Gratitude
Labels: Elder Eyring, God, Gratitude, LDS, Mormon, Remember, Thankful
Labels: Elder Eyring, God, Gratitude, LDS, Mormon, Remember, Thankful
Dad: So ask Bob next time you talk to her about showering with an umbrella.
Bob: Well, Ninnie, I simply showered with an umbrella
Brittney: Why, Bobbie, did you shower with an umbrella?
Bob: Because it sounded like a good idea
B-)
<3
These things are so cool!!!!
:'(
Brittney: You are too funny for words
Was it a fun shower?
Bob: Well, Ninnie, It didn’t work
:P
Brittney: Didn't it work? Was the umbrella broken?
Bob: No
Cause, Ninnie, It made a loud sound
:P
Brittney: That’s why it didn't work?
Because it made sounds?
Bob: Yes
LOUD sounds
;)
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by: Reilly
Brittney: That means it was a loud shower, not that it didn't work, you silly girl
Bob: Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The umbrella made a loud sound when the water hit it
:'(
:D
:D :D
Brittney: But how did that make the shower not work?
It just made it loud
Bob: Realllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy LOUD
plop plop plop plop plop
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By Reilly
Brittney: Did Reilly shower with you and the umbrella?
Bob: NO!
Dad: I had a bad umbrella experience as a child also. I jumped of the roof of the house thinking that I would float slowly to the ground.
Mom: She is cute.
She cracked me up when she was messaging you. Her words she uses are just toooo funny.
Brittney: She had me laughing. I still don't get how it didn't work. It did work, it was just loud,, as far as I understand.
Mom: Have you ever tried to shower with an umbrella? Maybe if you tried it, you would see why it did not work.
She showed me today how noisy it was. It was very important to her to let me hear how loud it was.
Try it some time. It is good for a dry shower. I do not know what made her think of showering with an umbrella!!
Labels: Bob, mom and dad, shower, umbrella
Labels: Alpine, Deseret Book, Dieter F Uchtdorf, John Rowe Moyle, LDS, LDS Church, Mormon, Only A Stonecutter, Utah
I decided after Halloween, I was going off sugar. Completely. Cold turkey. It's been almost 3 weeks. It really hasn't been hard. One time, it was hard. For a work meeting, we brought in food from Joe Morleys. Good place, and they cater. Anyways, they have this delectable (well, it looks delectable and everyone about beat each other up to get seconds, so I am going with it is as delectable as it looks) ice cream/chocolate/fudge/Oreo pie. I wanted some. But I didn't cave. The worst part was when I was cleaning up, I got some fudge on my fingers. And you know, you instinctively just lick it off... I almost did so without thinking, but stopped!
Labels: candy, chocolate, going off sugar, sugar
Work was good. I got lots of compliments on my hair. Always makes the day that much better. Especially when I didn’t do my hair. Well, I got it wet. But the rest was Divine Intervention.
I left work a smidgen early (I still got my 8 hours in – I didn’t take lunch. So leaving early is actually leaving on time. How’s that for a conundrum?). Anyways, after I got home I had a wonderful Cafe Rio salad, brought to me by the oh-so-fabulous Becki. Then we went to the Temple.
Can I just say, I LOVE the temple? The moment I walked in, I felt complete and utter peace, joy and happiness. I got the biggest smile on my face, and suddenly everything was ok. It is amazing how just walking into the temple, I feel that peace and joy immediately.
I love the cute old guys that sit in the entrance to the temple. They are so funny, sincere and happy to see me. Every time. I went to take my shoes off, and the cute old man said, "You know, I can almost remember the time when I could take my shoes off while standing up." I told him I thought he could, if he really put his mind to it. He also told me I had a good, strong name. Brittney Deanne Johnson.
I said thank you, it was a good name. And I believed it. Right then and there, I did believe it. It is fabulous how everyone is welcome and loved in the temple. No one knows your past or your faults or your weaknesses. All they see is a child of God. We are all equal. No one is better than anyone else, in the temple we are all equally welcome and loved.
I’m always so excited and happy to be in the temple, I skip up the steps to the dressing room. I always pause for moment, not sure that that is proper temple etiquette. But then I resume my bouncing, as I figure God would approve. After all, my skipping is the outward manifestation of the joy I feel inside.
After I was done, I took pictures of the temple. Can I just say it was an INCREDIBLY beautiful night?
Then, I went and watched the Joseph Smith movie with a friend. That movie always gets me. It was really great, how this time different events in the movie affected me. I had so many thoughts and impressions. It was wonderful.
The movie ended, we talked a bit, then Becki was done and we went home. Yesterday was one of the most incredible temple experiences I’ve ever had. I needed it.
I sometimes get stuck in the trap of self-pity. Thinking things are so hard; my life is so hard, so many bad things have happened to me… but really, hard is having people hate you because of your religious beliefs. Hard is having people yell at you, hurt you, hurt your family. Hard is watching your loved ones beaten, tarred and feathered, and driven out of their homes. Hard is leaving everything you own and trudging thousands of miles in the snow.
Sometimes, I have a hard time maintaining my faith because I feel like God’s abandoned me. And by abandoned, I mean things I think should be happening, aren’t. Take for example the temporary status of my job and the emotional turmoil associated with it. I am doing my best, shouldn’t things work out? They don’t seem to. And at times, I doubt His love for me. I lose faith because I can’t see the big picture – all I can see is a small piece that looks pretty grey and bleak. And then I dwell in self-pity.
And then I see/read about what the pioneers went through (and many, many others. I am specifically referencing the pioneers here because of watching the Joseph Smith movie). They went through a heck of a lot more than I ever have. How could they not, at times, feel like God had left them? Yet the whole time he was forming them into the best versions of themselves they could be, and leading them to the Great Salt Lake Valley. I have been a lot of places – and this Valley is incredibly beautiful. I love living here, as far as beauty goes. But it didn’t come instantly – this place was a desert when the pioneers came.
Sometimes I feel like my life is like that desert (I know it’s not! Remember the self pity part?). And the Lord is slowly planting seeds – I just can’t see them yet. And one day, it will be in full bloom. I just need to have the faith to keep tromping along. I am trying.
Today was a greatly needed reminder of how much God loves each and every one of us. And that happiness does not lie in money, possessions, or in the things we think we need – it is found in the simple beauty all around us. In the simple ways God blesses us each and every day. If I’m looking/waiting for the big miracles in my life I think I deserve, I miss the little miracles every day.
Labels: Joseph Smith movie, LDS, Mormon, Temple, Temple Square
In honor of Thanksgiving, I'm going to write at least one thing I am thankful for every day this November. I'll just update this post, so I have them all together. I'm trying to write things that are not obvious - big things. I'm trying to look for the little things that add to my life - that I don't normally think about, or thank God for.
It’s just nice.
November 7
I am thankful for fall! Today is the most beautiful day. It's warm, sunny and the leaves are incredible.
I am thankful for good friends. I have some pretty awesome friends.
I am thankful for answers to prayers.
November 8
I am thankful for church! I am thankful I have the opportunity to go to church every week, and for the things I learn. I am thankful that Jeni told Gloria about the temple prep class, and Gloria told me, and told me to come with her.
I am thankful for my cowboy boots. I would wear them every day if I could.
I am thankful for the movie Anne of Green Gables. Also, for the movie Crocodile Dundee.
I'm thankful for a fabulous weekend. I'm thankful for a long, great talk and walk with a fabulous friend on a beautiful day.
I'm thankful for late-night chats with wonderful people in the Hobbit Hole (HA HA).
I'm thankful for family that doesn't give up on me, even when they have every reason to.
November 9
Today i'm thankful for Rusk's silk searum. It makes my hair feel like silk. Serioulsy. I'm not kidding. It's the most wonderful thing ever. Sadly, they've stopped making it. I can't fathom why. You can still find it on Amazon, though! :)
I'm thankful for my cherry dress and my pearl headband.
I'm VERY thankful for my office-mate, Julie. She is so sweet and I love sharing an office with her. I would be so sad and lonely in an office by myself. She listens to my complaints, my bad date stories, my bad work stories, and is so great. I just finished venting to her, and it made me feel better. I am super duper grateful to be sharing an office with her.
ALSO - I'm just throwing this out there - I am thankful for Josh Groban. Mostly for his music more than for him specifially as a person. So She Dances is one of my favorite songs ever.
November 10
I'm thankful for the scriptures and the effect they have on me. I woke up in a bad mood and by 8am had a serious of very frusterating events. I listened to the Book of Mormon on the way to work, and was in a MUCH better mood.
I'm thankful for kneaders and their turkey avacado sandwich.
I'm thankful for ice skating. And not falling.
November 11I am grateful that Julie ordered food for me when I asked her to, for a meeting I forgot to order food for. Everyone applauded when I walked in with the goodies - and I was SO thankful for her saving my life.
I am thankful for not getting stuck in the elevator shaft once this week.
I am thankful for pizza and good discounts.
I am thankful for Becki's birthday.
I'm thankful the cookie that Julie put on my desk didn't even look good.
November 12Labels: Anne of Green Gables, Cafe Rio, Christus, earplugs, free food, Mormon, November, Rusk, SLC, Soft Sounds of Sunday, Temple, Temple Square, Thankful, Thanksgiving