Life’s Hurdles

 

“The Savior desires to save us from our inadequacies as well as from our
sins. Inadequacy is not the same as sinfulness-we have far more control over
the choice to sin than we may have over our innate capacity. The Lord will
not save us in our sins, but from them. However, he can save us in our
inadequacies as well as from them. A sense of falling short or falling down
is not only natural, but essential to the mortal experience. But, after all
we can do, the Atonement can fill that which is empty, straighten our bent
parts, and make strong that which is weak…The truth is not that we must
make it on our own, but that he will make us His own.”

Bruce C. Hafen, Ensign, Apr 1990, 7

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Mercy and Forgiveness

 

“Each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy and to forgive one another. There is a great need for this Christlike attribute in our families, in our marriages, in our wards and stakes, in our communities, and in our nations.
We will receive the joy of forgiveness in our own lives when we are willing to extend that joy freely to others. Lip service is not enough. We need to purge our hearts and minds of feelings and thoughts of bitterness and let the light and the love of Christ enter in. As a result, the Spirit of the Lord will fill our souls with the joy accompanying divine peace of conscience.”

–Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Point of Safe Return“, May 2007 Ensign

D&C 59:9–12

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Speaking of Food….

 

Wendy’s Taxi is parked for the night…I hope! I took Rhett to get his new stereo system. He lucked out big time!!! It’s a Sony stereo with a bunch of components like a dual cassette deck, a turntable and BIG speakers. The woman who gave it to him was a sweetie. Rhett sang her his famous shopping cart song. Now that he has the fancy stereo, he is going to record that. I’ll have to make it into an mp3 and put it on the internet someday.

When Rhett gets rich and famous, he can take me out to dinner Tonight he treated me to the Chinese buffet. I was sooooo hungry! It was the longest I have ever gone without talking since I’ve known him. The food was incredibly yummy.

After I took Judy to the bail bondsman, I came home and nuked some of my sourdough pancakes for lunch. Judy stopped by while I was pigging out and wanted some, too. I made her nuke her own ;-p Every couple of days I split the starter into 2 crocks and let them bubble for a couple of days. One crock turns into pancakes, the other gets divided to perpetuate the process. The starter tastes better EVERY time

To refresh your memory, here’s how I make my pancakes…

I get out a BIG bowl. Put the starter in, which is about 2 cups. I beat in 2 eggs, a good glug of peanut oil, a half teaspoon or so of salt and maybe a couple tablespoons of sugar. Mix up, but don’t go crazy. In a couple of tablespoons of milk or water, add about a teaspoon of baking soda. Mix together good. Add to pancake batter and stir just until blended.

That’s the totally cool part The batter gets HUGE and bubbles like crazy. I use the waffle iron Judy gave me. It has flat plates on one side. Pancakes come out perfect on those things! A batch generally makes about 9 pancakes for 3 breakfasts. I put them in the freezer and defrost for 5 minutes in the microwave, then nuke on high for a minute. PERFECTION! PURE BLISS! Add butter and maple syrup.

Mmmmmmmmmm…….

A trip to visit bail bondsmen

 

The things I do for my friends! I got up early this morning, took my meds, went back to bed and slept until almost noon. The only reason I woke up then is because the apartment complex maintenance man came to my door. When I checked my cell phone, there had been three calls from Judy. She wanted me to give her a ride to a bail bondsman.

Her boyfriend had been arrested on a DUI charge last week and today his mom wired the money for Judy to get him out of jail. I went in with her…and learned a lot. It was the guy’s second offense, so his bail is $5,000, making the bond $500. When you get a bond, you forfeit the $500. That’s the cost of borrowing the money. WOW!

Even though Judy had the cash, she could not secure the bond because she owns nothing. If her boyfriend were to skip town, she would be liable for the $5000 and there’s no way she could ever come up with that much.

I was VERY relieved she could not get the bond. It’s one thing if it were a mistake on the boyfriend’s part, but this is his second offense. Now his license has been taken away. If he gets another DUI, that would be a felony. At least if he is in jail, he is getting sober whether he wants to or not.

I find it extremely interesting that as soon as I started reading up about alcoholism, I was involved in this the next day. I had some newly bolstered strength and wisdom about how to deal with an alcoholic after all my reading. I hope I was helpful talking to Judy about this. I also hope the guy has to stay in jail until his court hearing and that this knocks some sense into him so he will get help for his addictions.

Oh, geeze…Judy just called and wanted me to go pick up the boyfriend at the jail.  I’m glad I cannot do it! I already promised to give Rhett a ride to go pick up his “new” freecycle stereo.  The alcoholic’s brother bailed out her boyfriend. Judy has not driven a car in 4 years and now is planning on driving the boyfriend’s car in the dark to get him from jail. I DO NOT feel good about  this

Adult children of alcoholics guess at what normal behavior is

Janet G. Woititz
Adult Children of Alcoholics

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1. Adult children of alcoholics guess at what normal behavior is.

2. Adult children of alcoholics have difficulty following a project through from beginning to end.

3. Adult children of alcoholics lie when it would be just as easy to tell the truth.

4. Adult children of alcoholics judge themselves without mercy.

5. Adult children of alcoholics have difficulty having fun.

6. Adult children of alcoholics take themselves very seriously.

7. Adult children of alcoholics have difficulty with intimate relationships.

8. Adult children of alcoholics overreact to changes over which they have no control.

9. Adult children of alcoholics constantly seek approval and affirmation.

10. Adult children of alcoholics usually feel that they are different from other people.

11. Adult children of alcoholics are super responsible or super irresponsible.

12. Adult children of alcoholics are extremely loyal, even in the face of evidence that the loyalty is undeserved.

13. Adult children of alcoholics are impulsive. They tend to lock themselves into a course of action without giving serious consideration to alternative behaviors or possible consequences. This impulsively leads to confusion, self-loathing and loss of control over their environment. In addition, they spend an excessive amount of energy cleaning up the mess.