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I remember Sunday School on Sunday mornings, Sacrament in the evening on Sundays, Primary was Tuesday after school, Mutual was Wednesday evening at 6:30 PM. Don't have a clue when RS or PH was- Mom & Dad were not members and none of the siblings were old enough for RS/PH. Yes, Pam, before you or anyone else asks I am OLD- and Dang Proud of It!! I am 59 and 1/2 Years Old.

Pam you are never going to get a simple answer out of bert- ever. In my Personal Opinion I do not believe he is LDS. For me to believe that he is, I would have to see his baptism/confirmation records and a letter from his Bishop, on church letterhead. In My Personal Opinion I believe he is a TROLL - and from the history of this forum, the majority of the members just love to feed the trolls. bert is THE lesson in futility. It is futile to ask Pam. Futile, Futile, Futile. Okay, now I am through with my rant - I am going to go to my account and put bert on my IGNORE list. My Dr told me I can only take ONE high blood pressure pill A DAY- When I read even 1/3 of one of bert's posts, there goes my blood pressure - To The Moon Alice - nope can't take another pill, put the "troll" on ignore and c a l m down.

Your sign remains the same- it is for when you were BORN - were you born today??? I am very much a Gemini - not even a Taurus. Ticked me off when they removed Pluto as a planet, I still consider it one. Thus I won't use this new chart either. I won't go metric either.

It really isn't, the drunk just thinks s/he is capable of doing/accomplishing any/everything. I thought he was hilarious- I have been up against a cow, trying to prep her for the milking machine. She was ensconced in a stall, and she tipped ME . Lesson I learned, always make sure the disinfectant wash is WARM to WARMER before your cleanse those teats!

I agree- I personally don't like Beauty Pagents for any age for any gender- but for children aged 18 and under I think it is sick. What a buffett for pedofiles and other sick-o's.

John Doe, I thought first of that, then I saw that he is in Denmark and asking about kin in the USA. Isn't easy to do the "mirror" test when you are across the "Pond" from them.

Don't forget aspirin Wing- it is caffine that is its active ingredient.

When you put vanilla/flavoring extracts in cake batter, frosting, cookie dough, etc. you are only putting in a teaspoonful or two - You are not putting in an ounce or more. You can purchase cough syrups, liquid cold medicines that have no or very little alcohol in them. I am allergic to alcohol. That is just one of the many reasons I quit drinking- during my inactive years. Just one swallow of an alcoholic beverage, including nite-time cold medicines and my jaw, neck and shoulder muscles tighten up. I was so shocked when this happened the first time, that I never took a second swallow. I use the soft gel capsule style cold medicine, or the Non-drowsy. When I am sick, I can sleep easily as long as I can breath. Don't need the alcohol to knock me out.

#5. Do you talk when you chew?

Go to:https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome sign in- or register if you haven't already. After you sign in, click on the Search tab at the top. Then at the bottom, click on the words search other sources. You will want to select US Social Security Death Index. When you get there, you will put in the name they used at the time of death. You will need a year- if you don't know, then put in 2000 and then select the year frame 10 years. You don't have to put in the place where they lived when they got their SS#. If it comes up with a whopper of a list, then you will need to know where they were living when they died. I have found lots of first cousins this way. Also found the year of death & where they were receiving SS benefit checks, on my ex-husband and his mother. Remember, for the SS Death Index, the last name for women is NOT always their maiden name like in the church indexes. You will need to know her married name if she is married. Give that a try- if you have any trouble, post here in this thread and we will come to your assistance.

Another good word is INVITE, as in Invite over for "Herbal Tea" and cake, cookies & milk, Lunch. I hadn't seen a VT the first year in my old Ward. I asked the RS Pres in the presence of her secretary who my VT's were, when she told me, I went to her (she was sitting in the RS room) and invited her to lunch. Made a date for the following sat. For the next 5 years we met every other month at a restaurant for lunch, and every other month at my house. I really miss her - plan on keeping in touch via email.

You are not going to lean back on your own. The priesthood holder who will be in the font with you, is going to lean you back, and bring you back up. You just need to relax, allow him to do it and not fight it. Keep your feet firmly on the bottom of the font, keep your hands tucked up against your body- This is taken from lds.org Family Guidebook Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings I was 14 when I was baptized - my hair was extremely long and braided in one braid down my back. I had to wear ear plugs - no water in the ears, perforated ear drums- thus I couldn't hear clearly what was being said. The first time I was 'dipped' my braid didn't get immersed. The braid was tucked down the back of the dress I was wearing. The second time I was 'unbalanced' and my left foot shot up out of the water. The priesthood holder gently stepped on my feet to keep them underwater and I was then 'dipped' a third time. Now- at the time and for decades later, I thought this was normal, getting 'dipped' three times. First - for the Father, Second- for the Son and finally Third for the Holy Ghost:D. It wasn't until I went to my nephew's baptism 33 years later that I discovered you only get 'dipped' once. Also the baptism clothes are made of much lighter weight material - the dress I wore was floor length and when wet weighed at least 20 pounds! If your hair is long, I would suggest that you braid it and secure it so it doesn't float to the surface. AND/OR put it in a bun or chignon.

In our old Ward, this was the Gospel Principles class for new members, or anyone who wanted to go. A teacher was called to teach this class, quite often that teacher was also the Ward Missionary. Oh, it was held at the meetinghouse on Sunday. When I came back to church (10 years ago)after a 30 year lapse, this was taught to me by the Senior Branch Missionaries at the Church on Wednesday mornings. Since Gospel Principles is the lesson book for Relief Society/Priesthood- this year (and last year) don't know what the New Member classes will be doing. The LDS faith is a 24/7 faith, it involves every aspect of your life. Thus it is a total life style changing faith.

I wet the bed until I was nearly 13- happened every summer. I also wet myself during the day at least once. During the day I was too preoccupied with what was going on around me- in other words- playing, to stop and go to the bathroom when I had to. I waited until it was too late. At night I wet the bed because I was sleeping too deep - my brain didn't hear and heed the trigger from my bladder. To save the mattress, Mom put old towels under me. She also got me up out of bed, walked me to the bathroom, sat me on the throne and waited, and waited, and waited. Nothing. Then she dripped cold water down my backside. That did the trick. She wasn't able to do this every night though- she had three other smaller children plus my three older siblings to care for, plus the house chores. I wasn't allowed to drink ANYTHING after dinner either - which did help. I agree with allowing your son to clean up after himself, privately, and for goodness sakes don't talk about this with friends or relatives. He doesn't need the added shame. Mom helped me launder my sheets and blanket- we didn't have enough sheets to toss a set in the laundry and not wash it right away- and we didn't have an electric dryer- so the offending sheet & blanket was on display in the back yard! My older sister got spanked for snickering and informing the aunts and uncles of my bed wetting. Her being punished was small price for the utter shame I felt. I didn't want to wet the bed, I absolutely dreaded waking up- never knew if I would be wet or dry. And to this day, I detest the smell of urine. Get him to a Pediatrician too. And give him and the Dr private time so your son can confidentially talk and be open with the Dr. He could be having issues at school that he feels he can't talk to you about. Peer pressure seems to over ride parental care and love. From 14 years on I wake up at least once during the night to go to the bathroom- I know I am awake, I know what I am doing, yet I never wake up enough to not be able to go back to sleep afterwords. Since menopause, I get up two to four times a night. Sometimes I sleep through the night, but there had better not be any distractions or obstacles on the way to the bathroom! Thank heavens we have two bathrooms now!!!

Give a copy of each to the Sunday School Pres and ask if they would be appropriate to use. You might give this website a look-see: Home at the top far right is Gospel Doctrine. I have been following his lessons since 2000. His web site has changed a few times in 11 years- but he is the same. Check out his lessons, especially at the end of each lesson where he lists all of his references. It will give you an idea of what is appropriate to use. I go armed with a print out of the lds.org lesson from the teachers manual, Beardall's lesson and the lesson that Rameumtum posts here at the forum. I also subscribe to: LDS SCRIPTURES | Read The Scriptures . I get the NT chapters & Gospel Doctrine lesson scriptures sent to me via email. You can choose your program. Daily, weekly, etc. You may want to have your students study on-line. It doesn't hurt to have them study the teachers manual as well as the Study Guide.

NAPPY YEW HEAR !!! We watched Netflix - had summer sausage -n- soda cracker snacks with Sprite Zero (Husband) & Diet Rite Black Cherry soda (Me). It was so quiet and relaxing, that we didn't notice it was 1/1/11 until 1:15 AM!! No one in our neighborhood was out cheering, clanging pots & pans (used to do that when I was a kid), or shooting guns or fireworks. Hope all had a safe New Years Eve.

Yep, Bytor is spot on. What Universities, College's and Community College's are nearest to you, Hoosier? Go on-line and see if they offer on-line courses. Classes will be starting in Jan- so you don't have much time to sign up if you want to catch the Winter classes. Here on the Oregon coast, Chemeketa Community College has on-line courses. Some of the classes require that you attend Orientation in person- thus Chemeketa has satellite offices all over the state. I took Microsoft Office: Excel and Word and didn't have to travel to the far side of Corvallis for orientation - did that via e-mail. In Arizona, ASU offers courses via on-line. When I was living there in AZ and husband was still working for ASU, I could have attended the University for free, books etc were vastly reduced in price too!, on-line though would have cost us! Go figure!!

God Jul, Maya (note: this is the ONLY Norwegian that I know- My father was forbidden to speak his parents native tongue after they got here to America. He knew a few phrases and words, but this is all that I remember)

Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday Dear Pam Happy Birthday to you Who loves ya cookie???

Or it may go no where - unless he was named on the birth certificate, she will have to prove paternity.

I am going to be alone with Husband this Christmas. Not going to go visit my family, even though we are WAY closer to them. It would be a several day visit and they no longer have any available beds and quite frankly I am sooooo tired of motels. Because we have just moved, and am no where near to being unpacked, the Christmas decorations will have to wait until next year. I did get a Christmas letter written, and stuffed into Christmas cards this year. Those will be mailed tomorrow. I found the cards, but haven't yet been able to get to the tote with the decorations! I understand about Elphaba and the loneliness. I was never so alone at the holidays (and I mean ALL of the holidays) then when I was married to hubby #1. All I wanted was to be with my family, and we ended up being in bars, lounges and peoples homes who cared more about the brand of whiskey they were drinking than of the real meaning of the holiday. Then when I was single, I was lonely because I couldn't afford to go visit the family. At Church, they only gather for Thanksgiving. Christmas you are on your own. off topic: Elphaba, you do know that you are always welcome here with me, hubby and Fred & Ethel. Seeing as how I am older than you, I can adopt you. Fred and Ethel need another sibling . Then you are our family.

Hoosier, this just isn't done - SeattleTruthSeeker has made his plight public here-but you can be pretty sure it is not public knowledge in his ward - his Bishop would never involve the ward. What has transpired between STS and his Bishop remains confidential on the Bishops side - even the Bishops wife doesn't know. Or at least she shouldn't know. SeattleTruthSeeker- I have been on the receiving end of church welfare. Back in 2000, I had just recently left an abusive marriage (husband was non-member). The church paid my rent for about 3 months, and I got food assistance for a little over 5 months. I was also told to go first to the city, county and state to get help for electricity, water and food. This was when I was in a Branch. At the State Employment office I found out about Community Services Consortium- it is a federally funded program that helps put you back into the work force. In my case, they paid for my re-training education so that I could, at the age of 52 work in a clerical position rather than as a waitress or retail clerk (aka stocking clerk in a store). CSC paid for my community college courses in Office Word and Excel, and worked with me on a day to day basis in looking for work, doing resumes, being my support group and even being there for me with a shoulder to cry on and a case of tissues to wipe my tears. I just googled it, and all that comes up is Oregon state. Your state employment office should know if Washington has something similar. While I was involved with CSC- they helped me get grants to pay my electricity- grants are gifts- you don't have to pay them back. They also helped grease the wheels so that I got food stamps (not the $20.00 a month either, I got $131.00 a month) and then through the Church I got personal hygiene items, cleaning items, things that are not paid for by food stamps, but are necessary. I also have been subject to a Bishop such as yours. In 2005, in Arizona- we were asking for help with my husbands mother. Long story I am not going to get into- the Bishop and I had a confrontation where I didn't mince any words as to what I thought of him as a human, suffice it to say, not much. A slug has more compassion and Christian love than he does. From then on husband and I no longer went to church. We never left the church, we just didn't go to the meetings or pot lucks.

As a general rule, the Senior Couple Missionaries and Ward/Branch Couple Missionaries are the ones who do this. A more effective use of the Elder/Sister Missionaries is to proselytize door-to-door, to plant the seed, nurture seeds that have ben planted, and to harvest those seeds when they have matured in fertile soil. Members are encouraged to be Member Missionaries also, to invite friends, coworkers, neighbors, family to come to church, to give the names, address's, phone numbers of friends, neighbors, coworkers & family who are interested in learning more, to the Elder/Sister Missionaries.

(A) At funeral/memorial services - yes if their parents want them there. (A2) LDS don't really do wakes. (b) After the services, the family of the deceased are generally served a meal- the funeral/memorial service is exhausting physically, mentally and emotionally for the family - and the last thing they want to do is go home and cook, or gather at a restaurant and eat - yet they are generally famished. The RS prepares & serves the food, and cleans up afterwords. The food is all pot-luck. Meaning individual sisters prepare some part of the meal. The most common potato dish is a potato casserole. There are several different ways to fix it, but it has ended up with the Funeral Potatoes name.(google it) The meal is served in the cultural hall/multi purpose room or even the RS Room. Food is never served in the Chapel. © Again, most LDS do not have a wake. (D) LDS do not wash the dead, they dress those deceased members who, in life, were endowed, meaning they had received their endowments in the Temple, in their temple ceremonial clothing.

With the help of my RS President, I dressed my MIL. It was spiritual- and I felt like I had helped give back my MIL's dignity. She had been horribly mistreated by her youngest son and his family. I would not have been able to dress her, had I not held a Temple Recommend. *note to Elphaba - you won't be able to dress your mother in her temple clothes - you can call one of the temples and ask to make sure though (which is what I would do). When my own mother passed, I could not assist, as I did not have a temple recommend at that time. Also at her open casket services, her cap was removed from her head during the services, then replaced when the casket was sealed. To the OP- pretty much any type of service you want to have is okay to have in an LDS Chapel- you can not have camera's, video taping or have a picture slide show. We had our laptop set up in the foyer with a slide show of pics of my MIL. Whether it is an open/closed casket funeral or a memorial (which we had), it follows the same guidelines as a sacrament meeting; Greeting, hymn, prayer, eulogy,hymns/songs, opportunity for family/friends to speak, hymns/songs/musical numbers, announcement of where member will be interred(if it is to be public), announcement of food being served if all are invited (most are), closing prayer. At my MIL service, we had a barber shop quartet sing several songs- the only two I remember are Amazing Grace and O Danny Boy- the songs were all MIL's favorites, and not necessarily hymns, and the quartet members she knew since they were all teenagers. At another service at church, we all went outside to hear a bagpiper play at sunset. Whew!! was that ever an emotional roller coaster! We went outside because the pipes would have been overwhelming loud in the chapel. At my older sisters service, our youngest brothers four children sang their Aunts favorite primary song, A Child's Prayer, a Capella - The oldest was 15 the youngest was 11.