I’m so excited!

On Wednesday I went with my friend, Christine, to an open-house for Dream Dinners (this one is located on 8th North in Orem, next to Macy’s) not knowing what to expect.

What a fabulous concept (there are others out there with different names)! For the open-house, the hostess (Christine’s friend) invited about 10 friends to come and make-and-take 1 meal per person (feeds 6) for FREE (about $18 value). They have everything you need at each station with the recipe to follow. You assemble your meal at the station then plop it in your freezer to use within 6 months.

We made a Chicken Penne meal that included green onions, capers, herbs, lemon zest and grilled chicken. Christine made it last night and 1/2 of it fed her family of 2 adults and 3 hearty eaters (although they’re lean) with plenty left over.

I’m excited to go next week to assemble my 13 dinners (you sign up for 12 but you get a free meal if you schedule yours at the open-house). However, these 13 dinners (plus the one I made at the open-house, so a total of 14) will each feed my family on 1/2 the contents so I really have 28 meals for about $9 per meal, or $2.25/person (that’s less than drive through).

Go to their website and check out the menu. It’s all top-notch, high quality, fresh ingredients. I’ll let you know how it goes next week after the session (28 meals for my family in 2 hours).

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MUSIC FOCUS GROUP NEEDED
This Saturday, May 20, 2006 in Provo, UT
If you use iTunes or iPod (or other digital music player)
For those who are passionate about music
Food and free iTunes album download for qualifiers

Click here for more information.

This is my hubby’s company and he needs 8 more participants
for this Saturday’s focus group.

~j please pass this info along to your friend, Sara, & her hubby.
cjane & chup?
compulsive siter – have an 18+ yr old music fiend?
jetset – you’re musically inclined (along with ~j, of course), is J?

http://www.soundcrank.com/

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So I’m sitting in sacrament meeting on Fast & Testimony Sunday with that Holy Ghost lump in my throat that’s telling me I have something to share today.

I should’ve known better.

Sometimes on that ever-important day I don’t feel the spirit telling me to share. But this last Sunday I did. And if you ever have that feeling and DON’T act on it…

While I listened to some little ones bare theirs, “I’d like to bare my testimony, I know the church is true…” yada yada (I know that might be blasphemous but I just wish their parents would teach them another way to start out.), I searched my soul for the things I thought I should share.

#1 Worked out at the gym this month — no, that’s not it.

#2 Finally called landscapers to bid our backyard — no, that’s not it either.

#3 Survived having my MIL and 3 SIL’s stay with me and go to Women’s Conference without killing anyone — nope.

#4 Helped a non-English-speaking lady at the temple dial a number only to find out it’s long distance from Provo to SLC (I don’t speak Spanish) — no, certainly not it.

#5 Am realizing that I’m learning more than I’m teaching in my 16-19 year old Sunday School class — sure, that’s a good one, but not the clencher.

Then I figure that it must be what I’ve been repenting of recently.

Anyone who comes into contact with me (notice I didn’t say anyone who KNOWS me; because it’s more than the people who know me) has witnessed my prideful demeanor. I don’t mean it in a mean or snotty way, but when something I’ve done is good I realize that and say, “Yeah, that WAS good” instead of saying Thank You. I’m not very good with saying Thanks.

So I get up there and here’s pretty much how it went…

“I am here as part of the repentance process.

{eyes get big across the chapel as you can see the wheels turning in everyone’s head trying to figure out what it might be}

I have a problem that I’m working on.

When someone compliments to me on the beauty of my kids I say,
“I know.”

Same with crafts I make or pictures I take,
“I know.”

I thought that being proud of something I’ve accomplished is a good thing, but I’m finding that there is a place for pride and a place for humility in regards to the talents we have been given from Him upstairs.

So lately I’ve been trying to say “Thank You” when paid a compliment and feel the humblness come over me more and more each time I say it.

My testimony is of the gifts we receive from Heavenly Father in ways of talents and without those where would I be? I love to do things creatively and really hope they bring joy to others.

So I am here to say “Thank You” to Heavenly Father for the talents he’s given me and I pray that I use them for good.”

Then, without stopping to think about what was going to come out of my mouth next, I said…

“And I made the gorgeous blanket the baby was blessed in today. Oops, that was prideful again, wasn’t it? Well, I’m still working on it.”

Amen.

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