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PRO'S AND CON'S TO COME....
1.27.2010
12.07.2009
Two of my favorite TEMPLES
Seattle Temple
Los Angeles Temple
My friend Lisa recently posted a link to this artists Temple Paintings and I just love them.
These are definitely on my wish list.
11.21.2009
11.19.2009
Us....
I haven't posted in forever.
Life hasn't been that boring lately, I just haven't really felt like taking pictures and well truthfully people enjoy pictures way more than LONG stories and our pictures are better than our stories. Not to mention my grammar is not the best.
(I am sure I missed our a comma or a period somewhere in here already)
You can't make too many gramatical errors in pictures.
But for your viewing pleasure and to let you know we are still here....
A goofy picture of us...
Courtesy of Kim R.8.16.2009
7.28.2009
YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN
You call a bathing suit a "swimming costume".
You call a traffic light a "robot".
You call an elevator a "lift"
You call a hood a "bonnet"
You call a trunk a "boot"
You call a pickup truck a "bakkie"
You call a Barbeque a "Braai"
The employees dance in front of the building to show how unhappy they are.
The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the programme you just finished watching.
You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.
You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you've never had any.
You can sing your national anthem in four languages, and you have no idea what it means in any of them.
You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.
You go to braais regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim, sometimes simultaneously.
You produce a R100 note instead of your driver's licence when stopped by a traffic officer.
You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement.
You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car.
You know a taxi can move twice its certified number of people in one trip.
You travel 100's of kilometres to see snow.
You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee!
More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election.
People have the most wonderful names: Christmas, Goodwill, Pretty, Wednesday, Blessing, Brilliant, Gift, Precious, Innocence and Given, Patience, Portion, Coronation.
"Now now" or "just now" can mean anything from a minute to a month.
You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction.
Travelling at 120 km/h you're the slowest vehicle on the highway/freeway.
A bullet train is being introduced, but we can't fix potholes.
The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday.
You have to prove that you don't need a loan to get one.
Prisoners go on strike.
You don't stop at a red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks your car.
Rwandan refugees start leaving the country because the crime rate is too high.
You consider a high crime rate as normal.
7.19.2009
4th
We decided at the last minute to meet our friends, Max and Amy in TN for the weekend of the 4th.
It was the perfect half way point meeting place.
Nashville is a fun city.
Grand Ole Opry
7.08.2009
Happiness....
Is finding a new favorite chocolate bar.
For a while this was my favorite Ghirardelli Bar
Until I met this one!
YUMMY
When you don't have kids or pets, you blog about other things that bring you happiness ;-) Chocolate makes me happy.
5.22.2009
5.15.2009
Frog dies of SWINE FLU...
We know who he got the swine flu from.
(Thanks for sharing this picture with me, Bruce. It's too cute not to share)
5.10.2009
4.24.2009
4.17.2009
4.13.2009
Now SHE'S got talent...
This is one very talented lady - and I love to see people like this being discovered for their true talent. I'd buy a CD and listen to her voice any day. Be sure to press play and listen. I especially love Simon's reaction. I cry at most things and this song is no exception. It definitely brings happy tears to my eyes!
"American Idol" isn't the only launching pad for aspiring singers. Across the pond, "Britain's Got Talent" scored a huge boost in the Buzz after an unassuming contestant gave an amazing performance.
Susan Boyle (remember that name) became a Web phenomenon after singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables. The performance brought the audience to its feet and left the judges (including Simon Cowell) either speechless or in tears.
Before going on stage, Ms. Boyle admitted some self-deprecating facts about herself (she's never been kissed and lives alone with her cat, Pebbles). For those reasons and more, audiences were expecting the female William Hung. They were wrong.
Lookups on the sudden star posted huge gains. A no-name just the other day, Ms. Boyle quickly surged into our top 5,000 overall searches. Blogs and gossip rags went wild. The Mirror jumped on the story, reporting that while Ms. Boyle thought she "looked like a garage" on TV, she received a standing ovation when she showed up at her local church.
Other sources write that as a child, Ms. Boyle was the target of bullies because of a disability. But, with her newfound fame, she is getting the last laugh. In fact, she's already meeting with officials from Mr. Cowell's Sony BMG label. This may have been the first you've heard of her, but it certainly won't be the last. You can watch her performance below...
Other sources write that as a child, Ms. Boyle was the target of bullies because of a disability. But, with her newfound fame, she is getting the last laugh. In fact, she's already meeting with officials from Mr. Cowell's Sony BMG label. This may have been the first you've heard of her, but it certainly won't be the last. You can watch her performance below...
Or you can watch the you.tube clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
4.11.2009
3.30.2009
Twilight Mania...For Mormons ;-)
Amie D. & Katie H. I think I see you two in the picture ;-)
Click here for more funnies.
From what I can tell they are all good natured.
VT vs. Twilight
Too funny.
Thoroughly enjoyed the books !! Movie - not so much.
(Julie S. - Look familiar? I copied this from your blog ;-)
3.28.2009
Setting goals are important, right???
This is my new goal.
To try each of these R.i.t.t.e.r .S.p.o.r.t.s chocolate bars.
I did not even know half these flavors existed.
I feel like a whole new world has been opened up to me.
Kim R. - I think you may be the only one who would consider taking on this goal with me ;-)
3.25.2009
WHITE Eggs
In SA all the eggs are brown. I don't think I ever saw white eggs... unless it was EASTER. These are the only white eggs I ever knew -
until I moved to the US.
These eggs are candy coated. You lick the candy off until you find delicious chocolate coating the inside of the egg.
There is no way to eat these eggs gracefully :-)
But they are so tasty!
3.19.2009
3.16.2009
A very nice man...
We were recently at the mall returning something at a kiosk. I had 'store' credit so I had to buy from that particular kiosk. Well, I was having a hard time finding anything I wanted and was being a little impatient with the workers because I just wanted my money back. Andy reminded me to be nice :-) I was a little nicer and settled on something and kept the remaining store credit for a future purchase. It was almost time for the mall to close by the time I found anything and I still had other stores I wanted to look in. So, I left to go do a little more shopping and Andy made the exchange for me.
Andy made the exchange and met me in another store. He then tells me that the ladies at the kiosk wanted to let him know that they (clearly they had discussed it, come to a conclusion and she was now the spokesman for the two) :-) thought that he was a very nice man and that he was very patient. She said that most husbands would have been impatient hurrying their wives along and ready to leave. But Andy stood patiently as I walked around the booth multiple times look for the perfect item.
They were right. Andy is a 'VERY NICE MAN' :-)
And I am a very lucky wife!
3.14.2009
Newest Addition
If you've read my blog over time - you'll know that my brother and his wife adopted Jessica just over 4 years ago. They've recently added to their family -
Jasmine Isabella D.
Big Sister, Little Sister
And we are so excited. Congrats!
3.13.2009
3.04.2009
3.02.2009
And this was our house...
...this morning.
It was a glorious day!
** Credit for this picture goes to my fabulous neighbor Kate. No doubt I was sound asleep when she took this picture. **
2.28.2009
Sunday will come...
We haven't done any super fun things lately and I haven't taken any pictures either. But stay tuned - we are heading to Miami soon and then there will be a ton of pictures posted (unless I look very UNCUTE in all of them ;-) - I know UNCUTE is not a word ;-)
In the meantime here is another serious, but worthwhile blog read.
This is where I found the article
Elder Wirthlin's talk given in the October of 2006 Conference entitled SUNDAY WILL COME"...
The New Era's condensed version of it, but here is what he writes:
The Dark Friday of the Crucifixion
I think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross. On that terrible Friday the earth shook and grew dark. Frightful storms lashed at the earth.
Those evil men who sought His life rejoiced. Now that Jesus was no more, surely those who followed Him would disperse. On that day those men stood triumphant.
On that day the veil of the temple was rent in twain.
Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus, were both overcome with grief and despair. The superb man they had loved and honored hung lifeless upon the cross.
On that Friday the Apostles were devastated. Jesus, their Savior—the man who had walked on water and raised the dead—was Himself at the mercy of wicked men. They watched helplessly as He was overcome by His enemies.
On that Friday the Savior of mankind was humiliated and bruised, abused and reviled. It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.
I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest.
Sunday Will Come
But the doom of that day did not endure.
The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind.
And in an instant the eyes that had been filled with ever-flowing tears dried. The lips that had
whispered prayers of distress and grief now filled the air with wondrous praise,
for Jesus the Christ, the Son of the living God, stood before them as the
firstfruits of the Resurrection, the proof that death is merely the beginning of
a new and wondrous existence.
Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.
But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come. (This photo was found here: http://www.heavenlyascents.com/tag/resurrection/)
No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, in this life or the next, Sunday will come.
2.25.2009
2.20.2009
Journey of Life
I just read this on a blog and loved it.
Make up your mind to be happy-even when you don't have money, even when you don't have a clear complexion, even when you don't have the Nobel Prize. Some of the happiest people I know have none of these things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy. Why are they happy? I suppose it is because they don't listen very well. Or they listen too well-to the things their hearts tell them. They glory in the beauty of the earth. They glory in the rivers and the canyons and the call of the meadowlark. They glory in the love of their families, the stumbling steps of a toddler, the wise and tender smile of the elderly. They glory in honest labor. They glory in the scriptures. They glory in the presence of the Holy Ghost. One thing I know for certain: the time we have here goes by far too quickly. Don't waste any more time sitting on the bench watching life pass you by.
Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Lessons Learned in the Journey of Life."
Ensign, May 2001, 35.
2.19.2009
Little Miss and Mr. Men
I love the original series. Though these ones are pretty funny too.
Which one are you?
1.28.2009
1.22.2009
Have you read these articles?
How wonderful to see our leaders attending such an important and historical event.
1.01.2009
LA Temple Lights
We went to see the lights at the LA Temple.
They were gorgeous. I took a ton of pictures, but I am just not great at taking night shots!!
Here are just a few.
Now this is they way I like to see the LA Temple.
12.19.2008
12.11.2008
Boppa
Andy's 91 year old grandpa "Boppa" was baptized this past weekend in Portland, OR. We were fortunate enough to be there and participate in such a special occasion.
What an amazing example to all of us!
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