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Visit Your Home Storage Center

If you live near a church home storage center (also commonly referred to as a cannery), you should take advantage of this when planning and purchasing your food storage. Your ward may plan a trip or two every year, or you may be asked to volunteer your time at the cannery. Another option is to use the dry pack canner that your stake has and prepare your food that way. You may find that it is cheaper to purchase the food on your own, and then can it. You can order just the cans, lids and oxygen absorbers from the … Continue reading →

I Can Sleep When the Wind Blows

About 99% of all talks given in the Mormon Church contain the following story: A man went to a fair where several young men had gathered to look for work. He interviewed the boys and asked them what their skills were. One young man said, “I can buck hay really well.” Another said, “I’m good with animals.” One boy said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.” The man didn’t know what to make of that answer, but it intrigued him. After talking to all the applicants, he decided to take the boy with the peculiar answer home with him. … Continue reading →

Tristi’s Favorite Musicals

I grew up watching musicals. I love Doris Day, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire – in fact, there are very few movie stars from Hollywood’s golden era that I don’t like. There’s just nothing like a man and woman gazing into each other’s eyes and then breaking into song. Some of my all-time favorite musicals are, in no particular order: “Oklahoma!” Who could forget Shirley Jones in her first role as shy and idealistic Laurie, caught up in her feelings for that rascally cowboy, Curly? “Show Boat” took on a tough topic – that of race discrimination – and brought us … Continue reading →

Disney and Disaster Preparedness

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This summer, Walt Disney World will have a new Innoventions exhibit at Epcot. The title of this exhibit will be “StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes”. StormStruck will focus on disaster preparedness and how to make your own home safe for when the next storm hits. With the strange weather patterns we’ve been experiencing worldwide and the devastating effect of more and more storms, both warm and cold weather, the general public is beginning to realize that disaster preparedness is no longer for the seemingly crazy granola-crunching survivalists. Disaster preparedness is something that every family should consider and take very … Continue reading →

February 2008 Preparedness Goals

Tonight at our Enrichment meeting we had a discussion of what provident living really means. It was interesting to hear the input of so many different people. In addition to the food storage, there were many other aspects in which provident living can affect your life. This month’s goals are going to focus on bringing provident living more into your life. 1) One way to increase your provident living is to live a thrifty lifestyle. This would include using your food storage well, and not wasting it. Additionally you may find that you can save money on clothing or heating. … Continue reading →

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

“The Phantom of the Opera” was first a novel by Gaston LeRoux, and then a string of movies from the ridiculously campy to the widest divergence from original plot ever devised by screen writers. Andrew Lloyd Webber got his hands on it and turned it into one of the most beloved plays ever performed, and then Hollywood decided to try again to create a film out of the story, this time getting smart and sticking with the story and using the Webber model and music. Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum) is a chorus girl at the Paris Opera House. She dances … Continue reading →

Planning for Changes…or Status Quo?

I have written these past few weeks about ways to wrap up this calendar year in our businesses and get ready for the next one. Budgeting and planning are part of the package, as well as getting ready to pay taxes and organizing record-keeping for the end of the year. I thought it might be work mentioning, however, that not every home business needs to plan for big changes in the upcoming twelve months. It is a perfectly legitimate planning technique to plan to keep to a status quo for a period of time… Having a long term plan for … Continue reading →

Plan Your Garden

I remember hearing as a child the importance of having a garden. Spencer W. Kimball encouraged every family to have a garden for several reasons. A garden is great opportunity to save money and become more self-reliant. A garden also gives you the opportunity to work together as a family. This is the perfect time of the year to begin to plan your garden. While it is too cold to plant outside, you can still be doing things to prepare for your garden. You may consider the vegetables you want to grow. If you live in an apartment or have … Continue reading →

A Man with a Plan?

Monday night I had my end of the season tournament for the volleyball league I play on. It can be a long night, depending on how many teams are playing and how many points each match goes to. However, I enjoy it because I get to catch up with friends. Such as my friend Chris. We met at the beginning of last summer on Tuesday nights, when a bunch of us get together and play sand volleyball in one of the local parks with a group called Team Green. Chris and I hit it off right away. He’s easy to … Continue reading →

Share Your Money Dreams

What are some of your money dreams? I asked around and came up with this list… feel free to add some of your own! The ability to quit work and stay home with your kids. Believe it or not, both men and women wish for this dream. Some men want it for their family; others want it for them too. Having one parent home can save money on childcare and make everyone’s life less frantic, but it is also tough to lose one whole income. To buy your first home or condo. Often coming up with the financial means to … Continue reading →