mightynancy
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Jenamarie, I hear you! Once I was surprised to see my name in the bulletin as I sat down. A bishopric member had approached me the week before asking if I would be willing to speak sometime in the next couple of weeks. When I said I would, he said he'd call me. He didn't.
I gave a talk (thank goodness for my scriptures and my friend's copy of True to the Faith!) and never once let on that it was on the fly.
AND I didn't waste time telling the story of how I met my husband, either.Then again, I don't mind giving a talk, so I probably wouldn't have mentioned Caller ID or being cornered or any such nonsense in the first place.
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My peeve: people who playfully punch my arm and cajole, "Why don't you siiiing?" I have taken to punching back and asking, "Why aren't you fluent in a second language? Why don't you make lovely hand-embroidered dresses? Why can't you hold the attention of 26 second-graders?"
I really love listening to the hymns in church. I don't love singing. And it's okay.
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Your sense of humor will be indespensable as you get through this!
Own it, check. Apologize, check. Make it right, check. Now, go be your usual rock star self!
Perfectionism is a huge burden. It's also not a great example to others. You are currently showing others how to manage a mistake the right way. The first big error a lot of people make is blaming others, or failing to take responsibility for a mistake. The fact that you are taking action to set things right is cause for those around you to respect you more, not less. Chin up! :)
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Public libraries rock!
You are absolutely right! We love our library, and our librarians are really something. Three cheers for libraries!
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I'm super resourceful - I can make something from nothing. Alas, I'm all style and no substance.
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Hiking in Iran, sailing off east Africa...you gotta wonder what they were thinking. Killers are evil, of course, but I don't get it when people "wander" into these sorts of places.
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I really like the Singapore approach--really bites that my contract wasn't renewed when we were just bringing that into the district.
My school doesn't use Singapore, but my daughter has been in the curriculum for almost three years now at her school. We really like it, too.
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Backroads, I teach those subjects specifically; I'm not funded to teach science or social studies. I loooove elementary math. I hated math when I was a kid; I didn't get it at all. I work really hard to reach kids of all thinking styles so that math makes sense to them.
Wing, I interpret Spanish. About 100 languages are spoken within our district. My city is a refugee resettlement city, which makes things interesting!
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I teach reading, language and math in elementary school. I'm also my school's parent involvement coordinator and the on-call interpreter. It's a busy gig, but I like it!
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I don't think drug violence discriminates between Mexican and non-Mexican.
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and the observance of just and enforceable laws.
Enforceable is a pretty easy call - just is much more debatable.
I do admire the Church's stance on immigration; it avoids the "us and them" mentality that so often drives immigration policy/philosophy. :)
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I guarantee you the Apostles know far more.
I'm sure they do. For example, I'm sure they know that chaff and tares are equally useless.
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It sounds like you've got some seein' and prophesyin' going on!
K, let me break ranks and say that we're on the verge of the next tech revolution AND breakthroughs in energy.
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This coming from someone with no economics training but a finger on the spiritual pulse of our nation and world. We're almost spiritually dead, and the tares are about the be separated from the chaff at an accelerated rate.
Dude, you'd better call Salt Lake. Quick.
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5 - I imagine the bottle is placed over the blossom on the bough of the tree, then the fruit is allowed to ripen within.
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particularly if the participants feel safer having someone there
LOL most of the time it's a doddering old man. Great company, but my YW could kick more butt than he could.
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I <3 my Corolla
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Movies and books and even some of our experiences tell us that love is just something magical that happens to us. The beginning of love, that spark, can indeed just strike.
That said, it quickly burns out if we don't nurture it.
Is he a nice guy? Does he work at being a good husband (even if it looks discouraging)? If he's a good fellow, in your shoes I'd really work at the decision to love him. In my 17 years (so far) of marriage, there have been times when I had to make a conscious decision in my mind to love my husband even when my heart wasn't in it...my heart followed along when my mind led the way. I'm sure my husband has had to do the same. It isn't all butterflies and sparkles - lasting love is something different.
If, in your shoes, I didn't have a child, I'd give myself the green light to seek my happiness elsewhere. Having a child makes a big difference - they don't solve your problem, but they're a great motivation to improve the situation.
I liked the idea that the grass is greener where you water it!
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Oh yeah - the LDS preaching of "the standards" often misses the mark when it comes to sex. I'm the YW president right now, and as a presidency we strive to make sure our girls get a healthy perspective on the topic. Rather than NO NO NO we focus on "not yet."
AND I just want to give you a hug. :)
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It does sound like you could use counseling - there's nothing wrong with it. It may take a few tries before you find the right one...it's kind of like buying shoes.
I know this from experience.It's hard to be different - it's got a good share of awesome in it, too, but it's hard to see that when those who don't "get" you don't value you. Once YOU come to value you, and understand how much God values you, then it'll be easier to recognize it when people around you try to connect with you. Someone close to me suffers from anxiety, and it prevents them from seeing how much others actually care.
My best wishes to you - I do hope you'll give counseling a try. It's really helping my family currently.
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We generally call our home teachers first if someone is really ill and needs a blessing. Other times, someone may want a blessing for another reason - they are troubled, they are about to take a big step (like going away to school or choosing whether to take a new job).
You don't have any duty or obligation to them, but it would be nice to build a friendship with them as far as is possible. That may make it easier for them to be sensitive to your needs, as well as being a good support and a joy for you!
On a non-priesthood note, home teachers are also good go-to guys for practical matters. In our ward, home teachers helped cut up a tree that had fallen in a member's yard. When we moved, my home teachers couldn't be there to help load the big pieces of furniture into the truck, but they rounded up other guys to do it.
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Not at all a crazy question, a breastfeeding mother has to plan for when she may be away from her baby for more than a couple of hours.
This, however, was crazy advice:
do it on the go while someone else is driving.
Unless you're flexible enough to do this while both you and the baby are still safely restrained, this is just ridiculous.
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I call the management or send a note if service is especially good. I have emailed the contractor that provides the busing service for our school district - my daughter has had the NICEST bus drivers!
I also mailed a note to our JCPenney - on the day before Easter, the shoe department was a madhouse. The woman who waited on me and my toddler was unflappable, cheerful and competent.
It's more fun to report excellence...that said, I can't recall any customer service experiences that were truly atrocious.
AND I didn't waste time telling the story of how I met my husband, either.
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Viva Saprissa!
Saprissa will face off with Real Salt Lake on March 15. I wish I could be there to cheer on los morados!