Refrain from staring when observing others/the unpleasant.
A lady never points out negative observations about someones manners, the bad behaviour of someones child, the state of her house or car etc.
She makes people feel at ease, never takes it personally, is never offended if they did not do as she would have done.
She pretends to not notice at the child's bad behaviour, a person's unkempt appearance, knowing that she might have had a bad time at home before she came out.
She never stares when someone chews with their mouth open, talks with their mouth full, spills, knocks over the coffee cup, sneezes, coughs.
She does not stare or point no matter what.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Lady Moments...9th week/tip
A Lady doesn't make jokes at other's expense.
The lady who wrote this states:Even though it has been many years, I can still recollect the painful memories when I was a child, a teenager, a young woman of being laughed at. They could be due to the lack of income, of designer things, lack of sophistication, lack of knowledge of clever things etc.
I get laughed at my inability to speak fluent 'local' Mandarin, for being too skinny, for saying a wrong word etc.
I never want others to ever feel how I felt and go through extra pains to never make anyone feel terrible about themselves. Its better to encourage them.
**From personal experience I too can say that it is no fun to be on the receiving end of someones joke. Sometimes it can take years to overcome and realize that it is not the truth.
Always remember to put yourself in their shoes.
The lady who wrote this states:Even though it has been many years, I can still recollect the painful memories when I was a child, a teenager, a young woman of being laughed at. They could be due to the lack of income, of designer things, lack of sophistication, lack of knowledge of clever things etc.
I get laughed at my inability to speak fluent 'local' Mandarin, for being too skinny, for saying a wrong word etc.
I never want others to ever feel how I felt and go through extra pains to never make anyone feel terrible about themselves. Its better to encourage them.
**From personal experience I too can say that it is no fun to be on the receiving end of someones joke. Sometimes it can take years to overcome and realize that it is not the truth.
Always remember to put yourself in their shoes.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Whoopie pies!!
Last December I fist heard of whoopie pies and made some gingerbread whoopie pies (on the left in the picture, on the right is eggnog cookies).
They were so yummy and the gingerbread cookie didn't get hard and crunchy. They were soft and moist and everyone who had one said that they were great. Which means that I was not the only one who liked them.
Then this last month I got the following magazine in the mail.
Next thing I knew I had this on my counter...
And here is my finished product.
Of course, I like to bake sweets but the two of us can't eat them all, so we found homes for most of these whoopie pies.
For anyone who wants to try these...the recipe is found at www.oneida.com/entertain.
Enjoy!
They were so yummy and the gingerbread cookie didn't get hard and crunchy. They were soft and moist and everyone who had one said that they were great. Which means that I was not the only one who liked them.
Then this last month I got the following magazine in the mail.
Next thing I knew I had this on my counter...
And here is my finished product.
Of course, I like to bake sweets but the two of us can't eat them all, so we found homes for most of these whoopie pies.
For anyone who wants to try these...the recipe is found at www.oneida.com/entertain.
Enjoy!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Growing Season
The weather has cooled off and it is planting time. I think it is the first time I have looked forward to cooler weather. The plants aren't like me, they will shrivel up and die is the weather here most of the year. I on the other hand soak it in like a nice big sponge.
I haven't ever planted fruits or vegetables here...but there's always a first. Here are a few pictures of my "hanging" garden. If I am overwhelmingly successful we'll see what I do next time.
This year I have started with:
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Strawberries
I also planted a few flowers
I didn't plant the citrus, but still they are growing! How many oranges do you spy?
Lemons anyone?
I haven't ever planted fruits or vegetables here...but there's always a first. Here are a few pictures of my "hanging" garden. If I am overwhelmingly successful we'll see what I do next time.
This year I have started with:
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Strawberries
I also planted a few flowers
I didn't plant the citrus, but still they are growing! How many oranges do you spy?
Lemons anyone?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Movies
What has happened to the movies, and the ratings and who really knows what is good anymore. We have found a website that we like to use before viewing movies. I am not sure who started the website but it is pretty reliable. It can be found at www.kids-in-mind.com
The website basically has 3 categories that it grades the movies on with a scale of 1 to 10. There is a way that you can search all of the movies by entering search criteria, for example you only want to see movies on a 1 to 5 scale. Anyway after you pull up the movie that you are interested in seeing it will rate the movie and then give an entire listing as to why it was rated that way. We have found it to be very helpful to us as we decide what movies to enjoy at home or in the theater.
For FHE we went to see the movie Secretariat, it was rated 2-3-3. (Also we found out that if you go to AMC Monday thru Thursday it is matinee prices ($5.25) all day).
Enjoy the website if you use it, hopefully you find it as helpful as we do.
The website basically has 3 categories that it grades the movies on with a scale of 1 to 10. There is a way that you can search all of the movies by entering search criteria, for example you only want to see movies on a 1 to 5 scale. Anyway after you pull up the movie that you are interested in seeing it will rate the movie and then give an entire listing as to why it was rated that way. We have found it to be very helpful to us as we decide what movies to enjoy at home or in the theater.
For FHE we went to see the movie Secretariat, it was rated 2-3-3. (Also we found out that if you go to AMC Monday thru Thursday it is matinee prices ($5.25) all day).
Enjoy the website if you use it, hopefully you find it as helpful as we do.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Crochet...
I love to crochet, but lately I only find time when we are traveling, I am a great passenger and usually I can get a couple of wash cloths made. In August we took a 12-14 hour road trip to visit my Grandpa's and I was able to get an entire afghan completed (for my friends baby, so it was a smaller one).
Anyway, in Laurel's we came up with the idea to crochet a hankerchief. We thought that with the upcoming temple dedications (2 years out probably) that it would be nice for the girls to make one. So a couple of weeks ago I taught them how to crochet, I think it went well and that they enjoyed it. I finished mine last night and here is what I have...
Anyway, in Laurel's we came up with the idea to crochet a hankerchief. We thought that with the upcoming temple dedications (2 years out probably) that it would be nice for the girls to make one. So a couple of weeks ago I taught them how to crochet, I think it went well and that they enjoyed it. I finished mine last night and here is what I have...
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