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Talk to your bishop. He is the only one who can decide if paying all at once is ok. I agree with Beefche, obey your Bishop. There is a reason we're asked to pay tithing on a regular basis. It forms a habit.

:) If you were closer I'd be happy to make it for you. :)

huh? I guess I need a tutorial.

Yes, I'm happy... happy in all its nuances. I have struggles but they don't affect my happiness. I know that my faith is what helps me stay happy. Without my faith my struggles would get the best of me and did for awhile to the point that I questioned my faith and beliefs. But I got over it. When we have faith and act on that faith its really easy to be happy. Laying my burdens at the feet of my Savior makes life so much easier.

Thank you for posting the article Finrock. I'm seeing the LBGT agenda silencing more and more people. We have gone from what has been viewed as "persecution" of LGBT to "persecution" of those who oppose Same Sex Marriage (SSM). I just read an article earlier this week about the photographer who refused to photograph a SSM. She lost in court and has to pay a huge fine. It will put her out of business. But that is what they want. Silence all opposition even if it means destroying lives. People will go along to get along. That's human nature. Sadly, its the silence that has gotten us here.

I enjoyed all of conference. There were many talks that spoke to my heart. Its hard to choose just one. My daughter and her husband attended the Sat AM session and as I listened almost every talk applied to them in some way. I prayed they heard what I was hearing. I also prayed their hearts would soften and hear too.

If its a meal for someone sick I usually make homemade chicken noodle soup (with homemade noodles). And homemade bread.

I've always been taught that Men are ordained the Priesthood and that a Woman holds the priesthood as a partner with her husband (sealed in the temple). It is my understanding that men are given keys to preside in their homes and women hold those same keys. It doesn't make a bit of sense to me that a father and mother wouldn't hold the priesthood keys necessary to take are of their home and family. There has been too much said about Family by Prophets and Apostles to believe otherwise. As an opposite example a bishop would not have the priesthood keys to preside in anyone's home but his own, even though he holds the keys to preside in the Ward. As women we don't exercise the priesthood in the same way as men do, but we do hold keys to the priesthood to preside in our homes, especially when our husbands are not present (single mother). To think otherwise boggles my mind.

We watch Resurrection, The Voice, Downtown Abby, and Granite Flats. Sometimes we watch Grey's Anatomy and Nashville but I'm becoming disenchanted with ABC altogether. Hubby likes Scandal because he can't guess where the story is going next. (He's really good at predicting the end of movies and such).

I can't find the laugh button

It would be nice if another page would open when clicking on a link in a post, like it did before.

I\\\'ve been following this story. I have an invisible chronic illness. I\\\'m appalled at Boston Children\\\'s Hospital. They would have served the child\\\'s best interests to work with her parents. That her health has deteriorated so drastically in the last 14 months while under the care of DCF says a lot about who was right about the diagnosis. She walked into Boston Children\\\'s and now she can\\\'t move her legs and is in a wheelchair. Then lets look at the other obvious physical systems, like the hair loss. Anyone with half a brain can see she is so much sicker now than she was when her parents had custody. This whole thing just makes me sick. DCF (in my experience) takes children from loving parents and leaves children at risk with abusive parents. My grandson was born with drugs in his system and DCF IGNORED that and let him go home with a mother on drugs. It took 17 months to get him out of there. I agree with the articles author opinion that child abuse was not epidemic in the past.

I\'m probably going to whine for awhile.

I am having difficulty reading anything. I didn\'t have that problem before. If I change the settings to bigger then other sites I visit are big too and don\'t fit on the page. Irritating.

Thank you. Those were my thoughts too.

I just had my temple recommend interview. The Bishop and I talked about this questions in particular. I had a hard time with this one a few years back when my Aunt was excommunicated for polygamy. She never lived it but she taught it, her sons lived it (so much destruction in a family is sad), and she was actively teaching yet going to the temple. She has since been rebaptized (It took over 20 years). So, my answer to this question was "How do I not love and be around Family?" My Bishop 20+ years ago said we still love and associate with family. Its the organization we stay away from. My Bishop now agree and we talked a bit about what it means to stay away from organizations who promote disobedience. Not once did he mention OW. So... my view of Ordained Women is to stay away. They are an organization promoting something that goes against what the Church teaches (just like polygamy) and what God has revealed. When we start fighting against what Heavenly Father has commanded we put ourselves at cross purpose with the Lord. That will always get us in trouble.

We're almost doing everything as it is and Women are stressed and overworked. We don't need more to do. And abolishing RS would mean getting rid of our support system.

Service is a great missionary tool. Not just service to someone but inviting them to join in a service project. We have had great success this way. The important thing is that Service shouldn't be viewed as a tool, but just "what we do".

Yes and no. I still get baby hungry and I'm 56. I wish my kids were having more grandbabies faster. If I was in better health and able to have another baby, I would. My grandson needs a sibling. :) My husband is thankful that I can't get pregnant anymore. LOL Poor guy! :) I understand why newborns are stressful but the newborn stage is my most favorite time. :) I love babies! I'm in heaven with a newborn. Monday I had the opportunity to tend a 3-month old little boy. He has reflux really bad so his Mom is picky about who she leaves him with. All my babies and all my nephews and niece had it too. It was wonderful to sit and play with a little one. What I think is best is when they fall asleep on your chest and you can take a nap together. :) Twins is another story. Its just plain hard. My baby sister's twins are 17 now. Eowyn, it will get easier. edit: I agree with Classylady. This yearning for a baby is God-given. I think its something we need or why would we ever go through a pregnancy, delivery and post partum.

Never had to do that. We didn't co-sleep after I quit nursing. Even then the baby was in a bassinet or crib next to my bed and not actually IN my bed. Even so kids have bad dreams and such so getting in and out of bed at night is stressful for Moms. Consistency and rewards help. With my grandson I give him something to think about when he goes to bed. When I started doing that bad dreams stopped and he stayed in his own bed longer and longer. Now he asks "What should I think about tonight?" :) And... Remember... Kids are smarter than we often give them credit for. Explain why, explain the rules, explain the consequences, and explain the rewards. :) Good Luck.

When things like this overtake the media I often wonder what they are NOT talking about that will adversely affect my life.

Disney reuses characters from all their movies in new movies. :)

Have you prayed and asked that Heavenly Father make this "burden" lighter?

This is a great example.

I know a lot of men in Utah who are successful businessmen and have great beards. :)