These are blog posts by Jenny Smith, mostly dealing with teaching Seminary.
DS is now 11, and I find myself falling into bad habits as a mother. When I was a young mother, I prided myself on having obedient children. I read every reputable book on parenting I could choke down and applied what I thought was the best information. I remember the most helpful things I […]
I've been down in the dumps, on top of a cold thing and coupled with being snowed in with no sun - it's been a completely wasted week. I feel useless but I'm still unmotivated. The winter here has been unusually rough. We got snowed in with about 20 inches in December and again this […]
Well, it's been forever since I blogged. Naturally. Lemme sum up what's been going on: pulled off the ward Christmas party, got snowed in for 3 days in the biggest December snowfall on record in the DC area while Jared was stranded out of town, survived Christmas after my family decided to come up last […]
Elder Cannon has a tip on how to light up your tree like they do on Temple Square. Follow the link below, and then click on the "audio" tab: http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/temple-squ... The Church is going more environmentally friendly on the lights with new LED bulbs.
I've been reading pages (and pages and pages) of histories that my parents are working. Momma is helping her mom write a history, and Daddy -- a PROLIFIC writer -- is finally compiling his thoughts and experiences. He's barely out of college and is well over 157 pages. Today I read a segment Daddy wrote […]
It's not about Big Love -- it's about TOUGH LOVE. Hehehehe. http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/first_look_tlc_family_armor_PeN5BO... More Mormons on TV! We're just quirky enough to be "reality" TV, but wholesome enough for Prime Time. Honestly, the show sounds boring to me. But so did Dirty Jobs, and that has turned out to be a gem. Mike Rowe is my […]
I was sitting in Church on Sunday listening to a great talk -- seems like it was LaRene's -- and it occurred to me that a weak testimony could be founded on ideas and understanding of the relationship they have with God on His tender mercies, instead of the gospel plan. When we first moved […]
The webpage just keeps getting better and better! The new theme is now tweaked to suit my purpose, and I will say it looks very good. I've started adding the new products -- now all that's left is the bracelet kits and balloons. I got the charms up yesterday. (Man, that took forever.) I am […]
A friend of mine forwarded this to me this week, and I had to chuckle. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this picture was taken in the neighborhood I grew up in.
