MaeLyn's Musings

I've been interested in dreams lately. I had an idea for a story about dreams, and then started researching to learn more about them, and in the process started recording my own dreams and then looking up interpretations for them. If the interpretations are valid, I think my subconscious is frustrated with my life as it is today and is hankering for some kind of change. For example, after family scripture reading this morning, Steven left with the older boys to go to seminary and Peter and I went back to our beds. I had an interesting dream, and when I woke up, I wrote it down, and later I looked up symbols. This is what I dreamed this morning (Symbols are quoted from  Dream Moods Dream Dictionary ): I slowly made my way through deep puddles ( Puddle: To see a puddle in your dream represents feelings that have been downplayed and overlooked. Although these feelings may appear minor, it is worthwhile to address them before it erupts unexpectedly.)   and mud ( Mud: To ...

Peter got to give his first talk in Sacrament Meeting yesterday: Honesty is choosing not to lie, steal, cheat or deceive in any way. Two of the ten commandments talk about honesty: "Thou shalt not steal", and "Thou shalt not bear false witness." In the "For the Strength of Youth" pamphlet it says, "If you lie, steal, shoplift, or cheat, you damage your spirit and your relationships with others." President Monson once shared an experience where he learned that honesty is the best policy. He said: Finally, honesty is the best policy. I learned this truth in a dramatic manner during boot camp when I served in the Navy 55 years ago. After those first three weeks of isolated training, the good news came that we would have our first liberty and could visit the city of San Diego. All of the men were most eager for this change of pace. As we prepared to board the buses to town, the petty officer commanded, “Now all of you men who know how to swim,...

Friday morning, Steven took John and Josh to seminary and then to school, then came back home instead of continuing on to work. Before it was time for Peter to leave for school, Steven, Hannah and I were on our way to Rexburg, Idaho.  The radio in the van stopped working a couple weeks ago, but we acquired a small speaker we could use with a cell phone, and we listened to sound tracks from musicals during most of the drive.  We arrived in Rexburg about 4:50pm, with a whole 10 minutes to check in at the office before they closed for the day. We unloaded Hannah's stuff from the van, and Hannah and I unpacked while Steven went to find a place for the two of us to spend the night. (We hadn't thought to reserve a hotel room early enough, but he found us a great campsite on the north end of town!) After Steven returned, the three of us went to have dinner at The Burg , a cute little hamburger place with a stage for live music, although no one was performing that evening. ...

Last Tuesday, (the 5th!) we celebrated Hannah's 18th birthday. Now, I realize that we were early by almost two weeks, but we wanted to celebrate with her before she left for college, and time was ticking down and that was the last evening before she left that we all would be at home, so that's when we did it. I was actually impressed when I took the boys birthday shopping for her. They were so conscientious about getting her things that would be useful in college. They gave her rubber scrapers for when she makes brownies and a strainer for her mac n cheese as well as a food chopper and serving utensils. Peter gave her a jar of Nutella because, well, it's Nutella. She also got a crock pot, baking sheets, a candle warmer and a pocket knife. She asked for an ice cream cake, but it was too hard to stick candles in, so we put the candles in the box it came in instead.     Eighteen years ago, Steven and I were sitting around our little one bedroom apartment in Ra...

Saturday morning, Steven and I took our children to the temple. We had a big pile of family names that Steven had found and we wanted the kids to do the baptisms and we only had a few months between when Peter turned twelve and received his temple recommend, and before Hannah leaves for college. With work schedules, vacations, and other events, it was a challenge to find a free weekend when we were all available, but this last Saturday worked and it was wonderful to have our entire family in the temple together!