Urban Poly Princess

I would've initially moved to The Falls at Riverwoods if it existed when I relocated to Logan in 2010. It opened a little over a year after I moved. I looked at so many crappy places. I was very happy to find my place although I definitely would've moved into the place with the granite countertops, wood floors in the kitchen/dining room and 9-ft ceilings that is crazy cheap!!! There is a walk-in closet in the master bedroom that I hope I love and serves my needs well. One thing I looove about these Korean dramas is their closets. They are PERFECT!!!

People keep telling me how expensive it is when I tell them where I'm moving but it is actually beyond cheap. I'm sure as hell not letting my new leasing company know that's what I think. Covered parking is also a nice bonus. I won't hear everything from the Cache County Fair, Rodeo or anything else the community has at Willow Park!!! Driving to church will take a little longer but the work distance is the same if not closer, just a different direction. I'm also happy to NOT be flanked by 2 trailer parks although it hasn't been a problem.

Ether 9

I'm not sure how my clothes will turn out. I went to Stevens-Henager College and returned ALL the books I had checked out for one reason or another. I certainly don't want to pack anything I don't need. I'm trying to go through all my books/papers/office supplies stuff. My junk drawers, church books, printed out recipes from the internet and coupons I keep collecting but haven't taken the time to organize so I can fully take advantage of that. I'm not sure how my clothes are going to turn out. How I've been able to fit things is amazing. I still need to pack my shoe boxes filled with shoes I'm going to keep. My boots that don't fit in the shoe boxes, the empty shoe boxes.

Going through my stuff like this just makes me feel blessed. While I was praying about my friend Shawn I felt like I should message him on Facebook about listening to the missionary discussions. He didn't respond to me at all. I hope I didn't offend him but that's the risk you take. I should've grabbed rubber-bands when I was at Stevens-Henager so I can bind a bunch of hangers together. I'm going to bind bunches and then just throw these in a garbage bag. I'm going to need boxes for my kitchen stuff, Things feel like they're coming together slowly still but together nevertheless. I can't wait until this time next week when I'll be putting things away at my new place.

I'm going to need to buy a shower curtain for my other bathroom. I'm wondering if I should throw away my desktop. I should probably keep it for use while and if my laptop are ever out of commission.

I found a recipe to make a hamburger "minced pie" using a seasoning mix and frozen Pepperidge farm puff pastry. I have everything to make it but the seasoning mix. I ran out of laundry detergent last night and I have 2 loads of laundry left to do.

Yesterday I made another DI trip to get rid of some old cookbooks, All my shoes I weeded, this ugly plastic Halloween canister from my visiting teachers and and all my Summer Margarita cups. Why did I buy all of that junk when I first moved here? I kept my pitcher that is in good condition since I rarely use it along with 6 matching glasses I haven't used at all. I also had these BBQ tongs that were black plastic with blue tips. They were ugly and DIDN'T work at the BBQ I bought them for. I STILL have some bad DVDs I got from the dollar store and this mini ugly flower basket I got from my first visiting teachers.

I like silk flowers BUT I have taste!!!

I was hoping all my coats and jackets would fit in one of my laundry bags BUT I'm glad I have 2 because they did fit in both. I'd like to pack all my books/folders/papers today. I have stuff in every room even though I don't actively collect books here like I did in Salt Lake.

Ether 8 
10 And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor; and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him, and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife; wherefore if he shall desire of thee that ye shall give unto him me to wife, then shall ye say: I will give her if ye will bring unto me the ^ahead of my father, the king.
17 And it was the daughter of Jared who put it into his heart to search up these things of old; and Jared put it into the heart of Akish; wherefore, Akish administered it unto his kindred and friends, leading them away by fair promises to do whatsoever thing he desired. 18 And it came to pass that they formed a ^asecret combination, even as they of old; which combination is most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God;
21 And they have caused the ^adestruction of this people of whom I am now speaking, and also the destruction of the people of Nephi.
22 And whatsoever ^anation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the ^bblood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for ^cvengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not.

I almost bought a Square glass dining table. It is pretty but I was thinking I want a round dining table now anyway. I'd like the one I bought brand new that the idiot stole from my storage along with a lot of other things I thought I was OVER!!! I managed to replace everything largely through DI shopping and my brother felt bad for me so he gave me a bed and TV which is still in my room at my mother's house sitting there. Flatscreens weren't common then so it is just an old-school television. I had cobalt blue dishes I bought new from open-stock NOT in a set!!! and many different blue glass baking pans, mixing bowls, GRRR!!! I bought a nice full-length standing metal that was black adjustable iron.

I was so ticked I quit the blue dish thing although maybe I'll start it again now that enough time has gone by. I haven't spent money on anything really now. I bought a set of clear square dishes from Walmart along with some clear round bowls and clear round large plates. At my last apartment in Salt Lake I bought red dishes and a rectangle brass and glass dining table I found at a thrift store

I'm getting rid of shoes beyond hope along with the shoes I forgot about. My garments, bras and socks are in my grey suitcase I used to travel all over and take my library classes. It fits in the carry-on slot on planes. It's been all over the place with me. I can't believe how I fit just about ALL my clothes in my 3 red suitcases/bags. I didn't realize how many boots I have. I'm getting rid of 4 pairs but that still leaves me with 8. I'm polishing off the last of my Sun Chips. I REALLY need to cook. I'm just not in the mood but even rice just takes a minute and I have everything to make musubi which is what I should do. I have a lot of fresh veggies too I need to use.

Ether 7

Mahina who is my girl from Hawaii who I had so much fun with and who I love very much is one of the Salt Lake City people who wanted to know if I didn't sell the washer and dryer because she said she wanted it if I didn't. Yesterday I had the prompting that I should just give it to her BUT I can certainly use $300. It is EXACTLY what I need to avoid going to the damn loan shark so I can pay my deposit, bills and living expenses until my next check. So when someone called and said they wanted the washer I agreed. I should've known it would fall through. She was "on her way" to pick it up when I received a text she got something cheaper. I had texted Mahina telling her she probably wouldn't want to drive all the way to Logan just to get it but she said she would in a message on Facebook I received today. So I told her she could come and get them if she wanted and to let me know and I'd take them down my ads. I also told her I couldn't charge her for them. She said she'll pick them up next week which is perfect and will only leave me with a couple days without them.

I'm not sure why the spirit's telling me to do this. I may not see why ever and she may not ever actually make it down here BUT I've done my part so it'll be bonding with the damn loan shark again for a couple weeks. The North Logan Library has a couple part time positions open they advertised on Facebook. Ultimately I want to get back into public libraries. I will apply. They probably won't hire me because they probably don't want someone as qualified as me but who knows, maybe they'll make it work. They advertised yesterday to send resumes to an email address. I like the North Logan Library. It is beautiful, clean and not very busy probably because they ONLY issue library cards to residents of North Logan or Hyde Park, an area directly northeast of North Logan.

It is weird that my leasing company is asking me to show the apartment to 2 prospective clients tomorrow. It's the impetus I need to clean more and pack more. I came across a box I have with lots of shoes I can't use anymore. I forgot I had these. I guess I will have to make another DI trip. I have a bunch of glass vases from when I hosted a candy buffet at Stevens-Henager College. I used my own money because I wanted to keep the stuff. I'm going to pack some more of my clothes and continue to do laundry. I had to call the property management company to come and replace the hall lightbulbs because they are at the top of the stairs at the top of a vaulted ceiling. My new apartment has 9-ft ceilings. I hope the maintenance there changes lightbulbs. If anything is wrong they are going to get to know me as well as this one does.

I have everything to decorate my new apartment. I want to pack things and get it to the point where the only stuff left to do will be moving my luggage and boxes with all my things inside. I plan to move the fragile stuff myself like my huge wall mirror, various other silk plants, pictures, television, glass stuff and statues. I've decided to wait on making the new sushi dish but I'm going to try to bake small savory meat pies myself. I wonder if I should get a cupcake or muffin pan to do this in.

I also have broccoli, carrots, cilantro and chicken I defrosted too. I need to throw out the guava cake I made with the concentrate. It tastes awful. I do have the nectar I bought and I'm going to try that next. I have all the stuff to make peanut sauce too. So I have cooking projects to break up the monotony of packing, cleaning and just getting ready for the move. I'm excited. I can't wait!!!

Chills and feeling feverish for a day and a half. This was ALL solved when I went to the dollar store picked up some ibuprofen and then took it last night. I've already taken my dose for today. What a HUGE difference.

I'm VERY happy this occurred right before I had to pick up the sisters and take them to dinner at Mark's house. I remember Helene saying he still lived at home. He has his own place, at least now. His apartment is modest but fine. He just got a new couch. It is a nice brown "suede" and if he bothered to clean his apartment it would look alright. He's probably sick of cleaning at work but SERIOUSLY!!! I don't get how some people can live the way they do.

I asked him if he ever attended USU. He said he did and majored in exercise science. He still works as a part time custodian for Ellis elementary school. When the sisters asked him what he did he told them he was cleaning carpets right now. When he played the trumpet for me he told me he was a custodian and he didn't have a problem telling me that. He seems to have a problem sharing that now. I hope that works as an inspiration for him to go to school. He has a great testimony. He is one of the VERY FEW tall AND fine men in my ward. He just looks so much like my nephew JR that his looks are a turnoff to me. JR however has these amazing green eyes that REALLY stand out with his tan skin.

Mark has lived in Logan his entire life except for his mission which was spent in England and Nevada. I told Mark and the sisters I'm moving next Friday. I asked him if he had a truck and what he was doing next Friday. He said he was helping me move!!! Nice!!! He isn't stupid ALTHOUGH I don't get why he didn't finish school and isn't working somewhere making money. I don't think he's ever considered having a life outside Logan, Cache Valley or Utah.

Having dinner with the sisters made me much more conscious about missionary work. I kept trying to commit Mark to asking his friends if they would listen to the missionary discussions. He wouldn't do it and the only thing he'd commit to was reading one of Neal A. Maxwell's books about having more faith. It was good for me to have that dinner because whenever I would eat with members on my mission it was ALL about building a relationship of trust with them and having them refer their non-member family and friends.

Brother Scott would ALWAYS want us to stay after we had dinner at his house. He was so sweet. I was pretty firm with him all the time however and told him the way we'd stay is if he set up appointments for discussions with us. He arranged dinner at two of his nonmember friends' homes. One didn't go anywhere but the other one did although we ended up having to give the nice FAMILY to the elders since they lived in their area.

The sisters told me they have 8 wards and are supposed to have 20 discussions each week. The fireside made it crystal clear that members are responsible for finding people for the sisters to teach. So each week our ward should be responsible for 2.5 discussions, 3 if you just round up. With ALL the RMs in our ward we can certainly provide this. I committed to ask Katie Doseck and her mom, roommate and boyfriend to hear the discussions along with my bookmobile librarian friend Shawn Bliss and his family.

Ether 6
4 And it came to pass that when they had prepared all manner of^afood, that thereby they might subsist upon the water, and also food for their flocks and herds, and ^bwhatsoever beast or animal or fowl that they should carry with them—and it came to pass that when they had done all these things they got aboard of their vessels or barges, and set forth into the sea, commending themselves unto the Lord their God.
11 And thus they were driven forth, ^athree hundred and forty and four days upon the water.
30 And it came to pass that Orihah did walk humbly before the Lord, and did remember how great things the Lord had done for his father, and also taught his people how great things the Lord had done for their fathers.
Verse 4 discusses provisions for the animals they travel with. Verse 11 mentions the Jaredites were in the barges for 21 days short of a year. Many things must've happened then in the barges. Childbirth, marriage maybe, deaths. Just keeping everyone clean, disposing of waste would be major. Keeping clean when water is such a premium, having enough water to last them that long. There are MANY things to consider. Finally after asking ALL of the sons of Mahonrimoriancumur NONE of them agree to be king and only ONE of Jared's sons, Orihah says he will do it and he leads righteously. At the end of this chapter life is good. People are living happily and prosperous as well as keeping the commandments.

This Is My Work and Glory - Russell M. Ballard
In our Heavenly Father’s great priesthood-endowed plan, men have the unique responsibility to administer the priesthood, but they are not the priesthood. Men and women have different but equally valued roles. Just as a woman cannot conceive a child without a man, so a man cannot fully exercise the power of the priesthood to establish an eternal family without a woman. In other words, in the eternal perspective, both the procreative power and the priesthood power are shared by husband and wife. And as husband and wife, a man and a woman should strive to follow our Heavenly Father. The Christian virtues of love, humility, and patience should be their focus as they seek the blessings of the priesthood in their lives and for their family.

I just talked to my friend Katie about listening to the missionary discussions. She actually lives right by the sisters. She loves the sisters and is spiritual herself but she doesn't like organized religion. She doesn't see the need for it and doesn't like the contention it brings. She is such a sweetie. I hope she softens her heart and changes how she feels. She prays all the time which is what I wish I did more of, A LOT more. Asking people about this isn't hard for me. I just want to prepare people sufficiently. 

The next commitment I made with the sisters is to ask my friend Shawn Bliss if he and his family will listen to the missionary discussions. I looove missionary work and I love that fireside we just had that emphasized how the members are responsible for finding people for the missionaries to teach. The sisters cover 8 wards. This means we should be providing them with 3 appointments a week.

I need to meet our ward mission leader and tell him about the 2.5/3 discussions our ward should be providing a week.

I'm thinking it's from having my teeth roots were taken out although why it's only hitting me now is strange. Maybe I should get some ibuprofen. I wish I could get out of this tonight.

I just feel weak and keep getting the chills. I baked my guava cake with the concentrate. I still need to make the icing/glaze. My cake fell although when I put the cream cheese/cool whip mixture on it should be alright.

I'm not up to doing splits with the missionaries tonight. I feel like crap. Maybe I'll get Mark to give me a blessing.

I keep getting the chills. I need to go home and sleep more. I'm going to collect on my accounts then order books for next module then I'm getting out of here. I need to be able to be alright later tonight with the sisters and Mark.

Today when I go home for lunch I'm sticking a load of laundry in the washer. I have clothes to wash and I almost sold it yesterday. The lady backed out at the last minute. I had someone from Hawaii try to buy it from me yesterday and then 4 people from SLC. I need more people to look at it. I feel weak today but not like yesterday. I felt like I was getting sick. I had the chills. It was not fun. This is when the lady was going  to pick up the washer so I cleaned quickly because I HATE people seeing a messy house. I guess I needed that. I even cleaned my bathroom downstairs including scrubbing my toilet and basin. I just need to Windex the mirror.

Mark called me as I was drifting off to sleep. I forced myself to sleep at around 8pm. He is so worried about dinner tonight. He's not even cooking. He's picking up pita's from some pita place. I told him I'd bring dessert because I felt bad for him. I told him to relax and that everything was fine. I don't have a lot of energy and I REALLY don't feel like going with the sisters tonight but I'll live.

Ether 5
 1 And now I, Moroni, have written the words which were commanded me, according to my memory; and I have told you the things which I have ^asealed up; therefore touch them not in order that ye may translate; for that thing is forbidden you, except by and by it shall be wisdom in God.

There are only 6 verses in this chapter that is just filled with witnesses testifying of its truthfulness.

A Sure Foundation - Bishop Dean A. Davies
In like manner, if we do not provide for an appropriate balance in our lives of daily personal prayer and feasting from the scriptures, weekly strengthening from partaking of the sacrament, and frequent participation in priesthood ordinances such as temple ordinances, we too are at risk of being weakened in our spiritual structural strength.

Sharing our thoughts, feelings, and desires with God through sincere and heartfelt prayer should become to each of us as important and natural as breathing and eating.

I am feeling crappy still and I might go home early after I order books for the new module and try to collect from 4 students who haven't returned their books. I have to make dessert for the Sisters and Mark tonight.