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My Status Today

October 15, 2010
My Status Today

Okay, you’re right.  I agree.  It’s too cute to upload little. Here it is a little bigger. Whoa, okay, a little too close on the drooly chin.  Sorry about that.  But isn’t that the cutest face you’ve ever seen… on my blog… today?  Thought so. CHRISTMAS CARD SPOILER ALERT!!! The following picture is very likely going to be...
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Funny

October 9, 2010
Funny

Calling our 17 y.o. neighbor on a Saturday afternoon. Ring ring ring…. “Hello?” No one does a suspicious-sounding ‘hello’ like her.  They must have caller-ID.  She always sees me coming. I respond with my happiest, “Hi Lisa, how’s it going?” In the same resigned tone I might use to tell Creativity she can’t have brownies for breakfast, Neighbor sighs...
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Great Quote

October 3, 2010
Great Quote

From the 4.85 year old Doodle this morning: “See?  It’s easy to be good!  You just have to do what Mom and Dad ask.” I quite agree, little man.…
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Bracing Myself.

September 27, 2010
Bracing Myself.

This isn’t going to be anything fancy, as far as posts go.  I just thought I’d let you know what’s on my mind. John checked them out from the library, so I finally got around to reading TJEd (Thomas Jefferson Education).  The quick review is that I enjoyed it.  The principles were familiar to me,...
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The Time has Come!

September 22, 2010
The Time has Come!

… the walrus said, to talk of (something someth)ings, of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. Shoes. Yes, and the two year old who almost always puts them away.  “Them” being the shoes everyone *else* leaves strewn all over the floor.  Happy, sweet little guy.  He’s awesome. And the super-cute little purple flats I...
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Swingin’ in a tree…

September 21, 2010
Swingin’ in a tree…

Doodle was pretty excited to show me his latest and greatest accomplishment earlier this week. As a mother, do I cheer him on or tell him to get down on the safe, solid ground before he breaks his neck? I think I just stood there speechless. How high was that little 4 year old monkey? This high… (Keep...
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6:30 on a Sunday evening.

September 13, 2010
6:30 on a Sunday evening.

People ask on occasion how it’s going, being a bishop’s wife.  The correct answer is, “I don’t think you really want to know.” This may not be a completely representative illustration, but here it comes anyway. 6:30pm John comes home tired from a long afternoon of meeting with people.  The kids bailed the dinner table just a...
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To Comment or Not To Comment…

That's a very good question.
I am happy to hear from you, thrilled to hear from you!, but I am also content to have you drop by, read a little, laugh a little, and move on quietly to whatever else you have to do. This is a guilt-free blog. ;)

Just a Reminder…

The Church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father. ~Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, (May 2005 Ensign)

Why I Try

God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future - to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities. God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers, and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.

~Jeffrey R. Holland, "This, the Greatest of All Dispensations"

"It is not for you to be led by the women of the world; it is for you to lead the...women of the world, in everything that is praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everything that is uplifting and... purifying to the children of men." Joseph F. Smith, in this talk by Elder Ballard