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I agree with everything that Paabes has said. Just want to clarify the above quote. The Priesthood Leader who instructs you to remove the garment, must have the authority bestowed upon him through the Keys of the Priesthood, and the stewardship over you. Example: Your Bishop/Branch President, Stake President, GA, Apostles, First Presidency, ONLY.

Every day I get an email from RodaleNews.com - http://www.rodalenews.com/states-gmo-labeling?cm_mmc=TheDailyFixNL-_-1684938-_-05012014-_-A_Huge_Win_for_GMO_Labeling_text this was in this mornings email: (Note, Michael Hansen was the key speaker from the link that I posted in a previous post, so Rodale is providing "facts") What the Historic Vermont GMO Labeling Law Means for the Rest of Us Experts and players in the GMO labeling game tell us how Vermont's GMO labeling law could impact other states' GMO labeling efforts. BY LEAH ZERBE tags: genetically modified organisms (gmo), gmos, pesticides States' GMO labeling efforts will likely gain a positive push thanks to Vermont's historic move that—once the governor has signed the state's bill into law as expected—will require labels on all foods containing genetically engineered ingredients. Mandatory GMO labeling requirements in Vermont are set to go into effect in July 2016, but experts say the state legislature's historic move to label GMOs will reverberate all over the country. To see how this might all play out, we turned to GMO experts and the Vermont Attorney General's office to answer some of our questions. Michael Hansen, senior staff scientist at Consumers Union, the policy and action division of Consumer Reports; Scott Faber, executive director of JustLabelIt.org, a campaign aimed at GMO labeling on a national level; and Bridget Asay, Vermont's assistant attorney general, spoke to Rodale News to help us understand the significance of what's happening in Vermont. How does the GMO labeling bill passed by the Vermont legislature differ from other ones passed in other states? Michael Hansen: This is the first one that will actually go into effect. The other bills, passed in both Maine and Connecticut, were largely symbolic. For instance, in Connecticut, GMO labeling will only go into effect after at least four other states enact similar laws. The bill also requires that a combination of Northeast states enacting similar laws must be home to at least 20 million residents. In Maine's case, the legislation won't go into effect until five nearby states, including New Hampshire, pass similar labeling laws. So those bills, even though they passed, aren't in effect. What's new about Vermont is that it's the first state that will require labeling. Not,We'll do this when a number of other people do it as well. That's very courageous of them. When the Senate judiciary committee talked about this, they said if we're going to do something, we want it to be meaningful. The bill includes another important element other than GMO labeling, does it? Yes. Not only will there be labeling of genetically engineered ingredients, but things that contain GE materials will not be able to labeled as "natural," either. Is this new labeling requirement going to cost industry lots of money because they have to change all of their packaging? MH: No. This law will go into effect on July 1, 2016. That's when labels would be mandatory. That gives long enough lead time so companies don't have to immediately change labels. Lots of labels, they usually get changed every six months or so anyway. Scott Faber: We commissioned a study and showed that companies change their packages all of the time to highlight new attributes. There's no cost associated with adding a few words during a routine label change. It's the classic tale of the food industry opposing any change designed to benefit consumers, whether to make things more transparent, safer, or healthier. Is there a good chance that the food industry and GMO supporters could sue the state of Vermont? Bridget Asay: Our office provides advice to the legislature, and we think there's significant risk of litigation. What provision did the Vermont legislature make for possible litigation? BA: The bill as passed includes a provision for a fund that the state attorney general's office can draw on for defense costs if there is litigation. The fund that's in the statute says the state can accept private donations for the fund. Certain settlements or revenues received by the attorney general's office can also go into the fund, and legislature can appropriate money, too. How might the food industry or biotech companies sue over the upcoming GMO labeling requirement in Vermont? BA: The legislature heard input from several attorneys, including the attorney general's office. Some of the issues identified include preemption and the Commerce Clause. Preemption is a doctrine that applies if someone is arguing that a federal law already covers an issue. The Commerce Clause is a constitutional provision that places some limits on the ability of states to regulate interstate commerce; it could be used to say a state is overstepping what it can regulate in terms of its impact on interstate commerce. MH: Vermont will probably be sued. But many organizations said they would help defend the case and the state's actions, including the Center for Food Safety and Consumers Union. We believe it's constitutional. If industry is forced to say something it doesn't want to say, it could fall under compelled speech. But there are criteria legally for when compelled speech is OK. Is the speech truthful and factual, and does it not take a viewpoint? Is there a compelling state interest to require the information? Do you think other states will follow Vermont's lead and pass GMO labeling laws? SF: Vermont is the first state to pass mandatory labeling, but it certainly won't be the last state. Twenty-six other states are considering legislative or ballot initiatives, too, and we expect many of those legislatures to follow Vermont's lead. Ultimately, the best solution is a national mandatory-labeling scheme, but until FDA and the food industry show more leadership, we'll have to continue to give people this right on a state-by-state basis. MH: There's movement now in other states. There will be a ballot initiative on labeling this fall in Oregon. And in May, Jackson County, OR, passed anordinance that would ban the planting of GMOs because they can contaminate farmers growing non-GE varieties. Monsanto has already pumped $150,000 into that campaign. In New York, state Democratic Assemblyman David Buchwald—someone who had voted against a mandatory GE-mandatory labeling bill in the past—now says he's voting for it. So now it looks like they have enough votes to move the bill out of the Consumer Affairs Committee and into New York's assembly. There's movement in California, as well, with Senate Bill 1381 heading to the Appropriations Committee. Things are moving in various states. Vermont doing this will only spur more action. How much money are corporate interests dumping into defeating GMO labeling? MH: In the past two years—in California and Washington State alone—the biotech and big-food companies collectively spent $70 million to defeat GMO labeling ballot initiatives. Yes, they won, but only 51 percent to 49 percent. Something like Vermont is only going to energize people. Even though they were defeated in Washington state, when you look at all of the funding from the other side, it was unprecedented. Why are food corporations so anti-labeling? SF: Unfortunately, some food and biotech companies will continue to fight to deny Americans the right to know any way they can. But it's wrong to say the food industry is speaking with one opposing voice; many food companies and many conventional companies support GMO labeling. What's a major threat to state and federal GMO-labeling efforts? SF: Unfortunately, Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) has introduced federal legislation that would not only block states from requiring GMO labeling, but also FDA, too. It would also allow companies to continue making "natural" claims. It's an audacious and terrible proposal that we're fighting with all of our resources. (Here's how you can oppose the DARK Act.) Why is it important to label GMOs, anyway? SF: There's so much confusion about what's in food. Many people believe foods labeled "natural" are GE-free. That's why it's important to have simple disclosure. Need another reason to label GMOs? A recent Norwegian study found GMOs are causing us to eat "extreme" levels of Roundup, a popular herbicide sprayed in high doses on GMO crops. Published on: April 29, 2014 Updated on: April 30, 2014 To those posters who think we should believe everything that is told to us because it is *science* that is doing the talking and *science* would never lie to us. Well, they do lie, all the time. They especially lie when they are bought off by Monsanto. Remember the movie Soylent Green? Though it is sci- fi, there is always the possibility that science fiction does come true.

Marriage is more than just a pretty shirt to wear, and when it gets stained you toss it out. My husband is 200 pounds overweight. He wants to lose weight, but he easily gives in to eating JUNK food. I am 65 pounds overweight. I love breads and pastas. I also love fresh vegetables and fruits. Husband does not. He loves vanilla cookies, ice cream, chips, flour tortilla's. As the cook, food *gatherer* (shopper) - I need to NOT buy the junk food, and to have the healthy food available to him. When I ended up tossing a lot of spoiled raw veggies out because I could not consume enough of them, we bought a NurtriBullet and I attempted to juice them. I flopped, BUT he did like the Whey Protein shakes with the berries and chia seeds added to them. When he writes down cookies and ice cream on the shopping list, I start making him more protein shakes. Empty the house of the junk food. Have healthy foods available. When the banana's get too ripe, DON'T make banana bread, mash them up, put in ice cube trays, freeze them, pop them out into vacuum seal bags. Then when he and your son are 'wasting away' for want of a sweet junk food fix, whip them up a banana, milk shake. Using 1% or 2% milk. NO ice cream. My diabetic nurse/nutritionist suggested that we have one night every two weeks, where it is junk food night. Pizza, ice cream, pop corn (for him he can have pounds of pop corn, I can only have 3 Cups of popped corn). Be sure to change your attitude too - being disgusted, disappointed and angry with husband is picked up and magnified by your child(ren). Go to a Paleo diet. I do eat beans and legumes. I do not avoid glutens. We have not been diagnosed as celiac, so I eat glutens. There are fruits I simply cannot have because they are naturally too high is sugars (carbs). In the past two months Husband has lost 13 pounds (quite a bit of it was water retention, that he lost by getting off the salty chips). I have maintained. So, rather than think and obsess over ending your marriage, think and obsess over having healthier foods in the house, healthier treats available and including husband in the process of setting up menu's, preparing the meals and clean up afterwards. Nagging and negativity is not only discouraging it eats away at the spirit. Remember he is an Adult - feed yourself and your child good healthy foods, exercise with your child. Good luck.

Spirit Dragon, thank you for the link - I listened to the two - Andrew Kimbrell and Michael Hansen. Amazing - informative. http://foodrevolutio...org/broadcasts/ If you scroll down the page there should be replay options for this mornings broadcasts. Andrew Kibrell is 49 minutes long, and Michael Hansen is 36 minutes long. kapikui, go there, listen and learn. You too, Traveler.

When I think ORGANIC, I want food that has not been sprayed with chemicals: insecticides, pesticides, fungicides, and shot up with growth hormones. My neighbor uses so much Roundup that I have asked her to please not spray it, I don't want the over-spray on my plants. I won't eat the vegetables and fruits from her garden. They are far from being organic. When she goes to spray the chemical goop on her house, I hire the guy to come and use a sponge mop to apply it, so there is no over-spray to me. I kill the spiders that take up residence under my eaves by washing them with ammonia. I kill the dandelions and broad leave weeds in my other neighbors and my yard with high acidic vinegar. RipFoster why do you say that about Rodale? Are you employed by Monsanto, Dow, or their subsidiaries???

Yes there is, it is GMO.

This was read over the pulpit yesterday: Per our Family History Consultants, if you now are signed up at FamilySearch, and your email address is current, then you will receive the invitation. Husband and I have been trying to figure out how we can afford to subscribe to any of these - what we must do without. Then this announcement came. Great, last night we made sure our email address's are the correct on Family Search. Now to wait for our invitation. We also made sure we have the same email address's on our lds.org Ward/Branch Directory, just to be on the safe side.

I want the GMO labeling - just like Vermont did - I care about my health, and I don't want to unknowingly consume gmo's. These facts are from RodaleNews.com Yes I am 62 years old (will be this June), so I have pretty much consumed gmo's since 1996, and roundup laced foods since probably the 60's. My diabetes is probably a result of the pesticides/fungicides used in the foods I and my entire family have eaten. (my entire family are Type II Diabetics) The chemicals my MIL's husband sprayed all over the crops in Pinal County AZ as a crop duster probably contributed to her Alzheimer's. BUT I want young parents to know the truth about GMO's and monsanto's maniacal desire to spread their poison on the crops of the world. GMO's are the splicing the dna (genes) of non-related species. Even God does not do this. It never happens in nature, and even though man knows how to do it and is doing it, it doesn't mean it should be done. Hybridization is the grafting of related species. This happens in nature. This has been done for a 1,000 years.

When I was inactive (20+ years) I had the same HT/VTeachers. Husband and wife - for 20 years she sent me letters and he added the spiritual message (my then husband would beat me down if any religious people visited me). When I left him, my HT/VT helped me to move, they found me furniture, cleaned out their storage and gave me cookware, knick-knacks, etc. Then they started visiting me. I was ecstatic - finally I could have religious people IN MY HOME!! The only thing was, there was no more spiritual lessons. 5 years go by, I remarry, move. For 6 years husband and I never see out HT. I got visits regularly from my VT, but we never saw a HT. In early Nov 2010 we move back to my old town. We are assigned HT and I am assigned VT. My VT come regularly, but the HT seldom come to the house. They claim they visited - we talked with them in passing each Sunday - but they only visited the house once in 2.5 years. Our new HT is our Branch President and his oldest son. They visit regularly - we spend a good deal of time talking about our trials and tribulations. The good and happy events. Then the last 10 minutes is hurried spiritual lesson. His son told us how he does the lawn care for the sister who lives next door to them. Our yard is a mess - so we hired him to do our lawn. At 14, he is a darn good worker! When they come next month - I feel comfortable enough to ask for the spiritual lesson first - then we can go over the emotional highs and lows of Hubby and my life. My VT don't always give me a spiritual lesson - which is okay - once the time was spent listening and conversing about the emotional highs and lows of one of my VT. That was okay too - - - she is like a second mother to me, and I am always there for her to cry on my shoulder, to bounce worries off of. To hug her and to sometimes just help her to cry. AndyPG - Before you join your companion, kneel in prayer for Father to Walk With You. Your HTeachee's will definitely feel His Spirit that will surround you. You don't always have to give a spiritual lesson. But you do NEED to always have the Spirit walking with you. Oh, and my VT in the other state - she brought the conference issue with her and asked me to pick a talk - then we BOTH taught from it. I didn't want her to think I hadn't watched the conference (sometimes I didn't), so I made sure I did - and as I was watching I made note of the talk that hit me the hardest. THAT is the one WE taught to each other. You will do fine. Walk with His Spirit, pay attention to your teachee's, observe their surroundings and don't hesitate to act when the promptings and nudges come.

Spirit Dragon - are you talking GMO or Hybrid? Hybrid seeds vs. GMO seeds 1/16/2013 The term “hybrid,” which you’ll often see in seed catalogs, refers to a plant variety developed through a specific, controlled cross of two parent plants. Usually, the parents are naturally compatible varieties within the same species. This hybridization, or the crossing of compatible varieties, happens naturally in the wild; plant breeders basically just steer the process to control the outcome. Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/hybrid-seeds-vs-gmos-zb0z1301zsor.aspx#ixzz300rVWOtZ Unlike hybrids, which are developed in the field using natural, low-tech methods, GM varieties are created in a lab using highly complex technology, such as gene splicing. These high-tech GM varieties can include genes from several species — a phenomenon that almost never occurs in nature. “With GM varieties, genes are transferred from one kingdom to another, such as bacteria to plants,” Navazio says. A corn variety developed by Monsanto, for instance, includes genetic material from the bacterium Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), which kills European corn borers. So far, only commodity crops with GM traits — such as corn, soy, alfalfa and sugar beets — have been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for use, primarily in processed foods and animal feeds. The exception is GM sweet corn, which is now available at your grocery store. (For more on foods in your grocery store that contain GM ingredients, see How to Avoid Genetically Modified Food.) The trouble is that nobody knows how these unnatural new organisms will behave over time. The seed companies that develop these varieties claim intellectual property rights so that only they can create and sell the variety. In some cases, companies — such as Monsanto — even refuse to allow scientists to obtain and study their GM seeds. For some crops, such as corn, wind can carry the pollen from GM varieties and contaminate non-GM varieties. And there is no mandatory labeling of GM content in seed, says Kristina Hubbard, advocacy and communications director for the Organic Seed Alliance. (To read about other issues surrounding GM crops, see The Threats From Genetically Modified Foods.) Though few vegetable seeds are GM now, they may be soon. One way to avoid GM seeds is to buy certified organic seed, which, according to the National Organic Program, must not be genetically modified. If a seed catalog doesn’t say a seed has been tested, ask the supplier. In a nutshell: Hybrids are the product of guided natural reproduction, while GMOs are the result of unnatural, high-tech methods used to create untested organisms that would never emerge in nature. — Vicki Mattern, Contributing Editor Above: Many processed foods contain GM ingredients, even though the long-term effects of GMOs are unknown. Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/hybrid-seeds-vs-gmos-zb0z1301zsor.aspx#ixzz300se9aU4 The above article is from 2013 - since then the gmo foods have been dumped onto the human population for human consumption. Additional if you really want to know what gmo's are and why they are so bad - go to the link below. This is a long read - scroll down and click on GMO Health Dangers -http://www.responsibletechnology.org/ You can also go to http://www.rodalenews.com/search/gmo and read through the 10+ pages of related articles. And one more link: http://geneticroulettemovie.com/ rent the movie - it is only $2.99 and it explains it all.

I asked my Branch President this - he said: Comes to church maybe once a month, or less, but still wants to remain on the church's rolls. I was inactive for nearly 30 years. Only went to church when I visited my sisters in Washington state once a year. Wanted my name to remain on the church records, just didn't want anyone dropping by for visits. The reason was my first husband was anti-religion. He would be all nice and kind when the HT and/or VT were here, but as soon as their taillights disappeared down the road, he beat the beejeebies out of me. If I got a letter with the LDS return address, he burned the letter in front of me, then beat the beejeebies out of me. My solution, my VT wrote to me once or twice a month and used her own personal return address. She would call me, and we would set up shopping dates. She'd pick me up, we would go to lunch and really shop. Mostly at St Vinnie's, Salvation Army. This went on for 20+ years, until I finally got the courage to leave the bum.

Thanks for your honest answer - it explains a lot, and helps me to understand your posts. Remember that often what you are told, is not the whole side of the LDS Church. Even coming from a baptized member. My *Rule of Thumb* is, ask the person if their response is *Gospel according to the LDS Church* or *Gospel according to Them*? Right now I am questioning our Gospel Doctrine Teacher. He keeps throwing out snippets of *Wisdoms*, for lack of a better word. I study the lesson prior to attending church, and I be darned if I can find where he is coming up with these things. So I question him, asking him for references. Because I truly lack tact - I do my best to phrase my questions - Bro, after the block could you share your references regarding the parting of the Red Sea and how it was done. I must be blind because I cannot find it. Last Sunday he told my husband that I was truly a Pain In His Backside - could he please harness me? Husband said: She is truly looking for the answers - don't song and dance around her.

Off Topic: Lakumi are you a baptized member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

Laugh button!!! Need the laugh button. Or at least a Guffaw Button!!!

I didn't sleep very well the night before, so I was cranky and short tempered at Church. Had to go out to the car and pray for Father to keep His hand over my mouth and to banish the cranky's from me. By the time church was over - seemed like 6 hours and not three - guess it being 80 degree in the building on a 78 degree outside day was adding to my *mood* - I wasn't going to go home AND cook. Hubby's birthday was the next day - so I just bypassed home and went to the next town north of us. There is a restaurant (Bar & Grill) called Szabo's. I knew that their regular menu which included Prime Rib on any day is a winner for us, and if they had an Easter special that just might work too. Their Easter special was: Your choice of any of the nightly specials at the nightly special price. Tuesday is 16 oz. Boneless Rib Eye Steak for $11.95. We got the Rib Eye. Husband kept calling it Prime Rib. What-ever. It was good. Even the fat was good. Yesterday for his birthday we drove down to Coos Bay. He just wanted to get out and drive, and at his old job one of his co-workers always sang the praises of Coos Bay Oregon. I drove, so he could sightsee. We stopped in Florence, OR and ate at the (ugh) Taco Bell. Then on to Coos Bay. 82.5 miles from home. There was next to no traffic until we hit Florence proper, then again not until we hit Reedsport and all of the little towns after that. It rained off and on. Some of it came down in sheets. West coast rain I can handle - easy to drive in. When we got to Coos Bay I asked him where to now? He didn't have a clue! So we just drove until I could turn around and then we headed home. We started out late really. Hit Florence at 2:45 PM. It was 6:45 pm when we got to Yachats, OR - I knew there would be nothing open closer to home, so we stopped at the Luna Sea Fish House there ( http://www.lunaseafishhouse.com/ )- back in 2010 Thanksgiving weekend, we were visiting Oregon and ate there. Good sea food! Husband had tired of his adventurous mood and ordered their 100% Organic Beef cheese burger & house fries, I got the Slumgullion. Never had that before - figured if I was experimenting with a new seafood dish the best place to do that was the restaurant owned by an ocean fisherman! Good- good - good! Would have had the Chef's Seafood Platter (special for that day) - except it had crab, which I am allergic to. Didn't have my antihistamines with me - and knew I would never make it home before the worst of it hit me. Husband wants to go there again, in the afternoon and have some of their Alaskan Salmon that the owner caught this last season. They sell it for $22.90 a pound raw, Salmon (grilled or sauteed) and chips with their coleslaw is only $16.00. To think he had never eaten salmon before he married me. When the AZ grocery store was selling Atlantic Salmon for $4.99 a pound, I just couldn't pass that up. He has been in love with salmon since. The Easter Bunny knew if he/she left ANY sweets, it would end up getting caught and made into Wednesday night stew.

Andy - my husband's suit jacket has long since seen better days - he bought it nearly 30 years ago in California. Since being in this Branch, he realized that only the Branch Presidency wear suits. The rest of the men wear sweater vests, sweaters, sports jackets. The cost to get him a suit jacket would be $300.00. We would have to travel 100 miles to the nearest Big & Tall store, and have then custom fit him. His biceps are HUGE, his forearms shorter than normal, and his belly is much more prominent than their standard sizes for big men. Then we would have to wait two weeks, go back and hope they measured him correctly. Through King Size we got him a zip up cardigan. Any button up shirt and tie looks good under it. He still won't wear pastel button up shirts - I think it is his generation (he is 72 yo after all), His shirts we buy exclusively at the Distribution Center - via online. They fit him, and they are nearly half the cost of the same shirt at Big & Tall, or even King Size. Plus, since we are in the US, shipping is free. The last time we went to the Temple, we went to the Distribution Center located at Deseret Books and bought him 4 shirts, a pair of white pants, white shoes and 4 pairs of white, diabetic socks (bigger in the calf and not restricting). Now he wants more cardigans, and I am thinking of getting him a clip on bow tie or two. The regular tie, just doesn't show- why waste it?? I think he would look sharp in bow tie. I need to clean his old white trousers - they are way, way too small, and find someone who can wear them. I did the same with my white dress. I will never be a size 14 again - but I found a sister it fit, and gave it to her on her endowment day.

When I lived in AZ, way too many Plus Sized women were wearing the stretch leggings and crop tops. UGH! There aren't many store fronts sporting large windows there like here in the Pac NW. so they couldn't see themselves in full frontal view as they walked in from the parking lot. BUT in most of the stores that sell clothing, there are full length mirrors on every post - granted those posts are only a mere 18" wide! - it was enough to keep my eyes shielded inbetween horse blinders! I wore cotton, button up, short sleeve blouses and light weight capri's. At that time I was nearly 150 pounds overweight. There is no way on this Lord's Green Earth I would ever stuff myself into the lycra/cotton stretch leggings and polyester crop tops! EEEkkkkk- I want my bosoms and belly camouflaged - Not exposed for all to gawk and stare at. Then my biggest pet peeve - ALL of the Amply Endowed Plus Size for Ladies clothing stores were selling garments that I have seen on TV shows depicting culturally disadvantaged SKINNY females of the night wearing. Hot, hot pants, low cut, crop tops, lycra leggings, low riding hip hugging skirts, etc. ALL in rhinestone covered animal prints. Any woman who is at minimum 1X and at max 5X - is not going to stuff her Ample body into animal print lycra/polyester fabric body paint so she goes around looking like a Hippo Street Walker. I complained to management and corporate - their response: According to our research and observations- this is what the majority of the women in your area are asking for. My response: Is that a fact! Then why are your Super, Duper Clearance racks where you have nearly your entire original stock of these degrading garments marked at 75% off last marked-down price and they are not and have not sold?? Now, take them over to Kmart, and they will sell like hot cakes. But when I go to Rooman's, Lane Bryant and Jessica London stores, and your lowest regular price for a blouse is an average of $50.00 - and jeans are $79.00 - Don't give me the Jungle Print Hooker clothes. That is why I shop Woman Within. My favorite dress is actually a house dress/lounger (http://www.womanwithin.com/clothing/Petite-seersucker-snapfront-lounger-by-Only-Necessities.aspx?PfId=58168&DeptId=9445&ProductTypeId=1#.U1azlvldXNk ) Those of you whose mother's are now in their 80's and 90's - chances are they wore house dresses in the house only. They were snap up, or zip up, mostly cotton, waltz length, with roomy pockets. I am 61 years old, and I prefer these to the knit, too low in front, no sleeves, too tight in the bodice dresses that seem to be the fashion now. For us Endowed in the Temple ladies, that means we have to wear a short sleeve T under it, (if there is room at the sleeves) or wear a sweater/bolero/jacket over it. These lounging dresses are so comfy, pretty and modest. Plus for me, whose internal thermostat is permanently set at Way Too Warm, they are lightweight seersucker. When I bought them they were on sale for $19.99, and you had a choice of the long or shorter hems. The Fred Meyer store here, listened to us Large Ladies and now has a larger section devoted to us. More than just the knit T-shirts, sweat pants and jeans. Since their remodel and addition last year, they now have casual dresses/skirts/blouses and dressy dresses, slacks, blouses and cardigans, jackets, and my favorite mid sleeve, no buttons, w/pockets, very lightweight and long sweater. The new skirts and blouses I have don't have pockets. Need somewhere to put my Church Library Key rather than have it dangling from a noisy key chain as I go from Sacrament to Library, Sunday School to Library and after RS to the Library. Got them at clearance plus 30% off last marked price plus additional 10% at check stand. Got 4 for the price of the most expensive original ($79.99) price!!! They are pretty long - not really meant for a 5'4" woman - but I like them that long.

Where oh where is the LAUGH button!!

Have you taken a look on-line at Women Within ( http://www.womanwithin.com/ ) and for men: For The Fit (http://www.forthefit.com/ ) ? I am petite in height but plus around. I surf at Women Within frequently looking for sales. I always thought I was average height - until I bought a dress from them in average. Had to cut off 5", hem up 2 inches just to reach 2" above my ankles! I am 5'4". Now I order petite, and even though they say the hem will reach mid calf - it hits just above the ankles. I don't know what part of the country you live in, but the internet makes the *world* a bit smaller and more easily attainable.

Depends where you go to the opera or play. In the Pacific Northwest, the attire can range from clean jeans and blouse to evening gown (for women). My sisters live in Seattle. While my oldest was still living, throughout the year she had season tickets for various shows. I went with her when I could, and she wore a Sunday dress, and I wore slacks and a nice blouse. We saw people attending in Tux's, gowns, corduroy pants and Birkenstock. "Gotta love the cultural diversity of Seattle". Now here where I live on the Central Oregon Coast - going to see a live performance, evening gowns are way over the top. But not Sunday dress, or Little Black Dress, clean jeans and sweater, casual slacks and dressy blouse. The one thing you won't find is the fisherman in smelly clothes from right off the boat, or anyone wearing their work uniform coming straight off a shift. But again here, in the Pacific Northwest - there is the wonderful cultural diversity. I went to see a performance by David Ogden Stiers and Patty Duke Austin, wore brand new jeans, dressy blouse and a very heavy cardigan sweater (it was October and the play house is pretty darn close to the ocean).

Speaking as a child that grew up with a Grandma in the house - stay put for as long as you can. Let your child and grandma really bond. Mom's mother lived with us - she had her own room, which I shared until I was 14. Sometimes it was a real trial being her grandchild - but in retrospect, I wouldn't have had it any other way. Her son's children wished she had lived with them - she probably would have had more privacy - but they never offered to have her. You and your husband get along great with her, so should your child. AND I am predicting that her insight and help with be priceless after the baby is born. Going into a house, debt free is rare - but if living with Grandma for even another year will accomplish that, Do It.

As a child, Mom and Dad would hide our Easter Baskets in the house. If we found someone else's basket, we were not to tell them. There would be colored eggs, a chocolate bunny, jelly bean eggs and those marshmallow cream eggs (ick- hated them!), and those kind like the peanut foam only shaped like eggs - didn't like them either. No one did, except Grandma. For breakfast we would have Norwegian sweet bread with the candied fruit (citron, cherries, currents) in it. Scrambled eggs, bacon (lots and lots of bacon), cantaloupe/honeydew/strawberry and juices. Grape, orange or grapefruit. Only after I was 8 yrs. old, did we start going to the LDS Church in the morning. Sunday School started at 8 am. We would come home around 9:30, hunt for the baskets, then eat. At 3:30 PM the Uncles, Aunts and cousins came over for Ham, scalloped potatoes, sweet potato casserole, asparagus, Moms yeast bread dinner rolls (the size of mini-loaves). Lemon jello with shredded cabbage & carrots & raisins salad (served with a spoonful of Miracle Whip. All sorts of home made pickles: Bread & Butter, dill, sweet, crab apple, watermelon rind. Canned ripe and green olives. Celery & carrot sticks, radishes, green onions. Dessert would be Angel Food Cake with your choice of fresh strawberries, Mom's canned blackberry pie filling/ apple pie filling. After the relatives left at 6 PM, around 7pm we would make sandwiches out of the dinner rolls (sliced to make two mini-sandwiches, ham and pickles. Mom would make Dad his lunch to take to work later that night. Home made bread and ham sandwiches. She would put a variety of pickles in a cleaned cottage cheese container (this was before Rubbermaid and zip-lock bags). One Easter we had a Beef Roast instead of Ham. I love ham - that and corned beef are my all time favorite meats. But this roast we had, almost turned me away from ham and corned beef. It was huge too - Uncle Buddy brought over his fancy bar-b-que the night before and they put that roast in it to cook overnight. It was dark pink in the center when we ate. MMmmmmm - I normally wanted all of my meat cooked nearly to the cinder state - but that pinker center of the Roast is what was served to me, I ate it and thought I was in heaven!!! My Uncle Buddy and I sopped up the beef juice with dinner rolls too - something I had never done before. Oh, the number of people eating was: 7 adults, 3 teenagers, 10 children from 11 yrs old to infants. Mom and Grandma did all the cooking. The Uncles paid for the meat - but Mom cooked it. Oh, and that was the only holiday we wore Sunday Best clothes. Dresses for the women/girls, and slacks (pressed jeans) button up shirts for the men/boys. All the women wore aprons to protect their clothes. Grandma made new ones for Easter. After dinner, while the kids who could reach the table and sink put away the food and did up the dishes, the adults went outside to have their coffee, cigarettes and cigars (Daddy smoked a pipe). Us kids (me and my siblings) were LDS, the rest of the family were *Heathens*, per Grandma.

Rio 2 in 3D - Great art - colors - the story was good too. Normally my husband doesn't like animated movies. This one had him chuckling and ducking. Only one person/character got hurt/died. Loved the way the Blue birds went to war with the Red birds, and the Carnival In The Wild is breathtaking.

Bini, what has she done to date? Has she got her name on his checking? Do her parents know what is going on? Does his parents know? Has she talked with their Bishop?

I think I did too - misunderstand - it is difficult when all there are are the written words. I do sooooo much better when I am face to face. For most of my life I have had hearing loss. So I learned to read body language and lips. It is amazing that so many people say one thing with their words, yet their body language says the opposite. Ever watch the show Lie To Me? I loved that show - it validated everything for me. I never realized that I was that attuned to the ticks, twitches, etc. People who have perfect hearing don't realize that those of us who wear hearing aids need to have you talk to our faces. Hearing aids are receptors- they magnify the speakers voice. Think of it this way - if you take the microphone and put it at the back of your head and then talk, can people in the back of the room/auditorium hear you? So when a person is wearing hearing aids, talk to the face. It is very easy for me to discern when someone is lying to me. Husband has helped me to keep still at that time. I will tug at his sleeve, or take his hand and squeeze. He will then help to shorten the conversation and get me away from the situation. If he doesn't, then I will body slam the person. I have adopted a saying that Hubby is very fond of using, he learned it from his Great Uncle: Rather than call some one a liar - you say: They are a stranger to the truth. I have also said to someone when I know that what they have just related to me is a lie: (With a questionable look on my face- eye brows raised) *This is a Tall Tale, isn't it?* So even though I have extreme attitudes regarding some things, I am learning to have some tact and discretion. Thus for me to discern your lightness- it is hard with just words.