tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84326695735625998502024-03-04T23:27:57.264-07:00The KeyholeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-39776740939966862212014-08-05T16:15:00.000-06:002014-08-05T16:15:06.453-06:00The Big Trip!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Big Trip 2014! Here is Matt and I somewhere between Boise and Provo on the first day of the trip. We're so excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Midwest was beautiful! I didn't expect it to be so lush and green. There were lots of beautiful rolling hills, and trees growing spontaneously between farms. This is a very flat, humid area of Nebraska.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The purpose of the Big Trip was to go see my sister-in-law, Andrea, and her husband, Steven in Minneapolis. We surprised her by just "happening" to be at the same restaurant she was going to with Steven the day we arrived. One of our days in Minneapolis, we went to the Mall of America. Here is Matt wearing a unicorn mask in Urban Outfitters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's difficult to see in this photo, but there is an amusement park INSIDE THE MALL! So cool! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I almost never get a picture of Matt just plain old smiling. Haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While in Minnesota, we went to a resort near Onamia along Mille Lacs Lake (what a redundant name! In French, "mille lacs" means 1000 lakes. So the name is essentially, 1000 Lakes Lake.) This is Mille Lacs Lake. It was surprisingly warm and huge! Well, huge to my standards. But in comparison to Lake Superior, very small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next is a cheesy filter on a cheesy photo of Matt near the lake. Enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now another cheesy edit on a photo of a cute little carousel at a burger joint called Happy's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were TONS of frogs at the resort. Also toads. This is a little guy I saw on a lily pad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evidence of Minnesota's beauty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day we drove North to Duluth to see Lake Superior. We went on a boat tour, which was pretty cool. Pictured below is my mother-in-law and my sisters-in-law, Andrea, and Stephanie (left to right).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As per usual, odd faces of the Emma and Matt variety.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought Duluth was a really bizarre place. Like it stepped right out of the industrial age. There was this sad, brown, worn out feel to the whole place. Even Lake Superior was kind of brown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We found a beach in Duluth. The water was pretty cold, so everyone pretty much just waded in the water. But I like to swim, so I took the plunge into the great lake and got to cross that off my bucket list!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I married into a really fun, cool family. Matt, Andrea, and Jared (left to right).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here I am post-swim, happy and invigorated!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lake Superior holds 10% of the Earth's fresh water. At its deepest, it would completely cover the Empire State Building PLUS eight more stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went back to Minneapolis after our resort trip and saw the sweet park with lots of sculptures. This fish one is one of my favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this photo, you can see the Endless Bridge (blue and not really a "bridge") and the flour mill ruins. The mill is in ruins because it exploded like ten years ago or something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On our return trip from Minneapolis, we stayed in South Dakota so that we could see the sights there. Mount Rushmore was breathtaking!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One night we stayed in these sweet cabins run by a Ma and Pa operation. It was charming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Matt and I went to a Brookhart family reunion (his mom's family) and took a few photos underneath a tree that his uncle planted in his grandma's front yard.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-45097683222977814982014-06-04T14:27:00.001-06:002014-06-04T14:27:49.490-06:00I'm on a kick right now...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I, like other members of my family, get really excited about something for a while and then I lose interest. Right now I'm on a fitness kick. This might be one of those short-lived obsessions, but I'm going to ride it for all it's worth while it lasts! (That's always what my sister, Jane, says about things like this...I know what she means for sure!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So while I'm interested in being as healthy as I can be and losing weight, that's what I'm going to write about today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Once upon a time I decided that I wanted to lose some weight--fast. A very appealing diet was brought to my attention. Maybe you've heard of it. It's Bob Harper's Jumpstart to Skinny diet. His is a three-week very low calorie diet designed to help you lose up to twenty pounds for a big event such as a wedding. So I was like, "Yeah, I need to lose like 40 pounds, so this will be fabulous! Maybe I'll even do it twice!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I read the book and got all excited about how planned out it was and how much I had heard about people losing. Some red flags popped up as I read the questionable research he mentioned in the book, but I was reassured by the fact that Bob Harper is a professional and knows what he's doing. Gung-ho, I bought all the groceries for the first week costing a total of over $100. (Just for me!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The diet began and I was pleased with the results and even pleased with the food! But as time went by, I started to feel sick and tired--literally. It was a struggle to choke down my salads and chug all the required water. I was still losing weight, but I felt awful. So I quit the diet. The embarrassing part of all that is that I even fell for the dumb diet in the first place! Of course I was going to feel terrible on 800 calories a day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now I feel way better. The miracle is that I still want to be healthy after that crap-o diet. I'm still losing weight and exercising! I'm just being a lot better with my food (as in eating enough food and trying to eat healthy food).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One of my favorite things to do at work when I don't have video priveleges is to browse Etsy for cool or beautiful things. Here are some of the things I found. The links to the listings are found below each picture. I guess I'm really into plants right now...</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/127839712/too-hip-to-hop-blue-14x11-rabbit-art?ref=favs_view_17"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Too Hip To Hop Blue 14x11 Rabbit Art</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> I like this picture because I think it's a great representation of Caralee and Pooch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">In the cavity of my frame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The waves crash against my bones</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">As a storm rages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The only visible evidence</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-84269018813645355942014-03-18T13:53:00.002-06:002014-04-09T19:33:08.540-06:00Getting you up to speed<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been quite a while since I've made a post. I suppose I should tell you what's going on in my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Honestly, things have been kind of crazy lately! Word to the wise: get identity theft protection. It doesn't matter if you think you are careful. Identity theft can happen to anyone! That's all I will say on the subject for now. Just be warned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I am officially going to BYU-Idaho starting this fall! I've been accepted and received my track assignment: Spring/Fall. I can apply to get into the nursing program next Spring and then hopefully start in Fall 2015. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">You may wonder, why nursing? Well, I'll tell you. The human body is incredible! Life is very complex (in every way, but specifically in the biological sense). One could spend a lifetime learning and studying the most simple unit in our body, the cell. The more I learn about the body, the more in awe I am about our design--the more in awe I am with the greatness of God. I'm also excited to be a nurse because I really do love caring for people. Especially in a physical way. For example, once my dad fell in our driveway and hit his head on the car and then the gravel. He had a pretty big bump and was really scraped up on his head. It made me feel good that I knew how to clean his wound and knew that I needed to find out if he had a concussion. It also made me feel good that I could respond in a level-headed way. Now I know this wasn't a huge medical emergency by any means, but I think this combined with my interest in the human body shows that I am the right kind of person for a nursing career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Back to things being crazy: Handling money is a tough thing to do! That is one thing I really don't enjoy about being an adult. Paying bills stinks! Working all the time and then using your money for non-fun things stinks! Budgeting stinks! Debt stinks! But I think debt stinks more than the other things, so that's why I continue to do the other things. Money gets scary when you think about all the things you need to pay for and how much money you actually have. But Matt and I are working through all of this. It takes a lot of faith and my LDS readers will understand what I mean when I say paying tithing really helps! It seems like it would be counterproductive, but it actually isn't. So if you're worried about money, pay your tithing! (learn more about tithing <a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/tithing?lang=eng">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, I am excited to go to Pendleton this week to visit my family! I love my hometown and state. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-64218841109655599882014-02-22T20:56:00.001-07:002014-02-23T09:13:07.711-07:00Stuff in My Life...So I'm still at school at CWI this semester and I'm taking Anatomy & Physiology and Precalculus (should have signed up for dual credit in high school...). <br>
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I have a huge secret to tell you: I actually like math. I never thought I would say that. But you know what? It's really pretty cool. Now does that mean I'm going to study it extensively? Probably not.<br>
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I also really love Anatomy & Physiology! What a cool class! I've learned so many things already. I guess I just thought I would be memorizing a bunch of bones and muscles, but that's definitely not the only thing. Here are some interesting tidbits I picked up:<br>
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<li>Your body needs calcium in order to make your muscles go. If you are calcium deficient in your diet, your body will pull the calcium it needs from your bones to keep your heart pumping and your lungs working.</li>
<li>Losing weight too quickly (more than 1-2 pounds/week) causes you to have an excess of acid in your body which may cause you to pee too frequently and hyperventilate in an effort to keep your pH levels in normal range (slightly basic). If your body fails to keep your pH in the normal range, you will die.</li>
<li>Ever noticed that women are more prone to cellulite than men? That's because of the way our collagen fibers are arranged. In men, collagen fibers look like this: XXX In women, they look more like this: | | | Basically, the arrangement of collagen in female connective tissues allows for fat to bubble out, causing cellulite in even thin women. But in male connective tissues, the fat is constricted by the X arrangement, making it less likely for cellulite to be present.</li>
<li>Your armpits stink because you have sweat glands called apochrine glands secrete the regular sweat contents (urea, HCl, and water) as well as proteins. The bacteria on your skin feed on the proteins and then produce an unpleasant smell. These apochrine sweat glands are also located in your groinal region. It is thought that these glands are homologous to scent glands in some animals used to attract mates.</li>
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Anways, I really like the class so far. And I seem to be doing well! I just have to keep up with everything. The older I get, the more I enjoy learning.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-2943767649813271542014-01-18T19:04:00.000-07:002014-04-09T19:32:30.277-06:00New Antiques!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night I got some serious treasures when Matt's grandparents came over to my in-laws' house. They came over because my sister-in-law, Stephanie, turned 19 and we had cake and ice cream about it. After we finished eating, Grandma Knight said, "Let's play 'What's in Grandma's Crazy Grab-bag!'" In the bag she had some stuff they didn't use anymore, but thought we might like to have. Otherwise it was all going to the thrift store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my opinion, I made out like a bandit! The treasure pictured above is a citrus juicer. You lift the handle, put a piece of citrus fruit in, and squeeze the handle all the way down. Then you pour the juice out of the spout!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This used to belong to Grandma Knight's mom. She used to sell WearEver Aluminum products. Basically these were like Pampered Chef items, but way cooler and way before Pampered Chef came around. In fact, WearEver revolutionized the way people cooked by introducing aluminum into cookware and bake ware. A lightweight metal that would seemingly wear forever? Awesome! *Update: Don't use aluminum cookware because you can get Alzheimer's from it!*Grandma Knight's mom would host dinners using her WearEver products and see who she could sell them to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My other treasure used to be Grandpa Knight's mother's (but maybe his father's...). It's just a tea pot, right? No, the glorious thing about this tea pot is that it's <em>electric</em>. I suppose the idea was that if you went to a motel or something and you wanted to have some coffee or tea, you would just fill it up with water and whatever else and plug it in! If you look on the bottom right of the pot, there's a little place where you attach the electric cord. Pretty cool, huh? I thought so.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-20058658345041142502014-01-17T18:01:00.000-07:002014-01-17T18:17:48.886-07:00Weird Dreams.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dream very vividly and often. Maybe I just get really good sleep or something, I don't know. But I thought I would share some of my weirdo dreams with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">First of all, I have reoccurring dreams. Well, it's not so much that I dream the same exact dream, more like the same basic dream. So different things will happen in the dream, but the concept and/or location are the same. I have farm dreams, pool dreams, ocean dreams, mountain dreams, and secret passage dreams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Farm dreams always take place at my grandparents' farm outside of Pendleton. The thing that makes these dreams strange is that the surrounding area is usually really populated or lots of people go there for recreation. Like there are businesses and train stations. If you've ever been to the farm, you know that it's out in the middle of nowhere so you really feel like you're away from it all. I usually fly in these dreams, too. But lately there have been really popular swimming areas at the farm and sometimes the wheat fields are the Columbia River.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The other really odd things about these dreams are that my siblings and mom have them, too! Theirs are a bit different though. Some of them have farm dreams that are apocalyptic! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So last night I had a farm dream. It went something like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My family and I were going to go swimming down at the river. On the way there, Joe (my brother-in-law) was really upset because Cindy was hanging out with Cinna (from the Hunger Games). She wouldn't stop hanging out with him even though it was making Joe mad. (For the record, Cindy making Joe jealous is sooo not something I think she would do). When I finally got to the water, it was dark and cold outside, so I couldn't swim. That part made me quite annoyed. Then the dream changed and it was the next day or something. We went down the dirt road eastward to a different spot on the river. To get to the river, we had to walk through some brush. Among the brush were calf brain mushrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we got to the water and stepped in, I noticed there were calf brains <em>in </em>the water, too! They were attached to the rocks like sea sponges or anemones! That's when I also noticed they were attached to my ankles. I frantically tried to pull them off, but when I did, I could only really get the fruit of the mushroom detached. It was very painful when I tried to pull out the roots, so I gave up. A little while later I looked down and saw that one was trying to attach itself to my right thumb. I discovered that the calf brains attached by sending out a poisonous thread that would numb the skin and then burrow itself in you until it was secure. Luckily, I got the one off my thumb before it got in too deep. We finally decided to walk back up to the house and as we were walking I saw that all the calf brains were gone! I was so relieved to have them gone, but my ankle was pretty swollen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Anyway, that's the kind of stuff I dream about. Very vividly. Farm dreams are the only kind of dreams I'm going to cover today. But stay tuned, because I dream almost every night!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-48992564754859639972014-01-15T15:55:00.000-07:002014-01-27T15:44:40.931-07:00New things.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been pretty excited about new things lately. So I want to post about them. You might have noticed right off the bat that there are now polka dots in the background! I love them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, I cut my hair very short! Pixie! As you can see, I took a bunch of selfies. No shame, guys. No shame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's what I look like now. Sometimes I have more product in my hair, and sometimes I try to put it up into a pompadour. But I don't have the right kind of product to do it justice yet (in my opinion). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Another thing that's new is my phone. I got an LG G2. I like it! It's lots of fun and I especially enjoy the camera. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This is not my picture, so that's why it says Verizon on the back. Matt and I switched to T-Mobile because they were running a great deal and we didn't like AT&T. Plus, no stinking contract this time! Yeehaw!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A picture I like that I took with the camera (the pictures above were also taken with the camera on the phone):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess I like it because the picture is sharp and detailed and it's a picture of the quilt my grandma made me for my high school graduation. It was one of the very last quilts she made (now she has Alzheimer's and doesn't make quilts anymore).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And finally, I am applying to BYU-Idaho so that Matt and I can go there in the fall. That's right, go there. Like to Rexburg. That should be fun going to a real university again! I've heard great things about BYU-Idaho, so I'm pretty excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Woohoo for a bunch of exciting new things in my life! New things for the new year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">UPDATE: Things are normal now. So if you still think things look crazy or stupid, keep it to yourself! Or email me with suggestions.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-18472024489587383592013-12-24T19:55:00.000-07:002014-01-14T23:07:56.248-07:00Christmas: I Believe in Christ<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This post is not about Santa, cute decorations, recipes, or funny stories. And this post is not even about the beloved story of Christ's birth (although all of those things are wonderful). This post is about my testimony of Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Readers, I know that Jesus Christ was born in the most modest of circumstances and lived a very humble mortal life. I know the He is the Son of God. I know that He healed the sick, raised the dead, and caused the blind to see. I also know that He suffered every pain--physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental--imaginable. I know that He bore the weight of all my sins and yours too so that you and I can one day live with our Father in Heaven again with a clean conscience. I know that He died on the cross and that three days later He was resurrected. I know that He lives once again! I<em> know</em> that He loves me. I have felt His love and I can feel it now as I'm writing this. I know that if we repent, keep the commandments, and have faith in Christ, we can be healed and forgiven of our sins through Him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Christmas is about Jesus. Not only the baby Jesus, but the one who performed miracles, atoned for our sins and pains, died and was resurrected, and who lives again and loves us all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in Christ; he is my King!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all my heart to him I'll sing;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in Christ; he is God's Son.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On earth to dwell his soul did come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He healed the sick; the dead he raised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good works were his; his name be praised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in Christ; oh blessed name!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Mary's Son he came to reign</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Mid mortal men, his earthly kin,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To save them from the woes of sin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in Christ, who marked the path,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who did gain all his Father hath,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who said to men: "Come, follow me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That ye, my friends, with God may be."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in Christ--my Lord, my God!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My feet he plants on gospel sod.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll worship him with all my might;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is the source of truth and light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in Christ; he ransoms me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Satan's grasp he sets me free,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his eternal courts above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From him I'll gain my fondest dream;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His voice is heard: "Ye shall obtain."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With him I'll stand in that great day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Text: Bruce R. McConkie, 1915-1985. (c) 1972 IRI</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Music: John Longhurst, b. 1940. (c) 1985 IRI</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Merry Christmas! If you want to learn more about Jesus, go to <a href="http://www.mormon.org/">www.mormon.org</a>.</span> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-330784404352123102013-12-12T14:51:00.000-07:002014-01-15T14:20:32.596-07:00Anxiety about Worms<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I've decided to make writing about dumb stuff I've worried about a thing, I will go ahead and write this post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have an irrational fear of worms. Yes, worms. I suppose that worrying about tape worms and other parasitic worms is not so irrational, but I worry about blood worms (they eat sand, not blood), worms in trees, silk worms, and anything that looks like a worm. Okay, I suppose I have overcome my fear of earth worms through extensive study and handling of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Funny story: I just looked up worms in Bing images and now I'm even more terrified. I saw a picture of a guy getting a long white worm pulled out of his foot!!! HIS FOOT! I'm debating whether or not to show you. NO. No pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So last night I had a dream that was completely terrifying. I was supposed to feed a worm. This worm was as big around as a softball, yellow and ridged. It also had purple spikes and it lived underground. It was probably about a foot and a half long. Anyway, my job was to feed it this sticky substance that wouldn't get off my hand. I ended up putting my hand in the hole with the worm, desperately trying to get the food off my hand. Before I was able to free myself of the sticky food, the worm was chomping on my hand with its pincers! At that point my husband woke me up because I was making scared, crying sounds. (Thank goodness for him).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">When I was eight, my driveway was very long and my bus stop was at the end of the driveway. One day it rained a ton, so all of the earthworms were squirming around on the road, trying not to drown. I knew they couldn't hurt me, but I got the serious heebie jeebies walking down the driveway, seeing them and their trails in the mud. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing I enjoy about my family living on a farm in Pendleton, Oregon is that in the summertime the blackberries come on strong. Fresh picked, wild blackberries is a delicious treat from heaven! If I can control myself enough to not eat every berry I pick, I can manage to gather up enough berries to make into pie. Other members of my family make cobbler and jam out of the berries as well as pies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">However, this is not the traditional recipe from my family (although it is great). This recipe has a thicker sauce, more like a jam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">6 cups of blackberries</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">2 cups of sugar (more or less depending on tartness of berries)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">4 tablespoons of lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">6 tablespoons of corn starch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">2 teaspoons of vanilla extract</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Pour the ingredients into a sauce pan and stir over medium heat. Let the mixture simmer for 30 minutes, or until thick (sticking to the spoon). Stir every so often. Tasting is really helpful to figure out if you need more cinnamon, lemon juice, or sugar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Let the sauce cool before pouring it into your pie pan with crust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Pie Double-Crust</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2/3 cup shortening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 to 10 tablspoon cold water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sprinkle 1 T. Of the water over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push moistened dough to the side of the bowl. Repeat moistening dough, using 1 tblspn of the water at a time, till all the dough is moistened. Form dough into a ball.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a lightly floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten dough. Roll dough from center to edges into a circle about 12 inches in diameter.<br />To transfer pastry, wrap it around the rolling pin. Unroll pastry into a 9-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pie plate, being careful not to stretch pastry.<br />Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold under extra pastry. Crimp edge as desired. Do not prick pastry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every Thanksgiving there is one special item I make for the feast. It's <em>my</em> thing. If it's not there and I am, something is wrong. So I am gracing you with this highly delectable recipe. The Cherubic Cheese Ball! May you bask in it's radiance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made this recipe up myself, so I'm pretty sure that makes me an awesome cook or something.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So. Let's get down to the nitty gritty...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 packages of cream cheese <br />1 T. minced garlic<br />2 green onions, chopped<br />1/4 t. salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serve as an appetizer with crackers of your choice. I like to use Ritz!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Looking for a healthier option? Use neufchatel instead of cream cheese. I can't really taste a difference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanksgiving means pies! In my mind, pie has always been the holy grail of baking. I come from a family of great home cooks and bakers and all of the women can make great pies. My maternal grandma was once the best cook I knew! Unfortunately she doesn't cook or bake anymore because she has forgotten how. But the legacy was passed to my mom, aunts, sisters, and now to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favorite pies is pumpkin. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crust is the trickiest part about pies, in my opinion. It's easy for them to be messed up by over-stirring and handling. So let's get rolling on the recipe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling out the dough</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 tablespoon sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, <em><strong>chilled</strong></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces and <strong><em>chilled</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4-6 tablespoons <strong><em>ice</em></strong> water</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Combine the flour, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl using a whisk. Then put the shortening in the bowl and mix with a pastry blender quickly until it has the texture of coarse sand. Now scatter the butter pieces over the top and mix it in with the pastry blender until it looks kind of like coarse crumbs. Don't worry if you still have chunks of fat, that's what makes it flakey! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon vanilla</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-842796574472665512013-11-23T20:39:00.001-07:002013-11-23T21:24:27.961-07:00I've Always Been Anxious<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have an anxiety disorder that started showing up when I was a child. Five years old, in fact, is the age that I can recall my first real worries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now don't misunderstand here. This is not supposed to be a post where I talk about my sad, sad childhood or something. Because I didn't have a bad childhood, all things considered. I had tons of fun, a family who loved me, and food to eat every day. Anxiety is just part of my life, and frankly, sometimes it's hilarious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So now, back to my childhood. Five years old. Children are odd and I was certainly no exception. I wished that I was a baby and the reason was so that I wouldn't have to go to the bathroom on the toilet. I guess I thought it was too boring or tedious to take all the time away from playing and stuff. So any chance I got, I would wish to be a baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have you ever watched the old movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" with Don Knotts?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a classic. So in this movie, Don Knotts' character wishes he could be a fish because he's a dweeby misfit in real life and fish are his passion. So one day he's visiting the ocean and he's standing on a dock looking down at the fish, saying how much he wishes he could be a fish when PLOP! He falls into the water and starts doing this creepy evolution-wiggle into a fish!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Well, first Mr. Limpet is happy that he's a fish, but then he realizes that it's not actually as cool as he thought it would be and the ladies in the background music start singing, "Be careful what you wish, for wishes can come true. Be sure that every wish you make, is one that's right for you. So many people find there happiness in dreaming. Be careful what you wish for the wish that you make can come true!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I watched this movie with my family after I had spent all of these wishes on becoming a baby. Once those ladies started singing that sad warning song, I got really worried that I was going to turn into a baby and I was going to regret it horribly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I remember having this sick feeling of pure panic in my gut and it seemed to be on my mind for a long time afterward. Who knows how long it actually was, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Another vivid memory of one of my first bouts with anxiety is also from when I was five. There was a mouthwash commercial on T.V. and it said something about not swallowing the stuff. Well, I thought that it meant that I was never supposed to swallow my own saliva, so I was constantly spitting in the toilet, the trash and the sink, trying to make sure I didn't die from saliva poisoning or whatever I thought it was. Eventually my mom probably got sicked out about me spitting all the time and told me I didn't have to do that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So here I am nearly 16 years later and I'm still anxious, but I've graduated to different useless things to be anxious about. Like all the moms shopping with their babies in Winco or an acquaintance who I can see walking down the hall at me at work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A therapist once told me that if I lived in a time when I needed to flee or fight for my life, I would survive because I have an above-average flight response. In other words, if I were a bunny, I would probably never get eaten because I would run away all the time, even when I didn't need to. Then I would pass those super genes to my baby bunnies and all my posterity would be really speedy and never dinner. But since I'm not a bunny, I just live in my essentially safe world wasting all my excellent flight response capabilities on regular social interactions and other safe things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe I'll make this a thing and keep posting about dumb stuff I've worried about...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gender equality is a very sensitive topic that needs to be addressed respectfully, and I hope that I can do that in this post. I believe that the Mormon church embraces gender equality. I have no intention of attacking or offending anyone whose opinions are different than mine. With that in mind, I'd like to proceed by discussing gender equality specifically as it relates to the priesthood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I believe that although women and men in the Church do not have the same roles, we have divine responsibilities that are unique yet equally important. This is one of our fundamental doctrines. No, women have not been given the responsibility of the priesthood, but that is not because of a belief that men are somehow superior to women. The late prophet Gordon B. Hinkley said this about gender equality and women holding the priesthood:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Women do not hold the priesthood because the Lord has put it that way. It is part of His program. Women have a very prominent place in this Church. Men hold the priesthood offices of the Church. But women have a tremendous place in this Church. They have their own organization. It was started in 1842 by the Prophet Joseph Smith, called the Relief Society, because its initial purpose was to administer help to those in need. It has grown to be, I think, the largest women’s organization in the world... They have their own offices, their own presidency, their own board. That reaches down to the smallest unit of the Church everywhere in the world...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The men hold the priesthood, yes. But my wife is my companion. In this Church the man neither walks ahead of his wife nor behind his wife but at her side. They are co-equals in this life in a great enterprise.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We have our own organization! And I have to tell you, it's amazing. I would elaborate more on what Gordon B. Hinkley said, but he said it very well so I'll leave it at that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">"Elder M. Russell Ballard taught: 'In our Heavenly Father’s great priesthood-endowed plan, men have the unique responsibility to administer the priesthood, but they are not the priesthood. Men and women have different but equally valued roles. Just as a woman cannot conceive a child without a man, so a man cannot fully exercise the power of the priesthood to establish an eternal family without a woman. In other words, in the eternal perspective, both the procreative power and the priesthood power are shared by husband and wife' (“<a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/this-is-my-work-and-glory?lang=eng">This Is My Work and My Glory</a>,” Apr. 2013 general conference)."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">To me, that is amazing. Men and women need each other to fulfill our divine roles. We can't do it without each other. Our roles are "different but equally valued." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So what are our divine roles? We've already touched on the priesthood portion of them. <a href="http://www.lds.org/ensign/1995/11/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world">The Family: A Proclamation to the World</a> outlines our roles perfectly. First we are designed to be parents and have a family. Then it says this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I know that God made us different for a great purpose. We are different! But neither gender is superior; we are equally important as the Church has stated over and over again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, hey guys! Happy Halloween! You know, I actually woke up this morning and completely forgot it was Halloween. Times are different now. There was a time long ago when I thought a lot about Halloween and what my costume would be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a witch for Halloween. Just like all the previous years I could remember. We had this costume box that had various items of clothing from Halloweens past and plays that my siblings had been in. Naturally, my costume came from that box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The two best parts of the costume were the witch hat (obviously) and the witch's nose. This nose was rubber and green with a string that went around my head to hold it on. It was hollow and smelled really funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I had a great time traipsing around in my costume that kindergarten Halloween. The only problem was that I probably had a cold because my nose kept running. All throughout the day, I kept dumping the snot out of my witch nose and rubbing my real nose on my witch sleeve. I was a total sugar-high mess. Later I found out that I wasn't the only one who had snotted in the nasty family heirloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Year after year the cold air would make my nose run and year after year I wore the witch nose without washing it. (Well who knows, maybe my mom did.) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">However, despite the nastiness of the nose, I always had a great time wearing it. I'm sure I thought I was really terrifying. In a way I probably was, what with the snot dripping out of the witch nostrils.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-18576847106421476372013-10-27T16:03:00.000-06:002013-10-27T16:03:45.599-06:00DIY: Rainbow Candle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was a small child, probably three or four years old, my oldest sister Jane still lived at home. She had a nice big vanilla candle and one day she melted some crayon wax onto it. About a year ago, I did the same thing, but </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jane didn't remember that it was her original idea! That's probably because she has a crafty heart or something and since she has so many ideas and crafts that she's done over the years, she couldn't possibly remember them all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guys, I'm not very crafty. Sometimes I'll get the notion to whip something out, but it's not something I do regularly. So consider yourself blessed to have witnessed this miracle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gather up your crayons and peel the paper off. Put your crayons and candles on a piece of wax paper to keep from getting wax on your work surface. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then light one of your tea lights. I ended up using several tea lights. This way if one keeps burning out, you can just start a new one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now take one of your candles and melt the tip in the flame of the tealight until it's about to drip and let it drip onto your candle. Try not to let the candle drip into the melted wax in your tealight because this will eventually make the flame go out. To help get the candle to drip where I wanted it to, I held the tealight close to the desired area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All you need to do now is keep dripping candle wax on your candle until it's covered as much as you want it to be. I think it looks best with lots of colors and lots of surface area covered. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-62111434083097477082013-10-25T14:10:00.000-06:002013-10-25T14:30:22.338-06:00To all the Coldplay skeptics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone who knows my music taste knows that Coldplay is my favorite band of all time. There are some bands whose full magic is definitely not portrayed adequately on the radio. I feel that Coldplay is one of those bands. So you've heard "Viva la Vida" and "Clocks." But have you heard "I Ran Away" or "Careful Where You Stand" or "For You?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Some people have said that Coldplay has a case of "same-songitis," but I'm here to say that if you've only heard what the radio plays of Coldplay, it's time to take a look at what else they've got. I and many other Coldplay fans will tell you that they have a lot to offer musically, lyrically and artistically. In my opinion, Coldplay most certainly is not a one trick pony.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This song never made it to an album for reasons unkown to me. Haunting and slow, "For You" really has an ethereal feeling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Strawberry Swing" lets go of the more mellow sound Coldplay has in their first three albums and breaks into a cheery, cute love song. Also, this music video is wonderful. My favorite part is when the song changes moods at 2:35.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"X & Y." I love the chorus of this song. It plays for the first time at 1:28. "You and me are floating on a tidal wave, together. You and me are drifting into outer space." That imagery definitely fits the sound of the song.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Up With the Birds" is a really optimistic song. At 1:50 it really changes the feel of the song and goes into a really cheery chorus. "I know one thing, good things are coming my way."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Moses." This is a LIVE RECORDING. No big deal. They just rock everyone's socks. This is a big part of why I love Coldplay. They sound amazing live. Just so you know, this song was written for Gwyneth Paltrow (Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay, is married to her).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Shiver" is a beautiful love song with an awesome chorus. I also love that this is them recording the song that is on the album. Again, they are just that good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"God Put a Smile upon Your Face." This one isn't my favorite, but it's still good. I included it mostly to show you some more variety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Careful Where You Stand." The guitar in this song practically gives me chills every time I listen to it. I love the lyrics. "I feel safe, when I am with you. And I feel warm when you want me to. I am cured when you are around. I'm alright...It's true, we're always looking out for one another."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So there you have a nice sample of what they can do. I didn't add their main hits (which are great) because you have probably heard them already. I wanted you to get a taste for what else Coldplay has to offer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">What do you think of these songs? Are there some in here that you haven't heard before? Do you have a favorite?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470175034991835073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432669573562599850.post-24061453350728575302013-10-23T14:36:00.001-06:002013-10-24T09:05:08.152-06:00I Love Autumn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love all of the different colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the temperature and the smells.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have depression which is heightened by the days getting shorter and colder, so my goal this autumn and winter is to find things that I find beautiful about these seasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my very favorite things is seeing sunlight shine through leaves and make them glow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Autumn here in Meridian is gorgeous! There are lots of red trees around!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I focused my lense on the grass instead of the leaf I'm holding...don't worry about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this yellow! It's so pretty! So there you go, guys. If I get around to taking more picture of the leaves, I may make another post with more photos. If you pin any of these photos, please mention that they're from The Keyhole since I didn't have the patience to watermark them all. Thanks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, I just wanted to say that one thing that improves my mood and outlook on life is finding things that are beautiful and expressing gratitude for them. They don't have to be extraordinary, either. But I find that when I find joy in the everyday things, they become extraordinary to me--like the fall leaves. </span><br />
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