Well ladies and gentlemen, after a weekend that we just had what else do I need to say?
I have been completely slammed busy for the past 5 days trying to make sure that I assisted my better half with maintaining sanity and the spirit in our home while he attended class, while he did home work, while I maintained our home and went to the gym, made dinner and kept my sweet boy, Ka'le entertained (playing catch).
Wednesday night, I asked Nathan if he wanted his birthday present early because well, I can't keep a secret (hehehe) and Thursday night he had class and we wouldn't see each other at all that day so he said, "sure, but you know that all I want is a Nathan standard clean home" and I said, "yes, but I had already purchased the present and your response about a clean home comes from every day living, not a birthday present".
So, I told him that it was in the closet and that he could get it out. He had been in the closet at least 50 times in 2 weeks so that was a good place to put it, he wouldn't even have know it was there :o)
A shirt that didn't fit right, a pair of slacks for work that well, were totally not the right size and an avocado peeler (since he can eat those like I can eat cheese...if you know me, you'll know what I'm talkin' about). We chuckled because I didn't get anything right so he went to exchange it :o) I will have to say though, that the prices were right and I got a good deal so he was thrilled about that!
OK...on to Thursday, wow, this was weird...I did see Nathan during the day for lunch. He came to work and we had lunch and then he was off to the temple and to the store in Mesa that is "really" cheap and one can get good deals. The funny thing about it...I said to him, "hey, if you get anything cold, let me know and I'll come and get it and take it home so that it doesn't sit in the car while you are in class". Well, it was 4:00 and I was leaving work and I hadn't heard anything so I figured he was still in the temple so I left...oh, about 15 minutes later he calls and I am 1 exit away from the house and he says, "where are you?", I say, 1 exit from the house". He said, "well I have eggs, chicken and some other stuff". I thought, oh great, it is going to cook in the car and I have a million things to do for the big surprise Friday night, I don't want to go all the way back to his class and pick up the stuff in the car and because I wanted to go and do the Zumba class at the YMCA. Now, I was going to screw up my schedule.
OK...what to do...I got home, changed clothes, played with Ka'le and put him in the car, drove back to SE Phoenix, mind you, we live on the other side of Phoenix...I went back technically, to where I work, through traffic going east...if you live here, you know that it is terrible during rush hour going east on any highway! I stop and grab a sandwich for him at Subway, pick up the groceries from the car and leave...2 minutes later he calls, (I am already assuming that his class had started because it was 6 PM so I don't call to tell him I am there) and said that his instructor is running late I could have called to let him know I was there getting it all.
Once again, Karens assumptions are so the contrary. OK...that is twice so far today that I missed the boat....first the clothes then the food...what next, a warm bath?
Anyways, Ka'le is getting frustrated at this point and he wants out of the car, so by this point, he wants to sit in moms lap while she drives...OH NO, he doesn't. He has done that one time with me and I didn't like it and frankly, neither did he so he had to wait it out and sit in the back seat...once again, we are on our way back to the west valley. Another 30-35 trip! I have missed my Zumba class at this point, oh one thing I did do was put a load of laundry in before I left, so that was smart because it'll be done by the time I get back (yahhhooooo).
I get home, open the groceries and there is a huge back of mushrooms and 3 huge onions. I am thinking to myself, I must of done something really wrong because he bought things that I know nothing about in the kitchen! I laugh because it is funny...he is going to have to cook that on his own.
Anyways, I change out the laundry, play with Ka'le and go to the gym because I want to maintain that constant schedule. I returned and by that point, I was so tired, I couldn't even sit down. You know what I mean?
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Zumba!
I went to the gym last night while Nathan was in class and wow, did I do a great work out.
I started a new class called Zumba. It is a mix of Latin and hip hop dance mixed in with aerobics. I loved it, it was so much fun. However, the down side of it all is that I am tired, I hurt and I want more of it!!!!
It was great. My sides hurt because one is continuously moving your hips and holding in your gut and dancing at the same time. The music is quick and the movement is continuous. We took 2 quick water breaks and the class was an hour long. The class is 2 times a week and believe me, I'll go back..it is well worth it. The class was packed and there were people that were doing great and newbies like me that looked very foolish. The amazing thing about all this, is that I had plenty of energy and I thought I did great :o) I actually surprised myself.
I'll probably go back to the gym in the morning to do a quick workout and then to Mervyns as they are going out of business and then a convert baptism of Cally who is 11 and hasn't been baptized yet and then RS Conference. I have a full day. This will give Nathan plenty of time to be alone to do homework!
Which brings me to the next thing, he loves his program. He enjoys his instructors and his team mates and the topics they cover. I'm so happy for him, he finally found something that can utilize and do well at.
I need to get some work done. Bye.
I started a new class called Zumba. It is a mix of Latin and hip hop dance mixed in with aerobics. I loved it, it was so much fun. However, the down side of it all is that I am tired, I hurt and I want more of it!!!!
It was great. My sides hurt because one is continuously moving your hips and holding in your gut and dancing at the same time. The music is quick and the movement is continuous. We took 2 quick water breaks and the class was an hour long. The class is 2 times a week and believe me, I'll go back..it is well worth it. The class was packed and there were people that were doing great and newbies like me that looked very foolish. The amazing thing about all this, is that I had plenty of energy and I thought I did great :o) I actually surprised myself.
I'll probably go back to the gym in the morning to do a quick workout and then to Mervyns as they are going out of business and then a convert baptism of Cally who is 11 and hasn't been baptized yet and then RS Conference. I have a full day. This will give Nathan plenty of time to be alone to do homework!
Which brings me to the next thing, he loves his program. He enjoys his instructors and his team mates and the topics they cover. I'm so happy for him, he finally found something that can utilize and do well at.
I need to get some work done. Bye.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Stand Up Please
I hope that everyone that can see, hear, feel and VOTE does it this year. The big thing in our home this year is the fact that same sex marriages may be legalized in the United States. As the second coming approaches, we need to stand up and say, do and stress the importance of families, which by Gods law includes a Father, a Mother and (a) Child(ren) and the necessity to keep it as such.
Please make sure that you vote "YES" for Proposition 102 because if not, then all churches have to marry same sex couples, private schools such as BYU will have to provide same sex dormitories for couples and we, the people will loose our rights to express our feelings about such a transgression.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that any of these people are not nice or good people. My opinion is, is that they are making incorrect choices and I am NOT here to judge them but to love them and help them. I don't like what Hitler did to the Germans so do I hate the Germans? No. I don't care for what Mainland China does to its people, but do I enjoy them as a people? Yes. I don't have to care for evil, loud ADD kids, but do I? Yes, because I am commanded to do so by a loving Heavenly Father who shows love, blessings me with life and allows me to make choices so I can do the same for others. I actually know some alternative life style individuals and some of hem are actually kind of funny, some are very nice and so are very smart.
Nathan was released today from his calling as a Ward Mission Leader. He started school about 1 month ago and wants to focus on that and do well...which he already is. I have been in nursery for the past couple of weeks and I just love it! Those kids just want to play, they want to love and they want to be loved. We talk, we sing, we learn, we pray and we testify of Jesus. I told them today that I'll totally go to nursery because they need me WAY more than their mothers do in relief society. There is no room for crazy stuff in nursery and we learn and teach by the book and very simply! I love it.
The kids are so cute and they are so fun. They laugh and cry and smile and want to do fun things. Some are busier than others, so are louder, some are quiet and wow, some have LUNGS for crying when they get ready to. We have 2 nurseries so I only know 1/2 of the kids. In the 1 class I have been with for 2 weeks, they are the funniest little creatures and VERY obedient. One of the parents came to pick up the boy and dad asked of Max was good and the teacher, Leanne said, well, sure. Oh contrare! He was pushing a little boy in to the corner like he was a bull and he was so loud and running all over the place. He just has a lot of energy and needs to run around a lot. Mom and dad will have to learn to keep with with him :o) LOLOL...good luck.
Nathan and I came to a consensus today in sacrament meeting for a awesome name for a girl to be added to our family and after we said it and added the last name, we looked at each other and started to laugh and said, simultaneously, forget it...that won't work. The name was Minny. Now put it with Wicke, Minny Wicke. Sorry, that won't work!
I am going to take nap. I'm tired!
Have a great week
Please make sure that you vote "YES" for Proposition 102 because if not, then all churches have to marry same sex couples, private schools such as BYU will have to provide same sex dormitories for couples and we, the people will loose our rights to express our feelings about such a transgression.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that any of these people are not nice or good people. My opinion is, is that they are making incorrect choices and I am NOT here to judge them but to love them and help them. I don't like what Hitler did to the Germans so do I hate the Germans? No. I don't care for what Mainland China does to its people, but do I enjoy them as a people? Yes. I don't have to care for evil, loud ADD kids, but do I? Yes, because I am commanded to do so by a loving Heavenly Father who shows love, blessings me with life and allows me to make choices so I can do the same for others. I actually know some alternative life style individuals and some of hem are actually kind of funny, some are very nice and so are very smart.
Nathan was released today from his calling as a Ward Mission Leader. He started school about 1 month ago and wants to focus on that and do well...which he already is. I have been in nursery for the past couple of weeks and I just love it! Those kids just want to play, they want to love and they want to be loved. We talk, we sing, we learn, we pray and we testify of Jesus. I told them today that I'll totally go to nursery because they need me WAY more than their mothers do in relief society. There is no room for crazy stuff in nursery and we learn and teach by the book and very simply! I love it.
The kids are so cute and they are so fun. They laugh and cry and smile and want to do fun things. Some are busier than others, so are louder, some are quiet and wow, some have LUNGS for crying when they get ready to. We have 2 nurseries so I only know 1/2 of the kids. In the 1 class I have been with for 2 weeks, they are the funniest little creatures and VERY obedient. One of the parents came to pick up the boy and dad asked of Max was good and the teacher, Leanne said, well, sure. Oh contrare! He was pushing a little boy in to the corner like he was a bull and he was so loud and running all over the place. He just has a lot of energy and needs to run around a lot. Mom and dad will have to learn to keep with with him :o) LOLOL...good luck.
Nathan and I came to a consensus today in sacrament meeting for a awesome name for a girl to be added to our family and after we said it and added the last name, we looked at each other and started to laugh and said, simultaneously, forget it...that won't work. The name was Minny. Now put it with Wicke, Minny Wicke. Sorry, that won't work!
I am going to take nap. I'm tired!
Have a great week
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Good times
I couldn't just let yesterday pass and not say anything. Thanks for letting me vent!
This week was about as normal as could be. I worked, mailed out invitations for my Fall Pampered Chef open house and also put things together for the big day in "October".
I actually ran to a store in Mesa on Saturday expecting to find all kinds of exciting things and when I got there, there was nothing. It was so sad...I'll seriously have to go back to the Party store and find "expensive" paper products again. I went on Friday and almost bought it there and thought, "no, I'll wait, I'll get it in Mesa cheaper"...NOT. Oh well, next time I'll go with my gut feeling.
I am going to have a jewelry party for a friend this week too but I don't think that it is going to fly because 1, the stuff is just so expensive and 2, who wears it? Everyone that I sent invites to responded back that they just don't wear it and didn't want to spend $$ on something they won't use...which, is I understand because I don't use it at all. Gail, a lady that I work with looked through the catalog and said, :wow, I can make all of this stuff and charge that price for it too and make good money".
Nathan finished his first class for MAED/CI and it was so exciting. He'll start class #2 Thursday. I'll be going to enrichment night and learning how to organize time and what ever else I need to organize and prioritize! It'll be fun. I usually go and practice the piano Wednesday night only but I think that this week, I'll do both nights as Nathan has a meeting and I have to go to the chapel again anyways :o)
I helped out with nursery today and it was so much fun. I could tell whose kids belonged to which parents because they are look like their parents and are have distinct features. It was fun. We played with puzzles, we colored, sang primary songs and had a lesson about families. Very well done. Each sister in there is in there for a reason and has distinct talents to bless the lives of those little ones.
I'll be in there next week for both hours and Mary Walker will be out of town and so I told her that I'd go in there and help out. Today I went so that the kids would know who I am and get to know me. Some of those kids are so sweet. I swear that one of those kids is autistic too. He is a good kid, just that his attention span is about as wide as his fist and was just bouncing off the walls and the funny thing is, he didn't bother anybody...he just did stuff on his own and didn't bother with anyone.
The kids that you'd think are normal are the ones that were acting crazy like though and bothering everyone else...parents, you know who you are and which kid is yours!
I substituted in primary about 6 months ago and there was an evil little girl in the class (the age group was 5) and I swear, I wanted to hang her by her toe nails and leave her outside in the heat. I know her parents and the mother is very nice and tries the best she can, but I think that this little girl is ADD too which is probably hard on mom. I don't know much about dad but I think that after watching him with the kids, he could be a little more involved and a little more strict.
This week, Nathan told me that our bishop is in the beginning stages of thyroid cancer. He has been ill for some time, at least all year and it was almost like flu like symptoms so you just never know. We've been in the ward for that long and it just seemed to linger around him and his family. Finally, they think they know what it is. My prayers go out to him and his family as he goes through this. He is in his early 30s and has 3 young boys under age 10.
Another sister in the ward, Bertha Johnson apparently has cancer again for the 2nd time and won't go through the medical advice of the doctor again because it was just way to difficult the first time and just can't do it again. I can understand that, my grandpa was the same way but wouldn't go through the doctor and medical stuff the first time ;o(
I think I'll be going to Hawaii in October. Kenji has to go with me as it is considered "overseas" if I catch a ride with Continental so we have to coordinate schedules. I'll go with him anytime as he is probably going to get me there fairly cheap. I'll just take the bus to grandmas house and throughout the island. I don't want to spend any more money than I have to while I am there. I'll be staying with President Steward, my mission president while I am there and if possible, probably staying with grandma if there is a cot for me to sleep on.
I applied for a position at work and was asked to continue the interview process but because they won't pay me what I was asking for I asked them to remove my name from the selection list. She said that she had heard a lot of awesome stuff about me and that she was sad that I couldn't continue. I told her that if she could find some $$ to pay me, I'd be glad to.
I also applied for a position for a project manager for Axia. Axia is online university for adults who want to start and finish a 2 year degree that we offer. I did get an email from the division VP that this week that they will contact me later when the position closes within the week. We'll see. I can't quit UOP because if I do, Nathan will lose his tuition benefits and so I'll have to last another year as his program finishes December 2009. Graduation being in November! Yahoo.
I have to go now...I have to make dinner.
Everything is awesome and I love the Lord and Nathan is my best friend and I love him.
Karen
This week was about as normal as could be. I worked, mailed out invitations for my Fall Pampered Chef open house and also put things together for the big day in "October".
I actually ran to a store in Mesa on Saturday expecting to find all kinds of exciting things and when I got there, there was nothing. It was so sad...I'll seriously have to go back to the Party store and find "expensive" paper products again. I went on Friday and almost bought it there and thought, "no, I'll wait, I'll get it in Mesa cheaper"...NOT. Oh well, next time I'll go with my gut feeling.
I am going to have a jewelry party for a friend this week too but I don't think that it is going to fly because 1, the stuff is just so expensive and 2, who wears it? Everyone that I sent invites to responded back that they just don't wear it and didn't want to spend $$ on something they won't use...which, is I understand because I don't use it at all. Gail, a lady that I work with looked through the catalog and said, :wow, I can make all of this stuff and charge that price for it too and make good money".
Nathan finished his first class for MAED/CI and it was so exciting. He'll start class #2 Thursday. I'll be going to enrichment night and learning how to organize time and what ever else I need to organize and prioritize! It'll be fun. I usually go and practice the piano Wednesday night only but I think that this week, I'll do both nights as Nathan has a meeting and I have to go to the chapel again anyways :o)
I helped out with nursery today and it was so much fun. I could tell whose kids belonged to which parents because they are look like their parents and are have distinct features. It was fun. We played with puzzles, we colored, sang primary songs and had a lesson about families. Very well done. Each sister in there is in there for a reason and has distinct talents to bless the lives of those little ones.
I'll be in there next week for both hours and Mary Walker will be out of town and so I told her that I'd go in there and help out. Today I went so that the kids would know who I am and get to know me. Some of those kids are so sweet. I swear that one of those kids is autistic too. He is a good kid, just that his attention span is about as wide as his fist and was just bouncing off the walls and the funny thing is, he didn't bother anybody...he just did stuff on his own and didn't bother with anyone.
The kids that you'd think are normal are the ones that were acting crazy like though and bothering everyone else...parents, you know who you are and which kid is yours!
I substituted in primary about 6 months ago and there was an evil little girl in the class (the age group was 5) and I swear, I wanted to hang her by her toe nails and leave her outside in the heat. I know her parents and the mother is very nice and tries the best she can, but I think that this little girl is ADD too which is probably hard on mom. I don't know much about dad but I think that after watching him with the kids, he could be a little more involved and a little more strict.
This week, Nathan told me that our bishop is in the beginning stages of thyroid cancer. He has been ill for some time, at least all year and it was almost like flu like symptoms so you just never know. We've been in the ward for that long and it just seemed to linger around him and his family. Finally, they think they know what it is. My prayers go out to him and his family as he goes through this. He is in his early 30s and has 3 young boys under age 10.
Another sister in the ward, Bertha Johnson apparently has cancer again for the 2nd time and won't go through the medical advice of the doctor again because it was just way to difficult the first time and just can't do it again. I can understand that, my grandpa was the same way but wouldn't go through the doctor and medical stuff the first time ;o(
I think I'll be going to Hawaii in October. Kenji has to go with me as it is considered "overseas" if I catch a ride with Continental so we have to coordinate schedules. I'll go with him anytime as he is probably going to get me there fairly cheap. I'll just take the bus to grandmas house and throughout the island. I don't want to spend any more money than I have to while I am there. I'll be staying with President Steward, my mission president while I am there and if possible, probably staying with grandma if there is a cot for me to sleep on.
I applied for a position at work and was asked to continue the interview process but because they won't pay me what I was asking for I asked them to remove my name from the selection list. She said that she had heard a lot of awesome stuff about me and that she was sad that I couldn't continue. I told her that if she could find some $$ to pay me, I'd be glad to.
I also applied for a position for a project manager for Axia. Axia is online university for adults who want to start and finish a 2 year degree that we offer. I did get an email from the division VP that this week that they will contact me later when the position closes within the week. We'll see. I can't quit UOP because if I do, Nathan will lose his tuition benefits and so I'll have to last another year as his program finishes December 2009. Graduation being in November! Yahoo.
I have to go now...I have to make dinner.
Everything is awesome and I love the Lord and Nathan is my best friend and I love him.
Karen
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Who cares?
I had to blog something today or I was going to pull my hair out! I read a blog EARLY this Saturday morning about Sarah Palin. I'll tell you now that she is one of my most favorite people. She is honest, she is up front and doesn't give a hoot about what someone thinks of her...OK, anyways...I read some idiots blog about a word that she used as a rude, derogatory word; Sambo. First of all, call me ignorant but I have never heard that word EVER used against an African American. or any other race. However, if you Google it, it has nothing to do with that race at all. It is a name of a little boy in the Caribbean. But, I will say according to the below information, that it became a racial term because someone decided to be rude and disrespectful to others. There is no information on that either. I grew up in the ghetto, I grew up in a city that was known for the highest murder city in America per capital, I know what it is liked to be chased by thieves and rapists, I know what it is like to be beat up on and laughed at.
Anyways, there are many other ways to use the word also and it's not rude or disrespectful.
The Story of Little Black Sambo, a children's book by Helen Bannerman, a Scot who lived for 30 years in Madras in southern India, was first published in London in 1899. In the tale, an Indian boy named Sambo prevails over a group of hungry tigers. The little boy has to give his colorful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella to four tigers so they will not eat him. Sambo recovers the clothes when the jealous, conceited tigers chase each other around a tree until they are reduced to a pool of delicious melted butter. The story was a children's favorite for half a century, but then became controversial due to the use of the word sambo, a racial slur in some countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Black_Sambo, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/terry-trippany/2008/09/06/rumor-palin-called-obama-sambo-spreading-across-internet
So, my whole point is, you go girl! Use all the words you want. It is not sad that a person is a mixed race. Are we still living pre-civil rights era and slavery? Maybe...I know that Arizona is the #1 state for illegal activity for those that are undocumented and that are trying to have a great life and we have drop houses left and right out here and human trafficking is horrific, so in a way, we still have and some of us know that it is there and we do NOTHING about it and others of us don't have a clue what it is or what is going on.
Let me slam the news media for a moment, you claim to have the updated information, the most information and the most correct stories, yet, you do NOTHING again. Why not? Kevin Carter committed suicide because he couldn't take the crap anyone of people killing people. http://members.home.nl/gerhardnijenhuis/msp/time.htm is the website that you can check out see what he did and why. Did we do anything about it? Uh, no. Nothing at all.
So, media, don't give me this crap about you just doing your job...if that so be the case, you would 1-either help out and start fund raising or something or 2-you wouldn't air it at all.
OK...to continue on. I am of a mixed race. My dad is Hawaiian and my mom is all around middle class, Caucasian, southern California girl! That is mixed. Are there differences in the family? Uh, yeah. Are there fun times too? Uh, yeah. Did we learn to love one another? Uh, yeah. Were my parents mean sometimes? Uh, yeah...when they needed to be. Did they teach us to be tolerant of others? Uh, you bet they did. They had to. We DO NOT live in a one colored world!
Is everyone of a mixed race? Uh, yeah! If you are European, you are still a mixed race. If you are from south America, likewise, including Brazil. We all are and we all need to learn to love one another and get along. How boring would this world be if were all the same color, had the same colored eyes, hair and body shape! BORING
We are all different so that we can all learn about each other, to be tolerant, to be loving and charitable. We can't do these things if we are hating each other and clowing on stupid words like Sambo.
We also need to please stop using the "N" word. I won't write it because I don't like it. It is degrading and it hurts peoples feelings. I am not up to that. I think it sucks. Why are we hurting each other? There is enough trial and error in this life, enough famine and war and hatred that we don't have to add more fuel to the fire.
While I am on my soap box, can we please, please, stop swearing and using the Lords name in vain. It is terrible. It is getting worse and I hate it. I cringe and cry sometimes when I hear people say it with complete disregard and thoughtlessness! When I hear some one same, God, Christ, Jesus Christ or any form of it, I actually seriously, stop what I am doing and look around because, wow, I am not ready for the 2nd coming so stop calling out his name! Stop disrespecting my Savior and Heavenly Father. They are sacred to me and if I want to call on them, I will do so in humble prayer giving gratitude for light, water, air, ability to move, work, sleep, laugh, love and live. I can do that on my own. Parents, please teach your children to not do that. That is a parental responsibility.
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I can go on and on and on but I won't because you get the point. Hate my blog or love it, I don't care. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that is what America is all about. Freedom to choose, freedom to breathe, walk, dance and live, laugh, love and learn!
Have a great weekend.
Anyways, there are many other ways to use the word also and it's not rude or disrespectful.
The Story of Little Black Sambo, a children's book by Helen Bannerman, a Scot who lived for 30 years in Madras in southern India, was first published in London in 1899. In the tale, an Indian boy named Sambo prevails over a group of hungry tigers. The little boy has to give his colorful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella to four tigers so they will not eat him. Sambo recovers the clothes when the jealous, conceited tigers chase each other around a tree until they are reduced to a pool of delicious melted butter. The story was a children's favorite for half a century, but then became controversial due to the use of the word sambo, a racial slur in some countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Black_Sambo, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/terry-trippany/2008/09/06/rumor-palin-called-obama-sambo-spreading-across-internet
So, my whole point is, you go girl! Use all the words you want. It is not sad that a person is a mixed race. Are we still living pre-civil rights era and slavery? Maybe...I know that Arizona is the #1 state for illegal activity for those that are undocumented and that are trying to have a great life and we have drop houses left and right out here and human trafficking is horrific, so in a way, we still have and some of us know that it is there and we do NOTHING about it and others of us don't have a clue what it is or what is going on.
Let me slam the news media for a moment, you claim to have the updated information, the most information and the most correct stories, yet, you do NOTHING again. Why not? Kevin Carter committed suicide because he couldn't take the crap anyone of people killing people. http://members.home.nl/gerhardnijenhuis/msp/time.htm is the website that you can check out see what he did and why. Did we do anything about it? Uh, no. Nothing at all.
So, media, don't give me this crap about you just doing your job...if that so be the case, you would 1-either help out and start fund raising or something or 2-you wouldn't air it at all.
OK...to continue on. I am of a mixed race. My dad is Hawaiian and my mom is all around middle class, Caucasian, southern California girl! That is mixed. Are there differences in the family? Uh, yeah. Are there fun times too? Uh, yeah. Did we learn to love one another? Uh, yeah. Were my parents mean sometimes? Uh, yeah...when they needed to be. Did they teach us to be tolerant of others? Uh, you bet they did. They had to. We DO NOT live in a one colored world!
Is everyone of a mixed race? Uh, yeah! If you are European, you are still a mixed race. If you are from south America, likewise, including Brazil. We all are and we all need to learn to love one another and get along. How boring would this world be if were all the same color, had the same colored eyes, hair and body shape! BORING
We are all different so that we can all learn about each other, to be tolerant, to be loving and charitable. We can't do these things if we are hating each other and clowing on stupid words like Sambo.
We also need to please stop using the "N" word. I won't write it because I don't like it. It is degrading and it hurts peoples feelings. I am not up to that. I think it sucks. Why are we hurting each other? There is enough trial and error in this life, enough famine and war and hatred that we don't have to add more fuel to the fire.
While I am on my soap box, can we please, please, stop swearing and using the Lords name in vain. It is terrible. It is getting worse and I hate it. I cringe and cry sometimes when I hear people say it with complete disregard and thoughtlessness! When I hear some one same, God, Christ, Jesus Christ or any form of it, I actually seriously, stop what I am doing and look around because, wow, I am not ready for the 2nd coming so stop calling out his name! Stop disrespecting my Savior and Heavenly Father. They are sacred to me and if I want to call on them, I will do so in humble prayer giving gratitude for light, water, air, ability to move, work, sleep, laugh, love and live. I can do that on my own. Parents, please teach your children to not do that. That is a parental responsibility.
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I can go on and on and on but I won't because you get the point. Hate my blog or love it, I don't care. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that is what America is all about. Freedom to choose, freedom to breathe, walk, dance and live, laugh, love and learn!
Have a great weekend.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Spiritual Weekend
Good afternoon everyone.
Happy Sunday.
I have had a most enjoyablee weekend. I attending the Mesa temple Saturday morning intending to do a session and figured that if I did I'd be late in attending the baptism of Robert Joseph Chohon, who is married to my cousin Janene.
I didn't do a session, however, I did do some sealings. They were wonderful. I was able to do so in Spanish and English mix. There was a Mexican sealer, who is from Mexico City and who was in the Mexico City Temple Presidency and then the Lord moved him here to do temple work an sealings here too. He has been doing it since 1993. He was wonderful and so soft spoken. The couple that was Hispanic that was there I recognized too and we kept staring at each other and quite couldn't figure out why or who or where we knew each other from and then afterwards when we were finished, the spouse walks up to me and asked if I speak Spanish and I told him yes and he said that he thought so because he recognized me. We talked for a minute and realized that he was the bishop of the Spanish ward in Glendale that I had attended while I was in the Young Single Adult ward of Glendale and while in that ward we had done a dual relief society enrichment meeting and also a Christmas gift Santa Claus for families in his ward. It was very nice to be in the sealing that day because families were able to reunite and husband and wives were able to be together for the eternities.
I left the temple at 9:45 and drove down to Tucson, making pretty good timing as I arrived at 11:45. Allysa, Janenes oldest made a surprise visit and attended the baptism and Miranda, Janenes youngest also went.
The spirit was as strong there as it was at the temple. Bob is so prepared and so ready to have been taught and accept the gospel. His life has had many heartaches and many disappointments and the Lord knew that and prepared him to accept the gospel at this time of his life.
His whole goal now is to get Janene to go to the temple. I told the both of them that in 1 year I will be waiting at the temple doors in Mesa! I asked Janene if she ever dreamed of this kind of life and blessings and she looked at me and said NO and I told her that I totally understand and that she shouldn't let go now! Its not worth it. The spirit was testifying to her this weekend too that she is doing well and that she is being blessed and to not give up.
I shared my testimony of the Savior and of his love for each of us and for his infinite atonement and that only by him we'll live with our Heavenly Father again.
I took pictures at the baptism and right after church today and that was the weekend. When the spirit is strong and when we learn of things that Heavenly Father wants us to learn, we are so worn out. I am so tired...it isn't a terrible or bad tired either...it is just awesome!
I drove back this afternoon and well, here we are. Nathan saved the weekend by watching Ka'le, doing his homework and cleaning the swimming pool. It was VERY dirty and he has persevered and has done a great job at getting it clean.
Another section will have the pictures of the weekend. I took the pictures so I am not in any of them. These were for the Parker family. It was just a privilege to be there with them.
Happy Sunday.
I have had a most enjoyablee weekend. I attending the Mesa temple Saturday morning intending to do a session and figured that if I did I'd be late in attending the baptism of Robert Joseph Chohon, who is married to my cousin Janene.
I didn't do a session, however, I did do some sealings. They were wonderful. I was able to do so in Spanish and English mix. There was a Mexican sealer, who is from Mexico City and who was in the Mexico City Temple Presidency and then the Lord moved him here to do temple work an sealings here too. He has been doing it since 1993. He was wonderful and so soft spoken. The couple that was Hispanic that was there I recognized too and we kept staring at each other and quite couldn't figure out why or who or where we knew each other from and then afterwards when we were finished, the spouse walks up to me and asked if I speak Spanish and I told him yes and he said that he thought so because he recognized me. We talked for a minute and realized that he was the bishop of the Spanish ward in Glendale that I had attended while I was in the Young Single Adult ward of Glendale and while in that ward we had done a dual relief society enrichment meeting and also a Christmas gift Santa Claus for families in his ward. It was very nice to be in the sealing that day because families were able to reunite and husband and wives were able to be together for the eternities.
I left the temple at 9:45 and drove down to Tucson, making pretty good timing as I arrived at 11:45. Allysa, Janenes oldest made a surprise visit and attended the baptism and Miranda, Janenes youngest also went.
The spirit was as strong there as it was at the temple. Bob is so prepared and so ready to have been taught and accept the gospel. His life has had many heartaches and many disappointments and the Lord knew that and prepared him to accept the gospel at this time of his life.
His whole goal now is to get Janene to go to the temple. I told the both of them that in 1 year I will be waiting at the temple doors in Mesa! I asked Janene if she ever dreamed of this kind of life and blessings and she looked at me and said NO and I told her that I totally understand and that she shouldn't let go now! Its not worth it. The spirit was testifying to her this weekend too that she is doing well and that she is being blessed and to not give up.
I shared my testimony of the Savior and of his love for each of us and for his infinite atonement and that only by him we'll live with our Heavenly Father again.
I took pictures at the baptism and right after church today and that was the weekend. When the spirit is strong and when we learn of things that Heavenly Father wants us to learn, we are so worn out. I am so tired...it isn't a terrible or bad tired either...it is just awesome!
I drove back this afternoon and well, here we are. Nathan saved the weekend by watching Ka'le, doing his homework and cleaning the swimming pool. It was VERY dirty and he has persevered and has done a great job at getting it clean.
Another section will have the pictures of the weekend. I took the pictures so I am not in any of them. These were for the Parker family. It was just a privilege to be there with them.
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