Wedding Bells & Fond Memories

I ran away this weekend.

I went with my daughter, J, & her daughter, M.  We went to North Carolina, where we used to live, to attend & participate in a wedding - and got to have a reunion in the process!

We lived in North Carolina while our children were teenagers.  We HomeSchooled our children, and were heavily involved in the support group, H.O.M.E., where we made many wonderful friends.  Our lives also rotated around church & all the people, events, and wonderful Gospel of being members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

This weekend, we went back.

A survey - and Five Monkeys in a Cage

As you probably know, I am a student at Brigham Young University.  My major is Construction Management, and my hope is to build energy-self-sufficient homes that fit in to any neighborhood.  I also want to be able to retro-fit homes to become energy-self-sufficient.

As I think about the home I want to build for our family, I consider every aspect of our lives.  I believe that you must consider a large variety of things to decide how big or small your house should be - for example: how big a bedroom should be depends a lot on what kind of furniture you have, how many people will live there, and how many uses it will have.

At our home, we don't use the bathtubs.  Showers reign supreme; bathtubs are useless.  I would much rather use the space given to a tub to enlarge a shower.  In talking to my friends, I find that they often say the same thing.  What about you?  How do you use your bathtub?  Take my survey (on the right column), and help me design a bathroom!  Why do we put bathtubs in every house if they are rarely used?  Maybe because that's the way it's always been done!

Simplify

I have moved a few (bazillian) times during my 28 years as an Army Wife.

 Sometimes we moved ourselves, but mostly, we let the Army send in a moving company who packed us up, shipped the truck, then brought it to our new home.  This was very convenient, except it did not force us to simplify - the movers packed everything, whether we meant for them to pack it or not!  One time, I caught them packing the trash can - full of trash!  Another time, they packed our cookie jar, full of cookies.  We didn't find out until six months later, when we were unpacking!

General Conference & Social Media

What?

General Conference this weekend!  The whole world anxiously waits to hear from our church leaders. Living prophets who speak to us the words of God.  In an effort to reach more people, the church has embraced social media, with all it’s quirks & idiosyncrasies.  Even before the world echoed “Amen” to the Opening Session’s closing prayer, there were quotes, pictures, comics, and memes spread Facebook & Twitter account, & post regularly to them.  People are encouraged to comment, share, and make their own. 

across the internet.  Every one of the General Authorities have their own Facebook & twitter account, & post regularly to them.  People are encouraged to comment, share, and make their own.

Have you done it yet? What stands out to you most from Conference?  If you were to make someone’s talk into a one-liner, what would you quote?  What would you show?  How would you portray it?