Here is an interesting link to an article written by a non-Mormon.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
She likes to read Mormon housewife blogs
Here is an interesting link to an article written by a non-Mormon.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Pioneer Woman
Amelia just told me about this great cooking website:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/.
Amelia loves the Indian flatbread called "naan" and the restaurant style salsa.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/.
Amelia loves the Indian flatbread called "naan" and the restaurant style salsa.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Workout Music for Missionaries
I never thought about it before, but when missionaries do their mandatory physical exercises every day, what do they listen to? If they are only allowed to listen to hymns and EFY music, I think the rhythm and beat would be way too slow to exercise with.
My good friend Jo (an old roommate from BYU) has come up with an answer. She is marketing aerobic music for missionaries, which are hymns arranged with a great beat. They are using her CDs during exercise time at the MTC in Provo, and selling them at the Missionary Mall store in Orem.
You can listen to samples of the music at her web site http://www.aerobicworkoutmusic.com/, and order the CD's from the Missionary Mall http://www.missionarymall.org/home.php?cat=355 (scroll down about 7 items and you will see the CD entitled "Get Moving Missionary HymnMix".)
Good job, Jo!!!
My good friend Jo (an old roommate from BYU) has come up with an answer. She is marketing aerobic music for missionaries, which are hymns arranged with a great beat. They are using her CDs during exercise time at the MTC in Provo, and selling them at the Missionary Mall store in Orem.
You can listen to samples of the music at her web site http://www.aerobicworkoutmusic.com/, and order the CD's from the Missionary Mall http://www.missionarymall.org/home.php?cat=355 (scroll down about 7 items and you will see the CD entitled "Get Moving Missionary HymnMix".)
Good job, Jo!!!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Starting a Food Storage Plan for the Year
I have to tell everyone that Carolyn Nicolaysen on her Totally Ready blog has just restarted her one-year food storage program. (It is her Feb.2, 2009 entry, entitled "Our General Store").
Today is the day it begins, and if you read her blog every day and do what she says, you would have a great food supply built up by next year.
I love her blog, and have learned great things about emergency preparedness from her.
If you don't want to wait a year to get the whole program, you can go back and read her posts from the past couple of years, she has already been through the whole thing before. She also has a book you can pay $6.95 to download.
Today is the day it begins, and if you read her blog every day and do what she says, you would have a great food supply built up by next year.
I love her blog, and have learned great things about emergency preparedness from her.
If you don't want to wait a year to get the whole program, you can go back and read her posts from the past couple of years, she has already been through the whole thing before. She also has a book you can pay $6.95 to download.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
You Tube: Be Prepared for Tribulations to Come
Click here to watch a YouTube video with conference addresses by LDS apostles and prophets about the tribulations to come.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Hill Cumorah 2003, 2005
We got accepted into the cast of the Hill Cumorah Pageant for our third time, and we are so excited! Here are photos of our family in our costumes from the last two times we have been in the pageant.
July 2003: Wayne, Amy, Seth, Bryce, Tara and Zac.
July 2005: Wayne, Amy, Bryce, Tara, and Zac.
And for July 2009, there will just be 4 of us. Bryce will come home from his mission a week after we come home.
July 2003: Wayne, Amy, Seth, Bryce, Tara and Zac.
July 2005: Wayne, Amy, Bryce, Tara, and Zac.
And for July 2009, there will just be 4 of us. Bryce will come home from his mission a week after we come home.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Climbing
Our family climbed at Triangle Rock Club while Seth was home for Christmas break. (Click on photos to make them bigger.) Wayne came too, but somehow he isn't in any of the photos.
Isaac's family came and watched Isaac climb too.
Above, I only belay, I never climb.
Left, Tara is belaying Seth. Below, Zac is belaying Isaac.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Remembering these brave military men
Years ago, Wayne had a scout in his troop named Eric Croft. Eric's mother just forwarded the following note from him. I was very touched when I watched the video.
"Here is a video someone put together for the guys in our battalion who were killed overseas in Al Dora, they put it all over the web and it is very good, two of the guys on there were very good friends of mine, SSG Moon and SPC Workman from Baker Co. It is about 15 min. long so make sure you have time to watch it, send it to whoever you think might want to see it, these guys need to be remembered for what they did while normal people lived their lives in peace and woke up free everyday because these men were able to take the fight to the enemy and stare death in the face everyday."- Eric Croft
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=34584055
"Here is a video someone put together for the guys in our battalion who were killed overseas in Al Dora, they put it all over the web and it is very good, two of the guys on there were very good friends of mine, SSG Moon and SPC Workman from Baker Co. It is about 15 min. long so make sure you have time to watch it, send it to whoever you think might want to see it, these guys need to be remembered for what they did while normal people lived their lives in peace and woke up free everyday because these men were able to take the fight to the enemy and stare death in the face everyday."- Eric Croft
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=34584055
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Fabric Buying Moratorium
In April 2007, a woman showed me her "fabric room". It was a good sized room, completely filled with shelves, which were totally filled with folded pieces of fabric. She proudly showed me all her collections of Asian fabric, truck fabric, daisy fabric, turtle fabric, striped fabric, etc, and told me how she was planning to make a quilt out of each collection.
I left there feeling troubled. I could see that she was a compulsive purchaser of fabric. I felt that she was delusional in thinking that she was going to live long enough to make all those quilts. I didn't want to be like her.
This is how much fabric I have. Three cabinets full. But she had more than 30 cabinets this full.
It made me take a second look at all the fabric I had collected. I made a vow to buy no more fabric for ONE YEAR and see if I could finish all the unfinished objects (UFO's) that I had, using only the fabric I already owned.
I am proud to say that for the past year and 8 months I have kept my bargain with myself. I spent no money on fabric from April 2007-April 2008, and completed 9 quilts in 2007 and completed 8 quilts and 5 quilt tops for future grandbabies in 2008. One of the quilts I finished just last month was one I started in 1992--it took me 16 years to finish it.
After April 2008, I allowed myself to purchase fabric, but I have spent very little, and it was just what was necessary to finish UFO's.
I only have 2 UFO's left, and then I will be free to start whatever new quilts I want. I think it was a great challenge, and I really enjoyed coming up with ways to use the fabric I had, instead of constantly running out to buy more.
(On second thought, I have to put a disclaimer on "spent no money on fabric from April 2007-April 2008". I did let myself buy second-hand from yard sales, thrift shops, and from the guild silent auctions. I knew I would never be able to pass up something unusual and cheap.)
I left there feeling troubled. I could see that she was a compulsive purchaser of fabric. I felt that she was delusional in thinking that she was going to live long enough to make all those quilts. I didn't want to be like her.
This is how much fabric I have. Three cabinets full. But she had more than 30 cabinets this full.It made me take a second look at all the fabric I had collected. I made a vow to buy no more fabric for ONE YEAR and see if I could finish all the unfinished objects (UFO's) that I had, using only the fabric I already owned.
I am proud to say that for the past year and 8 months I have kept my bargain with myself. I spent no money on fabric from April 2007-April 2008, and completed 9 quilts in 2007 and completed 8 quilts and 5 quilt tops for future grandbabies in 2008. One of the quilts I finished just last month was one I started in 1992--it took me 16 years to finish it.
After April 2008, I allowed myself to purchase fabric, but I have spent very little, and it was just what was necessary to finish UFO's.
I only have 2 UFO's left, and then I will be free to start whatever new quilts I want. I think it was a great challenge, and I really enjoyed coming up with ways to use the fabric I had, instead of constantly running out to buy more.
(On second thought, I have to put a disclaimer on "spent no money on fabric from April 2007-April 2008". I did let myself buy second-hand from yard sales, thrift shops, and from the guild silent auctions. I knew I would never be able to pass up something unusual and cheap.)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
DVD Empire
I ordered DVD's for my mom and for my mother-in-law for Christmas online from DVDEmpire. The prices were really good. I messed up a little on my zipcode, so a day later they emailed me and said there was a problem, that my Visa card didn't match my address, so I had to correct that. I had ordered early enough that I could pay for cheaper shipping, but because of my mistake it didn't get shipped in time. So they upgraded my shipping at no extra charge so it would get there on time. I thought that was really nice of them, since it was my fault.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
My Favorite Blogs
The blogs I go to every day are my daughter-in-law Rachel's, my sister Carla's (My Time to Blossom) and and Totally Ready.
Carla inspires me with homemaking, fashion, and ideas to make my life more elegant and genteel. Totally Ready keeps reminding me of all the emergency preparedness I need to do to get ready for disasters. And I like Rachel's because she tells me about my grandchildren!
Carla inspires me with homemaking, fashion, and ideas to make my life more elegant and genteel. Totally Ready keeps reminding me of all the emergency preparedness I need to do to get ready for disasters. And I like Rachel's because she tells me about my grandchildren!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Book Review: The Unthinkable
(I wrote the following email around August 2008. Since then, I have found the blog
TotallyReady.com and find that she covers all this emergency preparedness stuff every day.)
I just read the greatest book, I recommend it to everyone. "The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes and Why" by Amanda Ripley. It was just published in June 2008, and I had heard of it so I ordered it at the library. It was fascinating to see the different decisions people made that enabled them to survive when those around them did not get out alive.
I have read probably a hundred disaster books in my life, because I really love that subject. I think what I am always trying to learn from these books is what to do if the same thing happened to me. It was interesting to read that in a terrorist attack, fire, airplane malfunction, ship sinking, etc, how it is human nature to hesitate, gather your belongings, and/or not believe that the problem is as serious as it is. In fact, lots of people turn into zombies and can't think at all, just sit there. (Of course they don't survive. ) That tells me that when the circumstances say "go", you should get the heck out of there instead of sitting around wondering what to do.
Being a seminary teacher, of course I tend to relate stuff to the scriptures, so I thought of Jesus telling people about the Desolation of Abominations, and how they would be saved if they didn't go back to gather their stuff (Matt. 24:18), and just left at the first signs of trouble. Various Church literature that I have read said the faithful early saints were able to escape the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 because they knew the signs and didn't hesitate. Wish I had the reference on that but I know I read it somewhere!
Another thing I learned from the book is that when a person practices an escape route, or does fire drills, they are much better equipped when the real thing happens. The author gave so many examples of people becoming unable to think, and the only way they could function in the emergency is because they had done it before in practice so it was a little automatic. The people who hadn't practiced or didn't know the exits or stairwells, couldn't cope and just sat there. So I am asking all of you to have a Family Home Evening on fire escapes or tornado drill, or think about flooding or earthquakes or whatever, and make a plan and talk about it. That way when the real thing happens you will have a plan to follow. Making a plan during an emergency is almost impossible because your brain shuts down.
It told the story of a man and his wife who were one of only a few people to survive a plane fire on a runway. He had escaped from a fire as a boy, so he had a lifetime habit of always being aware of where exits were, and always looking for ways out of places. The minute the fire happened, he grabbed his wife and they got out the exit. Almost everyone else died, because they didn't know where the exits were. When I go to teach quilting, they usually put me in hotels, and I always find the stairway and find out how many doors it is away, etc, so I could find it in the dark or in the smoke. The author goes much farther than I do, she said everytime she stays in a hotel, the first thing she does is go all the way down the stairs from her room and find her way outside so she knows exactly what to do in a fire.
Something the book pointed out is that normal people are always the first responders. The people that are at the scene of the disaster of course are there when it happens, so they are there way before the police and firemen come. So it is very useful for everyone to have first aid skills. I am so thankful for the Boy Scout program, and Girls Camp, and all the training my husband and kids have for emergencies, and am a bit ashamed of myself for not having any first aid skills.
TotallyReady.com and find that she covers all this emergency preparedness stuff every day.)
I just read the greatest book, I recommend it to everyone. "The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes and Why" by Amanda Ripley. It was just published in June 2008, and I had heard of it so I ordered it at the library. It was fascinating to see the different decisions people made that enabled them to survive when those around them did not get out alive.
I have read probably a hundred disaster books in my life, because I really love that subject. I think what I am always trying to learn from these books is what to do if the same thing happened to me. It was interesting to read that in a terrorist attack, fire, airplane malfunction, ship sinking, etc, how it is human nature to hesitate, gather your belongings, and/or not believe that the problem is as serious as it is. In fact, lots of people turn into zombies and can't think at all, just sit there. (Of course they don't survive. ) That tells me that when the circumstances say "go", you should get the heck out of there instead of sitting around wondering what to do.
Being a seminary teacher, of course I tend to relate stuff to the scriptures, so I thought of Jesus telling people about the Desolation of Abominations, and how they would be saved if they didn't go back to gather their stuff (Matt. 24:18), and just left at the first signs of trouble. Various Church literature that I have read said the faithful early saints were able to escape the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 because they knew the signs and didn't hesitate. Wish I had the reference on that but I know I read it somewhere!
Another thing I learned from the book is that when a person practices an escape route, or does fire drills, they are much better equipped when the real thing happens. The author gave so many examples of people becoming unable to think, and the only way they could function in the emergency is because they had done it before in practice so it was a little automatic. The people who hadn't practiced or didn't know the exits or stairwells, couldn't cope and just sat there. So I am asking all of you to have a Family Home Evening on fire escapes or tornado drill, or think about flooding or earthquakes or whatever, and make a plan and talk about it. That way when the real thing happens you will have a plan to follow. Making a plan during an emergency is almost impossible because your brain shuts down.
It told the story of a man and his wife who were one of only a few people to survive a plane fire on a runway. He had escaped from a fire as a boy, so he had a lifetime habit of always being aware of where exits were, and always looking for ways out of places. The minute the fire happened, he grabbed his wife and they got out the exit. Almost everyone else died, because they didn't know where the exits were. When I go to teach quilting, they usually put me in hotels, and I always find the stairway and find out how many doors it is away, etc, so I could find it in the dark or in the smoke. The author goes much farther than I do, she said everytime she stays in a hotel, the first thing she does is go all the way down the stairs from her room and find her way outside so she knows exactly what to do in a fire.
Something the book pointed out is that normal people are always the first responders. The people that are at the scene of the disaster of course are there when it happens, so they are there way before the police and firemen come. So it is very useful for everyone to have first aid skills. I am so thankful for the Boy Scout program, and Girls Camp, and all the training my husband and kids have for emergencies, and am a bit ashamed of myself for not having any first aid skills.
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