New Funny Moment

November 18, 2008

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All worth it

November 18, 2008
All worth it

Okay, so I may be sleep deprived, it’s true. And that gets annoying from time to time… and sometimes, it seems like all the time. But man, am I one lucky (read: blessed) person, to be the mother of such cute kids, and to get to...
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Not exaggerating

November 16, 2008

See?  It’s 3am, and since I finished that last post around midnight, I’ve been up with the little screamer at least 3 times.  He has a built in radar that tells him when I’m on the bridge between sleep and awake — the state...
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Blond moment.

November 16, 2008

Oops.  Another one.  I think this makes about 10 this week. We spent the whole afternoon/evening with John’s bro’s family.  It’s been so long since we’ve done that, their three year old was noticably taller than when last we saw him.  Sheesh.  AND — they’re...
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Date Night!

November 15, 2008

Woot!  We love date night.  Tonight we did something unusually adventurous… by our standards anyway.  Something I’ve been wanting to do for a long, long time.  ICE SKATING!  Yay!!!!!!!!!  We haven’t ever gone together, and John hasn’t gone since he was 18.  Aaaaaaaand… We royally...
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A new policy, fwiw.

November 15, 2008

Just want to make a note here for the benefit of a few recent would-be commentators. Those who immediately jump into name-calling and (what I percieve as) personal attacks on myself or family, do not get those comments published here.  I respect your right to...
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IFTI – a new category

November 14, 2008

Yes, I’m making a new category.  Why?  Because although it might get frustrating that I don’t have all the time in the world to devote to thinking all issues through as well as they deserve, nor enough time to comment thoroughly on others’ comments,...
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Funny Moments

November 13, 2008

So on a day when I was supposed to be at a studio 20 minutes away, at 9am, with at least one of the three kids looking presentable… I got out of bed at 8am (what? so late? what in the world have C &...
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I dun got tagged

November 12, 2008
I dun got tagged

Preggy pictures, huh? Well. This will be fun. Time to dig around in MyPictures.  Sorry I don’t have any closer to Cinderella’s April birthday.  Same problem Kim had-  digital camera came after Baby1. Doesn’t seem fair to show the work without the grand result.  10 days later… I...
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Request

November 10, 2008

Hi folks - Unfortunately, I had technical difficulties importing my bloglist from blogger.  Would those of you friends and family who don’t see your blog there to the right, kindly leave a comment so I can track you down again & haunt your blog in...
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ACK!

November 9, 2008

Shucks.  I missed making a special deal out of my 100th post.  Bummer.  Guess we’ll have to wait for 150 for special sesquecentenni-postl celebration.  In honor of post #106, however, this is the family experiment we’re doing together today… We’ll have to 1/2-it...
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My week/end

November 9, 2008

Lots of good times: Thursday — “A Brand New Year” at the Conference Center.  Pre-recorded to be distributed throughout the Church for New Year’s Eve.  AMAZING!!!!!!! Saturday – ~Cinderella got her hair cut – this time by a professional.  A-line cut, I think she called it.  Very...
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Very (very) unlike me

November 6, 2008

Greetings blogworld.  And HI Jimmy – you found the right blog.  Just wanted to document that I did something very brave (for me, anyway).  Here’s the story. We went to Costco today with my dear Grandma.  Gotta love that she parks on the backside...
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Wha?

November 6, 2008

Amazing.  Once one has created a google account, it is saved FOREVER.  “We don’t currently have a way to delete accounts.”  Bah. And I couldn’t figure out how to import my blog roll from my blogger account.    So… I shall have to retype...
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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