General Conference and Work

So the last two days I've had the opportunity to watch the church 178th Annual General Conference addresses (From Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Church leaders address the people about certain issues and topics related to the church and the world, for our benefit)

Whenever a new Prophet is called, they have a Solemn Assembly, where everyone sustains the new Prophet and his counsellors and apostles. I've never been a part of that before. We watched it Via sattelite from Sydney. The Saturday sessions were available to watch at Glen Huon. I watched the morning session, that was really great. 

The Sunday morning and afternoon sessions were held at the Stake Centre at Glenorchy. 

The morning session was packed out. Dallin and I got there about 25 mins early and there were only a few spaces on the pews left. The Hall was opened and chairs were set up at the back. 

My favorite talk during the morning session was Sister Susan Tanner's talk on Delighting in the Things of the Lord, and loving and delighting in what is right. For some reason I really love talks given by women, they seem to show heaps more emotion and feeling. 

My favorite talk in the afternoon session was Elder Bednar, of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles. 

He spoke about Asking in Faith in order to give more meaningful prayers. I got heaps from that. Elder Bednar has still got a place in my heart after he Visited Australia and did those

Question and Answer sessions. 

Brother Zwick of the Seventy was really good too, I forgot to write notes on his talk, but I put an * next to his name, coz I remember it was awesome. 

President Monson was the concluding speaker at the final session, he gave a pretty light hearted but meaningful talk. It was good, I was so tired by the end of it, but his jokes and humour woke everyone up a bit I think. He's a pretty funny man, he's 80, but you 

wouldn't know it. He was destined to be a prophet of the Lord...He was Bishop of his Ward when he was only 22! How young is that! And then he became mission president at 28! He's been in the quorum of the 12 apostles for 48 years or something like that.

 He's been counsellor to three presidents to the church. Talk about being Foreordained. 

So I got home and Mel told me that the Manager from Banjo's bakery rang back, and I needed to call her. So I did, and she told me that she has a place for me there! So that's cool. She's ordered my uniform already, and she's gonna call me today to talk about my roster and when I can start. 

So 6am starts here I come! It'll be good for me, good to help me become more of a morning person, and getting to bed earlier too. 

So hopefully my gear from Wridgways should arrive today. I called them and said it's in Hobart. Its been 5 weeks, so im getting a lil impatient. 

So-long...

What's with all the fires around the Huon the last couple of weeks? Im sick of my washing smelling like smoke. Another one today, fills the entire Huon Valley with smokey smog, its sorta ruining my veiw...

So I had my interview with Banjo's Bakery in Kingston today. It went pretty well I think, the lady said I was the best she had spoken to today and she'll get back to me tomorrow. I filled out my availability for 8-5 Monday to Friday, and she said she likes her full timers to start at 6am when they open, she asked if that would be a problem....haha, um im unemployed, I cant really be picky, so I said that'd be fine. It takes about 25 minutes to get to Kingston, so if I get the job, i'll be leaving for work at 5:30 every morning, Ouch! Waking up at 5, the latest! another Ouch! But it'll be good for me, I have problems waking up in the morning early, good mission prep I spose. 

Untill you do it yourself, you dont realise how many things you've gotta pay for when you start a life in a new place. Everything you've gotta pay for. 

$670 for removalist (my stuff's still not here, thats over a month its been! DID I NOT PAY YOU ENOUGH!!!)

$4000 car

$130.50 JUST TO GET THE REGO FOR THE CAR SWAPED!!! LUDICROUS! 

$110 to get a car checked out at a Automotive workshop

$5 every late fee at the video store hehe

plus others that have slipped my mind at the moment. 

For Centrelink to help you out, you need to be broke, get fired from a job, not quit, and pretty much tell them how much money you have, down to the last 5cents you've got in you're wallet. I hate them...Oh there's also a 8 week waiting period. &%$#!

Cant wait to get some cash flow...not having a job is the worst. 

So I decided that I am going to cook tonight...so I looked through Mel's quick recipe books, and I came across one that Mum emailed Mel. 

Its a Sausage Casserole....I know we've got heaps of sausages, so Im going with that. I really dont know how its going to turn out...its got the sausages on the base, then cover it with Tomato Soup, and cover that with sliced potatoes and cheese. Yeah I know, Random recipe! So I had to go into Huonville to buy a can of tomato soup...hehe. I'll let you know how this one turns out, I am a little bit skeptical, but I am experimenting and I need another recipe to add to my 'what I can cook' list. I was going to skip it and not do it, but mum urged me to try it out, just coz she's not brave enough. 

So I am driving Dallin to the airport at 7am tomorrow, he's going car hunting in Melbourne. Tassie cars aren't good enough...dont blame him actually, it took me about a month to find a car here. 

Im liking this little bit of warm weather, It seems winter isnt quite here yet. Im making the most of it and wearing short sleeves. 

I got a car!

I know owning a vehicle isn't really a big deal...except if you're me. Being stranded at the house, begging for rides from people sorta loses its appeal after a few days, let alone 3 w

eeks. So I had to pretty much double my car budget to get any thing decent. So there she is, my Toyota Corolla hatch. She's missing two Hub-Caps, but to be honest, she looks better with just the black wheels, and I might flick the two remaining hub caps off to even it up. I had the urge to take her for a random spin today, even though I had no where I needed to go, I almost took off, but then the thought of losing and wasting petrol turned me off the idea. Especially when I dont have any funds coming in, I sorta cant afford to be driving her all over town. 

I watched 'Apocalypto' last night. I thought the violence was going to be worse than it was. Its funny with these ancient people, you tend to forget that they were real people with real emotions and real situations. Apocalypto displayed that beautifully, from the quite humorous pranks they play on each other, to facing the prospect of losing everything they'd ever called home. All through it, I couldn't help to think of the people as being Lamanites, and their history and origin. 

I had a pretty pleasant day with Eli today. Rage was on T.V and he wanted me to dance with him, so he pulled me off the couch and we danced, but then he wanted me to pick him up and dance...he's a little champ. The little sayings he comes out with just cracks me up. I dont know where he picks it all up from, but he just sounds like a little adult when he speaks. "There we go, Lauren, there we go." . 

Two more months until.......Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street comes out on DVD. I've been waiting for that for so long. It didnt come out at the Cinemas in Hobart or Albany. A musical about a Revengeful Barber. Only Tim Burton could seriously pull it off, and im sure he did. He can make anything work. He made a children dispiser Willy Wonka work. 

So I was studying my Sunday School lesson today, it's on Jacob chapter 5 from the Book of Mormon, the longest chapter in History and probably one of the most metaphorical chapters in history also. The Book of mormon simplified online made it pretty easy to understand. 

Well I am going to go and get a movie out...there's seriously no good new releases out at the moment, a trusty old weekly will have to do. 

So-long till next time.

xxx