tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post4867490150870505365..comments2022-11-19T02:21:40.864-09:00Comments on The Latter-day Snark: Sorta-liveblogging general conference: Sunday afternoon sessionDavid Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881388186547426677noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post-14900712662711378242010-10-03T15:57:33.255-08:002010-10-03T15:57:33.255-08:00Oh, i know you can fit a lot of people in a two be...Oh, i know you can fit a lot of people in a two bedroom house. (And the house y’all are in is three bedrooms plus a small loft, really.) It’s just that he said they turned an enclosed porch into a bedroom-like substance, and that’s just not something you can do in the climate up here, unless you put enough insulation in that you wouldn’t really be able to call it a porch anymore. In a warmer climate, it makes a lot of sense.David Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881388186547426677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post-9896662902210399462010-10-03T15:22:00.910-08:002010-10-03T15:22:00.910-08:00Part 3:
There are a lot of things people assume o...Part 3:<br /><br />There are a lot of things people assume other people (younger people) know. I remember sitting in Young Women being confused as all get out when they'd say no heavy petting. I had no clue at all what that meant. Necking, too. No clue. I'm actually still not sure exactly what those things mean to be quite honest. I think I do, but the terms were definitely not used by the time I was a teenager. My friend, Michelle's age, also had no clue what those things meant. So, yes, defining things is a very, very good idea.<br /><br />Clearly, it's because males are more important than females in our church ;-PHeather the Mama Dukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03314177816405887405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post-12670120975924953232010-10-03T15:17:58.544-08:002010-10-03T15:17:58.544-08:00Part 2:
We've got 8 people living here and 4 ...Part 2:<br /><br />We've got 8 people living here and 4 are adults and 4 are children. It's essentially a two bedroom house now. Mommie and Daddy have one, Jamie and I have the other. The room that was mine and Michelle's when we were growing up is being used as a bedroom for the three boys. Ani's bedroom is the loft in the living room. Mom-mom and Pop-pop had a 3 bedroom house with a couple boys, a girl, them, Pop-pop's father, and our grandparents and Uncle Ralph in the summer kitchen turned into a bedroom. Amazing what you can do if you have to.<br /><br />I suspect that, unlike what many Christians I know believe, there are various degrees of sin. So I'd say it's sin, but not as bad.<br /><br />That sounds like a good metaphor, too.<br /><br />You got the name right. It seemed to me that he assumed one would be more cautious sometimes and the other other times. I don't think he meant to cater to paranoia. The sleepover thing was well timed. Cameron was set up for a sleepover with a friend in a couple weeks, but he's decided he'd rather not because the kid is not the nicest... well, he's a brat. So we're going to tell his mom that at Conference there was a caution about sleepovers and we've decided not to do them. Cameron's very relieved. Side note: I get a little giggle out of names that are kind of parallel like John Johnston. Larry Lawrence gave me a giggle.<br /><br />Elder Bednar looks like younger than he is. I bet we can command the Holy Ghost to leave us. We can certainly make Him leave for reasons other than commanding.Heather the Mama Dukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03314177816405887405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post-1294442924614901312010-10-03T15:06:31.802-08:002010-10-03T15:06:31.802-08:00Again, splitting into parts. Part 1:
I'm thi...Again, splitting into parts. Part 1:<br /><br />I'm thinking if the MoTab sang at a reasonable rate of speed it would cut things down by at least one session. Actually today they were a bit faster than usually, but I'm not sure WHAT they were thinking with the speed (or lack thereof) of Love One Another.<br /><br />If you don't listen to them live you don't get the cute ad-libbed bits. I think President Monson said to cut out the "endure to the end" junk people moan on about. They make it sound so difficult. He seemed to be "endure to the end IF YOU MUST, but our goal is..." which sounds like we should enjoy that which we are enduring. And be excellent to each other.<br /><br />I know people who would say "Elder Ballard said you might get addicted to prescription drugs and so we are not allowed to take them at all." It is dumb that the disclaimer was necessary, but I can see why. I think texting so kids don't hear you is a far cry from what I've seen teens do. They don't speak to each other, they just text. It's kind of weird. Especially weird to me because I don't have a cell phone and Jamie's doesn't have texting so I just don't get the appeal to kids. We use a sort of made up joint experience hint sort of thing to talk without the kids understanding. Drives the kids mad that they don't understand. Ani's friend at church who just turned 12 texts all the time. She stays up until 2 or 3 in the morning to text sometimes. Her parents are fine with it.Heather the Mama Dukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03314177816405887405noreply@blogger.com