OOOPS! I'm not too good at this computer stuff yet, so you get 2 titles and only 1 blog - oh well...
Anyway, is there anything better than the sound of a good football game on the tube and the smell of pumpkin pie wafting through the house while I unpack my fall decorations? I think not! I started baking today and I couldn't stop! Brown Sugar muffins, a huge batch of homemade chili and cornbread, chocolate chip cookies, a pumpkin pie, and oh yeah, there were some over-ripe bananas on the counter so I HAD to make a bazillion loaves of banana bread. AAAHHH! I just can't seem to adjust to the fact that it's just me and Ron in this house. As Sadie would say, "I'm just ONE PERSON!" Look out neighbors! You just might step in some baked goods the next time you exit your front door - don't say I didn't warn you! I LOVE FALL!!!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Office - YAY!
Why oh why do I love office so much? I feel like such a dork. I watched by myself last week and laughed outloud the whole time. Lame! A couple more bars of "Take a Chance" from Andy, and I'll go out with him!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Unanimous in the Affirmative
I didn't know this is what my first blog (ok, second) would be about, and this is by no means a "religious" themed site, however my spiritual beliefs are an important part of who I am and this just happens to be what I have been "mulling" about for awhile, so here goes..(too much with the quotation marks? maybe?) (did I mention my thought process is very scattered?) ANYWAY...
The church to which I belong has a world wide conference every 6 months, in april and october and one of the unique things about it's organization is that at each of these conferences, members are given the opportunity to vote to sustain the General Authorities and Leaders of the church, all extremely gifted and accomplished men and women who give willingly of their time to serve in a worldwide arena. Sitting at home on saturday as I watched the conference on TV (a new thing for me, since other places I have lived do not broadcast this conference locally, I guess that's a point for Utah**) , as the names were read I raised my hand to vote and sustain, even though I was alone. At the end of the process Pres. Hinckley, who was conducting this business, said, "It appears that the voting has been Unanimous in the Affirmative." I've heard that phrase countless times in my life, but this time it really stuck with me. And not really for the occasion to which it was attached. I've been thinking since then, how much different and better my life would be if it was more Unanimous in the Affirmative (hereafter referred to as UA). How would this country be different if it's leaders and citizens were more UA? How would my physical, social, mental, spiritual, emotional life be if in my choices I was (or is it I were?) more UA? I guess what I'm thinking about could be called integrity, I've wrestled most of my life with being more integrated with myself. But on another level, I think it just means (to me) to be more "Positively Together", more "Genuinely Supportive", more "Certainly Assured", more "Absolutely Sustaining". I know I'd be a better person. And I think it would make my life, and the lives of those around me better. I'm not a person who makes new year's resolutions, but UA is something I'm going to really start working on. Yup. That's the team I want to be on. Team Unanimous in the Affirmative.
**Another blog subject to be tackled in the future: What's the score for Utah??? (or what the heck am I doing living here and do I want to stay?)
The church to which I belong has a world wide conference every 6 months, in april and october and one of the unique things about it's organization is that at each of these conferences, members are given the opportunity to vote to sustain the General Authorities and Leaders of the church, all extremely gifted and accomplished men and women who give willingly of their time to serve in a worldwide arena. Sitting at home on saturday as I watched the conference on TV (a new thing for me, since other places I have lived do not broadcast this conference locally, I guess that's a point for Utah**) , as the names were read I raised my hand to vote and sustain, even though I was alone. At the end of the process Pres. Hinckley, who was conducting this business, said, "It appears that the voting has been Unanimous in the Affirmative." I've heard that phrase countless times in my life, but this time it really stuck with me. And not really for the occasion to which it was attached. I've been thinking since then, how much different and better my life would be if it was more Unanimous in the Affirmative (hereafter referred to as UA). How would this country be different if it's leaders and citizens were more UA? How would my physical, social, mental, spiritual, emotional life be if in my choices I was (or is it I were?) more UA? I guess what I'm thinking about could be called integrity, I've wrestled most of my life with being more integrated with myself. But on another level, I think it just means (to me) to be more "Positively Together", more "Genuinely Supportive", more "Certainly Assured", more "Absolutely Sustaining". I know I'd be a better person. And I think it would make my life, and the lives of those around me better. I'm not a person who makes new year's resolutions, but UA is something I'm going to really start working on. Yup. That's the team I want to be on. Team Unanimous in the Affirmative.
**Another blog subject to be tackled in the future: What's the score for Utah??? (or what the heck am I doing living here and do I want to stay?)
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