Okay.....

Just FYI, I posted my Lehi Days Post, but because I started the draft on the 12th of March, that's when it posted. It's there. Trust me. (Below the sorry post.) Enjoy. hehe

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Sorry!!!! =/

I know, I haven't blogged much at all in the past few weeks. It just seems like for one reason or another I haven't been able to do much more than check and see if anyone else has posted.

I'm hoping to have a post or two up soon. (I'm definitely due for at least one.)

Anyways, my apologies for those people who have checked and checked and checked and haven't seen any new posts from me. My next post should be about the Rodeo, since I still haven't done that one yet. (Hopefully tomorrow or Sunday.)

Lehi Days 2009

Alright, here's the long awaited post about Lehi Days. I know, it's been a month (on Monday). This was one of my favorite Lehi Days! For the first time ever, I was actually in it. I was part of the beginning drill team called the Lehi Lariats. It was amazing. I have a few pictures and video. If anyone wants to see the video, I'll post the link to the youtube video.

And here are a couple of pictures:









(Me on Hawk with his glittered hooves and all 10 of us in the Pinwheel.)


(Up Next: Renaissance Festival)

Something Extraordinary

Alright, I am sorry it has taken so long to get this up. After dealing with a hormonal depression state, I am back to normal and ready to blog.

The Lehi Stake Relief Society Mini-Conference: (Such a long title for a half day event.)

We started out the day with a wonderful breakfast meal of random things like rolls and fruit. We then had a little meeting with the leaders before breaking up for the classes. The meeting stressed the importance of pattern.

The first class I attended was "Something from Nothing - Now that's Something!"

"The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano." -Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." - James Barrie, author of Peter Pan.

We were given ideas of cheap ways to have fun and create things from bargains, or from nothing.


The next class I attended was "The Enlightened Homemaker - Keeping it Simple." (A nutrition course)

We learned that food related allergies can cause ear infections and can affect how intense a child has autism, although probably not the only factor. The teacher suggested that we "Eat Naked", which means that we should eat food how Heavenly Father gave it to us. Her blog is www.enlightenedhomemaker.blogspot.com.


The final class I went to was "Friendships, Dates, and Chosen Mates."

The teacher compared relationships to growing a flower garden. Sometimes it's digging and replanting constantly. Other times it's plastic and looks good on the outside, but it's not very inviting. Another is from hard work and collaborating with the "Master Gardener" to figure out what we're doing wrong and to improve so that we have relationships that will last. The teacher found out from the master Gardener that concrete was killing the flowers she was trying to grow, because it put chemicals in the soil that ruined the plants. She likened that to Satan.


All in all, it was a wonderful conference, and I learned a lot! (Like, how I'm probably eating horrible things for my body, and smoothies with spinach can be good.)



(Next up: Lehi Days 2009)

Sorry....

I know I promised a post with all the wonderful things I learned in the mini conference, but I've not been feeling up to writing something so happy and wonderful. I promise I will get it up as soon as I can, but it probably won't be until I can get pass this bug of depression. (Which has so far lasted a week with days like roller coasters, emotions being high and low.)



(I blame hormones.)

Tomorrow's mini conference

Our stake is having a stake-wide Women's conference, and I plan on attending. After I finish attending, I'll write about things that I thought were interesting. Although, it's sad that they have 8 classes and we can only attend 3. =/ I wish I could go to all of them. Oh well. I'm looking forward to it!

And when I talk about it, I'll bring up my week and all the stuff that's going on in my life..... wait, that's pretty much nothing. But whatever. I'll come up with something.

The Whistle... instructions necessary?

Alright, so that's kind of what the whistle looks like.

At our investiture into the elementary education program, each of us students were given a lovely whistle that says "Arizona State University Police" on a sheriff's star looking thing. And with each whistle there were a set of instructions. It was put together by the American Whistle corporation. It's called a "Personal Safety Whistle."

Anyways, here are the instructions..... (with comments in parentheses)


How to use your American Defender (TM) Personal Safety Whistle:


If you are accosted on the street:
1. Blow the whistle.
2. Call the police as soon as possible.

If you fear trouble on the street:
1. Run toward the middle of the street. (Umm.... Right..... "Hey! I need hel...." *car drives by, hitting person)
2. Blow your whistle. (And that will help.... how?)
3. Call the police. (Shouldn't that be number one?)

If you see trouble on the street:
1. Blow the whistle. (Again, what is the point?)
2. Keep a safe distance. (NOW we're getting somewhere.)
3. Call the police. (Again, should be number 1.)

If you see trouble from your home:
1. Call the police. (YAY!! They got it right!) State the address and nature of trouble.
2. Open a window and blow the whistle. (WHY?)
3. As other whistles blow, go outside, and - keeping a safe distance - continue blowing. (Umm.... So, everyone is supposed to have a whistle?...... Right....)

If you hear a whistle:
1. Call police. Report location and nature of trouble.
2. Blow your whistle.
3. Move carefully toward the first whistle, and - keeping a safe distance - continue blowing. (Still not sure about the everyone having a whistle part.)

Do NOT play policeman. (NO DUH!)
You could easily get hurt. (Ya think?) Police officers are highly trained to do their jobs. Let's help them however we can, while staying out of the way.

Tell kids about your whistle (Because I'm sure they'll listen. Not!)
and about it's application. A whistle, from a child's perspective is a great toy. But its usefulness will be diminished if children blow the whistle at play. (Because whistles are so amazing at keeping us safe?)

Your AMERICAN DEFENDER (TM) Whistle
helps you aid police in deterring or preventing crime in your neighbourhood, (Because everyone has one) and call for help if you're lost (actually helpful for that), sick (um... okay?), or injured (maybe). It's safe, non-violent, and when carried on a keychain, cannot be used as a weapon against you. (Are people hitting other people with their safety whistles? :O Oh dear! That must leave a horrible bruise. [end sarcasm])
The Defender (TM) is shrill (yes), loud (yes), and of very high quality. (It's a whistle! How high quality can it get?) In fact, it's exactly the same whistle we make for the National Fraternal Order of Police. (And we, as school teachers, are going to care?)
The American Defender (TM) can signal your need for help, frighten away someone who means you harm or alert neighbors to call police. (Because I'm SURE everyone knows that that is what a whistle is for. ¬.¬)



Anyways, that's "The Whistle" as I like to call it. I found it amusing that they actually had instructions for a whistle. haha Oh well. I hope you get a few laughs from it as well.