Melva Gifford

Good: Diabetes
Bad: Diaebides

Here is a way I might be able to remember this. If you eat crap and sit around all day, it’s a good BET you’ll get diaBETes.

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These are notes from a finance class offered at the church. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

– Can share a note, note someone positive attributes, say hi.
– Does an act of kindness repeatedly can build a friendship or a strong relationship?
– Sometimes once you have a strong relationship, if you don’t see each other for over a yr. and you reunite, that friendship is easy to respond.
– Many of those who have received acts of kindness in return may be prompted to show kindness to others.
– If you want to be good at something you need to practice such as showing signs of kindness.
– Muscle memory is when someone has worked hard to learn a skill that will create muscle memory when it can be automatic. In kindness, we practice we can become a kind person.
– Practice makes permanent.
– In a negative way, one learned how to play a piano piece with flaws and accepted those flaws. Now they play the song years later and even though they are a better piano player they still play that with old flaws.
– Come up with goal what is a small and simple habit that you can do to support that goal.
– Want to live with God again:
– Apply obedience
– Believe you are capable of achieving your goals
– Compassion toward others
– Dedication consistently
– Each day same a strong effort
– Faith
– Greet others with a Christian attitude
– Healthy in the body contributes to healthy in spirit
– Invite the Holy Ghost
– Judge not others
– Kindness
– Love freely
– Mentioned blessings
– Never forget the end game
– Obedience
– Prayer
– Question goals on a private conversation
– Respect others
– To stop a bad habit you must replace that habit with a good habit. The replacement needs to serve the same purpose. One example of a habit is one might change wanting more than one Netflix show by calling a friend to prevent binging.
– Brigham young: our lives are made of little circumstance that amounts to a great deal when they are brought together and sum up a great man or woman.

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These are some notes from a church meeting. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

– Adversity can come from different sources.
– Some come from disobedience to God’s law
– Some adversity is because of others poor choices.
– Some adversity comes from God as a tutoring opportunity.
– Ask what am I to learn from this experience
– Who am I to help.
– Different adversity requires different responses.
– One response should be constant trust in God.
– Russel Ballard: talk stay in the boat and hold on. Three rules through rapids: stay in the boat, always wear a life jacket. Hold on with both hands. The most important rule is to stay in the boat.
– The boat: can be known by Brigham young old ship Zion.
– River guides that the Lord has given us. We can experience continuing conversion by increasing our faith in Jesus Christ.
– Alma; if you have experienced a change of heart, do you feel so now?
– We have inspired leaders can guide us. They’ve been trained by apostles, mentors and tutored by the Lord
– Life jacket: is the words of the Lord is found in the scriptures. We need to wax strong in the knowledge of the truth. Search the knowledge intensely.
– We need to love the doctrine of Christ.
– Give ourselves to much prayer and fasting.
– Avoid getting distracted.
– The church is a place of spiritual conversion and growth.
– Isiah 30:20-21
– Acts 14;22
– 2 Nephi 2:11
– Adversity is part of God’s plan.

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I took a couple of notes at the mall meeting tonight about the mall building a theater at the mall. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

This is a submission to my caucus corner occasional blog.

– The cost of the theater is estimated at $30 million.
– Hale and Orem city is looking for fundraisers to get money for the theater.
– Estimate to build if they have collected enough money is about 2020. There will be a business and I think a better playground that will be built prior.
– The mall will give a million to the theater.
– Some citizens want a 9-foot wall between university property and private property.
– Citizens don’t want any roads between the private property to mall property.
– One foot traffic spot already created is fine by citizens. The number of walkthrough entrances between properties is still being debated.
– The mall will put up shielded lighting so lights do not glare neighborhood.
– Are asking for rezoning to have the Hale theater and attached parking for the theater.
– The theater will have 490 seats.
– Having a lot of local amenities and entertainments close by may increase home values
– Rights construction purchased the old Medagold property. House and business can be there as long as the building is two stories high or more. The housing can include apartments.

If you were at the meeting, please feel free to add anything else you learned to add to these notes.

Good: tendency
Bad: tendecy

This may help. There is almost a near duplication in the first part of the word and the middle TEN/DEN /cy. That visual image may help me remember the spelling.

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These are notes from a finance class offered at the church. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

Managing a financial crisis:
– Make a list and wrote down what we spend on each mo. Such as piano lessons and did it for the whole year. They had been using a software that has numbers. that way they could project what would be spent for next year.
– Such a list can show you where you have budgets and handled money well and other areas can show your vulnerable points.
– Q: what will you do if you ever encounter a financial crisis: pray.
– Q: what financial crisis have you experienced in the past.
– Q: What financial crisis will you face in the future?
– Some found a saving has helped them.
– Like a fire escape, an emergency plan a course of action
– Quiet contemplation can help answer a challenge over frantic action.
– In an emergency assess the situation and take appropriate action.
– Schools will have different drills with kids for different scenarios and the kids are emotional and physically ready.
– The spirit can help you in an emergency by offering peace. Can give you the confidence of what you need to do and think of the next steps.
Questions to ask in preparing of a potential crisis:
– Q: Are you faithful in paying your tithing and offering
– Q: Are you living your life to get God’s blessings
– Q: What have you put into place to face challenges
– Q: Do you have good emergency fun or property insurance? See what they cover.
– Q: What insurance do you have to face challenges?

– The emergency fund can be used for living expense to insurance deductions. Replenish it as soon as you can.
– Pay your most essential bills and expenses first and determine which can be delayed. Call and ask for interest-free.
– Focus on food, shelter, utilities, and transportation first.
– Call your creditors, ask them to reduce or modify the terms of the loan. Sometimes delays a loan can cause additional fees later on.
– The church will pay for essentials not maintain your lifestyle.
– Build a 3 to 6-month emergency fund.
– Be cautious of becoming depending upon outside help too long.
– a. Rely upon self-first.
– b. Your family is your second source. Extended family.
– c. Church after doing all you can first. You may need to meet with church leaders.
– d. Community or government support programs may offer aide. They are intended for short-term assistance.

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These are notes from one of the church meetings. Any inaccuracies are the fault of the note taker.

– You can start a new resolution any time of the year.
– Joe Christianson 1994: good it goas around Christmas where you think of Christ.
– Through the gospel, we know what we should do in our lives.
– Many don’t feel to set goals because they fear failure. Feel bad when they don’t fulfill.
– Be thou perfect even as thou father in heaven is perfect. Perfect means fully developed.
– Strive to be more like Christ.
– Christ asked his disciples, what manner of man should thou be? As I am.

Four areas for resolutions

1. Intellectually: many love learning.
– Sometimes when out of college, people may not feel challenged.
– Come follow me first lessons says we are all responsible to learn the gospel.
– It is through our own efforts to grow instinctually.
– You can set time out each day to do something for your mind.
– Read books
– learn a language easy access to technology to give us sources of knowledge.
– Documentaries.

2. Physically: elder Christenson.
– Follow the word of wisdom
– Following a healthy lifestyle
– Getting enough rest. It makes a difference in our health

3. Social: today we have an illusion that we see other people’s actives in social media we think we’re social. Good chance we are less social.
– The ministering program helps us be more social with our fellow ward members.

4. Spiritually: For the New Year we can review the past year and recommit to the new year of covenants.
– We can reconvert ourselves to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
– The new church class curriculum will help us learn how to study the gospel more effectively.

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Also, from last year:

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Track the bills of interest. It can tell you where in the legislative process they are.
Can do a search by topic give me all bills on education.
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