what I think about

When Elder Holland originally admonished us to "exercise more control over even the marginal moments that confront you" (April 2010 General Conference), it was in reference to safeguarding ourselves against pornography. Little did he know the various instances in which his admonition has inspired me:

1. When there is a package of cookies in the pantry and I have the urge to finish it off.
2. When someone is rude to me and my first reaction is to return the treatment.
3. When I break a nail and I'm just dying to pick at it.

What are your marginal moments?

more things that don't matter

that Seth sleeps with his mouth open

when he squishes his pillow together and lays back against it, leaving it a little lumpy

Love him!

something random

I have this weird thing about closing the doors in our room.

Like if we're watching TV or going to sleep or even...you know...I just have to close the bathroom and the closet doors. (I used to try to close the bedroom door too, but Seth thought that was taking it too far, because who do we really need privacy from?)

I think it's just aesthetics, really. It simply looks nicer and cleaner to me to have the doors closed, making it easier for me to relax.

Please, anyone, validate me!

primary survival skills

Something I'm learning how to do in primary:

relating the children's often obscure comments to the subject any way I can

Example:

I held up a picture of the prophet and told the children that the prophet wants us to prepare to go to the temple.

Me: "How can we prepare to go to the temple?"

6-year-old boy: "We have that picture of the prophet at our house!"

Me: "Great, and if you talk about the temple at home with your family, you can learn more about it and prepare to go there someday."

Ta-dah.

insanity

We're doing this:



It's freaking hard,

but not impossible.

It helps for me to watch the timer and tell myself,

"I know I can do this for just 10 more seconds."

(That works on so many levels, right?)

something random

I looove Taco Bell mild sauce!

Mostly for the flavor, but the clever blurbs don't hurt.

I use half a packet on each bite. No joke.

habits

Four habits I want to break:

1. Twirling my hair

2. Picking at my cuticles

3. Cracking my knuckles.

4. Biting the inside of my lip.

Ew, right?