Scorching the World

This is a favorite quote that I don't want to forget: It will not be enough for us to know the words are true or even to understand them plainly. We must obey, or the conviction of the truth will fade and the meaning will become obscure. Henry Eyring

I got this from Elesa's blog. (http://elesahag.blogspot.com) And I like it. Here is the assignment: I must list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current goals, 3 current obsessions, and 3 random facts about myself. 3 Joys 1. When I can actually play a hymn on the organ. 2. Driving my Miata with the top down 3. Playing on the computer. 3 Fears 1. Car wrecks. 2. Falling down or up stairs. 3. Short fingernails. 3 Current Goals 1. Learn to play anything on the organ. 2. Use the pedals on the organ. 3. Make my hands and feet work at the same time on the right notes all at once. 3 Current Obsessions 1. Sifting out my house. 2. Getting exercise. 3. Interior design. 3 Random Facts about Me 1. I can say the alphabet backwards. It rhymes! 2. I love interior design. 3. I'm taking piano/organ lessons for the first time in my life! Thanks Elesa!

Ever since I got called earlier this year to play organ in Sacrament meeting, I've been REALLY struggling to learn how to play single hymns, and the progress seems so painful and also painfully slow. It really takes at least a week to learn a single hymn, so the idea of learning enough hymns to be the organist seems eons away, if even that soon. When I was at Stake Conference last Sunday, I saw Jill Webb and I knew she teaches piano and organ, so on the spur of the moment decided to ask her what she charges. Doesn't hurt to ask, right? Well, she immediately said she would give me the reduced rate that she gives some people who have been taking lessons from her for so long that they are on the old rates. It was a great rate, so we set up my first lesson for today, Friday, at 1:30pm. Tom tried several times to get me to postpone it a week, but I wanted the lesson so bad, i wouldn't budge on it. I was really nervous going, and the first few minutes that I played for her, I mes...

I have decided that I want to be associated with certain things and places and that I SERIOUSLY don't want to be associated with other things and places. If I have a clean house, I do want to be credited for it. I want to be associated with a clean house. I want to be part of a clean house. It makes me feel taller somehow. I don't want to be associated with cockroaches, mice, grime, or lice. Ewww. Been there, done that. So along this line, I decided there are places I don't want to go because I don't want to be associated with them; like that would define who I am. I'm thinking of fast food places like McDonalds and even worse - the Chubby Hubby. I can't eat there no matter how good their hamburgers are. But the place I do want to be associated with is Trader Joe's. Ever time I go there I feel better about myself. Not just because I'm buying food that is healthier and grown in politically correct conditions, but because most of the people who shop there ...

Let me start by saying that these are rules I have discovered about Tom, not rules he has ever stated. #1 and most important: Always put off till tomorrow anything you can. This is because he is Mexican. The song, "Manana" is his theme song. #2 No surface should be clear or empty. Counters, shelves and tops of things are for putting things on. The reason for this rule is #3. #3 Always put things where they can be seen. If it can't be seen, it probably is lost forever or has ceased to exist. #4 There is no reason to close cabinet doors or drawers or doors. Again, this is because of #3. #5 A nap precedes all things in the priorities of life. #6 (This one defines his character more than anything else) Never take any situation too seriously. There is always room for humor. #7 (Thanks for reminding me, Becky) EVERY car is more interesting that ANY person, place, event, or scheduled event. EVERY fact and detail about ANY car is easy to remember, but EVERY other date or "im...