Urban Poly Princess

While it's wet, I looove that it's Spring!!! Last night we had Conference jeopardy. Steven Haderlie joined our ward. I think he lives in Providence but I'm not sure. He joined our ward although he doesn't live in Logan. Krista's fiance Anthony lives in Millville but he was able to move his records to our ward too. Since he and Rich are my home teachers I'm going to attend the Chinese ward Sunday to listen to he and Krista speak. Rich can translate Krista's talk for me.

I love how Steven Haderlie knows his conference talks. While I try to listen to a talk EVERY day until the next conference, using my phone to find the talks and provide the quotes they wanted last night was not as efficient as he was looking them up in the Ensign issue. I love that he makes it a point to be familiar with the talks. Ryan is that way with the scriptures. It is one of his greatest assets too. He was in Tavia's book club and I think he wrote a book too. Impressive. I'm NOT attracted to him BUT he has characteristics I definitely like.

I don't feel like I need to get over that. It complicates things but I'm alright with that. I definitely DON'T want someone who is into me when I'm not feeling them at ALL. I know when guys are into me. Men are very obvious, to me anyway.

I just had my first free meal. I bought a pepperoni pizza from Little Caesar's and these red velvet cupcakes filled with cream cheese. I haaad to throw spinach on my 3 slices and I only ate one cupcake. In another 15 minutes I'm going to take the rest downstairs for people to share. I have half and 1 slice of pizza left and 3 cupcakes. I'm not making more spinach for the rest of the pizza. I have food for my 4:30 meal - cottage cheese, pastrami deli turkey and large Romaine lettuce leaves. I also have some string cheese and a Stevia piece of chocolate.

I have 2 diamond/sillver necklaces I had cleaned at Fred Meyer. They have a gorgeous diamond tennis bracelet I need to get. It is only $229 and will be that price throughout April. If I got the money and got Theresa to buy it for me that would be the best. She is over Smith's women's department. Fred Meyer is in Smith's but is its own entity. I love my circle diamond necklace and I'm going to wear it instead of my cz necklace. I can change my cz bracelet out too when I get that tennis bracelet. It is perfect. The stud earrings are $2500 for the size I want. That isn't even that much. I need to look online for a pair I feel good about wearing but until then the cz is going to be just fine. I'm wearing my circular diamond necklace now. I REALLY wanted one when I worked at Overstock. There was a Christmas special going on then. I didn't get my necklace from Overstock though. I bought it at Kohls in Draper. I only spent maybe $150 on it when it was on sale. The bracelet I like at Fred Meyer at Smith's looks perfect for my necklace.

My other diamond necklace is a stone in the middle of a flower. My mother sent it to me from Hawaii when I graduated from library school along with a silver Hawaiian bracelet without lettering. I've always loved silver. I'm glad they have platinum now. That's what I want my wedding ring to be.

Helaman 11
19 And behold, Lehi, his brother, was not a ^awhit behind him as to things pertaining to righteousness.

Powerful set of brothers. They must have had amazing parents!!!

 23 And in the seventy and ninth year there began to be much strife. But it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi, and many of their brethren who knew concerning the true points of doctrine, having many ^arevelations daily, therefore they did preach unto the people, insomuch that they did put an end to their strife in that same year.

Nephi, Lehi and others knew their doctrine and had revelations DAILY!!!

The Moral Force of Women - D. Todd Christofferson
Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy, and refinement in relationships and in cultures.
The demands on her were many and her tasks often repetitive and mundane, yet underneath it all was a beautiful serenity, a sense of being about God’s work. As with the Savior, she was ennobled by blessing others through service and sacrifice. She was love personified.
A woman’s moral influence is nowhere more powerfully felt or more beneficially employed than in the home. There is no better setting for rearing the rising generation than the traditional family, where a father and a mother work in harmony to provide for, teach, and nurture their children. Where this ideal does not exist, people strive to duplicate its benefits as best they can in their particular circumstances.
A mother’s love and high expectations lead her children to act responsibly without excuses, to be serious about education and personal development, and to make ongoing contributions to the well-being of all around them.
Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?”
As grandmothers, mothers, and role models, women have been the guardians of the wellspring of life, teaching each generation the importance of sexual purity—of chastity before marriage and fidelity within marriage. In this way, they have been a civilizing influence in society; they have brought out the best in men; they have perpetuated wholesome environments in which to raise secure and healthy children.
This is not fair or right. We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career—we all benefit from those achievements—but we still recognize there is not a higher good than motherhood and fatherhood in marriage. There is no superior career, and no amount of money, authority, or public acclaim can exceed the ultimate rewards of family. Whatever else a woman may accomplish, her moral influence is no more optimally employed than here.
Margaret D. Nadauld taught: “The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.”
Sisters, of all your associations, it is your relationship with God, your Heavenly Father, who is the source of your moral power, that you must always put first in your life. 
Brethren, let us stand with women, share their burdens, and cultivate our own companion moral authority.