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189th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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What do you do to make General Conference exciting in your home?  Here are a few ideas I and others have used to become and remain engaged in the process. Make the weekend fun, plan a full two days of favorite foods and activities around conference time. Involve every family member in planning the weekend with crafts, food, activities, and journals Have a project you work on only during conference. We worked on a conference quilt embroidering designs on blocks to include in the quilt Have everyone select a word ("the" is not allowed) and every time the person hears her or his word they get a small treat Play conference bingo Keep a conference journal like this one or this one Listen and write down any blessings you hear in conference talks Make a general conference wall here is one way to do it for small children Play Fantasy General Conference Have dinner with an apostle For small children make General Conference Stations in the TV Room Download the Co

On Managing My Time

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It seems a simple thing to write down a schedule and stick to it.  I made a nice little schedule to be sure I got everything done for BYU-Idaho.  See it really is a nice little schedule What this nice little schedule doesn't account for is my 97-year-old mother.  She is self-sufficient, but not completely.  Between 7 and 8 a.m. I helped her three times, each time interrupting my thought process and requiring a reset.  They weren't big things, finding a cap to her pills that she dropped, reminding her how to use her new hair product, and then later taking the spray bottle for the new hair product and pumping all the air out until it actually would spray. Something else this nice little schedule doesn't account for is my sweet Tarzan who called me during my 8:00 hour to discuss finances.  This caused an interruption of thought and required a reset as well. And then there are the dogs.  They had cornered some little creature and were actively trying to "get"

Lucky Me

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Lucky, lucky, lucky me I'm a lucky son of a gun I work eight hours, I sleep eight hours and have eight hours for fun ♪♫♫♪ Do you ever think about how lucky you are?  Getting away from thinking about your problems can make problems more bearable.  Try counting your blessings--you may have some of these and they are not in order, but here are a few things to think about. Food on the table Car to drive House to live in Bed to sleep on Job to pay the bills Family Friends The Godhead Sunrise Sunset Pets Moon Sun Clouds and Rain Animal Life Doctors and Nurses Pedicures Babies Rainbows Books to Read Sunglasses Shoes Fingers All Body Parts Indoor Plumbing Scriptures Pepsi Look for good Find joy Be happy Banish sad