MaeLyn's Musings

 Peter gave a youth talk in sacrament meeting this last Sunday. Here are the notes he used to give his talk: The Importance of Temple Work (Introduction) I have been asked to give a talk on the importance of temple work. Obviously, temples are closed right now, but that doesn't mean we can't prepare for them to open again. So why are temples important? In the April 2020 general conference, Elder David A Bednar explained. "We do not build or enter holy temples solely to have a memorable individual or family experience. Rather the covenants received and the ordinances performed in temples are essential to the sanctifying of our hearts and for the ultimate exaltation of God's sons and daughters." This means that the things we do in the temple are important for us and the people we do the ordinances for. When we do baptisms for the dead, we give these people an opportunity they didn't have when they were alive. While temples are temporarily closed, we can still pr

The last several months of "safer at home" has meant a lot of time spent within my own four walls. Of course, I'm a homebody anyway, so I'm probably not home much more than I was before COVID and quarantine, but I've had more time with my family around, and less time on the desktop computer that I share with Peter. Of course the usual things like housecleaning and laundry haven't changed much, but I have had a lot of free time on my hands. Here are some of the things I've been doing to keep myself busy over the last few months: Books read:   Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge Series (20 books),  Charles Todd's Bess Crawford Series (9 books),  Jacqueline Winspear's Masie Dobbs Series (Books 1-10... I have 5 more to go).  Miscellaneous Agatha Christy books  The first six or so Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who..." books  and I don't know what all else I might have picked up to read in an afternoon. The first three above are historic

 It's October already. It's October of one of the strangest years I've ever experienced. I realize I've gotten behind on my blogging this year, so here are some highlights of what has happened since our Yellowstone vacation in July: Last half of July:  a few meetings, a dentist appointment, an orthodontist appointment. Not much really happened as most of stuck around pretty close to home. August:   Josh got a job at the Mile High Flea Market , working in concessions. The flea market is only open on weekends, so he has been working on Saturdays and Sundays. Luckily with home church and meeting at 9am when we do meet at the church, he has been able to attend sacrament meetings either before or after work. He works at "Delectables", a place that sells ice cream, tornado potatoes (like a cross between curly fries and potato chips) and funnel cakes among other things. One Saturday, the rest of us went to the flea market to see what it was like. It's kind of a c