Accidents in the Middle of the Night

The other night, Rob and I were having a discussion about the covers and how I never steal them and he does. I told him that it's because he tucks the covers between his legs and when he rolls he takes the covers with him. I don't tuck the covers, so I don't take them with me when I roll. He then said that he has to tuck the covers between his knees so that they don't get sweaty and stick together, so I told him that I never have that problem because I wear pajama pants. I said that I always wear them because you never know when there's going to be an accident in the middle of the night and you don't want to be stuck with nothing but your underwear on. He looked at me with his face all scrunched up and said "huh?" So I said, "you know, like if there's a fire, you don't want to have to go searching for some clothes." His face then un-scrunched and he said "oh, I was thinking about a bathroom accident and I thought you'd probably outgrown peeing in the bed, so I was confused."

I'm not going to tell Rob about that one time when I was about 19 that I had a dream I was going to the bathroom and then woke up to the harsh reality that I had wet the bed. But I did tell him about the time that the furnace in my apartment blew up and caused all sorts of smoke to come out and the neighbors got scared and called the fire department and I woke up to a fireman standing at my bed asking if anyone else was home. Good times. And that is why I always wear pajamas to bed.

New Family Search

A few months ago, an announcement was made in our ward that our stake would be one of the first stakes to test out the New Family Search (new.familysearch.org). I decided I would hop on over there and see what it was like, not really knowing what to expect. Let me tell you, my mind was blown! Once I registered, the program showed me and my parents and then let me search for other ancestors. I searched for my paternal grandmother and then "BAAMM!" all of this other stuff came up. Her line back to the early 1700s was pulled up just by searching her name! Since then, my mom and I have been on a family history kick. Just on my mom's line, we've prepared over 30 names for temple work.

Being engaged in this work has been so fulfilling. I love going to the temple and performing these ordinances for my deceased ancestors. I feel a connection to them like I've never felt before. One of the great things about the New Family Search is that it identifies ordinances that have not been performed. I found out that my dad's parents were never sealed to their parents. Robert and I were able to go to the temple and perform those sealings. I have been lucky to know most of my great-grandparents (the last one passing away when I was about 15), but I never knew my dad's grandfathers. Being able to perform this work helped me feel that link to them.

I have also been blessed these last few months to volunteer as an ordinance worker in the Provo temple. I do not know how much longer I will be able to do this, so I really cherish those few hours every week that I am able to help there. I love being in the temple and feeling the Spirit of the Lord while I am there. It is peaceful and serene. It is also a place of great learning. I am grateful for that peace I feel and the knowledge that I receive while I attend and am especially grateful for my own temple blessings. I love my husband so much and I am grateful for the knowledge that our marriage does not end in death, but will continue into eternity... and that the children who come into our family will be ours for eternity, too.

This Just IN!

I absolutely love it when some new scientific, high-tech study comes out with "groundbreaking" results because in my head I'm thinking ,"you don't have to be a genius to know that." Case in point, this article about how low-carb diets will ruin your mood. Anyone who has tried the Atkins Diet can tell you that. I once went to a doctor who said that a low-carb diet would help with my PMS. I tried that for about 2 weeks and guess what, not only did it not help with my PMS, it just made me more PMS-ish and more of a brat. Did I lose weight? Sure. Was I constipated? Absolutely. So, in my mind, getting off carbs isn't worth it because all I'm left with is a constipated, bratty, PMS-ish attitude. I love me some carbs, and now I feel OK about that. Thanks, high-tech science dudes!

Satin Sheets are NOT Very Romantic

Last year when Rob and I were registering for wedding gifts, he somehow snuck red satin sheets onto the registry while I wasn't looking. I thought he was being funny, so I deleted that item from the registry. Turns out he wasn't being funny. My mom and dad got wind of that and decided to get us red satin sheets for our wedding. They were used once, and honestly, I can't say much about what they were like because they were the last thing I cared about. We were leaving town and Rob's sister was going to be coming into the house to take care of the cat while we were gone, so I took them off the bed because they're tacky and I would be totally embarassed if someone saw those on our bed. Since last year, they've sat in a box in our storage/hoarding room... until last night.

We've had house guests, and I took our sheets off to wash them, so that meant that we had no clean sheets. The only clean sheets in the house were the red satin sheets. When you're tired, suddenly you don't get so concerned about what is tacky and what is not, so I put them on the bed. About 30 minutes into being in bed, I turned to Rob and said "these sheets are not comfortable." He laughed and said "and they're sweaty, too." You'd think that satin would be slippery, but let me tell ya, we might as well have been sleeping on velcro. I say velcro, because that was the sound the sheets would make whenever we moved.

Now that our other sheets are washed, I'm afraid that the red satin ones are going to be going back into the storage/hoarding room. Sorry Madonna, satin sheets are NOT very romantic.