These five are my favorites.
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Observations while practicing making a wedding cake:
1) homemade buttercream is a bi#*h.
2) the cake was perfect, but needs to be doubled for my 9" pans.
3) the fresh peach filling was too much trouble.
4) love the almonds in the cream layer.
5) what have I agreed to?!!
I am going to tackle Buttercream again,
using a different recipe.
1) homemade buttercream is a bi#*h.
2) the cake was perfect, but needs to be doubled for my 9" pans.
3) the fresh peach filling was too much trouble.
4) love the almonds in the cream layer.
5) what have I agreed to?!!
I am going to tackle Buttercream again,
using a different recipe.
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I need to get myself together and plan
the upcoming birthday parties
that are about to rock my October.
the upcoming birthday parties
that are about to rock my October.
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I've purchased two Chatbooks so far
and both of them have had issues.
Lame.
and both of them have had issues.
Lame.
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I'm so excited for our annual
Pumpkin Carving Party this year.
Pumpkin Carving Party this year.
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I am seriously considering getting a tattoo.
Because I'm a bad Mormon.
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I really liked the new Cinderella movie,
but I worry a bit about the message.
How about "Have Courage and Stand Up for Yourself"
or "Have Courage and Don't Be a Doormat"?
Kindness is really important,
but I think young girls need a message about
taking power into their own hands more
than being a people-pleaser.
but I worry a bit about the message.
How about "Have Courage and Stand Up for Yourself"
or "Have Courage and Don't Be a Doormat"?
Kindness is really important,
but I think young girls need a message about
taking power into their own hands more
than being a people-pleaser.
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I used to be a Heinz Ketchup snob,
but now I am a Hunts All Natural Ketchup snob.
but now I am a Hunts All Natural Ketchup snob.
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Survivor Second Chances was pretty awesome last night,
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I got the meet up with my old friend
Solviej (pronounced sole-vie)
from PA last week and it made me SO happy!
Solviej (pronounced sole-vie)
from PA last week and it made me SO happy!
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I have a charmed life.
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4 comments
I love that you are thinking about getting a tattoo! I really appreciate other Mormons who don't fit the regular conservative mold. #thugmormon
The thoughts about teaching girls to be kind and having courage--I agree. Thank you. We should teach every one to be kind, and we also need to prepare girls to become adults that can take on the challenges of life. I know this will be controversial, but as a convert, I get frustrated with the culture within the LDS church that does not make women feel empowered. We emphasize "self-reliance" - a good thing. But we also have a cultural expectation (sometimes unspoken) that tells women it's "better" if they stay home with their children and not work. Am I the only person that sees a dissonant message there? Not too recently I read that Utah women have a high rate of anti-depression prescription drug use. I wonder if there's a correlation between LDS culture/roles/expectations of women and their high rates of depression.
No! Being kind does NOT make you a doormat. Saying no sometimes doesn't mean you aren't kind. Being kind means you treat others how you would want to be treated, even when they aren't treating you that way. But it does not mean you have to lay down and take whatever they dish out, you can kindly say no and kindly stand up for yourself. And to Jimmy, it's not the church's job to make women feel empowered (or to make us feel anything at all). We choose how we feel. The church teaches doctrine and we choose t have faith and follow it or not. I have never once felt less than or not in control of my own situation especially as it relates to the church. It IS better for me to stay home with my kids. I've tried it both ways and my family is (and I am) happier when I'm home with my kids instead of working. But that doesn't mean it's true for other women, and so they work! It's fine! Nobody has to do anything that makes them unhappy. Most of the moms I know here work.
I think a tattoo would be a serious choice at your age and stage of motherhood. What's your reasoning behind wanting it? To remind you of your kids that you have constantly in your home and in your arms and on your mind, or to rebel against the place you hate so much, or something else entirely? Interesting to think about. Have you decided? I could never do it. The pain and the definite possibility that I wouldn't want it later.
Hey Emily--this is old now. I just got back to this wondering if anyone had commented to my comment. I respectfully disagree that it's not the church's job to make women feel empowered.
I believe that the church and its leaders have a responsibility to help men and women recognize their full potential as children of our Heavenly Father. In fact, I think the majority of Christ's mission and earthly ministry was designed to establish a church that enables mankind to feel the love that our Father in Heaven has for each one of us.
When church leaders allow (enable?) oppression, I believe blessings are withheld from the body of the church. (Blacks not being allowed to hold the Priesthood being the most commonly cited example.)
I guess back then some Blacks and most Whites could and did have the same approach as yours--"The church teaches doctrine and we choose to have faith and follow it or not." Personally, I admire those who had the courage to question that "doctrine," who had the self-awareness to say to themselves this just doesn't feel right, and who risked the ridicule of others because of their self-imposed social responsibility to change things.
Having experienced life as a member and a nonmember of the church, having been raised by a single mom, and as a father to five daughters, I feel a sense of responsibility to recognize some cultural aspects of the church that I find oppressive towards women. I honestly believe that the church is slowly recognizing this issue as well. Recent moves to include women leaders in more decision-making councils, both at the local and General Authority levels of the church, are indications to me that the church realizes they should include and empower women more than they have in the past.
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