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More pet peeves: Those posters who use: lol- What gives here? Lots of laughs or Lots of love. So many times a smiley would be better. Why do you end sentences with more than one exclamation point (!) or question mark? Those who put a line-up of smilies or use just one smiley for a post. To me that is a waste of band width and is a lazy attempt to bolster your post count.

That's a DOG you goof!

Don't you see that the tangents about dictionaries and grammar are pet peeves! By the way - Why can't you all use the spell check? Yes, your habit of not using upper case in the appropriate place is very annoying. It isn't nearly as irritating as when one uses chat room abbreviations in the forum.

That is Air Head California Chick language. Like, don't ya know, Like. (tilt head side to side with a blank smiling face)

It also was not "Free", Christ paid dearly, so that we may avail ourselves of it.Great Thread, Checker! So glad you started it.

Sundowning is a phase of the Alzheimer's. Mom went through that. Keeping them on a good nutritional diet, exercise and mental activity helps a lot. Plus getting them out in the sunshine, or in the fall and winter using real light light bulbs. They get restless as the day light fades. They will nervously pick at things, stand up, sit down. Go over to look at a book, then wonder what the heck they are doing at the book case. Mom would look out the windows all the time. She was very careless about grabbing the curtains and jerking them aside. Before Alzheimer's she was a very courteous woman, she never would have been rough with anything. When they sundown, they don't sleep during the night. They are confused, restless, disturbed by the darkness. So eating a good balance diet, physically exercising, having mental stimulation and getting a good dose of sunlight and preventing them from napping during the day. Or at least to limit their daily naps to one or two and for not more than an hour each. Will help tremendously with the sundowning. It makes them tired enough to sleep during the night. The mental stimulation can be as simple as a box of crayons and a coloring book. I wouldn't use an extremely simple coloring book- I would get one that is a bit more complex yet not quite adult either. A box of 16 crayons is good- anymore than that and it gets confusing for them. Mom absolutely loved to garden. In the spring we gave her a flat of flowers to plant. She planted them, then un-planted them, then planted them again. Only about 5 lived. It was the cheapest therapy by far! She was outside, getting physical exercise and mental stimulation. She was happy- talking to all of her friends (past friends that were real to her now), and when she came in for lunch and dinner- she felt she had been accomplishing something useful with her time. She loved to iron clothes too- but that was a bit too dangerous to let her do. She would forget the iron was hot and leave it sit on the clothes. She would fold clothes for hours. Fold the towels, hand towels, wash cloths, sheets and pillow cases. Put them into the linen closet. She would then go sit down for about 5 minutes. Then get the basket and dump them all back in again. She would ask my Sis-In-Law to please wash these dirty towels. Sis would take them downstairs to the laundry room. Toss them in the dryer just long enough to get them warm, then bring them back to Mom. Mom would then spend another couple of hours folding them and putting them back in the closet. During our last visit with Mom at Thanksgiving, we had wonderful conversations with Mom. She contributed intelligent and pertinent conversation. She also asked: Do I know you? You certainly know me, and I must apologize, but I just can not remember who you are. Husband would say, I am Son #1, and she would smile and say- yes you are First Middle Last Name, my first born. Then she would look at me and say- He is such a good and loving man. You had better hurry up and marry him before he gets tired of waiting for you. We seldom corrected her- I would put my arm through Husbands arm and tell her that I had just accepted his proposal, and that I loved him very much. Or we would tell her that we just got sealed in the Temple. She would say, Oh yes the Mesa Temple. I was endowed there. That is a good Temple to be sealed in. She didn't know that the people she was living with was her son#2 and his wife. She believed the house to be her home, and it's contents hers. She told them all the time that she was grateful for the care they were giving her. She thanked them for taking such great care of her home. Then she would look at me and in a stage whisper she would say: I really don't know what the husband does around here- I never see him do any work- but he makes her happy so I keep him on. I liked to bust up laughing. She was spot on about him. He went to work during the day, and what ever work he did around the house, she never saw it. He would hide out in his basement "office" before and after meals. Sometimes if you didn't know she had Alzheimer's- you would think she was getting her digs in at them. They talked about her right in her presence. As though she were stone deaf, blind and a blithering idiot! Sis-in-law, was forever saying Mom was demented. Demented this, and demented that. After two days of this, I grabbed Sis by the arms and goose stepped her out the back door in the yard, then I jerked her around and holding her chin in a death grip, I put my face just mere inches from hers, and told her that if she said demented just one more time I would gorilla glue her flipping mouth shut- but not until after I stapled her tongue to her upper lip. She muttered something about me and whose army. I said me and only me. I didn't need an army to teach a boor good manners. Then I removed my hand from her face, walked into the house and closed the door on her. Husband and Bro-in-law saw and heard the whole thing. Bro said he would make sure she never said it again. Mom had Alzheimer's, but she was far from stupid or unfeeling.

I have spoken about my Mother-In-Law suffering from Alzheimer's, have posted in the Parenting thread about it. I thought perhaps a new thread about this disease should be started. I am by no means an expert- I have known so many people who had Alzheimer's, and who have now passed on. Some from the disease itself, and others like my Mom-In-Law from not being able to survive an accident because her body is so weakened by the disease. This is from wikipeadia: Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is a neurodegenerative disease that is the most common cause of dementia, afflicting 24 million people worldwide. It is a progressive illness with gradual deterioration until death, which is generally caused by the effects of dementia. There is currently no cure. In its most common form, it occurs in people over 65 years old (although a less-prevalent early onset form also exists).[1] It usually begins many years before it is eventually diagnosed. In its early stages, short-term memory loss is the clearest symptom:[2] this leads to confusion, anger, mood swings, language breakdown, long-term memory loss, and the general withdrawal of the sufferer as his or her senses decline. Gradually the sufferer loses minor, and then major bodily functions, until death occurs.[3] Although the symptoms are common, people commonly experience them in a unique way.[4] The duration of the disease can be long as 20 years,[5][6] but survival is generally between about four and six years after diagnosis.[7 The last two years of Mom's life, she was cared for by Son #2 and his wife. Sis-In-Law is the one who has all the technical knowledge- the Alzheimer's web site support groups, the on-line information. I mostly went by "gut instincts" ( spiritual discernment) fueled by face to face encounters with my friends who have(had) the disease. After a healing time for Sis-In-Law, I will ask for those web sites. I feel that this is something that more and more people are going to need in the near future. I also believe that I will need it. Mom's mother had Alzheimer's. I have a sick, sneaky suspiscion that my darling husband just may be afflicted with it too. (forgive my misspellings- the spell check will not work - I am at work and my firewalls will not allow me to download the spell check program)

I pretty much agree with LM- I just want to add one more thing- Be the type of person you want your spouse to be. Sit down and write out the attributes that you are looking for in a wife, then YOU live those attributes. Don't settle for second best either. Don't be a second best type of person either. Stop this shacking up business. Sex is not a substitute for getting to know someone. Also sex is not the end all, be all of a marriage. Be a friend first, middle and last. Once you are married, then you have sex. Do you really want to marry a woman who will settle for shacking up? What makes you think some woman wants to marry a man who only wants to shack up and not commit himself to marriage, who can not control himself and not have sex before marriage? Who can not respect her enough to control himself and not shack up and have premaritial sex?

Aha! now I know why my flatulance is so powerful when I eat them Goober Peas!!

1164 N Newcomb, Porterville CA Sacrament 1st Meeting 1st Ward 12:30pm 12:30pm 3rd Ward 3:30pm 12:30pm 837 Morton Ave, Porterville CA 2nd Ward 9:00am 9:00am 6th (Spanish) 12:10pm 10:20am Branch

No you are not, because the non-member spouse could join later in life. I know so many couples who have spouses who are not members. These marriages are loving and giving. The spouses go to Church functions, support their spouses in their callings, etc. In each case, when the non-member spouse passes on, then the surviving spouse and their children do all the saving ordinances for them. Just because they are not members of the Church does not mean they are not good and righteous people. Just because they are not members of the Church at the time they get married, does not mean they are not good and righteous people, or that they may never join the church. Your statement is a very judgmental one. It could also be seen as a condemning one too.

So what is the Church going to do to you if you marry outside of the church? Say the man is endowed and he marries outside the church. Or they were married, he joined later, she refused, he went and got his endowments. What is the Church going to do?

Thanks everyone. Husband and I listened to quite of few of the suggested songs- from the hymnal. Was rather interesting too- the 14 CD set of LDS Hymns that I got 8 years ago appears to have the wrong hymns labeled on the CD. When you pop the CD into the computer and the titles of the songs come up, they are not the ones that are actually on the CD! The songs match the index booklet that came with the set- We have tentatively picked out Rock of Ages, I Need The Every Hour, Abide With Me and How Great Thou Art. How Great Thou Art will have to go last. This one hymn makes both of us a totally wet mess! Neither of us can sing it because we cry so hard. Husband will be giving the Eulogy- so we can't sing it first. We still have to talk with the pianist and the music director. We are also going to ask our wards Barber Shop Quartet if they will sing too. They all knew Mom - she yanked each of them by the ears and made them dance with the Young Women when they were in Young Mens After going through this - I am going to put together a music CD of the songs/hymns that I want played at my service. Make it that much easier for whom ever ends up having to do that.

Why not, there are plenty of people to populate them all.

I need to select some music for my Mother-in-laws memorial service. I have looked at some of the hymns that the hymnal suggests for funerals. I want hymns that are fairly easy for the congregation to sing. Most of the mourners are not LDS, and are not used to singing at a funeral/memorial service. I have until 28 March to get this together, though I would like to have it all decided within two weeks of the service. Oh, can anyone tell me the set up for the program: I will be doing the programs and taking them to be printed. We want some pictures of Mom on the front.

Person B should have to take over all the household duties for a month to see exactly what Person A does for Person B.After living in a household of: 5 siblings (two brothers, three sisters), Grandma and my parents- we all learned to look before we did anything: reset the stove, washer & dryer and iron before we used them. My Father declared that the toilet seat was to ALWAYS be put down after each use. This kept the toddlers from playing in it and the dog out of it! Basically: If you used it, put it back. If it is empty, put the empty container in the trash, and if possible replace it. If you turned it on, check on it and turn it off when done. If you dirtied it, clean it. If you did not buy it leave it alone. If you washed it, then dry it, fold it and put it away. Finish what you start. Clean up after yourself. We are your parents, not your personal slaves. You are our children, not our personal slaves. Your siblings are your siblings, not your personal slaves.

The Pacific NorthWest is all of Washington and Oregon.

Make certain that it is really an ear infection and not a yeast infection. When I was a child I was treated repeatedly (years) for ear infections- hot ear, aching, itching, fever - with penicillin. Well - they were not normal infections. It was yeast infections. The penicillin fed it and eventually the infection had to go somewhere and it burst my eardrums. I wear hearing aids now. Believe me, when my ears start to ache, I make sure it is not yeast. I make the Dr do a culture, and in the meantime I take antihistamines. I echo what the other have said about getting in NOW to see the Dr. When your ears hurt and/or itch you just do not mess around getting it seen to. The same with your teeth. You only get one set and if you don't take proper care of them, then you will lose them.

Welcome Kristi from the DRY ARID Monochromatic beige Arizona. I was raised in the Pacific NorthWET! Lived in Seattle. Then I lived on the Central Oregon Coast for nearly 30 years. Hope you enjoy the forum.

That the largest organ of the body is the skin?

I don't think our Sacrament Meeting is solemn, it is Respectfull and Reverent.

My Mom mixed powdered milk with whole milk. We would mix the powdered milk up after we got the dinner dishes done. Make up two quarts of it. Then in the morning, Mom would add 2 quarts of whole milk to it. Oh, yeah- we got our whole milk from my Uncle- unpasturized, straight from the cows. Grandma would skim off the thick cream, and we all took turns making butter if we had enough cream. Generally we didn't, cause we all loved the cream on our cereal and fruit and cake! WordFlood, try mixing it half and half with whole milk. And get the mixed up powdered skim milk real, real, real cold. That helps with the flavor.

Read up on how to store that whole grain wheat first. It needs to be up off the ground. Like on a pallet or wheels. Doesn't matter what kind of a container it is in,it can pull the moisture from the ground. My friends lost 500 pounds of wheat that they had stored in 5 gallon containers sitting on their cement basement floor. It was rotten/mildewy. Ick, Ick, Ick! One container was chewed through by a rat too!

I too, am having an intimate relationship with a man I met online. Matter of fact we are sealed together. Met on an LDS Singles dating service.

Starbucks? Smells like and tastes like Dairy Slurry!