New Favorite Color Paint

This is my new favorite color paint.  I bought it at Walmart for just under $5.  It has the primer and paint all in one.  And is sprays on so easily and smoothely.  And the color of Ivory, beige, off white (whatever you want to call it) is sooo pretty.  This picture of the can just does not do the color justice.

I have spray painted picture frames, "bling boards" (like the one below) and right now I am working on a chair (for the chair I think I am actually going to use the semi-gloss version).  Then I destress them and antique them.  I am going to go to Lowe's and have them color match it I love the color so much.  The picture below is even a little lighter then what it actually looks like.  Go try it.  I promise if you are looking for the perfect off white you will like this.

My thoughts...

My 8 year old son was quite devastated last night.  I always forget how closely these children listen to us and look up to what we have to say.  So I was trying to talk to him about all the good in the world out there and what exciting times we live in, in this gospel.  Last night he asked me how old he had to be to run for President of the USA.  J  When I told him he had to wait 27 years he was not happy.  LOL!  So we talked about what he can do now and what he can do when he graduates from high school and goes on a mission and so forth.  (So proud of that boy!)

Anyway, so it got me thinking too. We really do live in exciting times when it comes to the Lord’s church.  And now because of Romney everyone knows a little bit about Mormon’s.  When I was a Nanny in PA the majority of the people over there had never even heard of a Mormon.  I am sure that we will have GREAT missionary moments because of this!  How exciting!!  The Lords work is not done.  He knew what he was doing when he put Romney in as a  Presidential candidate (yes, I do believe that this is what the Lord intended).  His plan is continuing and I am so excited to be a part of it.   Pres. Monson said, “The Future is as Bright as your Faith.”  

The following is from a talk from Pres. Hinckley back in 2007:

The key to the success of the work will be the faith of all who call themselves Latter-day Saints.

The time has now come to turn about and face the future. This is a season of a thousand opportunities. It is ours to grasp and move forward. What a wonderful time it is for each of us to do his or her small part in moving the work of the Lord on to its magnificent destiny.

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come” (Matt. 24:14).

Something, my brothers and sisters, is happening in this Church, something wonderful. As we walk in the small world of our individual wards and branches we are scarcely aware of it. And yet it is real, and it is tremendous. We are growing. We are expanding. Enough people will come into the Church this year to constitute more than 600 new wards or branches. (talk by Gordon B Hinckley, 1997)

 

Election Day

Well lets hope people are smart and and vote Obama out today.  I don't think I can even look at the news, I am getting a stomach ache.  I am kind of scared that Obama is going to win.  I thought Romney had a very good chance of winning until Hurricane Sandy came.  All Obama had to do was look like he was concerned and now everyone thinks he is the greatest guy in the world!  Come on people!!!  We are smarted than that!  Look at the last 4 years!  One thing he did at the last of his 4 years (and by the way, I don't think he did much for Sandy) and all of a sudden you think he is a great President!  Seriously!? 

Watching the Debates right now.

I had to DVR it because I had to go to Pack Mtg for Cub Scouts.  I am reading posts also on FB on comments about it.  Here is what a gal posted on her page: 

Obama is an IDIOT!!!! Delete me if you like him, because you're and IDIOT TOO!!!

 This made me laugh!!!  If I even posted this on my page I would have been in such big trouble by some family.  But I thought it was the best!

 The AZ law IS a model for the nation Pres. Obama, I agree with Romney!!  Are you jealous O.B?!!!  "I don't look at my pension, it's not as big as yours?"  Why does he make rich people look like they are bad people!!!???

Way to be a missionary Romney!  "My passion probably flows from the fact that I believe in God."  Hurray!  Love, love, love it.  

My Thoughts on Last Nights VP Debates...

"If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest." Proverbs 29:9

If your plan of attack is to laugh and roll your eyes at your opponent every time he speaks then I think you are not confident it your own material...  Biden you look like a bully and a jerk.  Laughing and rolling your eyes makes you look like you are making fun of Ryan so that you can try to lift yourself up.  Sounds like you have a esteem issues.

Oh, and don't get me started on your faith.  You call yourself a practicing Catholic yet you are for abortion and you are making your own church make changes in their health care and go against what they believe.   

Ryan's response to about his faith, "I don't see how a person can separate their public life from their private life or from their faith."

"Our faith informs us in everything we do," he added. "My faith informs me about how to take care of the vulnerable, about how to make sure that people have a chance in life."  Well said Ryan!  :0)

Biden reminds me of Harry Reid and his faith. So sad.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/vp-debate-biden-ryan-talk-catholic-faith-abortion-religious-liberties-83174/#OgkWGtJy2KzqQoPL.99

I think moral values are being destroyed in this country by Hollywood and the Left!  And I pray that we can take this country back soon to what our Founding Fathers and our Heavenly Father intended it to be or we are in big trouble.

Per the words of Alma:
 

My ^ason, give ear to my words, for I say unto you, even as I said unto Helaman, that ^binasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land; and ^cinasmuch as ye will not keep the commandments of God ye shall be ^dcut off from his ^epresence.  Alma 38:1

MSNBC is Misleading...

Check out this article from the Blaze.  Mitt Romney is getting ready to give a speach.  The crowd is chanting Romney, Romney, Romney...  He stops it and has the chant Romney/Ryan...  MSNBC shows it as the crowd saying Ryan, Ryan, Ryan...  But callers to the Blaze and CSPAN show it as the Romney, Romney, Romney...

You can see and read it here...

Have I Done Any Good in the World Today?

My children go to a charter school.  We do not have free lunches at our school.  You can buy hot meals but it is not through the state.  A lot of things are donated to the school.

Anway, I have such a good boy. He came home yesterday from school and asked if he could bring six snacks to school the next day instead of his 3 snacks plus his lunch . He said his friend in class only gets a sandwich in his lunch box. When Andrew asked him why the boy told him that is all his family could afford. 

I am so proud of him for thinking about the other person.  Needless to say I packed him 3 extra snacks today and emailed his teacher to find out what is going on and what we can do to help.

Harry, Harry, Harry

 What are we going to do with you Harry?  Come on Nevada, wise up. 

Mitt Romney Dismisses Harry Reid Mormonism Comments: 'He Can Say Whatever He'd Like'

 

Mitt Romney talks with running mate Paul Ryan on his campaign bus after a rally on Tuesday in Vandalia, Ohio. Romney dismissed Sen. Harry Reid's comments about Mormonism. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON -- GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney didn't have much to say Tuesday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) statement that he "sullied" Mormonism, the religion they both practice.

"I really don't have any response to Harry," Romney told Fox News' Carl Cameron. "You know, he can say whatever he'd like to say. This isn't a race about Harry Reid."
Reid, who has criticized Romney throughout his candidacy, said this week he agreed with a Mormon blogger who felt the candidate badly portrayed The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "I agree with him," Reid said. "[Romney's] coming to a state where there are a lot of members of the LDS Church ... They understand that he is not the face of Mormonism."
Romney's vice presidential pick, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), came to Romney's defense in the same Fox News interview.

"If there’s one thing we’ve learned about this we always get over-the-top comments from Harry Reid," Ryan said. "We’re used to hearing things like this coming from Harry. These kinds of comments have no place in it."

The Chosen by Chaim Potok

I have been reading books that The Thomas Jefferson Education has recommended.  TJED is for homeschooling.  I don't homeschool my children but I love that they are very much into teaching your children by having them read the classics.  I like that.  I want my children to grow up with the classics.  I never read the classics growing up so I figure I need to first read them myself. 

The first book I read was Anne of Green Gables.  My aunt bought me this book when I was young.  She bought it because she had red hair and thought I would love it because I have red hair.  I never read it.  I finally did last year and I LOVED it!  It is the cutest funniest book I have ever read.

The second book I read was Little Britches.  If I remember right I takes place in Colorado.  A family moves there an lives on a farm/ranch and live off the land.  VERY GOOD BOOK.

Next I listened to the audio of The Chosen by Chaim Potok.  Another VERY GOOD book. 

This book takes place in Brooklyn, NY.  Set back in the 1940's.  The main characters are about two young boys who meet at a baseball game which they are playing against each other.  Two Jewish boys:  Rueven Orthodox and Danny is Hasid whose father is Rabi of a great Hasidic dynasty. 

What I took out of the book:  The book is basically about two boys that come from two different but a little of the same walks of life and their relationships with their fathers and the two different ways the fathers raised their boys.  It was also interesting to note as the two became best friends how each of their fathers influenced the friends.

A second main point was the decisions these boys faced as they group up as to what they wanted to do with their lives.   Very clean interesting book.

I think the fourth book I will be reading is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.  I am going to read Laddie by Gene Stratton-Porter.

What's nice is some of these classics are free or next to nothing on Amazon Kindle.

Who I Am

Who I am...

I am a wife, a mom, a daughter, and a friend. I am proud to be a mom. I love my husband and my children passionately and I am a stay at home mom and I LOVE it!! I am easy going. I am generally a happy person. I believe in God. I am grateful for the atonement, because I have certainly needed it throughout my life. I am grateful for a a church that excepts imperfect people, because I am so far from being perfect. I believe that we are here on this earth to be tested and tried and to learn and grow. I believe families can be together forever. I believe marriage should be between a husband and wife. I am conservative. Sometimes I like to listen to Rush, Hannity, and Beck. I have strong beliefs and I know others have different beliefs and that is OK. I don't like confrontation, but sometimes I say things before I think. Thank goodness for forgiving family and friends. I come from a family of farmers. My father was a pig farmer. I eat meat, some of my family hunts and they eat the meat they hunt. I have friends that don't believe the same way or live the same way I do and that is their choice but I don't think they are bad people. I am grateful that we all have freedom to choose how and what we believe. Sometimes I will post things that other people disagree with, in fact I have family that disagree with my thoughts too, but we still love each other and get along and like each other despite our thoughts. I am grateful and proud to be an American. Thank goodness for freedom of speech and freedom to go to church where and when we want to. I thank my Heavenly Father every Sunday that my family lives in a land where we are able to worship where we want. I try to read my scriptures and pray daily. I am trying to teach my children to do the same. I am trying to raise them with conservative values. I want them to grow up reading the Book of Mormon, The Bible and the other standard works. I want them to read other good books, and to read the classics. I want them to grow up learning about our past so they know how to live in the future.

I try to believe in the best of others. I don't like gossip. I try not to gossip and tend to stay away from people who do. I try not to judge, I don't have that right. We all make mistakes, none of us are perfect. We are all just trying to live the best life each of us knows how.

These are just my ramblings, This is who I am.

Glenn Beck on Mitt Romney

Glenn Beck talks about Mitt Romney

http://www.video.theblaze.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=24705413&topic_id&v=3

When I watched the RNC a few weeks back as I watched Mitt Romney I kept saying.  He is just a good man.  You can see it in his face and in his voice as he talks.  He cares.  I loved this clip of Glenn Beck as he talked about him.  And he is sayng what I have been saying all along.  But Glenn has stories to back it up.  Click on the link above.  I wish I could hear the other stories.  Unfortunately I am not signed up for the BLAZE TV.  Lucky you if you are.  :0)