Tagged

A- Attached or single: Totally attached
B- Best Friend: (Other than my attachment) Becky and JoAnne
C- Cake or Pie: Pie. Especially Timber's ice cream pie
D- Day of Choice: Wednesday or Thursday. These are my typical days off from work.
E- Essential Item: purse… essentials kept here
F- Favorite Color: Blue--lots of different shades of blue. Whenever I look at clothes or household items, I always favor the blues.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: bears - if I have to eat one.
H- Hometown: SLC
I -Indulgence(s): Ice cream
J- January or July: What a choice! Yuck to either month. But July if I must because I hate icy streets.
K-Kids: 2 boys and 2 girls
L-Life is incomplete without: The Gospel--Good News--Word of God.
M- Marriage Date: Nov 29, 1974
N- Number of Siblings: 6 (7 counting me)
O- Oranges or Apples: Apples unless I am in Orange growing country.
P- Phobias or Fears: heights without a hand rail
Q- Quote(s): When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout (A.C. Soderborg).
R- Reason To Smile: Being with my family.
S- Season: Spring and Fall--moderate temperatures.
T- Tag: Quiet Elk
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I don't know. If I did it wouldn't be unknown.
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Oppression--I love pork especially--Ha, take that daughter #2.
W- Worst Habit: Watching TV. I could get so much more done if I didn't watch it.
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasound
Y- Your Favorite Food: Ice cream
Z-Zodiac: Aries

Fun with Macro

Amy and Cari and I decided to play with the macro feature of my camera. Here are some pictures we took. Can you tell who belongs to which eye?

Realizations

Ken and I have been taking a photography class. Although it is geared a little more toward people who have SLR cameras instead of the "consumer" camera we have, we have been enjoying learning some things. The other day I was taking some pictures with the "macro" feature of the camera and I took a picture of my ring on my hand. When I looked at the picture I realized that I have OLD HANDS! sigh!

Sunday

I taught the lesson in Relief Society yesterday. It was on what Joseph Smith has said about baptism and the Holy Ghost. I felt that the most important thing to me in the lesson was the statement at the end on how you can tell if you have the Spirit of the Lord. Joseph Smith came to Brigham Young 3 years after he (Joseph) was killed and this is part of the message he told Brigham: “The Spirit of the Lord will whisper peace and joy to your soul, and it will take malice, hatred, envying, strife, and all evil from your heart; your whole desire will be to do good, bring forth righteousness, and build up the kingdom of God. If you follow the Spirit of the Lord, you will go right.”

Monson Quote

No, I didn't die. I wrote in my journal instead of here. And since it has been so long, I suspect no one will read this either, but I'm adding something anyway.
Here is a quote that was in our Sunday Ward Bulletin. It is a quote from President Thomas S. Monson: "Occasionally discouragement may darken our pathway; frustration may be a constant companion. In our ears there may sound the sophistry of Satan as he whispers, "You cannot save the world; your small efforts are meaningless. You haven't time to be concerned for others." Trusting in the Lord, let us turn our heads from such falsehoods and make certain our feet are firmly planted in the path of service and our hearts and souls dedicated to follow the example of the Lord In moments when the light of resolution dims and when the heart grows faint, we can take comfort from His promise: "Be not weary in well-doing....Out of small things proceedeth that which is great. Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind."