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Wobbly?

Start working on a Life List! :) Hang in there, change is coming!

Oh, wait, that's a horse, not a cow...

Max, are you kissing the cow rear that she was just licking?

Good grief Beefche, you're plastered all over the internet! You're like a bovine celebrity!

"I thought ***SLURP*** I was being ***SLURP*** subtl.... oooo look, GRASS!"

Oh my goodness, it is an amazing organization! I personally enjoy it very much! Introduction to Relief Society

Welcome! (Good job with following directions. I never posted an intro... shhh don't tell - I think it's a couple years too late)

I'm pretty sure that this is closer to the way we're supposed to make decisions than some others.

AKA, shaving basin, windmill, and a chick from your singles ward named Dulcie

The fact that a mod is the one asking this makes me wonder if all ISN'T as well in zion.net as we thought! You mean you guys don't have ANY inside info on the workings of the big wigs?!

Congrats Pammy! That is definitely something to feel great about! What an accomplishment!

Yeah right Beefy, you're getting your favorite Vegas show mixed up with The High Kings...

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Really? It was hard to take it seriously... not exactly the best acting (that actress kinda bugs me). BUT I cried. I think I'm still in denial about that.

More control of the car maybe... less control over your vehicular displays of affection.

I think it also has a lot to do with what someone takes from their mission and how they continue to develop and refine themselves. Even some people who were amazing missionaries end up getting a divorce. There are no guarantees. Hard work on a mission does not mean that 15 years later, they'll have kept up the hard work on a marriage. It's just not QUITE as black and white as some might think. HOWEVER I don't think that should take away from the advice to do everything you can to prepare and condition yourself for marriage, I'd just avoid having a checklist of things that will guarantee your happiness. The hard work and dedication in life doesn't come with bump, hump, slump days OR transfers (or it's not supposed to anyway).

Such a tease!

Oh man there are plenty of economic ideas! Take a few and throw them together for your own unique anniversary gift. Recreate your first date Spend time reliving the memories of your wedding If you're sealed - go do a sealing session @ the temple Do something spontaneous that sets the day apart from others, even if it's packing a blanket, some Martinelli's and going star gazing or having a romantic picnic Show up at their work with an oversized box of chocolates and flowers. Do it right in front of everyone so they will all see. **Only if she will appreciate the attention** Makeover your bedroom - take out or put away anything that would detract from the mood (a colored piece of cloth over a lampshade or candles can transform the lighting in a room. Arrange to have someone to take your pictures - much like taking engagement pictures again, even if it's just a photographer friend. If you think she'd really enjoy the spa idea, look for deals and make it a day trip. Often times they have 2 for 1 specials and if you happen to mention that it's your anniversary, they might even give you a discount on top of it (it's happened to me.... but it WAS my anniversary lol... not just lying for a bargain). Cook dinner together and pick a theme - every food has to start with the first letter of either of your names? There are tons of ideas online. Just search google for unique date ideas. It doesn't have to be some huge over the top deal for it to set the day apart from the rest, especially when you guys are both working and normally busy. I'm sure that all women are a bit different, but at least with me, it's NOT so much about what I'm doing, but who I'm with. The idea is to take a break from the norm. Do you know her love language? Focus on that. I think a lot of times what means the most is when someone does something that enables us to forget about typical daily worries. Forget riding up on a white horse... rescuing your love from the monotony of life and cares of the day can make you her hero in a way that some expensive gift never could. I should really journal this one for future reference cuz they'd all make my day! I hope you guys have fun!

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Pam, would you send me the website for the choir you're in? I'd love to come to a concert if you're having one in the near future. You might have shared it before, because I think I've seen it, but I can't remember what it is or which thread it would be on.

I love this too Pam! These words were authored by President James E. Faust. Oh how I miss him! His testimony given on the video Special Witness of Christ never fails to bring me to tears. There is something so human yet filled with so much strength. Here is the and the text from an exerpt:In the Gethsemanes of life which we all have, and often in my present calling, I have gone to my knees with a humble spirit to the only place I could for help. I often went in agony of spirit, earnestly pleading with God to sustain me in the work I have come to appreciate more than life itself. I have, on occasion, felt a terrible aloneness of the wounds of the heart, of the sweet agony, the buffetings of Satan, and the encircling warm comfort of the Spirit of the Master. I have also felt the crushing burden, the self-doubts of inadequacy and unworthiness, the fleeting feeling of being forsaken, then of being reinforced an hundredfold. I have climbed a spiritual Mount Sinai dozens of times, seeking to communicate and to receive instructions. It has been as though I have struggled up an almost real Mount of Transfiguration and, upon occasion, felt great strength and power in the presence of the Divine. A special, sacred feeling has been a sustaining influence and often a close companion. As I serve in the calling of the holy apostleship, I recognize that I am a very ordinary man. Yet I gratefully acknowledge one special gift. I have a certain knowledge that Jesus of Nazareth is our Divine Savior. I know that He lives. I know that through the unspeakable agony of the Atonement, men and women, if they repent, can be forgiven of their sins. Because of the miracle of the Resurrection, all will rise from the dead. I feel His love and marvel at the price He paid for each of us. I wonder how many drops of blood were spilled for me. This is the testimony I give of Him, even in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. All the text for all the testimonies in the video can be found here.

Their CD which has the same name is one of my favorites too.

When I was little, I used to hide, wondering how long it would take my family to notice that I was gone, only to bring disappointment when it wasn't as quickly as I'd hoped. I think we tend to do this sometimes as adults, be it with church attendance, socially with our friends or emotionally with our spouses. Everyone wants to know that they've been missed - that their presence makes a difference, however, I've also learned (still learning) that we usually bring unnecessary grief on ourselves when we expect something without communicating it. I wonder how many times I've been oblivious to someone's struggles without meaning to make them feel unloved. Who's responsability is it? I agree with MissH, as far as the organization of the church goes - Visiting and Home teachers, but I don't think that it'd be fair to point and say, "You failed and they went inactive!" I haven't seen my Home or Visiting teachers are in over a year and a half (the year and a half in which my marriage collapsed, lengthy divorce process ensued/continues and single motherhood set in), but it's STILL my responsability to put myself where I need to be, and ask for help if I need it.

You'd think... but can we REALLY assume he's got any sort of common sense? If he was that smart with using his resources to bring an income... HE WOULDN'T BE THERE!