Urban Poly Princess

I am sad I didn't visit Salt Lake City and my mother today. I need to go to Salt Lake on the 20th and 21st for my Intellectual Freedom Committee's great issues forum and then the Mateaki BBQ is on the 24th or Memorial Day Weekend. Her birthday is also on the 27th. I think I'll get another substitute and do that then. Krista's wedding is Friday the 23rd too.

I love that relief society is first. I was late but it is nice being late for relief society rather than sacrament meeting. A lot of people were gone probably because they were with their mothers. I love my mother so much and I am so grateful for her. She drives me absolutely bonkers however.

Annoying is very skilled at that too. I love my dad very much and my brother too although I don't think they drive me as crazy as my mother does. Why is that? Rich showed me his controlling side a few times and it always made me happy I would never have to face that head-on.

This guy Josh gave a very good talk in church today. How attractive someone is really does make a difference to me. He had a fantastic personality but I'm not going to even meet him unless I have to work directly with him. Curtis was probably with his mother in Wellsville. Funny I finally see someone attractive in my ward and he disappears.

Today someone in Sunday school talked about muscle memory and just what years of training prepares us to do. I really like that principle and I believe it is so true. When I danced at PCC getting to the point where you know your dances inside, outside, backwards and forwards was the goal. To dance without thinking so you could then concentrate on keeping it fresh, extending your motions and making every movement amazing. Intentional, extended and professional. Smiling and enjoying everything about the dance, feeling it and telling the story the choeographer and artist intended. Keeping everything fresh even if it was the 100th plus time to perform the number was a fun challenge that kept it fun to keep dancing. Performing is more than simply knowing the routine. All the extra stuff makes it exceptional and lets the audience enjoy it.

That is sort of the point I'm at with the temple ordinances. Now that I know everything as well as I do I can focus more on having the spirit and radiating joy so that all the patrons I am able to encounter can feel the spirit and the joy through simply being in the House of the Lord. I want to let them feel every amazing detail of being in His Holy House.

Today I came home and made a cake using a cup of mayo, 3 eggs, a cup of water and a cake mix. While it is good it isn't the incredible moist cake I was expecting. I had a pie crust mix I made and filled with hamburger meat, onions, cinnamon, salt and carrots. It tastes good. I need to buy a food processor, I go through phases where I really enjoy cooking. I'm in the middle of one now.