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Oh I wish I could be a 5.30 riser too. Since changing jobs I now wake by 7ish, but by the time i'm up and out it's still much later.

initially it was easy to give it up. then a few months down the line, I think other issues got in the way and then i went back to old ways.

Lovely! I've started taking a slightly longer walk to work just to make it more scenic.

When I was first baptised I searched everywhere for exceptions to the WoW. Mainly because I didn't understand why we would be asked to follow some of it - the reported health benefits of tea etc, but the more i looked into it, the more i realised there were no exceptions. Yes, I miss tea and coffee and sometimes alcohol, but in the grand scheme of things there is so much better here and later that we will have. Giving up tea and coffee is nothing when you consider the blessings. i had a blip and started drinking it al again and it was a horrible time. I then prayed and began following the WoW again, even in going to bed earlier, and it all began to change. There may not be any understandable reason as to why we shouldn't drink these things, but there is so much that Heavenly Father gives us that we are not yet to understand.

The first fifteen lives of Harry August by Clare North. Loved it.

I feel the same at the ward I am currently in. Only 2 people talk to me and there are a few who seem to ignore me when I try to talk to them. It kind of feels like being back at school, with cliques. It's a small ward and everyone has known each other for years, so it's really hard to be part of it, most are not very welcoming. Never had any home teachers - don't even know who they are. Visiting teachers introduced themselves, then haven't spoken to me since. I understand how hard it can be even going in for Sacrament when it feels this way. Especially when you have trials on top of all this. Just keep praying and reading the Scriptures. Pray for your testimony.

Walk the line.. love that film.

Never used to like it, although tis year I have actually started to love it. Had to stop myself eating the whole cake over Christmas. Must be my old age..

I don't think we have one as our ward is pretty small. I will speak to him though, maybe there will be something in the stake. Thanks!

I am really wanting to go to the Temple next year and look into my Endowment. I spoke to my Bishop and he said that I should start preparing for this, although we were in a rush so couldn't talk more about it. What are the ways to prepare? My family are not members and all of my old friends aren't members, so I haven't experienced any of this before. All very confusing - but very exciting!

I've felt the same way for a while. Since Ijoined the chutch, there have only been the bishop, the missionaries and maybe 3 members who talk to me. The others may say hello, but that's it. Until i said how I feel to them, I don't think they knew. It can be hard - especially if you're not feeling great yourself. I have really bad anxiety and the thought of going to church can often be frightening, although the idea of haivng to try and talk to people I don't really know is terrifying. My home/ visiting teachers have never come to see me. They sent a facebook message intoriduing who they are and what they would be doing - then have never heard from them again and this was in July. They hardly speak to me at church either. it's not easy - but then again, members aren't perfeft are they. Definitely speak up tot he bishop about it - as I have learnt, the help is there, you just ahve to ask for it and allow people to help.

Dessert....... Banoffee pie or Eton Mess Sound........ The sound of water running through a creek. Scripture........ Romans 8:1 / 2 Nephi 32:3 Movie........ Little Women / The Little Mermaid Vacation spot......... Somewhere in the mountains in the middle of nowhere.

Since I joined the church, a lot of my friends have turned their backs on me. I'm hoping that showing them this movie will help them see that it really isn't a bad church!

I'm looking to start attending institute this month. Only ever been to one class before it ended for summer. I'm a little nervous about meeting people my age, as most people in my ward are older or already have a family. I am also worried that I be will asked something and will just make a fool of myself because i wouldn't know, or say the wrong thing. I get every anxious in new situations and create a mountain out of a mole hill. Anyone go to the London Hyde Park institute?

When I was taught touch typing in 2003 it was 2 spaces and I have always stuck with that. I haven't heard anything about it and have since done a Masters degree. So, I'm sticking with the 2 spaces!

Thanks. Yeah, I guess I should just offer what I have. If they don't like it - I'll just have to manage it for a while until they leave.

My parents are coming to visit- they haven't been down for a long time. My dad is a big tea drinker and my mum a coffee drinker. I don't drink either of course. I know that not having tea and coffee in the hues for them will create a big issue which will lead onto how I shouldn't be a Mormon etc etc. Would anyone keep tea and coffee in the house for guests or family, especially if it will create a big issue and argument? I don't want to - but not sure I could handle my parents.

Little Women. Could watch that film over and over.

That doesn't explain why someone would talk about my confidential conversations without my permission.

I spoke to my Bishop about some personal problems which I understood to be in confidence... he then also assured me that it was in confidence and wouldn't leave the room. However, he has gone and spoken about it to others in the church - RS president for definite, without telling me this or asking my permission. I had a suspicion that he had spoken to someone else a while ago about something I had said, but thought I was just being silly, but this time she clearly knows the stuff I spoke to in private with my Bishop. I'm so angry that he has done this. I told him that I find it hard to talk and trust and then he does this. I'm sure it was an attempt to help support me, but in my opinion telling others something confidential without my consent is going too far. This has just made me feel worse. What should I do? Is this how conversations with the Bishop go? Also, I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks which, at times, makes attending church and participating fully really difficult. Ive been told that I just need to "put some effort in" and I'll be okay. It's like they just don't understand that it isn't about effort and I am really trying my best, but anxiety prevents it a lot. Today I really miss my old church, Anglican, and just feel alone and unsupported. People just assume that I am not trying and am being silly - it's more than that. But, they have made me feel useless and childish for the way I feel - even though I know I have no control over it.

Someone said something to me a few weeks at that really upset me. I'm not sure he meant to, but it definitely made me feel angry and then really upset. The best thing is to speak with him about it - it's not like I want to be best of friends with him, but I don't want to feel bad when I see him or think about it - so that involves doing something I really don't want to in order to make it better. Similar perhaps with you and the Bishop. Avoidance is often easiest, but it doesn't solve anything.

1Q84 - Haruki Murakami

Johnny English.

i have seen a few forums look like this now.... takes some time to get used to it, but it's cool.

Mean Girls