Favorite Days

Don’t you just love listening to a fabulous motivational speaker–you know, someone who inspires you to work hard…

to be a better person?

I do. In fact, I bet I have close to a hundred such speeches on cassette tapes. I know…I’m old. But they still work.

We are a lucky bunch because twice a year we get to hear from our favorite Church Leaders in a series of Conference sessions for a couple of days.

We even use the days of inspiration as a lovely excuse to set out wonderful food…

and gather the sweet kids around, while we watch and listen together.

Of course it takes someĀ  very special “lion taming” supplies in case we encounter any wild animals.


Yeah, it happens.

But mostly, it’s the sheer fun of being together while we laugh and sew and listen hard and take notes on how to do things just a little bit better.

But seriously, all that food never hurts.

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October Conference

“Our being edified at conference depends on us.  It becomes necessary that we prepare our hearts to receive and profit by the suggestions that may be made by the speakers during the progress of the conference, which may be prompted by the Spirit of the Lord.  I have thought, and still think, that our being edified does not so much depend upon the speaker as upon ourselves.”

                                                                          ~ Lorenzo Snow~October 1898

October General Conference

~Such a Lovely Day~

If a person is going to celebrate growing just a bit older…

then what better way to spend the day…

than with so many of the things…

and people…

and places that I love…

completely surrounding me.

Ahhhhh….just the right combination of everything…

and everyone.

These people know me so well–

it’s almost…

embarrassing!Ā  :}

But oh…how I love them for it!

It was positively the most perfect, lovely birthday.

Thank you, everyone–family and friends. I’ll keep this day tucked safely in my heart–forever.

I love you.

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Things To Love…

right this minute…

A two year old who loves her kitty more than she fears getting an occasional reminder that sometimes pets wear an invisible “do not disturb” sign around their necks.

The ridiculous Blue Jay that keeps coming back–terrorizing all the smaller birds–but lovely to watch anyway in all his enormous splendor. Seriously, this guy is a big as a chicken. He can’t even sit on the bird feeder because he’s too huge. Silly thing.

This gentle little lady who sits patiently till the blue guy leaves and then waits until all the little birds come back–before hopping down to join them. So sweet.

Yesterday’s pretty clouds that rained just enough to give us…

this beautiful rainbow. Do you suppose a pot of gold could be inside that building on the mountain? It sure looks like it to me. :}

That I was smart enough to take a picture of last season’s football donuts from Krispy Kreme, that the new guy behind the counter said he’d never heard of. Hmph.

Dude. Don’t mess with my football donuts!

That we have one of the biggest games of the year on Saturday–a sort of “Holy War,” if you will.

Go BYU!!

There will be NO wearing of red in this house I tell you.

Fight!


Nachos at our place.

WIN!!

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