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Oct. 3 (26 weeks)

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Recommendations?

Which of these should I keep?

This looks comfortable and fancy.

But I love how compact this
is in our little apartment.

Edna was on my train this morning.

Learning the same lessons again and again

My scripture study has been weak for a while, but in the past few weeks, I've studied the Book of Mormon diligently for the lesson I taught Sunday. At first, the studying was mundane, but the more I studied, the more exciting it got. By the time I taught my lesson, I was really interested in the story of the people of Limhi/Alma the Elder, so I studied yesterday at home, while I did laundry and on my commutes today.

And guess what: All of a sudden I'm feeling all this joy and receiving inspiration for my calling. I was just marveling at how happy I feel, when I remembered this quote:

"It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path. The scriptures are called 'the words of life' (D&C 84:85), and nowhere is that more true than it is of the Book of Mormon. When you begin to hunger and thirst after those words, you will find life in greater and greater abundance."

Ezra Taft Benson, “The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” Ensign, Nov 1986

I feel it. I know this power is real.

The power has come not just from studying, but from testifying of the things I'm learning during my lesson, to Tiff our my run, and to a coworker who saw me reading on the train this morning. "Faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." Ether 12: 6

It's never the letter that you think...

Guessing Game

A couple of days ago, Yancy and I saw this the Space Womb. We speculated about what it could be all the way home and then looked it up online, of course. But we're curious: What's your guess?

Space Womb

Searching it online is cheating. If you already know the Space Womb because you live in NYC, don't give the answer away. I'll put the answer in the comments on Saturday.

A Great New York Tradition, Part 2

A while ago, I was waiting to meet a friend for a jog and noticed this beauty in the trash pile. I hauled it upstairs, riding the elevator up with the woman who nabbed that desk chair further down the street.



Here it is in my apartment. The shelves you see reflected in the mirror is the same set you saw Yancy carrying home for me in the previous post.



The mirror had seen better days. Yancy had to use bondo to repair dents in the frame, and then painstakingly applied a metallic gold paint over the worn areas.



But now, doesn't it look beautiful? It's our best dumpster find to date. What's yours?

Revlon 5K Run (walk)

This morning I tried to run the Revlon 5K. "Tried" because the course was too crowded to run most of the time. For all the weaving we did, we may have actually ran three full miles.

Amelia are determined to run a 10k before the summer is out just so we can wear our Sparkle Skirts again.

You can see more pictures on Whitney's blog or Kristy's blog.

A Great New York Tradition, Part 1

In New York City, everyone dumpster dives. This is the day Yancy and I rescued a bookshelf on our walk home from church.



Part of the issue is that few of us have cars, so what do you do when you move? You haul your old stuff to the curb and hope it doesn't rain before someone comes along to take it home. The trash pile is a community garage sale, and everything is free.

I'd wager that 90 percent of the furniture out here comes from Ikea or is second hand. Our living room, for example:

Finally saw an episode of MacGyver

I watched an episode of "MacGyver" for the first time this weekend, and all I can say is, "Seriously?"

It's like "Days of our Lives" meets "Man vs. Wild."

A pine cone land mine disabling a jeep? Maybe I've lived in NYC too long, but I don't think so.

I am sincerely asking, since I know so many people love this show, Why? What was so awesome? I just don't see it.

Subtle is fun

I wanted to let people know I was back from my lunch break. Next thing I know...

No Words

You know, he never sang to me when we were dating. Maybe it would have been an unfair advantage, like sparkling in sunlight.

The Leatticus Humanus Employee-uptus in Its Natural Habitat

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Today we present a rare glimpse of the Leatticus Humanus Employee-uptus in its natural habitat.

We wander through the concrete jungle and find ourselves in a typical meeting room, where the Leatticus has been spotted with a group of humunus studentici. The Leatticus sitting at the head of the group begins a coming of age ceremony, offering the adolescents tribal gifts consisting of membership guides, conference brochures and business cards, to encourage the youth to stay loyal to the tribe.

At the end of the meeting the humunus studentici invite the Leatticus to be part of their modern-day cave drawings, recording for posterity their visit.

Master Yancy

Yancy is the new young men's president/scout master in our ward. This is a pic of our awesome scouts at the pinewood derby.



Can you tell the boys from the leaders? :)

My Mom Is So Cool

From my mom:

Whoever said "its not whether you win or lose"?

I mean really - they obviously never won!

I entered the contest at the Red Vines website and yes, I am a WINNER!

What would I win, you ask?

Well, behold and be jealous.....

First I got this:

Yes, a gianormous t-shirt that I could almost wear as a dress and a shiny metal water bottle.

Here, take a better look:

BUT THEN

the following week I got this:

Big whoop you say?

Well there's more!

1 tub

4 red licorice

4 black licorice (gave to Russ Wiscombe and I better get a good Chirstmas present)

4 grape flavor licorice which we shared with Wes's band party this morning

4 red licorice ropes

and that big mixed bag of all kinds.

I WON!!!

Of course it isn't unlikely that only 3 other people even entered the contest, but there's nothing like hedging your bet, right?

Google Wants Me to Swim the East River

Pretty sure that's not gonna work.