Urban Poly Princess

My BS goes down during the day. It is so weird. It gets higher when I wake up after not eating for awhile. I'm wondering now if Alkalete spikes my BS but that doesn't really make sense. I'm just hoping it continues to decrease. It feels like when I first wanted to lower my BS and completely changed how I ate and began to take Metformin.

I think I need to be patient and truly give Yoli the 3 months I said I would.

Eating is frustrating on this program. I get so hungry if I don't eat some sort of meat and then I do and I'm stuffed for hours.

Helaman 7 

People on the Yoli forum keep telling me NOT to stop Metformin BUT I already have AND I prayed about it and felt I should not get any more. I'm NOT going to share that anymore. It could prevent me from losing weight which I am afraid of BUUUT I'm not going to do something if the spirit told me clearly not to do it. It is so tempting because I keep seeing these ugly numbers BUUUT whatever I have to go through. I have to just keep at it although it is VERY frustrating and annoying because I'm in the middle of the second week of my transformation kit and I don't see much transforming going on.

I weighed myself in Katie's classroom and I did lose 3 pounds!!! Yea for progress albeit TINY progress.

I know that's a lot to lose in 9 days, it just feels like it's not. I'm glad I lost anything because you aren't supposed to lose any weight if your blood sugar is over 90 and I'm about 95-100 over that. Alright I just took my blood sugar and I ate about an hour ago. Maybe I didn't wait long enough. It was 180. I'm supposed to wait 2-3 hours. This was more like 1 hour.

Helaman 6

O.K. I did eat spinach, pork roast, eggs and sour cream for breakfast and it ALWAYS comes down when I eat spinach. I get the acid thing since I'm consuming much more meat now. Everyone on the forum sings the praises of Alkalete. I just don't see it yet. I do love passion however. It is my new addiction. Actually I need to be careful because it has caffeine. There is also melon passion, truth and fun. I'd like to try all of the Yoli drinks.

I'm not sure why it's always highest in the morning. Usually when you eat it goes up. I try not to test until 3 hours after I've eaten something. I get tired pretty early at night but then I get up earlier than I need to as well. Like a whole hour and a half earlier.I try to eat spinach and broccoli with every meal since it brings the BS down.

While I am disappointed to be living in Logan STILL, I am very grateful to Lori who made me think logically and realize what I already know but didn't want to admit which is the best thing for me to do right now is remain here. I have to make myself love it here and the only way that'll happen is if I make more money which means rocking the real estate thing. It's not like I can't still sell real estate in Salt Lake City.

While I have yet to see my BS take a significant dive I like the good eating habits the Yoli program develops. I've always tried to eat 6x a day since when I did Body 4 Life. I eat sooo much spinach now thanks to the Death to Diabetes book I read when I was first diagnosed. The free meal and free day I'll eventually enjoy is something I want to make a regular part of my lifestyle. My friend and coworker Sharon has had type 2 diabetes for years. She told me not to worry too much about my blood sugar if it is under 200 because I think even with her medication she still gets over 200.

I figure I probably had diabetes for a long time and didn't take medication until I was diagnosed. I want to bring it down WITHOUT medication. I want my body to be used to a healthier way of eating. Passion is super. I don't get tired during the day from what I used to drink Diet Dr. Pepper for. I know how horrible that was. If I got in an accident then instead of blood they'd find Diet Dr. Pepper flowing through my veins. All the Yoli products comply with Death to Diabetes. I REALLY like that. There really isn't much difference between my carb and protein days. Last night I bought a low-carb burger at Carl's Jr. That just means there's no bun and it's wrapped in lettuce. It was delicious. They will make any of their burgers in a lettuce wrap.

The only thing different I do on carb days is eat broccoli instead of spinach BUT I really like both. I'm glad I didn't do Yoli without the approved veggies. I HAAAVE to eat some sort of veggie ANY time I have protein.

Helaman 5

I talked to my friend Lori the registrar about how excited I was to leave Logan. Trying to find a job I can do for 9 months full time at one of the other campuses is really not worth it. I know she was right BUT I was so psyched or maybe I'm just psycho. I do get to learn ALL about Cache Valley through selling real estate here. The more I tried to figure it out the more stupid it was for me to leave before fulfilling my contract. I am grateful for my MBA. I just hadn't figured on it making me live here. O.K. I did, I just didn't think it would be this tough. I thought Logan would grow on me. IT HASN'T!!!

I haven't received any revelation for or against my leaving Cache Valley. My boss is awesome. I am just not going to take the risk that I can't get a job with Stevens-Henager in Salt Lake and there's really nothing I want to do except be a librarian and he's not going anywhere in Salt Lake City. They have let go of people everywhere throughout the company. It's just a difference of 9 months if I leave at the end of my lease. Maybe I need this training here for the real estate market in Salt Lake. Probably not but I'm grasping at straws.

I feel like I've just sat through an emotional wringer.

Sooo many people have gotten the hell on my nerves with whatever MLM they were peddling. Amway is especially irritating. Mellaluca is similarly annoying. Jeff was NOT like that, neither was Kinau. Actually after specifically asking Kinau about it he told me to wait until I get results first and to see how it works for me first. I like how positive everyone is and how I could recognize a lot of gospel principles last night. I'm glad I listened to their call. Being in a business where gospel principles are used to build their businesses is only a good thing. I like that Kinau's team has temple nights too. As long as I recognize the source of all wisdom, truth is truth and it is always good when this is embraced. I like how the founder doesn't watch the news or television anymore but rather spends that time building his knowledge through listening to audio books and then meditating and journaling "pondering" if you will. I looove reading my scriptures daily and my conference talks BUT I didn't when I first started to do what I was told I should be doing forever ago. Through actually doing that I reaped the blessings and eventually I didn't ever want to miss because of what I gain.

The founder impressed me because he actively makes the effort to be better and he doesn't have the gospel in his life. I wonder how many people have tried to share it with him and how he responded. He will recognize the gospel as truth when he hears it and he will be amazed at how perfectly it fits in and enriches his life.

Mahana Lingo is especially impressive to me. She added me as a friend on Facebook and I accepted it without knowing anything about her. She is so positive. She reminds me of my childhood friend Lei. Lei was diagnosed with cancer several years ago but you would never know it. She is a ray of sunshine who is an amazing example of what a wife and mother has the potential to be.

Alisa had a Zumba fundraising thing for her friend Salu who was a dedicated Zumba lady in her class and passed away suddenly. George told me she sold Yoli as did her husband Vai Laumatia. I know they're from Laie and I remember seeing him around BYU but I never interacted with them.George said Vai is an abrasive Yoli salesperson and that he had to agree to attend some sales meeting with him because he was relentless. George had no intention of attending however and never did. George and Alisa told me about her visiting teachers who were selling Isogenix or something like that and came over and bore her testimony about it. She said it was complete with tears.

Yoli sounds like an awesome company and many other MLMs are probably just as good. This was a training call so I know they are being taught well. Kinau and this guy did other things before. I like that the founder sold real estate or invested in it or something. Kinau who has proven to be extremely successful in this and that founder both have over million dollar incomes. Their sales practices are not offensive. Successful salespeople must not be. They have developed the way to share what they have without undue pressure.

The weather has been so beautiful lately. Just like Spring!!! Definitely NOT the February I'd expect from Northern Utah. My blood sugar was 180 this morning. Definitely NOT what I want to see after a week of Yoli. I am giving it 3 months however. It is VERY frustrating. I prayed about whether I should keep taking Metformin and was told no. I was worried the Yoli program would bring it down too low. Now I'm just wishing to see the numbers I used to see WITH Metformin.

I REALLY hope this makes a difference at the end of this transformation period. Everyone on the Facebook forum talks about how incredible they feel. I was pretty much eating this way since the beginning of last month so I'm not feeling the effects of good eating combined with the supplements. I'm just continuing what I was doing only now with the supplements. I don't feel amazing and besides a couple coworkers telling me I look like I lost weight I haven't had any changes. I asked the forum, Kinau and Jeff and I hooope someone can give me specific answers.

I have a feeling they're going to tell me to keep going and to be patient. Easy to say.

Leola just messaged me on Facebook about her aunt who has been using essential oils and was able to lower her blood sugar so much that her doctor told her they'd reduce her meds. The aunt stopped taking the meds and didn't tell the doctor before her appointment so it was very effective. She told me it doesn't cost as much as Yoli. I told her I'll visit her to get some samples when I'm in Salt Lake again.

ANNOYING!!! Yet ANOTHER reason why I shouldn't be living on the damn farm!!!

Another thing that Yoli founder guy said last night is that he does journaling... essentially what keeps me sane!!! - blogging all day OR what the prophets and other church leaders have long counseled us to do WRITE IN OUR JOURNAL!!! Amazing, ALL the advice we need to be successful in ALL areas of our lives has been given to us from when we were young. Freely and repeatedly. We are so lucky. Exactly why Stephen R. Covey was able to make millions from writing self-help books that helped the masses that were just gospel principles repackaged. If we would just apply all the sage wisdom we've received and continue to receive we would be even more incredible.

Helaman 4
24 And they saw that they had become ^aweak, like unto their brethren, the Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord did no more preserve them; yea, it had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doth not ^bdwell in ^cunholy ^dtemples—

We always need the spirit for guidance and direction. That has to be the worst thing in the world, for the spirit to leave you. The gift of the Holy Ghost is so huge and incredible.

I was talking to George and teasing him that I would come over and bear my testimony about Yoli. I listened to their team motivational call with their founder and Kinau. They both reminded me of when I went with Katie and those students to Success 2013 at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy. The talks were awesome, in particular Les Brown was amazing.What struck me the most about the meeting was how dazzled Katie and the students were and how grateful I am to have the gospel in my life. The company founder talked about daily rituals like remembering 3 things we are grateful for. It also included his texting someone thanks. Prayer takes care of that. Next he listens to audio books and does one income-producing activity. I read the scriptures every day along with a talk from the latest general conference.

This strengthens my testimony each day. Why aren't we all loaded then? The Yoli founder isn't LDS but his advice coincides with what we are all taught to do.

I didn't know what to expect when I called my mother to let her know I'm moving back to Salt Lake. She was so happy and excited. She can be smothering sometimes BUUUT I haaate it here and I can't wait to move!!! I didn't go to FHE tonight. I'm just not in the mood to force myself to be friendly in a situation I don't like. This is going to be a looong 4 months. I gained so many things living in Logan. I wish I found my husband here BUT I don't want to be with anyone interested in living here and most people living here now have no reason for leaving it.

I would NEVER choose to live here for school or ANYTHING BUT the reason I had. I can't believe people live here for the social life. I am sooo happy my time here is coming to a close. I hope I can get an online position with Stephens-Henager College's Independence University. That would be best for me to pursue my real estate thing right now.

I was so scared of talking to my boss BUUUT she was awesome!!! I am sooo psyched!!! I CANNOT wait to move. Now I need to find a broker in Salt Lake City. I'M FINALLY LEAVING THE FARM!!!

I still want to fulfill my obligation to Stevens-Henager College so I told her I could teach online to do that if need be. Now to figure out what ward I'll be in and start looking for a job. I saw 2 postings for librarians at LDS Business College at the Triad Center which is within walking distance from my mother's house. The Salt Lake City Library System is also building a new library ALSO within walking distance from her house in Rose Park. I'm also going to try to work at the Salt Lake Temple, NOT within walking distance although I've never tried walking there. In good weather I can do that especially with the new Trax station at the top of the ramp.

Time for my new lunch hour now. I'm just going home!!!

I feel like I lost weight BUT the scale shows absolutely NOOO movement. I'm sure it's because my blood sugar still needs to come down AND because I haven't been working out at all. I already know that. Because of the success of so many others I've read about on the Empowered by Yoli forum I'll just keep following the program for at least 3 months AND incorporate exercise too. Kathy's sister Mahana has an awesome Yoli story and pictures to go along with it. I tagged Kathy and Elaine who are her sisters. Kathy married Nathan Moleni and Elaine married my cousin Mone Angilau. I thought Kathy would say something which makes me question how much Yoli actually helped Mahana lose weight. She qualified my statement by saying she had begun to live healthier before Yoli. Elaine liked it and emailed me a message. Kathy who I know best however said nothing which leads me to believe she doesn't think much of it. I want to ask Kathy about it but I don't want her to feel like she has to badmouth her sisters or the product they sell.

I'm glad so many people have found success with Yoli but I wonder how much can be attributed to the accompanying healthy lifestyle and just how much credit should be given to the products. I'm not sold on the benefits of alkalete or even of balancing your Ph BUUUT I wanted to do something that would bring down my blood sugar and if using these products helps me maintain a healthy lifestyle then it is worth it.The shakes have high protein/low sugar. My friend Katie told me she can see weight loss in my cheekbones. That's good. Why the hell doesn't the scale show ANYTHING then? YES I know I can't lose weight until my BS is brought down BUUUT it is very frustrating.Tomorrow is day 7 and then on day 14 I can have a free meal!!! That is going to perhaps be an entire pizza AND the rest of my Cadbury mini-eggs.

This is the other reason why I like Yoli. I want to eat well MOST of the time BUT like how Body-4-Life was, once a week I want to eat whatever the hell I feel like. At the end of my 30-day transformation I can do that. It encourages your body not to go into starvation mode. I REALLY miss sushi too. Although I can make my own and it tastes better when I do that, I just want to go to my favorite sushi place in Sugarhouse Tokai Sushi 4 U and kill 4 rolls by myself.

I'm not going to do another transformation kit. I'm going to do the maintenance stuff. I'm doing the full Alkalete loading dose. I don't feel significantly better. This is probably because I was already living the lifestyle for the most part. I'm glad Kinau is so successful with this MLM. I still detest MLM businesses. If people go to school they can get jobs they love that pay them well. They just can't stop at a Bachelor Degree. Heavenly Father through latter-day prophets has counseled us to get all the education we can. STILL people do make money at the top and I'd consider Kinau at the top although there are CEOs above him that I'm sure get paid more without having to manage salespeople.

I haaate the MLM culture. Could I actually marry someone so entrenched in that? Faiana who I don't know and Mahana who I don't know either are upbeat and positive. I like that. While Kinau certainly has a talent for this, I'd rather see someone develop their skills in other things. I value education very much even if I'm not ridiculous about it the way I feel many of my Tongan friends and family are. I like that Kinau wants to and does help other people. There's an inherent shadiness I don't like. Since the Yoli headquarters are in SLC I'm sure most of the people are LDS.

Helaman 3

Julie is one of my new visiting teachers. She's very naive BUUUT she is real and she means well. I really connect with Beth at ALL levels. She is spiritually on point AND intellectually we have a lot in common because she taught high school English.

Julie was trying to tell us both how sometimes she doesn't feel right trying to say that we are heavenly beings so we will never truly feel comfortable in the world. I think Beth and I were just looking at her and were unable to hide NOT feeling that way. Julie said it was alright if we didn't feel that way. Beth tried to counter that by saying we all feel that way sometimes although we may not attribute it to a longing for our original heavenly home.

Julie sat by my friend who annoys me to no end. I was sooo happy I didn't have to deal with her.

Today our ward choir sang for stake conference. I've always wanted to sit in those seats in the tabernacle. Logan has a beautiful tabernacle. That doesn't mean I want to stay here. Stake Conference was good today but I REALLY liked the meeting last night. I was most impressed with the adult meeting last night. The mission president's counselor and his wife were amazing as was Elder Fisher and his wife.

I'm pretty sure Kinau's an RM and I feel very stupid for assuming things when I don't know him at all. I looked at his about page on Facebook which lists his other language as Hmong. We had A LOT of Cambodian immigrants in Sacramento and Hmong language missionaries there along with Spanish. I always get annoyed when people assume things about me and now I feel stupid. Even my gay friends raised in Laie served missions before they came home and then "came out of the closet".

He could be the most spiritual person on the planet and I am an idiot. I haaate it when someone does that to me and then I just did the same thing.

Helaman 2
13 And behold, in the end of this book ye shall see that thisGadianton did prove the overthrow, yea, almost the entire destruction of the people of Nephi.

Be Meek and Lowly of Heart - Ulisses Soares
Think for a few seconds how you react when someone does not comply with your desires the moment you want them to. What about when people disagree with your ideas, even though you are absolutely sure that they represent the proper solution to a problem? What is your response when someone offends you, critiques your efforts, or is simply unkind because he or she is in a bad mood? At these moments and in other difficult situations, we must learn to control our temper and convey our feelings with patience and gentle persuasion. This is most important within our homes and within our relationships with our eternal companions.

The more I think about moving to Salt Lake City the more excited I get to move. An MBA is a terminal business degree and if Kinau did the Executive program at BYU it would only take him a couple years to complete. I wonder how open he is to that. I want kids now and I hope and pray I can still have them but if I can't he has the money that we could serve a mission now. That would be amazing AND prepare him to serve as a mission president and leader in the church. He has the leadership skills already I just don't think his spiritual muscles have been exercised as much as they could've been. I'm so glad he has a temple recommend but that still doesn't tell me how committed he is to the gospel.

Although he's lost 80 lbs the way he and his team eat is NOT the Yoli lifestyle. I don't think he's completely sold on the optimal health thing although I know he works out and uses all the products. I saw a picture online from when he was doing Xango and he looked amazing. His other brother who was always known for being good-looking looks older now. Kinau may be turning 50 probably in a couple years but he still looks good. I wish he'd get back down to his Xango size.

He is a loving family person already thanks to being Poly. My dreams of a nice quiet Las Vegas wedding however would not work with him. He is from Laie and knows the whole damn world. He is extremely outgoing too.

If we aren't compatible I will be attending some Salt Lake City Midsingles ward where hopefully I can meet someone normal there. Anyway I look at it the move is wise. I haven't really prayed about it yet although I've had that prayer in my heart since yesterday anyway. Finally even if I still find no one in Salt Lake City AT LEAST I will eat what I want and be able to shop for what I want whenever. I won't feel like I'm living on a damn farm.

Stake presidents throughout the church were specifically asked to have the Stake Saturday night meeting on hastening the work. A counselor to the mission president and his wife, GA Elder Foster and his wife and several youth from the stake specifically spoke on missionary work. Those wives were awesome. I want my husband to be as powerful speaking about missionary work as those 2 men were. Their wives bore excellent witnesses too. You cannot have that witness unless you practice it yourself.

I need to make a profile on mormon.org - that is one of the things we were committed to do. Elder Foster committed everyone there to also forego ice-cream until we have a referral for the missionaries. All the talks were extremely powerful including the youth in our stake. Tomorrow I need to get there at 9am for choir practice. I saw some guy in my ward. He told me he was getting cheese for the party tomorrow. I told him I wasn't invited and he said I'm always invited. Yeah maybe the guys. Women are always shady.                                

People need to be on fire when they conduct missionary work. That is the fun....

I was looking at Kinau's online video collection or just the videos he recommended.  He obviously loves children and would be an incredible father AND since he makes his money mostly through residual income he has lots of disposable time to spend with them. When he first started taking home a nice check he helped his sister and her family financially. I love that. That is Poly mentality, to help your family and to be close to them. He loves a lot of the music I love too but since there's an age difference I don't recognize a lot of the songs he shared.

He likes movies too. Kinau is amazing in so many ways. I don't think I'd have the deep conversations I can have with someone like Rich however. I won't connect with him intellectually not because he's not capable of that but rather because he hasn't developed that. I would rather date Kinau however than ANY of the guys I saw at our Midsingles dance last night. I want to move to Salt Lake City asap and I'm going to try to get my father-in-heaven to help with that. I'd love to keep working in the temple in Salt Lake City. I have to either get a Job at Corporate in SLC or at the Murray Campus because I definitely don't want to pay them half of the 31,000 my MBA would've cost me since next month makes my year mark.

Just the thought of moving to Salt Lake City is making me excited. I'm going to turn this over to my Father in Heaven now. George did tell me Stevens-Henager has never enforced their policy according to his friend who is the Business officer at the Murray Campus. His advice is to look for a normal job now which I'm going to do actually and I intend to bring that up with my father in heaven too. I am going to get to know Kinau better when I move to Salt Lake City BUT whether anything comes from that or not moving to Salt Lake City is such a fantastic option for me. Attending that dance felt like scratching my nails over a chalkboard. Why am I even here?

Sis. Smoot's last day at the temple was today. I'm going to miss her so much. I love the temple. Kinau and his Yoli business team have a temple night/dinner EVERY month. I NEVER would've supposed he has a recommend. I don't think he served a mission.  He has many qualities I like. He is confident, extremely successful AND good-looking despite almost being 50. He has a bachelor degree in television marketing but no graduate school. He travels extensively ALL the time for business. He is IN his career now. He doesn't have to finish school or work his way up to a nice salary. He is financially solid.

Regular temple attendance is super BUUUT I want to know the depth of his testimony. His sales acumen combined with a rock testimony would make him an exceptional mission president. He can take me anywhere I want to go and he can buy me anything too. Moving to Salt Lake City is sounding more and more attractive. He doesn't have any children although he is older than my big brother. He is the same age as all the neighborhood kids I danced with at PCC. He was one of the canoe boys who gave canoe tours to the tourists. That group consisted of the best looking boys in the area. The canoe boys were known for being attractive. He is Hawaiian/White like my mother only she also has the Chinese blood. I can't picture him as an apostle or even a GA BUT I'd never have thought he'd have a current recommend either. He is not an idiot but he's not brilliant either.

I don't like that Michelle Hill was his best friend in high school. She is gorgeous and was extremely popular when she went to Kahuku High School. She married one of the 2 Samoan members in the Jets. They are the ONLY Tongan family group to make it that big. I remember his brother too who was extremely good-looking too. Michelle's fine I guess I just never really knew her very well. Kinau's first name is James and he actually went by that when I knew of him. He has absolutely NO nerd tendencies. Before becoming an MLM marketing guru he worked at PCC, Paradise Cove, attended school AND worked as a bouncer at a club in Waikiki. He is tall and my mother would love him just because he's Hawaiian. My Tongan family wouldn't like his lack of graduate school and/or his questionable spiritual state. He might be part Samoan too but I don't think so. He is a nice contact to have regardless of whether he's spiritually on point.

So I forced myself to go to our Midsingles dance. They played Lady Gaga Applause and some JT. They even played Billie Jean BUT that was IT. There was sooo much country I thought I might die. I keep thinking in order for Heavenly Father to bless me I have to attend these things but then I go and I don't see anyone I want to dance with. That one guy who was checking me out was good-looking but SERIOUSLY, develop some game. I tried to help out that type before and it was a disaster. I don't like playing that role. Something I'm NOT repeating.

Kristen told me there are unofficial Dees dances in Salt Lake where they play good music and the guys aren't afraid to ask you to dance AND they play good music. I wished I checked them out when I lived there. I was too involved in the Poly community and my ward filled with kids.

She's moving to South Jordan in a couple months. I wish I was moving in a couple months. Attending these things really makes me want to leave. There was some dark-haired guy checking me out. He kept following me all over the place but he didn't have the nerve to do anything about it. It was entertaining. I don't know why guys think they're being sly when they are really being obvious as hell. I'm not stupid or blind and enough men have checked me out over the years that I can tell when someone's doing that. BUT they shouldn't bother if they can't close the deal. I wasn't about to help him out. He looked good but I haaate the way he dresses AND he wouldn't talk to me although he kept following me all over the place. Confidence is very attractive to me.

Rich reminded me of how nice it is to interact with someone with a backbone. It's really not that big a deal to just talk to someone. I don't know what they think is going to happen when they do that. I think it's stupid. If I want to meet someone I will. If I get the vibe they're not interested that's enough for me to look elsewhere.

I got my new and I hope my FINAL aligners from my orthodontist. I know I've been his client from hell BUUUT I like to get what I paid for AND for a minor problem this has been ridiculous. I know he was ticked that I asked him how many patients he had that used invisalign. I'm happy he was honest with me and told me I was his first. These actually felt tight yesterday which is how they're supposed to feel. He's having me wear each for 2 weeks and the whole process should take 6 weeks. I'll be done with my Yoli transformation kit before that's up. NICE. I prayed about whether I should take my Metformin right now because I've hated how high my blood sugar has been but I felt I should just be patient and work the Yoli program. I can follow this for life. It is just extremely important that I don't skip meals.

I haven't felt any of the drastic benefits everyone reports but I do plan to use Yoli products for at least 3 months first before I make any changes. Actually if it does what it should I will distribute it part time as well. I like ALL areas I'm interested in - Zumba, Yoli, Real Estate AND librarianship. The REASON why I wanted to get my MLS is because librarians are paid extremely well AND can work odd AND part time hours. It is something I enjoy but am also allowed to pursue other things.

George advised me against working in sales at Stevens-Henager College in Murray. I know he's right. I don't really want to do that and I'd feel better if I met my Logan temple commitment. I am grateful for all the experiences I've had here but I have absolutely no love for the place. I have to drive to Salt Lake City just for a decent night out. There are not a bunch of theatres all within half an hour OR restaurants. TJ Maxx is the ONLY place along with Ross where you can purchase nice stuff BUUUT it's like DI because you have to dig. Alright I did find a nice pair of Rock Republic shoes but of course they were out of my size. Size 7 is probably the most common women's shoe size. I need to buy some Daisy perfume but I'll have to get it online or in Salt Lake City. Ogden or Layton might have it but if I hit the freeway why on earth would I go anywhere else.

I could see a ballet, musical OR play at any number of theatres throughout Salt Lake Valley. I looove that. If I like Yoli as much as everyone else does the headquarters is in West Valley City, what they call the Yoli mansion. I realize there are no Yoli distributors in Cache Valley, I realize realtors are much friendlier here and that it is probably good for me to begin here in real estate part time. I also realize there are many things I benefit from by living in Logan. I just miss the convenience of Salt Lake City. Maybe this is for me to appreciate Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City feels really safe. I've always imagined myself living in California. I've never been to the East Coast either but I feel like I'd enjoy it there too. I will always love Hawaii and I will own a condo there at Turtle Bay Hilton. I'd also like to own a condo in downtown Salt Lake City. I like that the church is there.

Without exception I've always lived where the church is huge. My parents raised us in Hauula - like Providence is to Logan it ran into Laie where PCC, BYU and the temple were. There were 6 stakes in my area and where I grew up. It was rare not to be LDS.

My parents moved us to Provo, Payson and then Tonga. Of course in Tonga we lived for the most part at Liahona, the name of the town AND church high school AND where the temple was built. My mission is the only time I didn't live in a church center but I was a missionary so my whole life was the church anyway. I would not want to live in Sacramento or any of its neighboring communities. The nice areas were nice but the bad areas were that too. Stores and restaurants were nothing to speak of too. I did like California's diversity. I NEVER felt the racism there I've experienced in Utah. People in California don't automatically assume or treat me like an idiot YES it is possible to be gorgeous AND spiritual AND brilliant. That has always been my goal anyway.

I always wanted to be an example of someone who can be gorgeous AND super intelligent AND super spiritual. I ALWAYS wanted to be the example of that to young girls and women in general. I ALSO want to be an amazing wife and mother and that is the one area I need to develop. Who I marry is the most important thing I do in this life and affects me the most significantly eternally. Although I believe I can make it work with anyone, I don't and shouldn't have to do that. I am incredible and I want someone incredible too.

I want someone who has developed themselves physically, spiritually AND mentally, who can support a family well and can serve the church and the Savior in ANY capacity. Who knows his worth, who has built his confidence and isn't afraid to shine, to be that light to the world it needs. I am so grateful for this gospel. I owe everything and anything I am to it.

Helaman 1
 12 Therefore, Kishkumen was not known among the people of Nephi, for he was in disguise at the time that he murdered Pahoran. And Kishkumen and his band, who had covenanted with him, did mingle themselves among the people, in a manner that they all could not be found; but as many as were found were condemned unto death.

This is the example of evil using covenants and emphasizes the power that covenants have in our lives if they are used in both evil and good righteous ways. 

The Doctrines and Principles Contained in The Articles of Faith - L. Tom Perry
The scriptures guide us to a standard of truth by which we can judge the knowledge we are receiving, whether it be true or false. True doctrine comes from God, the source and foundation of all truths. The teachings and concepts of true doctrine are found in the gospel of our Lord and Savior. 
We learn that in addition to listening to the still, small voice of the Spirit and reading the scriptures, another source of guidance is our Church leaders, who are chosen, called, and set apart to bless our lives through the lessons they teach.