Fantastic Weekend!!!

Spiritually amazing!!!  Talk about Spirit Filled!  What a 2 day feast!  What a Conference!  It was so pure!!  true followers of Christ!!  I just felt it was jam-packed with counsel and testimony, by people that were so filled with the Holy Ghost.  I loved every single talk and every single minute and every song.  If you could only choose one General Conference to live your life by, then this would be my choice!!  There is so much I need to do.  so much to change.  so much to improve on.  so much to discard behaviorally.  so much to add to who I am in process of becoming.  This would be the Conference to share with anyone that still feels we aren't Christians.

There was so much counsel to study/learn/understand the Gospel.  Great talks given on every single aspect of life.  Nothing was missed!  So appreciated the talk on Depression as there are so many sufferers.  Glad he brought that out into the open.  Marvelous personal stories!!  Any doubt on how they feel about the Priesthood being for men to have but for ALL to be blessed by the power of it???
I can't think of anything that wasn't touched on.  I bet the feeling in that Conference Center was electric because we had the Spirit right here with us and there were just the two of us.

I soaked it up.  and will now re-listen.  Wasn't that stunning when they gave that stat 97% or was it 95% of members would be able to hear this Conference?

My mind is on overload.  with joy!!  going to just sit back and bask in how I feel and peek at some of my notes.

My testimony was strengthened as was my resolve to endeavor staying on the path and enduring whatever comes to me in mortality.

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My gratitude for my membership and my testimony were so fortified.  I'm also thankful that I believe in the Church organization and men being ordained to Priesthood and not women.  I'm thankful that I felt absolutely no need to support the cause, stand united, knock on the Conference door and ask for admittance to the Priesthood meeting.  My heart goes out to those women that feel as they do.  I expect Church discipline repercussions will eventually be enforced if they persist in teaching and preaching their expectations.  I remember that cleansing that took place in the 70's with women wanting equal rights, confusion over doctrine etc. etc.  and oh, my...not nice on all counts.  A huge ruckus like an earthquake.  And that was before all the technology of today.  This will probably ignite like a brush-fire and have testimony laden women, modestly dressed, sweet to look at, gentle voiced (for the most part) going at each other as only women can do!!  Verbal battles in lace cage fights.  Oh, boy.  Here we go again!! 

I can't believe that in the OrdainWomen leader's naivete, she honestly believed, when she nicely asked, that she would be allowed into the meeting even though the Church spokeswoman, Sister Todd,  had already said...No.

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Our dinner was a failure!!!  not that we starved to death (not close to that happening!)  Time got away and we ended up not making the apple pie.  Well, one was made, but not from scratch, by Terry. The filling was good but a little undercooked.

Pie crust was tasteless!!

I bought Marie Callender chicken pot pies and they were dreadful.  I've not bought them for ages.  Last time we ate them they were delish.  they obviously changed their recipe!  this time...yuck!

So I decided to make caramel corn and it was so burnt it was bitter. Tossed in trash!

I will admit to wondering what Julianna and her guests were munching on but my reality was...You know what?!!???  It just didn't matter a twit!  We were so enjoying every moment of Conference that it was not a big deal at all.  We ate the Bread of Life!!!  Feasted at the table of real goodness and are filled to the brim!!!  Deliciousness!!!  Two old hibernating bears over here.  Contentment.  Shhhh.

Countdown just about over!!!!

Today is it, the last chance, for planning/preparing.  Terry has some yard things to get done today, plus a PT appointment.  Things have changed around here energy wise and the actual getting done what we plan, is always an unknown if that will transpire.  We plan a boatload and the reality is we do a bucket's worth!  So....I'm thinking we will have the Marie Callendar Chicken pot pies in the freezer and some fresh picked tomatoes.  PERHAPS we will  get that apple pie made that Terry wants us to do and even if we don't, we have some super delish ice-cream, also in freezer.  No little ones here, just two spoiled adults to fancy themselves like royalty in eating and doing whatever they please--with enjoyment and appreciation.  We really have a nice little life.  Not a lot of super energy and always an abundance of overdue chores to get done but a lot of happiness.  We are most hungry for Conference.  Starving as a matter of fact.  So munching on whatever foodstuff is around will work out for us!!!

I went to the Temple so I can cross that off my list.  I will read my Patriarchal blessing and see if anything is mentioned about events in my blessing that have not yet transpired.  And list my questions that I would appreciate some guidance/confirmation. 

I do need to do some laundry, then that's as good as it's going to get around here.  I'll do a walk through and with cataract vision, things always look a million times better than they are but that way you are always content and not stressed.  Cobwebs only show if light hits them so I'll raise my sights and think I've been super thorough!!

Enjoy your weekend and I will also!!!  Party on!!!

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Can you identify by name all 15 of the Brethren? Take this quiz created by the New Era magazine to see if  you can name them all.

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Now these would be nice to have.....
 they just came online today!  a little late for Oct. Conf.!  Maybe April?
 available BYU bookstore online

Loved it!!!!

Now that is what I call a fun time-- to enjoy hours of Conference plus great shorts in-between sessions and also watching/reading the following.....

1)2013 RS Auxiliary Training Meeting-  view it here

 2)SALT LAKE CITY — 

The general presidents of the Relief Society, Young Women and Primary organizations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently participated in a conversation covering a number of topics relating to women in the Church. In the video, Sister Linda K. Burton, Sister Elaine S. Dalton and Sister Rosemary M. Wixom provide insights into their roles in Church leadership, describe the power of the priesthood in people’s lives and provide answers to questions of interest.   view it here

3)Sherry Dew speaks What do LDS Women Get?  

4)Hot off the press!!!! New role for Sister Missionaries

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Still soap-boxing a wee bit... Sister prays in Gen. Conference.  Can we please be sensible and look at this as ....evidently it was time for that to happen and thus it did?  I so wish the LDS feminists hadn't been doing their best to "make" it happen.  The Church said the assignments were already made.  All things happen on the Lord's timetable.  Through His Prophets. 

I think the marvels of today's technology stir the pot, keep it boiling and keep attention on whatever the opponents, to the Church way of doing things, is not fair to them.  Probably these women are to young to remember that 20 some years ago a woman had never spoken at General Conference.  None of us were in a flap over that fact.  When the first woman spoke, it was noted, accepted as a new part of General Conference and things just moved on.  In 1978 (same year as all worthy males can receive priesthood) President Kimball also made another official statement ...women could pray in Sacrament meeting.  Up to that time it was never done.  I remember there even being chatter about should they say opening or closing prayer?  I remember being in Church when it happened that first time. I never remember any movement organized to make it happen.

What a time to be alive!  I have enjoyed seeing all sorts of changes in my lifetime.  Changes don't bother me as I consider it growth....as long as the course direction comes from above and not from the ground up...I don't like that forcing it on me kind of talk!

 There have been all sorts of changes in the arena of Church policies but not principles.  The way things are done in the Church from the time we joined until now are not exactly the same but...every basic principle is still firmly in place.  When we joined we kept to ourselves, not really involved in our communities, we went to Church meetings all week long!  Then suddenly...a 3 hour block.  There are people reading this that can't even imagine that much Church to go to.  but go we did!  We use to take the Sacrament twice on Sunday...at SS in morning & Sac. meeting in afternoon.  Now it's one time but we still hear the same prayers etc.  I could go on and on but I won't!  at least not right this minute!


I  think it's so interesting that the LDS Feminists, that started their hand-carried/delivered letter writing request/campaign in January, actually feel that their 1600 letters changed the course of  history!!  Come on!!!  Are you kidding me??

So the Feminists are now working towards their goal of women receiving the Priesthood and are buoyed by their "success" in bringing about prayer change and the Gays are viewing these two prayers as progressive and...inching forward. positive feelings of hope for my community.

 General Conference talks for both days, let both the discontented/disgruntled LDS Feminist women and the LDS discontented/disgruntled Gays know....that's not going to happen.  Priesthood was totally explained and reaffirmed...it is a male ordination.  Period.  End of wondering about it.  Marriage is between a man and a woman.  No same gender marriages.  End of story.  The talks were wonderful and really laid it on the line in both cases.

I loved the no pussy-footing around.  Just straight forward to me.  Such fantastic messages.  I loved the power and strength and confidence and firmness and love and reminders to follow Christ.  I don't remember ever hearing so many strong talks!!!  Scriptures quoted, lots of Bible quotes, and the entire Conference was so very Christ centered. Such amazing counsel on everything in life!!

I sat like a sponge that started off with some dry hard places and ended up just saturated with tears of tenderness and feeling the Spirit.  I've never heard so many men feel the Spirit so strong that their emotions caused their voices to break.  They were so on fire!!

Terry wasn't able to go to the Priesthood meeting and I was so sorry about that as he always takes notes and tells me about them as they don't usually become available on line for several days and then you usually can only read them.  It was 9pm and I thought that I'd just check and see when they'd have something on.  I utterly gasped...every single Saturday session, including Priesthood!, was available for viewing!!!!  I loved each talk given and Elder Uchtdorff's was one of the most powerful talks for men, I've ever heard.  I remember the last one I felt like that was when President Hinckley spoke to the men about times to come and being prepared.  Elder U.'s  talk was unlike any I've ever heard.  It will be interesting to see how the men react.

And Br. Falabella!!!  Isn't that one of the most terrific marriage talks you've ever heard???  If a man can be rated adorable on the speaker platform then he's in the running!!

Talk after talk just grabbed my heart.  I'm sure you felt the same way.  How could a person not be touched by the Spirit?  Right now I'm just in savor mode!!   

This age of technology is so incredible.  so amazing.  within hours people were putting wonderful quotes from talks or videos of favorite talks.  There is so much available that it's like an avalanche!

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PS-My heart goes out to all of the Mothers that have chicks still in the nest.  Your work is cut out for you and we all need to help you the best we can.  You are up to it and I look at you and see why you were born when you were....you are prepared for the task.  You can do it!!!