What? What? I knit sweaters, yo!

[insert wide grin]

Why, hello, my 2010 Halloween Costume...

All this gangsta biz brought to you by a girl whose first cd was...

Ahem.  No, really.  That was the first CD I ever bought.  Judge me.  GO AHEAD, judge me now!  She is.  See her?  Rude.  :)

You're welcome. 

Bossy Validation Post

Just to kicks, today I wanted to bask in one of my favorite youtube videos.  You're welcome.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy 16 minutes of pure validation.  :)
 


I'd like to thank Jess for introducing me to it way in the way back, and LJ for reminding me of it yet again, and finally, I'd like to thank my mother for birthing me and allowing me to experience life, which inevitably led to my discovery of aforementioned video. 

Yeah, that's all.



No, wait.  National Bosses Day is coming up...and while this day holds great meaning in my life...on the other side of things...just you wait, Mr. Boss Man.  Just. You. Wait.

More DIY videos at 5min.com

"I feel my Savior's Love"

Lately (as in the past week at least) I've just been listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir while I've been at work.  It wasn't on purpose, necessarily.  It just sort of happened.  And you know what?  I've been so much less stressed than I usually am. I love their sound, I love the songs they sing, and I love the spirit the words and music combined brings to my day. 
Of course, then I go to the gym or I'm at home and I'm generally listening to the every-day tunes, and that's good.  Balance, right?  ;) 

I just have been amazed to notice the difference in my stress level (or lack thereof) and how much more I feel the spirit, or feel like questions I have are being answered through the words of the hymns or the occasional primary song. 

General Conference this past weekend was incredible, as conference always is, of course.  But the part I sometimes love the most are the hymns sung in conjunction with the words spoken.  There's something about music that really completes my learning process.  And somehow, the songs just really flow with the whole message.  There are definitely favorites over the years, but even if the song itself doesn't necessarily stand out to me, the spirit the music itself brings out to me is unmistakable.

Today, I'm just really grateful Heavenly Father gave us music.  :) 

I'm also so very grateful for this boy:

He has done more for my happiness lately than I think he even knows.  I love you, Jason!  

(Can I say that here?  Too late now.  I already did it.)

Conference written archives are available on Thursday, and I cannot wait!  Though...I do love listening to them at work, as well.  Oh, technology...I love you, too.  :)



Just about a month ago, I did something scary (for me) and made a decision to become less busy.  It made me nervous, but I also felt strongly about it.  I did it so I would have time for things I didn't yet understand, but it was a feeling I had, and going with that feeling has already been a huge blessing, and in more ways than I can describe.  Listening to this talk gave me further instruction, but also gave me further confirmation that my previous decision had been the right one.  I have come to find the truth of what would have seemed backwards to me only a month ago that, as President Uchtdorf points out in the talk above, "It is rather easy to be busy..." Truth.  It is harder for me to slow down, to take things one at a time.  BUT it has been so much the better, and for my good!  I don't know if I've always been at a place where that would have been as possible as it is now (school, etc.) but...I know Heavenly Father doesn't give us commandments we can't obey.  So there must always be a way. 

How incredible is that?

I am grateful for a Heavenly Father who loves me enough to answer every prayer, and especially that He answers them in His time, not my own.  He is so wise.  :)

"Diligently doing the things that matter the most will lead us to the Savior of the world."

-Pres. Uchtdorf

The gospel is so true!  I love knowing that.  I love it so very much.

To "be still, and know that I am God" is something I can do every single day, and by slowing down enough to really hear Him, to really talk with Him...that is when I learn more about myself and what He would have me do than at any other time.  

(I just re-read this post...and realized it's possible you may think this post was rather scattered, but I promise it's all related.  At least it is in my head...)

I think that's finally all for today.  :)

Service really does make all the difference...bahhahaha.... :)

One of these things is not like the others...

Ahem.

On the particular day shown above (May 2010), I started to change my mind about one subject.  Said subject was not a fleece blanket, or anything like unto it.  Remember the part where DeeAura is sometimes judgmental and shouldn't be?  Okay, then.  

This is DeeAura admitting she was really really wrong.  :)  

That's all for now.

Happy Conference Weekend!