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Today is one day; one moment

"The Spirit can guide us when to look ahead and when we should deal with just this one day, with this one moment." D. Todd Christofferson

It's love month...

While sitting in the hospital room waiting for Gary to come out of surgery I read this article about how love/relationships affect your health - for better or worse.  It said:

• Married people sleep better. On average they get the optimal time each night of 6.5 to 7.5 hours.
• The hormones released by your brain when you're in love also aid the body's healing process.  Anger or arguing can slow the healing process.
• When your partner is suffering, the best support is to create a diversion to take his/her mind off the pain, help recovery and keep sane yourself.  Pouring on TLC can prolong the pain, though being loving and considerate is good.
• After "I love you" the most important three little words in a relationship are "please," "thank you".  Hostile words have been linked to the likelihood of developing atherosclerosis, especially in women.

My husband can hear now!

Here's Gary with his Pocket Talker!  At least he can hear the doctors and nurses on Thursday.

I'm spoiled

My sweet husband is making omelets for us. I don't know many men who cook in a tie but he has spent so much of his life dressed up, it's nothing for him.

I was hoping for some nice couples and family photos from the wedding. Jon took some during the ceremony so I'll post them when he does, but there were no posed pictures. I'm disappointed about that, but, what do you do?

Married!

I had to add a sad update to this post. The marriage was unfortunately annulled. Things just weren't as they appeared and it just didn't work out.

He surprised me with a ring at the airport!

Here we are with Bishop Barker

We had to overcome lots of obstacles, but our 5 month engagement finally culminated in our marriage. We have known each other for 10 months and known we were brought together by God for 9 of those. It's truly a blessing and another chance at happiness. We pray it will be a quiet, peaceful and loving life - hopefully a long one.

I still believe...

More Lea and Love

A wonderful number that was cut from the Broadway, Miss Saigon.


One of my favorite Gershwin numbers, sung by my favorite Broadway singer:

God bless the broken road...

To Make You Feel My Love

My favorite version of this song by Mick McAuley.

Sometimes there just isn't enough chocolate!

Broadway on my mind

Maybe it's because Fred won Husband of the Year last week when he surprised Jenn with front row center seats for Wicked in Boise...  she has wanted to see that since it first opened on Broadway.  He also took her shopping for clothes for anniversary/Mother's Day.

She even got the t-shirt!

Or maybe it's because I have New York on my mind.  At any rate, Broadway music just keeps running through my head so it will probably keep popping up here.  Hope you don't mind.
I start my new job tomorrow morning.  I have to be up by the U at 7:30 AM - it might kill me!  One of the reasons I have liked my job is the flexibility of hours.  My partner took the early morning, starting at 7 and I the late hours starting at 9.  It worked well for both of us.  After Monday's training I might be on an 8:00 schedule but we'll see how it works out.  As for tomorrow I have a black eye.  I fell outside the church last night after Adam's play was over.  It was dark in the parking lot and the cast was outside greeting the audience as they exited.  I tripped on a step up from the parking lot to the sidewalk and hit my forehead - the kind you can hear crack when you hit.  I told Natalie I wonder why I wasn't able to catch my fall before hitting my head.  She said, "I guess you weren't supposed to break your wrists." Ashlie recently broke her wrist that way.  The goose egg on my head and now the black and blue eyelid is minor by comparison. 

Sun and Moon

...a solo saxaphone

High Flying Adored...

On my own...

When I fall...

Probably my favorite line is "...love is ended before it's begun..."

Today's thought

If we must part forever,
Give me but one kind word to think upon,
And please myself with, while my heart's breaking.
 
~Thomas Otway

Conference

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

It's a big deal in Utah - April and October General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Considering the time of year it's held it should come as no surprise that there's a good chance of rain or snow.  It can also be lovely weather.  That's the nature of spring and fall in Utah.  But, it's good for some conversation and even some jokes by the non-Mormons.

At any rate, the 21,000 seat Conference Center across the street from Temple Square in downtown SLC will be buzzing.  Every seat for every session (5) will be filled.  Thousands more will be in overflow buildings on Temple Square including the Tabernacle and many more will just listen via the intercoms while wandering around the square.  This year they may need umbrellas.  Translation in 32 of the most popular languages will be done by volunteers.  The Tabernacle choir will perform and we will sing We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet (penned by someone on my family tree).  Thousands more will watch on TV, by satellite or by delayed video which will include even more translation.  Want to read up on past conference talks - check out this story here.  Mark Davis has compiled a corpus of conference talks going back to 1851.  No wonder it feels miraculous to us.

I will watch on TV.  I love being in the Conference Center but tickets are limited and parking - well, that can be a problem.  It's a busy weekend for us and in April comes with Fred's birthday and Bountiful cleanup.  I have a lot to clean up right now so getting time to put the stuff on the street is tricky.  Then there's grocery shopping, still need to do my taxes, etc.  I need to remove some sheetrock with mold from our basement flood - good time to get it conveniently hauled away, but can we actually get it done?  I always wish our cleanup would come a little later after weather has been good enough, long enough to do some serious work outside.

I'm still trying to get rid of a Mazda and a tetherball pole...

The only sure thing is change

Looks like more changes, more stress - this time relating to my job.  Can't reveal what's up yet, but it's been a year to remember for sure!  Hopefully something good is coming and I'm being prepped for it...

I received another huge compliment when a friend called me "a woman of substance."  Is it coincidental that it's also the title of one of my favorite (fiction) books?  There are a lot of things I am not but I really appreciate not being seen as shallow even if that means I'm not so popular.  When other things - academic achievement, artistic talent, position, beauty, possessions, etc. are prized, we sometimes lose sight of traits like this and don't appreciate what it means to get this kind of compliment.  I can't stand shallow.  It is important to me to be true to my values, to have a brain, an opinion and, well, substance...  maybe right up there with kind, nice, smart.  I'll take it - thanks!