, I jokingly told Claire and Lindon to get their shoes on, we were headed home, figuring they would protest. Uuummmm, no! They obediently gathered socks, shoes and flip flops and headed to the door. Ooops...we're staying a bit longer. A wonderful visit, to say the least! A much needed mini-reunion for Sarah and Kevin.
After one especially rainy day on the way home from Woodville I told Claire to slightly lean out the window of the truck and hold her arm out as far as she could get it. There's a pretty good straight part of the graveled road that collect huge puddles of water. I hit them going a good 35 mph and drenched her arm. After cleaning tears and wiping away water I promised never to do that again.
You know what she wanted to do the very next day...? To stick her arm out (and her head) and get at wet as she could. Megan was with us, luckily, and had the brilliant (no joke, brilliant!) idea of getting both the kids and getting in the bed of the truck and fully experience the Odomville water park. We went up and down the road six or seven time.
We tried to video record it...after several attempts to set the camera up where it wouldn't get wet AND totally capture the fun, the batteries ran out and we gave up the effort. Good journal entry though!
The down part to keeping the kids came Monday night. Claire and I were comfortably sitting in the back room watching video on YouTube when in the middle of watching Beyonce dancing to the Single Ladies, I get the feeling to go into the kitchen.
Lindon was standing there and I say, "Hey buddy! Watcha doin?"
No response. He didn't look at me or made a sound.
He starts grabbing at his lips - he choking.
I hit him hard of the back and gets in up. He starts to cry and reach for me when he starts to choke again. I snatch him up and get to the garbage can, hitting his back a good two or three time again. He gets it up and vomits with it a bit. (As most know...I DON'T DO VOMIT!!! But thanks to a natural drug called Adrenaline...I really don't care.)
If that little boy could have burrowed into my chest, I'm sure he would have. He ends up vomiting two more times. In trying to calm down, sitting in the living room, sweet Claire brings him, or tries to, a pillow, a blanket, toys, a drink and a cookie. All "politely" refused by Lindon. Within ten minutes, he was back to his happy normal.
Important things I learned this week:
#1-Naps are NECESSARY! For my sanity, not really for the kids well-being.
#2-LuLu, aka Claire, is a wonderful big sister to her little brother.
#3-Booger, aka Lindon, is a lil' dare-devil, darn him!
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I totally get how people get addicted to eBay! I get a thrill simply participating in the Kirbyville Livestock Auction. eBay is my new addiction. Thanks to PayPal and its "timely processing," I rarely buy. Until recently. I got a refund on an item I re-negged on and went on a shopping spree. I got my Christmas shopping done and even got myself a little something!
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I have always said I would marry in the Temple and to a righteous, worthy Returned Missionary... But, if I met John DiMaggio tomorrow and he asked me to marry him...I'd so be knocking on the JP's door! What a talented, funny man!! I wouldn't say he's gorgeous, but he's my-kinda-cute. On that note, I am nearly caught up with watching the new season of Futurama and am waiting on the last full-length movie to come in the mail (my eBay purchase)! Can't wait! I <3 Bender Bending Rodriguez aka John DiMaggio!
When I was keeping Jace full time, I bought him one of those hard plastic swimming pools with a slide. Claire enjoys 'water bending' (which I call splashing and have always detested) and Lindon thoroughly enjoys going down the slide...head first! Oh my! Auntie Em must be just totally paranoid!
But what we did, we had a BLAST! We, meaning the kids, swam nearly every day, we fed goats, we rode horses and visited with Grandpa Kenneth. Saturday was a very special day... We visited MOMMY AND DADDY!! After about five minutes of being there, I jokingly told Claire and Lindon to get their shoes on, we were headed home, figuring they would protest. Uuummmm, no! They obediently gathered socks, shoes and flip flops and headed to the door. Ooops...we're staying a bit longer. A wonderful visit, to say the least! A much needed mini-reunion for Sarah and Kevin.
After one especially rainy day on the way home from Woodville I told Claire to slightly lean out the window of the truck and hold her arm out as far as she could get it. There's a pretty good straight part of the graveled road that collect huge puddles of water. I hit them going a good 35 mph and drenched her arm. After cleaning tears and wiping away water I promised never to do that again.
You know what she wanted to do the very next day...? To stick her arm out (and her head) and get at wet as she could. Megan was with us, luckily, and had the brilliant (no joke, brilliant!) idea of getting both the kids and getting in the bed of the truck and fully experience the Odomville water park. We went up and down the road six or seven time.
We tried to video record it...after several attempts to set the camera up where it wouldn't get wet AND totally capture the fun, the batteries ran out and we gave up the effort. Good journal entry though!
The down part to keeping the kids came Monday night. Claire and I were comfortably sitting in the back room watching video on YouTube when in the middle of watching Beyonce dancing to the Single Ladies, I get the feeling to go into the kitchen.
Lindon was standing there and I say, "Hey buddy! Watcha doin?"
No response. He didn't look at me or made a sound.
He starts grabbing at his lips - he choking.
I hit him hard of the back and gets in up. He starts to cry and reach for me when he starts to choke again. I snatch him up and get to the garbage can, hitting his back a good two or three time again. He gets it up and vomits with it a bit. (As most know...I DON'T DO VOMIT!!! But thanks to a natural drug called Adrenaline...I really don't care.)
If that little boy could have burrowed into my chest, I'm sure he would have. He ends up vomiting two more times. In trying to calm down, sitting in the living room, sweet Claire brings him, or tries to, a pillow, a blanket, toys, a drink and a cookie. All "politely" refused by Lindon. Within ten minutes, he was back to his happy normal.
Important things I learned this week:
#1-Naps are NECESSARY! For my sanity, not really for the kids well-being.
#2-LuLu, aka Claire, is a wonderful big sister to her little brother.
#3-Booger, aka Lindon, is a lil' dare-devil, darn him!
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I totally get how people get addicted to eBay! I get a thrill simply participating in the Kirbyville Livestock Auction. eBay is my new addiction. Thanks to PayPal and its "timely processing," I rarely buy. Until recently. I got a refund on an item I re-negged on and went on a shopping spree. I got my Christmas shopping done and even got myself a little something!
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I have always said I would marry in the Temple and to a righteous, worthy Returned Missionary... But, if I met John DiMaggio tomorrow and he asked me to marry him...I'd so be knocking on the JP's door! What a talented, funny man!! I wouldn't say he's gorgeous, but he's my-kinda-cute. On that note, I am nearly caught up with watching the new season of Futurama and am waiting on the last full-length movie to come in the mail (my eBay purchase)! Can't wait! I <3 Bender Bending Rodriguez aka John DiMaggio!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Heavenly Blessings...
#1 Heber has been taking his family to church for the past five weeks! This Heavenly Blessing has been prayed for for the past 10+ years! Heber, please remember always that your Heavenly Father cares for you and your family! Please, be a righteous patriarch in your family and lead them where you know you should be!
#2 Jarom announced at graduation that he plans to serve a mission! Wow! Another Heavenly Blessing that has been prayed and fasted for! Jay, keep on the straight and narrow path you're walking down! Satan will do nothing but try to foil your plans!
#3 Megan also plans to serve a mission!! Megan, call the dentist and get that last step done!!!! This will do nothing but help you in growing spiritually and emotionally!!!!! Again, Satan will use all tools neccesary to stop you...Remember your spiritual goals and keep on!! I love you and will all I can to help you!
Truelly blessed our family is!!
The Adventures of Stallion-Keeping! (Oy Vey!!!)
Okay, I know not many people are concerned with my stud horse's genitals, but its all a part of keeping a stallion (even a gelding)! A gelding's sheath must be cleaned every year, sometimes more often, and a stallion, if being used at stud regularly, must be done quite often.
Poco Joe Sizzler, aka Lucky Joe, my AQHA registered stallion as been actively bred in several years. This last time he bred was in 2009 and I've let washing his sheath/penis slide.
When he was breeding several mares a season, I would wash him in between each round of mares and then in the Fall, before the cold weather set in. Which would often round out to be abour four cleanings a year.
Its no big deal, and by the second year of breeding, he was totally comfortable with everything a sheath cleaning involved.
Anyway, so when I wake up this past Saturday and find his sheath to be swollen, I paniced! #1 I've no money for a vet visit...I know, I know. Totally selfish and whatnot, but its a major part of owning a large animal. Large animal = large vet bill! #2 I don't have Excaliber (sheath cleaner)...by the way, I LOVE the name of the sheath/penis cleaner - Excaliber, like a sword...anyway! And #3 I know better than to let him go this long without cleaning him!!
This is about the state I found him in. Not too bad, but he's my baby and no one likes to see their baby...sick. Given, this "condition" is no more than an irritation. Like when your eye itches simply because you have some dirt or an eye lash in it. Its not infected, but could become so.
Heavenly Father knows just EXACTLY what it takes to get me to come to Him in prayer!! My horses... (just to name one reason). I basically told Heavenly Father that I could not afford a vet bill and to please guide me to help Lucky Joe the best I knew how to.
Thank you Heavenly Father for all answered prayers. Less than a week later, we're...he, Lucky Joe...is back to normal.
And thanks to all my horse- and non-horse friends for your prayers and your words of comfort, encouragement and advise!
Poco Joe Sizzler, aka Lucky Joe, my AQHA registered stallion as been actively bred in several years. This last time he bred was in 2009 and I've let washing his sheath/penis slide.
When he was breeding several mares a season, I would wash him in between each round of mares and then in the Fall, before the cold weather set in. Which would often round out to be abour four cleanings a year.
Its no big deal, and by the second year of breeding, he was totally comfortable with everything a sheath cleaning involved.
Anyway, so when I wake up this past Saturday and find his sheath to be swollen, I paniced! #1 I've no money for a vet visit...I know, I know. Totally selfish and whatnot, but its a major part of owning a large animal. Large animal = large vet bill! #2 I don't have Excaliber (sheath cleaner)...by the way, I LOVE the name of the sheath/penis cleaner - Excaliber, like a sword...anyway! And #3 I know better than to let him go this long without cleaning him!!
This is about the state I found him in. Not too bad, but he's my baby and no one likes to see their baby...sick. Given, this "condition" is no more than an irritation. Like when your eye itches simply because you have some dirt or an eye lash in it. Its not infected, but could become so.
Heavenly Father knows just EXACTLY what it takes to get me to come to Him in prayer!! My horses... (just to name one reason). I basically told Heavenly Father that I could not afford a vet bill and to please guide me to help Lucky Joe the best I knew how to.
Thank you Heavenly Father for all answered prayers. Less than a week later, we're...he, Lucky Joe...is back to normal.
And thanks to all my horse- and non-horse friends for your prayers and your words of comfort, encouragement and advise!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Not Much...
...has really gone on. Jarom graduated High School is a biggie. He gave a suprise announcement to mom, via the principal during the ceremony, that he plans on serving a mission!
Megz is preparing to serve a mission. All she has left is the get a dentist appointment made and then she can click the "submit" button on her papers!
Dusty, the horse, is FOR SURE pregnant! Not sure when she's due, this baby was totally unplanned, therefore, the baby will be named, regardless of gender, "Uh-Oh!" I love it!
It looks as if I'll get $4500 on my Pell Grant, not the full $5500 as estimated, due to Angelina keeping their tuition costs, etc. down... which is totally cool! I'll take all I can get!
Lulu, aka Claire Fruge', had her recital Saturday night! Too stinkin cute! She was so precious! I love my Lulu!
My 28th birthday was Friday... uuggghhh! I asked Lulu what she was going to get me. She said, "Um... you can wait me dance at my recital!" I said, "Nope! I wanna husband." She said she couldn't get him for me right now. Again... I love my Lulu!
Megz is preparing to serve a mission. All she has left is the get a dentist appointment made and then she can click the "submit" button on her papers!
Dusty, the horse, is FOR SURE pregnant! Not sure when she's due, this baby was totally unplanned, therefore, the baby will be named, regardless of gender, "Uh-Oh!" I love it!
It looks as if I'll get $4500 on my Pell Grant, not the full $5500 as estimated, due to Angelina keeping their tuition costs, etc. down... which is totally cool! I'll take all I can get!
Lulu, aka Claire Fruge', had her recital Saturday night! Too stinkin cute! She was so precious! I love my Lulu!
My 28th birthday was Friday... uuggghhh! I asked Lulu what she was going to get me. She said, "Um... you can wait me dance at my recital!" I said, "Nope! I wanna husband." She said she couldn't get him for me right now. Again... I love my Lulu!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
FIESTA....siesta!
Last night Mom, Megan and I had a slumber party here at house. Pizza, chips and dip and cheesecake! Too much for "old" Em!! I pooped out at around 10:30pm.
The night started with internet exploring then led to movie watchin... We watched Big Business with Bette Middler and Lily Tomlin, then we watched The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. (I said I'd never watch that movie again!) And when Megan put in Julie and Julia with Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci, it was time for me to hit the hay!
It was a wonderful time with my girls...missing Sarah and Angel. Maybe next time we'll get them to come on out.
The night started with internet exploring then led to movie watchin... We watched Big Business with Bette Middler and Lily Tomlin, then we watched The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. (I said I'd never watch that movie again!) And when Megan put in Julie and Julia with Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci, it was time for me to hit the hay!
It was a wonderful time with my girls...missing Sarah and Angel. Maybe next time we'll get them to come on out.
Monday, April 25, 2011
~What-Not~
About two months since I've written. Been keeping up with the (paper) journal about the same... not so much.
Just a few things to touch on:
I have a 102 average in my college algebra class. They can only offer me a 4.0-even, though, so...
I've (finally) signed up for a grant and I've been approved for 5,500 smack-a-roos for two semesters. That's pay for a total of about 8-10 classes, plus books and supplies! Woo-Hoo... come on full-time college student statis! What makes this even BETTER?! I don't pay it back!!
I had one, yes ONE, baby bunny born Saturday, the day before Easter. This poor little one has had more drauma in the past three days, than I have my entire life! Its still alive and kicking and since the Winter freezes no longer exist, we can hope for the best.
I'm about 110% sure that my mini horse is pregnant. I know I said that last year, but I have, like, sure signs! Her milk veins are large, her udder is changing and her "baby" moves like no crazy! Super excited!!!!
Just a few things to touch on:
I have a 102 average in my college algebra class. They can only offer me a 4.0-even, though, so...
I've (finally) signed up for a grant and I've been approved for 5,500 smack-a-roos for two semesters. That's pay for a total of about 8-10 classes, plus books and supplies! Woo-Hoo... come on full-time college student statis! What makes this even BETTER?! I don't pay it back!!
I had one, yes ONE, baby bunny born Saturday, the day before Easter. This poor little one has had more drauma in the past three days, than I have my entire life! Its still alive and kicking and since the Winter freezes no longer exist, we can hope for the best.
I'm about 110% sure that my mini horse is pregnant. I know I said that last year, but I have, like, sure signs! Her milk veins are large, her udder is changing and her "baby" moves like no crazy! Super excited!!!!
Monday, February 7, 2011
A Few Of My Favorite Things
1. The smell of a welding rod being burned.
The smell of hay.
The smell of my Grandpa's hair treatment (Lucky Tiger brand).
2. The sound of my chickens clucking and roosters crowing in the morning.
The sound of my horses nickering when they see me.
The sound of my nieces and nephews calling my name.
3. The feel of my horses.
The feel of my hair the day after I wash it.
The feel of the bald spot on a dog's belly.
4. The taste of a Christmas candy cane.
The taste of a homecooked meal - from things grown in your own garden and pasture (meaning the cows, pigs, etc.).
The taste of cold lemonade.
5. The sight of the baby goats playing.
The sight of watching my family being made happy by simple things.
The sight of my horses running and playing when its chilly.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Walking Two Moons...
When I was a kid in Junior High I had a History teacher, Mrs. Woodrome, who read us books through out the year and one was entitled Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. It about a girl whose mother leaves her as a young child and she totally has to deal with the issues that result from that. The moral is to not judge a person until you've "walked two moons (a period of time) in another's moccasins."
I've been taught/told to do this at all times. To not react to other's reactions. Maybe they're had a bad day or its a touchy subject and they react outwardly toward it, etc.
I try to do this in all situations, at all times and to try to never say, "If I were them, I would do this..." I would have no way of knowing if I would. I've not been through the same things, situations, etc.
I often wonder if others try to walk in my shoes... I have had a lot of time to think and ponder things lately. Mainly, my financial status, kinda,... I'm doing "okay" financially. Let me give you the low-down, (that'll make things much easier to understand hopefully) - I was fired from a job a year ago this past September. Luckily, it put me in a situation where I was able to care for my brother's son for extended periods of time and help out with my Grandpa who is getting to a point where its either a move to a Nursing Home or have someone in or around pretty much 24/7 and it's allowed me to go to school.
I'm making MUCH less working for my Grandpa than when I was working at a "real" job. Much, much less... I've had to make sacrifices. Not to many, but I've not had the financial freedom I had before. Not that I was like free spending anything at anytime, but if I needed, say, a tire on my truck, I was able to get it pretty quick or the purchase of an animal wasn't a big deal.
Grandpa has decided to "cut" my hours. I've averaged 5 hrs a day there, 6 days a week. Monday I worked 45 minutes and Tuesday I work 2 hours and 45 minutes. (My truck note is supposed to be due with this check...not gonna happen if he keeps me going like this).
Needless to say, I'm a bit stressed and anxious about my situation, and Grandpa's for that matter. The WHOLE reason I was hired was to make life a bit easier for me (finding a new job) and a whole lot easier for the 3 of the 4 kids who live nearby to "get a break."
It appears I may have to find another employer... What really bugs me (this is a money issue. He feels he's running out of money - NOT EVEN CLOSE) is that he says he's so worried, but he just took his vehicle in the shop and PAID someone to change his oil and U joints when Dad offered to do it for free at home and he just paid nearly $1000 cash for a new TV. ...But he's supposed to be totally strapped for cash... If I need a new tire (which I need two now), I have to plan three months in advance and save, save, save. I need a new roof or the leaky spots repairs, can't do it, etc.
If you were me, what would you do? Sell some animals? Well, if you were me, No you wouldn't. Would you sell the house and move back in with your parents or Grandpa, even? No you wouldn't. Because if you were me, then you'd have the same strong feelings for those "stupid" animals that I do and you would see moving back in with your parents or Grandpa as a L-A-S-T resort, and THE VERY LAST resort!
Would you find another job, knowing it would leave Grandpa to try and guess if he would get his morning meal by, say, 1pm? Or having to have an accident because he can't make it to the bathroom in time? Or having to lie in bed until noon because his kids have a "life" or have "better things to do," or to keep your husband from having to find an apartment in Beaumont or have your wife quit her job that she's less than a year away from being able to retire from?
Before you judge me or tell me what I "need" to do... please try to really and truly walk two moons in my moccasins. But don't just walk. Open your eyes and see what I see, open your hands and feel what I feel, open your ears and your mouth and hear what I hear and taste what I taste. Taste how it feels when your Grandpa "magically" finds out (word for word) what's bugging you that day, (which happens to be the $1000 TV and my cut hours) and you've only told ONE person, thinking they could keep they're gossiping mouths shut! Feel how it feels when you worry about making your truck payment and hearing that an uncle thinks you should sell ALL your animals, they only comfort I can seem to find and rely on these days, or being referred to as "your sister" instead of by your name. (By the way, its Emelie, not "your sister." (Had to been there. Makes no sense does it?!)
Open your eyes and see that some have many people who love them, who support them and you have no one (I'm talking about spouses). Don't judge me and talk about me when I say I wish I had one when I don't even get out... I've had to deal with some pretty mean and hateful boys/men my whole life. Calling me fat, stupid, lazy and a b*%$h. From Kindergarden (and before) to this present day. Yes, I want a Prince Charming, who wouldn't?!
Don't judge please! Just...encourage me. Just...love me. That's all I'm asking.
I've been taught/told to do this at all times. To not react to other's reactions. Maybe they're had a bad day or its a touchy subject and they react outwardly toward it, etc.
I try to do this in all situations, at all times and to try to never say, "If I were them, I would do this..." I would have no way of knowing if I would. I've not been through the same things, situations, etc.
I often wonder if others try to walk in my shoes... I have had a lot of time to think and ponder things lately. Mainly, my financial status, kinda,... I'm doing "okay" financially. Let me give you the low-down, (that'll make things much easier to understand hopefully) - I was fired from a job a year ago this past September. Luckily, it put me in a situation where I was able to care for my brother's son for extended periods of time and help out with my Grandpa who is getting to a point where its either a move to a Nursing Home or have someone in or around pretty much 24/7 and it's allowed me to go to school.
I'm making MUCH less working for my Grandpa than when I was working at a "real" job. Much, much less... I've had to make sacrifices. Not to many, but I've not had the financial freedom I had before. Not that I was like free spending anything at anytime, but if I needed, say, a tire on my truck, I was able to get it pretty quick or the purchase of an animal wasn't a big deal.
Grandpa has decided to "cut" my hours. I've averaged 5 hrs a day there, 6 days a week. Monday I worked 45 minutes and Tuesday I work 2 hours and 45 minutes. (My truck note is supposed to be due with this check...not gonna happen if he keeps me going like this).
Needless to say, I'm a bit stressed and anxious about my situation, and Grandpa's for that matter. The WHOLE reason I was hired was to make life a bit easier for me (finding a new job) and a whole lot easier for the 3 of the 4 kids who live nearby to "get a break."
It appears I may have to find another employer... What really bugs me (this is a money issue. He feels he's running out of money - NOT EVEN CLOSE) is that he says he's so worried, but he just took his vehicle in the shop and PAID someone to change his oil and U joints when Dad offered to do it for free at home and he just paid nearly $1000 cash for a new TV. ...But he's supposed to be totally strapped for cash... If I need a new tire (which I need two now), I have to plan three months in advance and save, save, save. I need a new roof or the leaky spots repairs, can't do it, etc.
If you were me, what would you do? Sell some animals? Well, if you were me, No you wouldn't. Would you sell the house and move back in with your parents or Grandpa, even? No you wouldn't. Because if you were me, then you'd have the same strong feelings for those "stupid" animals that I do and you would see moving back in with your parents or Grandpa as a L-A-S-T resort, and THE VERY LAST resort!
Would you find another job, knowing it would leave Grandpa to try and guess if he would get his morning meal by, say, 1pm? Or having to have an accident because he can't make it to the bathroom in time? Or having to lie in bed until noon because his kids have a "life" or have "better things to do," or to keep your husband from having to find an apartment in Beaumont or have your wife quit her job that she's less than a year away from being able to retire from?
Before you judge me or tell me what I "need" to do... please try to really and truly walk two moons in my moccasins. But don't just walk. Open your eyes and see what I see, open your hands and feel what I feel, open your ears and your mouth and hear what I hear and taste what I taste. Taste how it feels when your Grandpa "magically" finds out (word for word) what's bugging you that day, (which happens to be the $1000 TV and my cut hours) and you've only told ONE person, thinking they could keep they're gossiping mouths shut! Feel how it feels when you worry about making your truck payment and hearing that an uncle thinks you should sell ALL your animals, they only comfort I can seem to find and rely on these days, or being referred to as "your sister" instead of by your name. (By the way, its Emelie, not "your sister." (Had to been there. Makes no sense does it?!)
Open your eyes and see that some have many people who love them, who support them and you have no one (I'm talking about spouses). Don't judge me and talk about me when I say I wish I had one when I don't even get out... I've had to deal with some pretty mean and hateful boys/men my whole life. Calling me fat, stupid, lazy and a b*%$h. From Kindergarden (and before) to this present day. Yes, I want a Prince Charming, who wouldn't?!
Don't judge please! Just...encourage me. Just...love me. That's all I'm asking.
Monday, January 24, 2011
The Concept of Family?
Funny what families do and say to each other isn't it? Why is it that family members are so much more presentable to others and to their own families they tend to me judgemental, gossipy and hateful? Hhmmm...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
A Salad, Please. (With Lettuce)
So, Megan and I go to Subway today for lunch and procede to order a salad. A (very cute) guy takes our meat and cheese order, then slides the salad bowls over to the vegetable/side girl.
The conversation between Megan and this girl, early 20s, is as follows:
"What vegetables would you like?"
"A few Bell Peppers, please."
The girl picks up a few bell peppers and places them in the lid of the salad bowl and looks back up at Megan.
"Is that it?"
"Um, yeah. Just bell peppers."
"You don't want any lettuce?"
I couldn't help but laugh out loud! Really? No, no, no! Who eats lettuce with their salads these days?!
I give her (kinda) the benefit of the doubt and assume its been a long day, so far, and the lunch rush just left... Between Megan's order and mine she takes a few seconds to get a few sandwiches out of the toaster oven.
She finally turns to me and says, "What vegetables would you like?"
I go through my long list of vegetables...I like all/most vegetables on my salad. I forget to mention that, yes, I would like lettuce with my salad. Not really, I just wanted to see if, really, she had no doubts...or doubts...that lettuce is a part, a HUGE part, of a salad.
"Lettuce?" She askes me.
"Yes! I'd like lettuce, please...with my salad, but on the side."
If there could be only ONE ingredient on/in a salad...it would be LETTUCE!!!
The conversation between Megan and this girl, early 20s, is as follows:
"What vegetables would you like?"
"A few Bell Peppers, please."
The girl picks up a few bell peppers and places them in the lid of the salad bowl and looks back up at Megan.
"Is that it?"
"Um, yeah. Just bell peppers."
"You don't want any lettuce?"
I couldn't help but laugh out loud! Really? No, no, no! Who eats lettuce with their salads these days?!
I give her (kinda) the benefit of the doubt and assume its been a long day, so far, and the lunch rush just left... Between Megan's order and mine she takes a few seconds to get a few sandwiches out of the toaster oven.
She finally turns to me and says, "What vegetables would you like?"
I go through my long list of vegetables...I like all/most vegetables on my salad. I forget to mention that, yes, I would like lettuce with my salad. Not really, I just wanted to see if, really, she had no doubts...or doubts...that lettuce is a part, a HUGE part, of a salad.
"Lettuce?" She askes me.
"Yes! I'd like lettuce, please...with my salad, but on the side."
If there could be only ONE ingredient on/in a salad...it would be LETTUCE!!!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Infomercials
I was at Grandpa's last night, enjoying our Saturday ritual of watching Larry's Country Diner on RFDTV and this infomercial comes on!
I have to admit, the acting is so funny. The acting totally crackers me up - do people think this is where to start/launch ones career? This is my "favorite" infomerical to-date.
Do people randomly stare into the sun with their HD sunglasses on? I know I do!! (But not really.)
I have to admit, the acting is so funny. The acting totally crackers me up - do people think this is where to start/launch ones career? This is my "favorite" infomerical to-date.
Do people randomly stare into the sun with their HD sunglasses on? I know I do!! (But not really.)
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Shopping Lists
So this morning I walk into Mom and Dad's dining room to find Claire and Jace sitting at the table making shopping lists.
I ask Claire to read me her list and she says her list contains:
1. Diapers
2. Wipies
3. 3 Packages of noodles
4. Spaghetti-O's
5. Milk
6. Pasta and sauce, and
7. 2 Coconuts
Then I ask Jace to read me his list. After studying it for a moment he says:
"I just need worms for my fishing pole."
"That's it?" I say.
He studies his list again, looking it up and down and he says,
"Yep, just worms for my fishing pole."
Guys and gals are ssooooooo different and the shopping lists of two 4-years old totally show it! Tehehe!
I ask Claire to read me her list and she says her list contains:
1. Diapers
2. Wipies
3. 3 Packages of noodles
4. Spaghetti-O's
5. Milk
6. Pasta and sauce, and
7. 2 Coconuts
Then I ask Jace to read me his list. After studying it for a moment he says:
"I just need worms for my fishing pole."
"That's it?" I say.
He studies his list again, looking it up and down and he says,
"Yep, just worms for my fishing pole."
Guys and gals are ssooooooo different and the shopping lists of two 4-years old totally show it! Tehehe!
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