"I am asking that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good. . Look for the sunlight through the clouds" -- President Gordon B. Hinckley ("The Continuing Pursuit of Truth," Ensign, Apr. 1986, 2-4).
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| Thirteen Things about Things you might not know about me…
1. I am legally a midget |
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Every month we get the Ensign, Weekly we get the LDS Newspaper, & if we live in UT you hear about the Church often in your Deseret News. Your friend calls you on the phone and asks, “Did you read that article about Virtual Mormons?” What? No, where do I look? Several sources go through your mind - it’s just finding which news source is the correct one that can be so time consuming! Well, no longer fret because out of the wood-works comes an all-in-one LDS News Source! Finally!
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Do you ever feel weird putting on make-up? It becomes such a “normal thing to do” because you grew up watching your mom &/or sisters putting on make-up - but have you ever sat down and really thought about what you were doing? You’re painting your face 
I brought this thought up with Clark the other day and he said “Yeah, it is weird”. California has really changed me. Before I wasn’t a very “Go Green” kind of person, or really thought much about the environment for that matter (save paper - save tree’s). I find it VERY interesting that I have gradually been wearing less & less make up since we got married. Clark has never said a thing except “You look pretty today!” & “Oh, are you doing that thing you’ve been doing where you just put on light make up? I LIKE that!” 
One day I surprised him with a romantic dinner & thought I’d put on the same ‘design’ of make-up as I did one night on our honey moon that at the time he said he just LOVED and he said to me at this dinner “WOAH!” & I replied “What? Oh yeah! I’m wearing more make-up, like that one night on our honeymoon - do you like?” and he said “Uh.. well.. it’s A LOT…” I laughed, because this is so surreal! I think as women we come to believe for ourselves that men just expect us to wear so much make up and that they like it! Clark was just used to the amount I wore while we dated and when we first got married, but as I’ve worn less - he likes the less amount of make-up FAR better!
So, as we were talking about how ‘painting your face’ is weird, I asked him:
Me: Ick.. I don’t like wearing make up now that I’ve really thought about what I’m doing. Painting your face? That’s so weird.
Clark: Yeah it is. I can’t imagine what it would be like to put ’stuff’ on your face.
Me: I’d REALLY like to get my skin to the point where it gives the same affect as when I put on base make-up so I don’t have to put that stuff on anymore.
Clark: What are you talking about? I think your skin is already there. When you don’t have any make-up on, I can’t tell a difference, except when you put on your eye stuff.
Me: REALLY? Heck! If you can’t tell - you’re the only one I’m worried about impressing. SWEET!
Clark: haha!
Seriously, I’m cool with just putting on eye stuff- because honestly if Clark can’t tell a differenece with whether I have the base on or not, I am SO HAPPY to not put that goup on my face anymore. It cannot be good for the face. Maybe every once in awhile for a ’special occassion’, but …. painting your face is weird! 
Clark and I are trying to narrow down what it is exactly that’s causing me daily pain digestively & back aches. We’re about 95% sure it’s Endometriosis and if that’s the case, then it would make sense all the symptoms I have & that when I eat Dairy & Wheat I hurt even worse.
So, Moo Moo - I will no longer eat you. Clark and I are experimenting that if I go 100% w/o Dairy Products & cut down on Wheat - if I feel any better.
Don’t you find it interesting in a weight-loss journey how disciplined you HAVE TO be in order to make any progress? I find it easiest to focus on just eating good, as it is VERY difficult I have experienced to be 100% good at exercising everyday AND eating the correct portions throughout the day. Difficult but not impossible. I feel I’m getting more disciplined - it just doesn’t happen over-night like I’d like it to happen.
Clark and I have discovered our new FAVORITE place to go for soft-serve ice-cream (Frozen Yogurt). MENCHIES!!! It has all Kosher Ice-Cream, Low-Fat, Fat-Free, Sugar-Free and Dairy-Free. What you do is go and grab a cup, fill your bowl with a variety of flavors that changes daily, choose your own toppings from a variety of fresh fruit, nuts, cereal or candy & then they weigh it and depending on how much you filled your cup will determine the price of the ice-cream. It is SO GOOD!
I took this picture of the sign of our local Menchies & I think the lady in the picture was irritated that I was pointing my cell phone at her. That’s my dilemma in taking public pictures is people giving you “looks” wondering why you have a camera pointed at them. Hello! I’m not taking a picture of you (I don’t blame them though, there are weirdo’s out there who take pictures of random people w/o asking).
My Dad surprised me with WONDERFUL news this morning. I opened my inbox and there glowed amongst the slew of emails, my Dad’s email that said:
“What did you name the twins? Mom & I are going to have them sealed to us…”
I couldn’t be more thrilled! Here’s why:
My Mother’s first pregnancy were two identical boy twins born at 23 weeks of age. My Mother could feel them, and LOVED them but had a hard pregnancy. She complained of back pain & at that time in life they didn’t have ultrasound or a lot of technology ( my mom was 24 years old and this was 1964). The Doctors assured her that everything should be fine, but just to take it easy. Well needless to say not too long after she was told that she started to get labor pains and had to be rushed to the hospital. My Dad was away on a business trip at the time but his Dad (my grandpa) was with her. My Dad soon thereafter made it (I think just in time). They were still-born and they never let my Mom hold them. My Mom said that they were absolutely perfect. They were just big enough to fill your entire hand - but they had every part, hair on their heads - just perfect little boys.
My Mom thinks they used them for science or put them in bottles, who knows. She has NO idea what they did with her babies. In so many words, the Doctor and staff told her that it was her fault. This could be guilt she holds for knowledge she knows now that she wishes she had known then (i.e. “maybe I moved around too much?, etc). With what they know now, that they didn’t know then (in regards to the spirit life, that yes - just because they were still-born doesn’t mean they didn’t have life, they were moving around in your stomach) - she always thought that she wouldn’t see them after this life. That those babies she carried for 23 weeks that she felt alive in her belly were gone forever. Every single time that the topic of the twins comes up, she cannot hold back the tears and just breaks down crying.
When I first heard about the twins at a very young age, an overwhelming feeling always came over me. I wasn’t a ‘planned’ child, as my parents had me 5 years after their 6th child at the ripe ‘ol age of 43 almost 44. My Mom has always told me I’m an old soul & that I started talking about grown-up topics from a very young age. After I first heard of the twins I could not put them aside. I KNEW they were up there with me before I came down to earth. I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that I have 2 brothers (twins) up there waiting for our family. I know it.
So, for quite a while I have been pushing my parent’s to have my brothers sealed to them for Time & all Eternity - they have been waiting so long to have this done.
THANK YOU Mom & Dad for bringing our family together! We’re now complete!
Presenting, my twin brothers: Joshua & Stephen Bornemeier (they would be 43 now)
Waiting in Heaven
Artwork by Rebecca
This painting is of my oldest twin brothers Joshua & Stephen who passed away at birth. I painted this for both my Parents, my family and I in remembrance and to symbolize that they are ‘waiting in Heaven’ for us.
Weighed myself today and I have remained at 172lb. I made a goal last week to do Yoga everyday & I accomplished that goal! HURRAY! This is what I learned this week:
I feel if I do the above items I will see some AWESOME results next week. I have noticed that I am eating all GOOD food, I just eat more snacks than I need in between meals, i.e. :
Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Snack
Dinner
Snack
I need to only have 2 Snacks a day - in-between Breakfast & Lunch & the 2nd one between Lunch & Dinner. I’ve been REALLY good about not eating after 9, so I’m happy about that.
Updated Weight Goal from FitDay.com:
Weight Goal Stats
Current Weight
Your weight is 172 lb as of 06/30/2008.
Weight Goal
Your goal is to weigh 125 lb by 12/01/2008Goal Progress
You are currently 47 lb above the target weight.The deadline for your goal is 154 days (22 weeks, 0 days) away.
To meet your goal you need to lose about 2.14 lb per week.
In the heat of the summer our A/C broke AGAIN! WOW, and it’s hotter now than it was last time. It started yesterday afternoon where by default we have our central air at 75 degree’s (as it’s in the 90’s and low 100’s here in LA) and it was steady at 81 creeping to 82. I’m dreading what it’s going to be like for the rest of today… 
I called our landlord yesterday right away when I saw that our A/C wasn’t moving after Clark’s and My Sunday Nap nearly cooking to death, both waking up drenched in sweat. Poor landlord, we must not be the only ones with A/C’s breaking down…
Me: Hey, this is Rebecca
Landlord: Oh, hey Rebecca! What’s going on? [sensing that something's up, or else why would I call]
Me: Um, our A/C isn’t working again.
Landlord: Oh no. You sure? Do you have it on Auto?
Me: Yes, I’m sure, it’s not moving…
Landlord: What’s the temperature set at? Do you have it low, like 71.
Me: We have it set at 75 and it says 81 and not moving. It’s on, or at least it says it’s cooling down but there is no air blowing out.
Landlord: Ok, I’ll fax a notice right now and call tomorrow.
Me: Thank you!
He sounded all flustered in a ‘put out’ way like “Oh man, not again!” Whatever that may mean. I tell you though, I don’t like Snow and that’s why I love being in CA, but I also don’t like extreme heat and why I am now wishing I were in UT or somewhere - ANYWHERE where it’s not SO hot. But as soon as our A/C gets back and working again - I’m cool with being in CA as long as I don’t have to be ‘out there’ in the heat
Clark and I took a nice walk to end our Sunday yesterday evening and saw the bottom half of a kitty on the side of the road… yes, exactly what I said. There was no top to it, and looked as though it were a clean cut. SO SAD because it was the same coloration as Hero Clark and I were heart-broken, but also thankful that our Cats are indoor Cats. It was either an angry neighbor or a very sharp car. Sad.
Other than that sad scene it was a beautiful evening. Now, we’re onward to a HOT Monday, anticipating a COOL Tuesday (hopefully).
Update:
A/C man came & told us that the compressor is shot in the unit & that it should be fixed WITHIN the WEEK
SO HOT! Hopefully it’ll be fixed sooner rather than later. I also hope it’s true that it’ll rain tomorrow and HOPEFULLY cool down the temp for this week so we don’t melt to death.
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Who would have ever thought that Trader Joe’s would one day be less expensive than your local Grocery Store? Organic Products are known for being more expensive then reg. products - but worth the extra $1+ for better health. Clark and I have been willing to pay just a touch more for something healthier - makes sense, right?
Well, BLESSINGS upon BLESSINGS as we have just discovered that Trader Joe’s is less expensive than our local Ralph’s! HURRAY! Another added fun bonus is our Trader Joe’s is a regular stop for some celebrities, lol Here are some fun Organic Treats that have been bumped up to Clark’s and my guilty pleasures: Ginger Cat Cookies (for humans) 15 cookies is 1 serving for 120 cal. NOT BAD! they’re low in fat too, Soy Ice Cream, Cherry & Chocolate Chip (Lavonne, Clark says that you would LOVE this Ice Cream!), Trader Joe’s Vanilla Soy Milk - I usually get Silk Soy Milk which is still GREAT, but this Soy Milk is just as good (better, as it is made from Organic Soy Beans) for a less expensive price.
Most items at Trader Joe’s are Organic (which is a nice shopping experience), some of the labels don’t say it on the front but if you read the ingredients on the back they’ll say “Made with Organic Soy Beans”, etc.
So, we’re now Trader Joe Regulars
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This post is a week old, but Clark advised that I take it down as it wasn’t official yet. Well, as of today it’s official.
Today our Bishop pulled us in for a meeting and informed us with a large grin that Clark and I have had several requests brought to them by other Ward Members for different callings, but with much prayer and thought - the Bishopric has requested that we be the Ward Mission Leaders! Well, Clark has the official title (Ward Mission Leader) and my official title is a Ward Missionary but the Bishop would like us to work as a team together as Ward Mission Leaders and be in charge of the Missionaries in our ward, among other duties within this calling. WOW. I nearly broke to tears because I have wanted to serve a Mission so bad and it’s almost like I have been guided to this point in my life. Clark and I came home just in awe - literally because this fits us so well. We truly believe this calling was meant to be. The Bishop informed us that they wanted to call us about 2 months ago but the timing didn’t feel right - but he says he knows without a doubt that now is the time.
YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! Clark and I are SO EXCITED about this calling!!!!
You’re looking at 2 Newly Called Ward Missionaries:
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