Iggy

Bini, to answer your question: I have yet to make it to a lds.net gathering. Tried to while I was living in AZ- got food poisoning at a Denny's on the trip there. Made it to Page AZ (from Casa Grande, AZ) and had to turn around. That was one awful trip! UN-fortunately all of the get together's are in Utah, during conferences when the weather is nasty. I. Do. Not. Do. Driving. In. The. Snow. And flying is just way too expensive. Now, if there were a get together in Portland OR or even Seattle WA, then I could easily go. I am connected to more NON family on FB. If I like you AND trust you on a forum, then I will ask you privately if you would like to be friends on FB. My FB is as private as I can make it. Mostly my contacts on FB are from Church and the forums. NO friends of friends. Only my friends can see/read. I am the same way here on this forum. I won't accept just anyone as a friend willy-nilly. So if you would like to be my friend on FB, send me a pm here at the forum. I will also add you as a friend here at the forum.

Where, where, OH WHERE is the Laugh button?????

sent you a pm

Change the locks on ALL the doors before you leave and do NOT give him a key. Move all the money out of your joint accounts into account(s) that are ONLY in your name, preferably at a different bank. Gather together all of you important papers: Insurance, marriage certificate, banking papers(mortgage, car, etc.). Give him copies of the ones that he needs, such as the contract on the vehicle he is driving. Notify your neighbors that you and hubby have separated, that you are going to your folks for some rest, loving support and that if he shows up to 1. Call the local police, and alert them to a trespasser. 2. Call you. Keep your Bishop appraised of what is happening. He is there for you and your children. If he balks, then ask him wasn't he given the Mantle of Stewardship over you? His answer had better be Yes. If it was me, I would go to her parents and ask them if they are aware that she is romantically involved with your husband. Also if it was me, I would NOT want him back. I would file for divorcee and for child support. I would find me the coldest, snakiest divorce lawyer around and hock my wedding rings, family heirloom silver to pay the retainer! When you get back from vacation, get yourself a job if you are not already employed. Don't date, don't even meet any gentleman at public places, let alone your home. You are still married, act like it.

Every single LDS building is equipped with electronic listening aids. I wear two hearing aids, thus the noise nearest me is picked up and amplified. Mommy shussing 20 month old is way louder than 20 month old saying Hi to the speaker. The Listening device goes into just one ear- and the speaker has to talk INTO the microphone for it to work. At first our Branch President thought I was being a pain when I asked for one, Every Sunday. AND I kept it until the end of all the Blocks. Those sisters in RS insist on speaking in Temple Voices. They don't want to stand BEHIND the podium and use the microphone. Well, guess what? I was not the only one who could not hear. Our Branch only had two of those devices. After 6 months of 12 of us Sisters and 8 of the Brothers asking for one, they now have 24. I could purchase one just for myself, they only cost under $100.00. I will save up my soda pop bottles and use the refund money to purchase one. In the meantime just make sure the Librarian has it ready for me 15 minutes before start time. anatess, I agree with you. Turn up the mic. I also say, Mommies cease with adding to the noise level with your shusses & stage whispered Quiets. Kiddo's aren't listening to you- they have long ago tuned you out. Put your finger over their little mouths AS you are removing them from the chapel. Take them ALL the way out side and into your car. They don't want to be in the Chapel, they want to be in Nursery PLAYING. When I was in Primary, we took the disruptive children to Daddy. Why should we reward them by taking them to Mommy in RS and letting them disrupt RS. Mommy ignored them in Sacrament, she ignores them in RS. BUT Daddy makes them be quiet. There is the added plus of all of those dark suited UNCLES & GRANDPA figures glaring at you to cool your little jets and shushes 'em right up! Our Chapel does not have bench pews, we have upholstered stacking chairs. The visitors we get are always surprised when they see this. THEIR primary aged children LOVE it, they get THEIR VERY OWN chair, with the added bonus of it being SOFT & WARM. In RS the mommies exclaim that their little ones have never been that quiet in their own home wards. Too bad our own toddlers aren't as happy and content to sit quietly. Also, the visitors put the adults between the kiddos. Come with 4 little ones, Mom and Dad don't sit at one end- they split the kids up. Wish the local mom & dads did that.

Plus peas are legumes and are starch also.

You will wear knee high or ankle high all-white hosiery. There is absolutely no rule that a woman MUST wear pantyhose! No rule that she must wear a slip either, as long as her dress is NOT see through. The footwear is up to you also. The only restriction is: they must be white, including the soles. I have slip on Deerfoams and I really do not like them. So, I am going to get me a pair of Croc's all white slip ons. At 60 yo, with diabetic feet, overweight and problem ingrown toenails I don't give a flip about fashion- comfort is what I am all about. As long as my comfort conforms to what the Temple wants. White- all white. Oh, and the hosiery will be anklets and NOT knee highs or trouser socks. Have had more than enough of nylon fabrics and their body oil sucking properties. A friend of mine, also member of my Branch is a seamstress- she will make me a slip from an old white all muslin sheet I have. Actually, she will make two! This is a win-win for me. Cotton and made to fit my not off the rack body.

First of all go get a complete blood work up done, and check out if you have high blood pressure. THAT alone will and does add to moodiness. As for the hot flashes - when I had them, they were more like hour long explosions! I kept looking in a mirror to see if I had steam coming off my head and shoulders! After a year of taking hormones with horrible side effects- I went on Black Cohosh. It took me three years to finally find the right dosage: 3000 mg a day. Took both my husband and I three hours of internet hunting to find it at a price that we could afford. Puritan's Pride- Black Cohosh 540 mg 100 Capsules | Cohosh Well wouldn't you know it, they no longer carry the 1000 mg capsules. They are still the cheapest though. I bought 2 dz bottles. The have no adverse side effects- so I would start out with three capsules in the morning and three at night. I took my evening dose about 1 hour before bed-time. Stopped the night sweats! Got on high blood pressure meds, and that took care of the mood swings. Then when I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, I went off of the cohosh for a few months to see how much of the hot flashes was menopause and how much was from the diabetes. Turns out with insulin, oral meds and proper diet the flashes & sweats are a thing of the past. Gave my last 9 bottles of cohosh to my Visiting Teacher who was just entering the menopause stage. My Dr at the time was all against me taking the black cohosh route- after about 6 months of his whiny protests and ragging on me I found a new Dr. An Osteopathic Physician. (D.O.)Losing him and my chiropractor when I moved to Oregon are the only downers to leaving AZ!

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Last March I was asked to do a presentation about grains at our July RS Evening Meeting. I had just recently purchased 45 pounds of wheat and then discovered that my grinder was dead. In hunting down online about new grain grinders I of course wondered around the organic seed sites. When I make multigrain bread I use fresh ground lentil & yellow split pea, toss in long cooking oats and unsalted sunflower seeds. I had a bag of barley flour, dark rye flour and buckwheat flour that I add to my bread. For a year now I have been looking for a sprouter that Walmart used to carry. Finally found a comparable one at sproutpeople.org along with beans and seeds to sprout. Reading their information on the seeds that they offer, I came across Chia seeds. I couldn't believe their little blurb so I researched further. As a diabetic who is battling with my glucose levels and proper diet with a husband who is grossly obese, these tiny seeds seemed to be what I was looking for. Then Bini posts this thread. I didn't watch the video- I googled chia seeds and found a perfect summary of ALL the benefits of chia seeds. They are a womans best friend, they are a dieters best friend. Don't just eat them raw, get a mortar and pestle and grind them up and add to other foods. Buy your self a large (very large) terra cotta plant tray and grow chia seeds - they are a mircro-green. DO NOT try soaking them unless you are doing an experiment- they turn into a glutinous glob and can clog your kitchen drain- dispose of the glob in your compost instead. Here is the summary: What are the top ten ways you benefit from eating chia seeds? The top 10 benefits of eating chia seeds seen here are in no particular order. Which one is most important to you? 1. Lose Weight Without Starving The Chia Seed is a dieter’s dream come true. The tiny, healthy seeds can be made to taste like whatever you want, and their unique gelling action keeps you feeling full for hours. Hunger is a main enemy of real weight loss, and you don’t want to fight it with jittery expensive pills. When a chia seed is exposed to water, it forms a coating of gel, increasing its size and weight. Since the gel made of water, it has no calories. It’s also difficult to remove from the seed, meaning that it helps your body think it is full, without adding calories! 2. Balance Blood Sugar Keeping balanced levels of blood sugar is important for both health and energy. Blood sugar may spike after meals, especially if you eat high-starchy foods or sweets. This can lead to ‘slumps’ in your day where you feel tired and out of energy. By balancing your blood sugar, you not only lower your risk for type 2 diabetes, but you also ensure steady, constant energy throughout your day. But how does the Chia Seed help with this? Both the gelling action of the seed, and it’s unique combination of soluble and insoluble fiber combine to slow down your body’s conversion of starches into sugars. If you eat chia with a meal, it will help you turn your food into constant, steady energy rather than a series of ups and downs that wear you out. 3. Help Prevent Diverticulitis / Diverticulosis With the abundance of over-processed foods and white flour on the market today, rich sources of fiber are harder to come by. These foods of convenience have contributed to the rise of diverticulitis. Irregularity is a big factor in this risky condition. To help ensure regularity, you need plenty of soluble and insoluble fiber in your diet. If you don’t want to eat celery, and whole-grain everything…or piles of bran flakes, the Chia Seed is here to help. Each seed is coated with soluble fibers which aid its gelling action. The exterior of the seed is protected by insoluble fiber. The insoluble fiber is unable to be digested (it does not contribute any calories, or break down) so instead, it helps keep food moving smoothly through the digestive process. Soluble fiber, and the gel coating of the seed keeps the colon hydrated and ensures the easy movement of food. 4. Add healthy omega-3 oil to your diet Omega-3 oil is usually thought of as “that healthy stuff in fish”. But, what if you don’t want to eat fish every day? What if you’re a vegetarian, or simply worried about pollution adding harmful substances to your fish dinner? Chia is the richest plant-source of this healthy oil. By weight, chia contains more omega 3 than salmon, and it still tastes like whatever you want! Omega 3 oil is important in heart and cholesterol health. It’s also recently been targeted as a weight-loss helper. USA Weekend magazine also reports on a study where overweight dieters who included omega 3s in their eating plan lost 2 more pounds monthly than the control group, who did not. 5. Feel more energized all day long Don’t want to feel like taking an afternoon nap? Your energy levels have a lot to do with what you eat. Chia is one of nature’s highest plant-based sources of complete protein. Usually protein from items like peanut butter and some beans are incomplete, meaning you have to combine them with other foods to get the full benefit. Not Chia though, it’s protein is complete to raise your energy levels. The combination of complete protein, vitamins, minerals and blood-sugar balancing gel all work together to make sure you have steady, never jittery energy. 6. Bake with less fat Do you enjoy making baked goods at home, but hate all the butter and oil that has to go into them? Chia gel can substitute for half the butter in most recipes! The food will bake the same and taste the same (or better) from the addition of the chia gel. All you need to do is divide the amount of butter or oil in half, and then use the same amount of chia gel to fill in. The anti-oxidants in chia can even help keep the food tasting fresh longer. Everything from cookies to cakes to muffins, pancakes and waffles can be made with chia gel as your butter replacement. Which recipe will become your new favorite? 7. Add age-defying anti-oxidants Anti-oxidants have been in the news lately due to their super healthy benefits. You know that blueberries and several exotic fruits (that aren’t always in season) have them, but did you know that chia is extremely high in anti-oxidants too? These helpful substances are what makes the Chia Seed stay fresh for so long. At room temperature, they’ll stay fresh and ready to eat for over two whole years! And that’s all without a single chemical or preservative. This amazing ability is not found in other seeds like flax or sesame, because those seeds don’t have the same rich anti-oxidant content. Anti-oxidants help prevent free-radical damage in your body. Free radicals lead to problematic conditions such as premature aging of the skin and inflammation of various tissues. Fight free radical damage by staying fresh and healthy with nature’s anti-oxidant powerhouse. 8. Cut cravings for food Being deficient in minerals or vitamins can create a craving for food. For example, if you’re low on calcium, you may feel compelled to eat lots of cheese and ice cream. This happens because your body knows that cheese is a source of calcium, and it hasn’t been getting enough. But what if dairy and whole milk are a “Diet don’t”? You can always add calcium to your food by sprinkling on the chia. By weight, chia has more calcium than whole milk. It also has magnesium and boron, essential trace minerals used in the absorption of calcium and other vitamins. By balancing your vitamins and minerals with chia, you can curb cravings that might tempt you. 9. You can pack in more flavorful punch How can a seed with NO flavor help the foods you already like to taste better? First, because they have no taste of their own, chia seeds will never cover up or add to the flavor of your food. Second, when the seeds hydrate, they magnify the taste of whatever they were added to. Put them in pudding? Chocolaty! Swirl them into a smoothie? Fruity! The same thing goes with dressings, dips, salsas, sauces and more. These two factors combine to let chia seeds take on the taste of whatever you add them to. They distribute and never dilute, the flavors you love. 10. Save your money Why should eating less cost you more? You already know diet pills are expensive, and ‘box meal plans’ can run up to $500.00 a month. If you’re buying ‘calorie counting packs’ or other individual portions in the store, you can also end up paying more because more preparation and materials go into these foods. More than enough chia for 1 month costs less than a dollar a day. You can use as much or as little as you want to achieve your own desired results. There are no preparations required for these simple seeds, not even pesticides need to be used to grow them. They’re always safe and 100% chemical free. A measuring spoon is all you’ll need when you’re ready to take advantage of chia for yourself. It doesn’t get any easier or more inexpensive. I bought a 1 pound bag of Bob's Red Mill for a little over $9.00. A serving size is 1 TBSP and there are 34 servings per pound. Let's say they cost $9.50 divided by 34 = $0.279 a TBSP. I added 2 TBSP to a can of my husband's favorite Tomato Basil soup. It thickens it more, which is what he wants and it amplifies the flavors. When I do this, he forgoes eating saltines with it. Which is a win-win for him.

Ditto for this 1/2 Norwegian, Mormon woman. 'Cept I only wear socks with closed toed, NON-Crocs Clog shoes.

To chime in I do not wear nylons with my dresses. In the winter I wear knee hi nylons aka trouser socks. I don't feel that socks add to or detract from being modest. The length of the hem and the neckline, the tightness of the fit, the length of the sleeves - those are related directly to modesty. I also do not wear a slip unless the skirt is see through when I stand in front of a light. Today I wore a black skirt, so no slip and no nylons/socks. I wear a slip under my temple dress, although the dress is NOT see through. I wear white trouser socks to the temple. That way I have one LESS item to remove/add. The only thing that remotely bothers me regarding feet is when they are dirty and in need of the calluses on the heels needing sanding and the entire foot slathered in moisturizer. I have high blood pressure, so my ankles, top of the foot and sometimes up my lower leg looks like the skin is rusted. In fact it is. If I rub the rusty looking area, it goes away for a bit. When it gets to my knees, then I know my med dose is incorrect. I don't go barefooted at home because I am diabetic, thus I must protect my feet. Your standard grade carpet is nylon and it will suck the natural oil right out of your feet. Causing your feet to get real dry and the skin to crack. Also too many small, sharp things get stuck in carpeting. Like pine needles, cat claws, trimmed off toenails, straight pins, staples, etc. ALL of those things can get stuck into your feet. When you are diabetic, chances are you can't feel when they do and you end up with nasty infections. I also do not wear Bear Feet. They are too furry, long nailed and darn right hot! I wear my Crocs Clogs instead. Crocs? Clogs For Women | Comfy & Colorful Clogs For Women | Crocs? Official Site Wearing these with socks makes the socks twist on my feet. Icky.

When I was in Kindergarten we had a song about Traffic Cops. The phrase was: Listen to the Traffic Cops. I heard it: Listen to the Crappy Cops. The first time I sang the song to my parents, my Uncle and Aunt were visiting. My Uncle was a cop- with the Seattle Police Department. He and my Dad fell off their chairs laughing. My Aunt on the other hand was certain that my folks put me up to it. Nope, misheard it on my own.

They are doing baptisms- do you really want all the makeup and perfume and hair gunk floating around in the font??? It is the Temple after all, and black, purple and green polish is not reverent. I meant to write YW Pres, not RS. My error. Yes, in that Stake the youth going/wearing goth was a BIG problem. In our Ward, the majority of the YM wore such baggy, saggy pants & printed t-shirts and the multi-colored radical cut hair styles that the Bishop would not let them pass the Sacrament, so the Elders Quorum did.

Document that - please provide a link

Beefche, re-read Vort's and my post. You are repeating what I said, not Vort. I went back and edited my first post- put in bold and red the part where it is incorrect. Both of them must petition for sealing clearance if both are alive and divorced. Only the woman must petition for a clearance IF the spouse is dead and she is remarrying and wants to be sealed to second husband. My husband had to petition the First Presidency to cancel his sealing to his exwife, who was/is still alive. Been there, waited patiently for 18 months for the clearance, done that, then got sealed.

This is incorrect Vort. The only way a man can be sealed to two women is when the first wife he is sealed to passes away, then he can be sealed to the second wife. Example is Dallin H. Oakes. While wife #1 is still alive, regardless if they divorce civilly or not, if he remarries and wishes to be sealed to wife #2, he must petition the First Presidency for a sealing clearance. This is what my hubby had to do to be sealed to me. Took 18 months from the time he sent the letter to the First Presidency via the Bishop & Stake President to when it was granted by the First Presidency.

Hey Berry, Good to see you! Just noticed this the other day too- Since one can't listen and cruise the forum at the same time I really didn't care if this got changed or not. Perhaps Pam will pop up with an explanation.I'm doing good- loving it to the max here on the Cool Central Oregon Coast- How are you doing? Any more grand-babies for you to spoil?

Mayo aka Hellmen's, Kraft, Best Foods, etc. is entirely different critter from Miracle Whip. Miracle Whip is a dressing. It is sweet/tangy. Mayo is bland, need to add seasonings with it. Home made MW = 3/4 cup vegetable oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard (prepared is O.K.) 1 large egg, plus water to make 3/4 cup 3/4 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup white vinegar Homemade Mayo = 1 large organic egg yolk 1/2 teaspoon/5 grams salt 1 teaspoon/5 milliliters water 1 teaspoon/5 milliliters lemon juice (or 2 for a lemony mayo) 1 cup/250 milliliters vegetable oil Both are cooked and blended/whisked. Both need to be stored in the fridge.

Then we can embed pictures of the doors of our refrigerators to show how well stocked they are with condiments. Except I will have to pass, 'cause I don't know how to do that, embed pictures that is. Husband really isn't that picky about BBQ sauces- I buy whatever is on sale- spending no more than $1.00 per bottle. Though when it comes to ketchup it has to be HEINZ or Safeway brand. As to mustard, plain can be any brand. The spicy brown I get at the discount store and I get Grey Poupon or Gulden's. A little background story about me and mayo. Growing up my Grandmother used Best Foods mayo to shine up the leaves of one of her plants. (Can't even remember the species other than it had huge, succulent leaves) We never touched Grandma's Best Foods. Mom used Miracle Whip, but only to bind sandwich spreads, never to coat the bread. So the first time I actually saw someone eating Best Foods I thought they were absolutely nuts! They had to be nuts to be EATING a plant wash! Then I hooked up with first husband who ate mayo on nearly everything, baked potatoes and hot vegetables included. I sat next to him when we ate so I didn't have to actually watch him putting mayo laden food into his mouth. To me, most mayo is a greasy tasteless blob. I use it when I make my own Ranch dressing/dip along with sour cream. AND I will rub a turkey or chicken down with mayo before I rub in the powdered/ground seasoning mix. Also I have a recipe for a Chocolate Mayo Cake that is wonderful! Uses mayo instead of butter/margarine/oil. Other great non-food uses for mayo- to rub out the water marks on wood furniture. Again it is the oil in mayo that does it. To put on chewing gum that is stuck on cloth or hair. To remove the sticky part of stickers. Goo Gone is much preferred, smells nicer and will easily wash out in the laundry where mayo quite often leaves a greasy stain. :eek:Oops, guess this is a thread jack!

Little late for that!

When I was living in AZ, and in the YW Presidency, we were given a list of items the YW were not to have on when they went to do baptisms. Wearing more than two modest rings was on the list. Along with braided, tied on fabric bracelets and watches. Also no dark fingernail polish or henna tats on the hands, arms, feet or legs, no makeup or perfume/cologne. Included in the list was the warning that if a young woman had a tied on, braided cloth bracelet and still wanted to do baptisms, then a Temple Worker will cut the bracelet off. Those with dark polish, henna tats would not be allowed to do baptisms and would require an adult female member of their Ward/Branch to sit with them in the waiting area or outside on the temple grounds until their group was ready to leave. As the YW Secretary, I read this letter to everyone on the 3 Sundays prior to the temple trip. I knew that the Bishop and his councilors had a copy because they are the ones who gave me the copy. Even with this well advanced warning there were three of our young women who were singled out and not allowed to do baptisms. WHY the RS Pres, and the Bishop allowed them to go in the first place is beyond me. The bracelets should have been cut off prior to leaving their house AND those with the tats and black nails should have stayed home and never been given the temporary recommend. Also, one of the Temple workers handed the RS Pres a small envelope to put her 8 rings in. Yep, she wore gaudy, large rings on her fingers. I went to the temple here in Oregon with a sister who had tats on her ankles. She wore anklets to cover them when she did initiatories. The tats were from before she was a baptized member. She also favored deep red nail polish, yet when she planned on going to the temple, she used pale pink or lavender polish. A few of the women in our Stake do have large wedding rings and they also have large "cocktail" rings on their right hands- they wear them to and through the temple. The younger women who have multiple rings on their hands going into the Temple, seem to remove them in the dressing rooms because they aren't wearing them during the sessions. One gentleman I saw in the endowment had a white on white bandanna tied around his neck to mostly cover an elaborate tat on his neck. Also I could see tats showing through the sleeves on his forearms. My conclusion was he was an adult convert. It was easy to spot his wife, she wore a matching bandanna even though her tat was a ring tat. What warmed my heart and lifted my spirit was this couple was asked to be the example couple.

Yep, Husband likes BBQ sauce. I don't, too sweet & syrupy &/or spicy hot. When I dip fries I like ranch dip with a wee bit of ketchup on top. Also like to dip meat into either ranch or tartar sauce. Depends on what my taste buds are hungry for. Two decades ago I preferred Skippers brand tartar sauce on my dogs and burgers, with a bit of spicy mustard. Now I like to add a wee bit of ketchup to all that. Safeway makes a good tartar sauce, but alas only comes in small jars. Oh, I am with Beefche with the green onions. How else does one eat them if not with the fingers?

No one has yet addressed the attention topic. Just how much attention to you give your little son of 7 years? Other than the negative attention? Children will repeat bad behavior to get attention if that is ALL the attention they ever receive. Also, I don't see in the OP anything about this 7 year old boy sexually satisfying himself as he is peeping- so why all the warning as if he has. She did say: , that to me says that an adult within the family is a sexual predator, an adult that she is not able to control.Yell, scream, spank the adult- but not the child. Attention is attention, even if it is negative. Give the boy some positive attention, listen to him when he talks. Don't be just a radio and broadcast all the time. Be a receiver and actually listen to him. Right now his actions speak louder than words - he wants attention. So - give him positive attention. Lower your voice, remove the anger and disgust from not only your voice but your actions and listen to him. He is the only boy isn't he? Chances are good that he wants to be included in the activities with his sisters. Find him some same age - same gender playmates. The Church has a video called: Listen to the Children. Borrow it from your wards library and watch it. In it there is an example of listening- a young mother discovers her young child is not in the house, she goes outside looking and finds the child at the corner of a super busy intersection. She scolds the child, yelling at her to Not Go To The Corner. The child repeats the going to the corner, the Mother repeats the yelling, both end up crying. Finally the child, in tears, says: Mommy, whats a corner? She was going to the corner because she is going where the action is. Your son is spying on his sisters because that is where the action is.

Have your tried 1000 island dressing instead? Husband and I dislike, er hate, er loathe mayo. I like ketchup but only to dip foods into - he dislikes ketchup. BUT we both love 1000 island dressing! Litehouse brand only! ALL others are really icky.