Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2007
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!During all this Arkansas drama, my sister Phoebe married Jonathan Hemingway. We drove to Arizona for the wedding and festivities and I had a great time with my family. It was fun to meet Jon's family–they're really nice people [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2007
Today is the fifth anniversary of my marriage to Colin. I've been a Jensen for five years today! Happy anniversary to us!
I'm soooooo glad that Colin and I got married. It's fun to be married, and it's waaaaaaaay better than being single. We get to hang out together and take care of each other and take care [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 11th, 2007
In thinking about my lesson on Temple Marriage coming up, I thought it would be useful to write down my wedding story, so here it is.
Colin and I got married in the Snowflake Arizona Temple. The temple was brand-new at the time, and the temple President told us he thought we were the 21st [...]
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Posted in Religion/Church, Young Women on Apr 8th, 2007
Next week I'm teaching the Beehives on Sunday, and it's two lessons combined:"The Blessings of the Temple" and "Temple Marriage." Combining the two lessons is going to be tough, but we need to keep up with the schedule and this week we did an Easter lesson.
The objectives of the two lessons are that each [...]
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Last night for our date we went to the Spring Home Show because a neighbor gave us free tickets. We had a good time, although we had to say "no" to a lot of people. There were at least two people who wanted us to pay our mortgage off their way (which they claimed meant [...]
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Posted in Home, Reviews, Things I Like on Apr 5th, 2007
Long title, I know, but it's the title of a charming book by Tamara Fackrell I'm re-reading that my mother gave me a couple years ago for Christmas. It's probably best suited for mothers of children 2- to 8-years-old, but I think it would be useful for any mother or potential mother. It comes with tons [...]
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Posted in Home on Apr 4th, 2007
I just saw that someone found my site by searching for Mother's Day breakfast ideas. but as I haven't written on the topic they were probably disappointed. It's a fun idea for something to write about, though, so here are some ideas for easy breakfasts kids (and Dads) can do for Mother's Day.
Do breakfast in bed if [...]
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Posted in Reviews, Things I Like on Mar 29th, 2007
Another book you should all read is Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray. Now, I'm not saying this book will solve all your problems or that everything in it is right on, but I do think there are a lot of valuable concepts Gray teaches and teaches well.
The premise of [...]
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On Friday for our date Colin and I went to The Mayan. I mentioned earlier in my blog that I'd never been, and when Colin read that he was shocked and decided he had to take me (another perk of blogging). I'd had a tough day and it was a huge relief to leave the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2007
If you've studied psychology or organizational behavior, you've probably heard of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The wikipedia summarizes the theory this way:
His theory contends that as humans meet 'basic needs', they seek to satisfy successively 'higher needs' that occupy a set hierarchy.
Basically, the idea is that if you're hungry or can't breathe, you won't be [...]
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