I guess the KISS principle just isn't my style. . .

You know the "Keep It Simple, Stupid" principle. Case in point; I saw a really cool project on another blog a few weeks ago that made me think "wow, great idea!" It is a magnetic monthly menu board, to see it go here.

THEN. . . I thought, with us going every-which-way, we need to have our activities on the same calendar as the meals; if we are really going to do any meal planning. NEXT I realized two months would work better than one for us.

My work schedule is always changing, so the labels need to be laminated, so I can write my hours on them.

Next, I realized the store bought clear calendar components are too small for my purposes, so I find a poster frame at Wally World. After lining it with sheet metal, making calendars with scrap-booking paper and sandwiching everything behind the clear acrylic sheet, the magnets don't stick. . .HMMM. Then I tried velcro, but that just looked BAD and didn't really work the way I wanted. Next I tried Mylar, but it was too loose. One magnet went on fine, but the next one would pop the first magnet right off on to the floor. I tried affixing the Mylar with craft fusing, but that just pulled the paper completely away from the sheet metal and none of the magnets stuck.

Finally, I figured it out! I used clear contact paper cut slightly larger than each square and stuck them directly to the metal. Now the little magnets stick just fine. I hope to have the rest of the little bugs worked out and have the calendar in full use by next week . . .YAY!!!

Oh, and I guess things aren't crazy enough for me yet, I wrote the test for Stats Canada yesterday. I may be picking up a part-time job with the Census soon too. We'll see what happens with that by month's end. . .I may need MORE labels!!!

. . .one more thing. . .

As I was reading my notes from yesterday's conference I came across one little snippet that I forgot to put in yesterday's summary. Jeffrey R. Holland was speaking of Christ's promise of gentle blessings coupled with Chist's high expectations of His followers. Elder Holland went on to say " Clearly, anyone who thinks Jesus taught no-fault theology was not reading the fine print in the contract. No, in matters of discipleship, the Church is not a fast food outlet; we can't always have it our way."

If you would like to see his whole 17 minute talk go here.

Bling?

This was General Conference week-end. Usually we spend Saturday and Sunday watching all the sessions as they are broadcast. This year Kaili was the only one who could do that. Saturday Adam and I worked, Ron went to a hiring clinic and Dax & Ellie spent the day in Victoria where they participated in a First Aid competition.
We all were able to watch the sessions today and here are a few of the sound bites and ideas I grabbed this time. . .

• Our personal portrait of the Master comes to us like a puzzle; one piece at a time as we study and pray.
• The answer to our prayers may come to us while on our feet answering another's prayer instead of while on our knees.
• Preach the Gospel at all times; if necessary use words- Attributed to St. Francis of Assisi
• The cloth of righteous societies has been woven of the golden thread of charity.
• As we increase our own self-reliance, we increase our availability to help others.
• We need to adopt a willingness to accept and even seek out correction if we are to meet the high expectations of Judgement Day.
• If we resist correction often enough, eventually the guidance will be withdrawn.
• "To be" and "to do" are interdependent; one without the other is to be a hypocrite.
• "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
• "Bedlamites"

After conference, we went to a baptism at the church. It was a very good Sunday for us.
Oh. . .the photo from above. . .these are a few of the medals Dax and Ellie brought home yesterday. She ended the day with 2 bronze, a sliver and a gold. Dax got one of each and today I overheard him describing them as his "bling".