Leave my people alone!!!

Ok. You all know that I don't usually get upset with people who make fun of Mormons. But with members of the Church and those who people associate with our Church being in the media, I have heard a lot more recently. I hear it on TV. I hear it from my friends. I can't control what the media says, but I can control who I'll be around.

I just want to set a few things straight. First and foremost, Mormons ARE CHRISTIANS. In case you haven't noticed, the name Jesus Christ is in the title of our Church. We don't believe in some other Christ. There was only one. We read the Bible. King James Version. Same as most people. We do have additional gospels, but we do have the Bible as a standard works. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have not had plural marraige since 1890 when the practice was banned by the Church due the fact that it is no longer necessary. I am sick and tired of people referring to "Mormon underwear." As much as I would like to answer any questions about such things, the Church considers many things sacred, including what goes on in Temples. This is one of the things I do not talk about. Please do not ask me to compromise my ethics. I may not be able to go to the Temple right now, due to some things I've done, but I refuse to divulge information that I have been asked not to. Also, just because a person is a member of the Church does not make them some weird freako. Not all of us are prudes. I watch R-rated movies. I curse sometimes. I do not get upset when someone curses around me. I LOVE Adult Swim. I have a crude sense of humor sometimes. Being a Mormon does not mean we HAVE to have giant families. I want 4 children. It has nothing to do with the Church. I've always wanted 4, well before I joined the Church. Also, waiting until marriage to have sex is a personal choice many people make. Don't judge us as freaks or prudes or anything else because we've made that choice. As many of my old friends know, that was a choice I made long before joining the Church as well.

Many famous people are members of the Church and you don't even know it. People think they can "spot" a Mormon. Did you know the following people are members:

Wilford Brimley (from the Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical Diabetes commericals)

Aaron Eckhardt (actor, recently seen in Thank You for Smoking, an excellent movie, by the way)

Gordon Jump (well known as the Maytag Repairman and as the boss on WKRP in Cincinatti)

Jared Hess (writer of Napoleon Dynamite and that stupid movie with Jack Black as the wrestler)

Jon Heder (actor in Napoleon Dynamite, Benchwarmers, and more)

If you want more go to:http://www.famousmormons.net/



Ok. I'm done with my rant. Friends, please, respect me and my Church. I may not go to Church, but I still am a Mormon. I love the Church and I truly do believe in the Church and it's teachings. Please keep that in mind the next time you decide to put me or other members down around me.

All I want for Christmas...

is a Christmas blogger template!

I've been searching for almost an hour for a Christmas blogger template and the ones I've found won't display correctly. It is extremely hard to find a working Christmas blogger template. Dang!

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It's been a while...

Wow! It's been a long time since I posted. Let's see. Nothing much has changed, except now I have a new job. I left "Wal-Crap" (I totally stole that from Brooke!) for Best Buy. I hope to make it into LP and move up from there.

Other than that, things are pretty much the same as always. I work, sleep and eat. That's my exciting life. I did get a Wii. I love it!

I hope everyone is doing well. Love you all!

Maybe I'll post more often, but when nothing changes what's the point?

<3 A.

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Notes from my 8 year old niece.

I love how young children spell. It's so cute to see how they spell everything the way it sounds. It would be nice if spelling were that easy! Enjoy!

I was talking on the phone to Sarah Harriman when, out of nowhere, Lilly came up to me with note 1.

Note 1:

someday maby sometime when Grand-Jans (Gran Jan is what my niece and nephews call my mother) home you and me could spend the night you can sleep with me inmy room on the floor think about it. (there is a picture of a person in a bed on the bottom.)

(When I agreed, she was very excited, but told me that she would need time to get everything "prepared". Shortly after that conversation, I received note 2)

Note 2:

I alredy have evry thing prypard (the word "prypard" is underlined; there was no punctuation on this note)



She has a diary on the table with "dear diery" on the top. There are several notes stuck on the door to "her" room at my mom's house.

"Sorry I'm bessy" I'm assuming bessy is for bossy. She is always in trouble for being too bossy.

"No Trispasing" No trespassing, I'm sure.

"Lilly's Room Ruls" Self-explanatory.

"No Cris" Lilly must not like Cody's (my oldest nephew, her cousin) friend Chris who hangs out at my Mom's house whenever Cody is there.

"No won ecsept Lilly aloud" I guess this means get out of her room, or just don't come in.



I hope you enjoyed this little collection of Lilly-isms. Also on the pictures she drew of my sister and me, she gave us the following labels: Kim is a "Nise Lady" and I'm "Love Hart". I'm not sure what mine means. Her mom says it is for the heart shape.

I'm exhausted!

Have you ever noticed that the more emotionally difficult your week is, the more tired you feel. I've talked it out with people, but it's still there. I'll be okay. It's never easy when you have a falling out with a family member, but one day we'll mend the relationship. I love him. He's my father. I will always love him! I'm just waiting it out.

Who do I look like?

I have to say, I don't really agree with this. But ok.

So funny!

Alanis Morissette "My Humps" video



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Hmmm.

Well even after the recent conversations with close friends I still don't agree with their views. I know how they feel about me. I know how they perceive me. But, obviously, single men do not view me in the same manner as they. I have lowered my standards. I have shown interest in men that I would never have been interested in before. What I don't understand is if I'm so wonderful and so pretty, why does no man want me? Why are my friends the only ones telling me these things? Why do men who are single not want someone who is pretty and nice? I know my weight is an issue for some, but there has got to be something else. It has to be something about me. I don't know what it is. I wish I did. I would change it! But for now I have to sit and wonder. I will listen to the hollow talk of how much I'm loved, but until I get it from someone who doesn't just want to be friends it will continue to be hollow talk. I hate to burst my friends' bubbles, but that's how it feels. You are blinded by your friendship with me. Ben made a good point tonight about an issue with some men is probably my refusal to bend on my sex rules. That's probably true, but it has to be something else. I just don't know what it is. If you know, please tell me. I could use some help.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!!!!!! Don't forget to wear green!

MySpace

If you don't know, I have an account on MySpace. Find me by looking up my e-mail, angela_39@yahoo.com. I have a blog on there too. But to read it, you have to be my "friend." I have now become a MySpace addict. Until just a couple weeks ago I was very anti-MySpace. It's crazy!!! I check it everyday, a couple times a day. I look at MySpace more than I do my e-mail!!! It'll lose it's luster soon, I'm sure. But until then, I'm all about MySpace!

Today's thoughts

Well, one's taken. The other I haven't talked to in years. I miss him. I think of him all the time. What if I'd said how I feel? But I can't erase the time that I've lost and I guess I have to move on. Yet another I'm not sure about. Why is my heart such a difficult one? Why do I have to keep searching for those who don't even look my direction? But I, as does time, must move on and learn to deal with what is here and now. Thanks to Jennie and Amanda for your amazing counsel, listening to my whining and helping me to search. You are true friends! I love you both!

Thanks to others as well. Mary, Brooke, Jon, Grant, Joshua, Susan and to the other friends who lend an ear when my heart is hurting. My friends and family are the best blessing in my life. I hold you all dear!

Forever in your debt!
A.

I just don't get it...

I don't understand. I try and it just doesn't happen. Why? Is it me? Is it him? I just don't understand. If I don't get some resolution soon I just might explode!!!

My sad heart continues to wait...

Brooke's Scooby Doo Dissertation

Stolen right from Brooke's blog:

So, how is Scooby Doo supposed to be talking, and why is it that everyone can understand him? And how do they solve the case if there are no clues? Don't they ever just stay in and watch movies instead of getting marooned on deserted islands, running into ghosts, and magically solving a mystery that the local cops can't figure out? Are the local cops so dumb that it takes a man wearing a neckerchief, a dumb blonde, a super smart (how come she isn't the one always figuring stuff out? Why is it always Fred doing the explaining? Has she not found the feminist movement yet, and told Fred to shut the heck up?) chic, a stoner, and a dog that can talk? And why isn't Scooby more popular if he's a talking dog? I've never seen a talking dog. A counting one, but never a talking one. Why does Shaggy never seem to gain a pound? If I ate that much, I wouldn't be able to walk, and I'd have to go on the Wife Swap, and make some other lady feel sorry for me so she'll want to pay for my gastric bypass surgery, but I'll still tell her she's a heathen. And who is laughing in the background? Why would they tape people for a laugh track when it's a bunch of kids watching, who don't even recognize (let alone know what it is) a laugh track? There's absolutely no reason for it. Why is the bad guy always a creepy old guy? And everything involves some sort of fictional character, like ghosts, werewolves, witches, and the like. Won't they ever figure out that it's never a "real" ghost, and they should just go about their way to find the treasure, or whatever else is missing? And where can I find some Scooby snacks? It's like Popeye's spinach. Scooby can do anything as long as he has his snacks. What's the difference between eating one Scooby snack and then chasing the ghost, as opposed to chasing the ghost, taking off his mask, and then having a feast of Scooby snacks. Better yet, just staying at home and chillin like a villain, and not chasing anything! Why go to "the old haunted mansion?" They know what's there!!

MySpace

So you can now find me at MySpace by looking up my e-mail angela_39@yahoo.com. I had to use my spam address for that. B and Steve, ya'll should get a MySpace. I was against it at first until the whole world had MySpace and I didn't. Hope everyone is having a great year so far!

Smiles to you all!
A.