Anyways, you get your own "Fill Your Mind with Truth" printable:
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Fill Your Mind with Truth: Free Printable
This was also one my favorite spiritual things said at BYU Women's Conference (so many great things were said that I don't know if I'll ever be able to make printables for everything I heard, plus my printables somehow don't seem to do the words justice since the conference was so amazing).
Anyways, you get your own "Fill Your Mind with Truth" printable:
Anyways, you get your own "Fill Your Mind with Truth" printable:
We are All Sisters: Free Printable
"We are all sisters in the cause of Christ."
This was one of my particular favorite quotes from BYU Women's Conference. I guess you could say that it speaks to my spirit. That sentence was so corny it almost hurt me to type, although it is true.
Here's a free printable with the quote:
This was one of my particular favorite quotes from BYU Women's Conference. I guess you could say that it speaks to my spirit. That sentence was so corny it almost hurt me to type, although it is true.
Here's a free printable with the quote:
Friday, April 27, 2012
The Errand of Angels: Free Printable
Last night at BYU Women's Conference the congregation was singing the song "As Sisters in Zion". It was the second verse when the words hit me hardest, and now I don't think I'll ever forget or ignore them again.
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Like What you Do: free printable
I heard this quote during a BYU Women's Conference class yesterday, and just couldn't leave it alone until I made a printable of it.
Choose Joy: Free Printable
I've heard this quite a few times during BYU Women's Conference. We get to choose how to respond, act, and feel. Wouldn't it be great if we all choose joy? (And if it were easier to do in all situations?)
Get the printable for free:
Get the printable for free:
BYU Women's Conference Theme: free printable
The theme for this year's BYU Women's Conference comes from 1 Nephi 14:14, it says "And they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory". It's a powerful message.
You can get this free printable with this scripture:
Perspiration-Free Shortcuts to Heaven: free printable
I love this quote from BYU Women's Conference: "I have not seen any perspiration-free shortcuts to heaven". And since I'm posting printables today (stay tuned for more) here it is!
Free Printable: Rely on Miracles
"I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them." This was said during BYU Women's Conference, and I like it. You can get a free printable of it right here:
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
And Nothing Shall Offend Them: BYU Women's Conference
I decided not to walk anywhere (there are too many stairs here) and stayed in the same classroom. I wasn't planning on coming to this class, but I found it to be extremely great. I'm so glad I was too lazy to walk somewhere else.
These are my favorite parts of this class:
"Don't down another quart of pickle juice." Forgive and be happy. And have a non-sour pickley mouth and heart.
Holding resentment for things that are small and sometimes stupid is just petty. Just because someone does something that you don't like, you need to "grow up and forget it" (Pres. Packer said that). God wants us to be the happiest people on earth, but we can't do that if we're hanging onto grudges.
How to forgive:
1- Recognize that it is a choice. You can replace pickle juice with forgiveness. It's not imposed on us - we have the power to choose how to respond. If we allow ourselves to be filled with hate and anger, we are letting Satan bring us down.
2- Fill our hearts with charity. Pray for charity every day and every night, every day. Pray for charity for those who have offended you. Pray to have charity so you can forgive them and not hang onto your anger.
3- Allow the atonement to heal our hearts. It is only through Christ that we can overcome feelings of anger, hurt, and resentment.
Think of ourselves on a journey. Instead of going on a plane, we're all passengers on earth. We get to choose what we want to bring with us when we reach our destination. What do we choose to take? Resentment and bitterness? Or a life full of happiness and forgiveness? It's a good question. Did Imention that I really liked this class?
Goal: Forgive always (that's a hopeful word, but it sounds better than forgive when you can manage it - although that's what my real goal is).
These are my favorite parts of this class:
"Don't down another quart of pickle juice." Forgive and be happy. And have a non-sour pickley mouth and heart.
Holding resentment for things that are small and sometimes stupid is just petty. Just because someone does something that you don't like, you need to "grow up and forget it" (Pres. Packer said that). God wants us to be the happiest people on earth, but we can't do that if we're hanging onto grudges.
How to forgive:
1- Recognize that it is a choice. You can replace pickle juice with forgiveness. It's not imposed on us - we have the power to choose how to respond. If we allow ourselves to be filled with hate and anger, we are letting Satan bring us down.
2- Fill our hearts with charity. Pray for charity every day and every night, every day. Pray for charity for those who have offended you. Pray to have charity so you can forgive them and not hang onto your anger.
3- Allow the atonement to heal our hearts. It is only through Christ that we can overcome feelings of anger, hurt, and resentment.
Think of ourselves on a journey. Instead of going on a plane, we're all passengers on earth. We get to choose what we want to bring with us when we reach our destination. What do we choose to take? Resentment and bitterness? Or a life full of happiness and forgiveness? It's a good question. Did Imention that I really liked this class?
Goal: Forgive always (that's a hopeful word, but it sounds better than forgive when you can manage it - although that's what my real goal is).
Teaching Children There is Joy in Every Job: BYU Women's Conference
My next class today was about teaching children to have joy in working. Which we seriously need to work on at our house. (and not just the kids either.)
Here are my favorite parts about this class:
Saying "Go clean your room" is overwhelming, but saying "LET'S GO clean your room" sounds better to little ears.
No one likes to be told what to do, "Never let a job to be done become more important than a person to be loved" (see printable below). Tell your kids the chores they'd like to do in advance so they can think about it before they need to have it done - then they can decide themselves to do it. (Or in my children's case, NOT do.)
Simplify family life by prioritizing what's really important, what you can't give up. Be flexible, keeping rigid schedules never works for families because there's always SOMETHING that will get in your way. Work together - a team will accomplish something faster than when you're by yourself. Offer praise, make it personal, give pride in a job well done (or just a job done).
How you ask your children to do a job makes a difference. Let them do short amounts of work as a team - you'd be surprised how a 5 minute cleaning session can really get stuff done.
Don't give kids whatever they want. If they have to wait for it and earn the money themselves through chores, they'll learn respect for their things, they'll value them more, they'll learn to work for what they want.
Not all jobs need to have earthly rewards - thinking of all that Christ has done for us will help us appreciate the things we need to do. Knowing how hard Christ worked, will help us feel joyful about the amount of work we have. Also a reward can be knowing that you did the job, be satisfied by your work, and being motivated to be helpful in the future.
As children learn about Gospel Doctrines, they will feel more responsibility and a greater desire to work in the home.
Making sure your child feel totally loved (5 love languages) will make them be much more willing to do jobs and chores. It also helps with self-esteem and all that good stuff, but this class is about work.
Don't criticize someone after doing a job. They get enough of that from the world, they don't need it at home. And even if you do it light heartedly or jokingly your kids will still figure it out - they're pretty smart.
Look at work as an opportunity and not a drudgery. Everyone should have a choice to work, and not be forced. Patience must be practiced when dealing with kids on this concept. LOOOOTS of patience.
Goal: Try to do chores WITH my children instead of forcing them to do them alone. Think of short jobs. Give more praise and choice.
And here's an awesome free printable to go along with this class:
Here are my favorite parts about this class:
Saying "Go clean your room" is overwhelming, but saying "LET'S GO clean your room" sounds better to little ears.
No one likes to be told what to do, "Never let a job to be done become more important than a person to be loved" (see printable below). Tell your kids the chores they'd like to do in advance so they can think about it before they need to have it done - then they can decide themselves to do it. (Or in my children's case, NOT do.)
Simplify family life by prioritizing what's really important, what you can't give up. Be flexible, keeping rigid schedules never works for families because there's always SOMETHING that will get in your way. Work together - a team will accomplish something faster than when you're by yourself. Offer praise, make it personal, give pride in a job well done (or just a job done).
How you ask your children to do a job makes a difference. Let them do short amounts of work as a team - you'd be surprised how a 5 minute cleaning session can really get stuff done.
Don't give kids whatever they want. If they have to wait for it and earn the money themselves through chores, they'll learn respect for their things, they'll value them more, they'll learn to work for what they want.
Not all jobs need to have earthly rewards - thinking of all that Christ has done for us will help us appreciate the things we need to do. Knowing how hard Christ worked, will help us feel joyful about the amount of work we have. Also a reward can be knowing that you did the job, be satisfied by your work, and being motivated to be helpful in the future.
As children learn about Gospel Doctrines, they will feel more responsibility and a greater desire to work in the home.
Making sure your child feel totally loved (5 love languages) will make them be much more willing to do jobs and chores. It also helps with self-esteem and all that good stuff, but this class is about work.
Don't criticize someone after doing a job. They get enough of that from the world, they don't need it at home. And even if you do it light heartedly or jokingly your kids will still figure it out - they're pretty smart.
Look at work as an opportunity and not a drudgery. Everyone should have a choice to work, and not be forced. Patience must be practiced when dealing with kids on this concept. LOOOOTS of patience.
Goal: Try to do chores WITH my children instead of forcing them to do them alone. Think of short jobs. Give more praise and choice.
And here's an awesome free printable to go along with this class:
Avoiding the Entitlement Trap: BYU Women's Conference
"Entitlement is a big part of our world and it's getting bigger."
I really enjoyed the class on entitlement and hope to use the information I got in my house with my kids. And probably with my husband too. :)
These are my favorite parts of the class (basically, they're my notes):
If we could rely on the atonement as much as we rely on our phones and computers and ipads, think about how our lives would change. But how do we overcome entitlement. When someone is offering free lunch, don't we just go for it without thought? (I DO.) But if we continually check our perspective, we'll see when we're being selfish. (although getting free lunch when it's appropriate is totally cool.)
Sometimes we get so close to the situations we're facing that we can't see the whole picture. We just need to step back and see the entire eternal perspective to see what's most important. That way we don't get caught up being overwhelmed or too focused on something. Even when it's something that seems important or right, getting a full perspective will help us sort worldly things from eternal consequences.
Work, Gratitude, and Service will help us stay away from the trap of entitlement. Work brings self-confidence, purpose and fulfillment. So often we are too focused on the future that we never look at the present. But being content in what we have RIGHT NOW will help us feel gratitude. As we serve we'll feel REAL joy, not the counterfeit happiness that worldly possessions gives us.
This generation is the age of "why not"? If we want to communicate by only using our thumbs, why not? But we have the responsibility to keep from becoming greedy. We aren't entitled to do things and have things just because we can. We need to choose what is necessary, and not what is based solely on need.
All that we have now has come from God. Without His help, we would have nothing. But we have been given stewardship over our bodies, lives, and homes. We just need to make sure that we're good stewards.
Satan wishes to reign over us with greed and enmity. He wants us to diminish others to build ourselves up. God wishes we could help lift others with our talents and acts of kindness. It is the opposite of entitlement and greed.
Children can benefit from expressing gratitude even when they receive things or service from daily life, things that are expected. Just expressing gratitude daily will help gratitude grow. It might eventually help keep the "gimmes" away. They should also learn early to help in the home. To be responsible at home with chores or services.
We must teach our children that winning isn't of ultimate importance and that it's ok to not be the best at anything. They may feel entitled to being the best, and if they can't be the best then it's not worth it. (This is a particularly hard thing at our house - we must work at this....a lot.)
My goal: start with myself, then teach my kids to feel less entitled....right after I get some kind of amazing prize and award check, because I DESERVE that. JUST KIDDING.
I really enjoyed the class on entitlement and hope to use the information I got in my house with my kids. And probably with my husband too. :)
These are my favorite parts of the class (basically, they're my notes):
If we could rely on the atonement as much as we rely on our phones and computers and ipads, think about how our lives would change. But how do we overcome entitlement. When someone is offering free lunch, don't we just go for it without thought? (I DO.) But if we continually check our perspective, we'll see when we're being selfish. (although getting free lunch when it's appropriate is totally cool.)
Sometimes we get so close to the situations we're facing that we can't see the whole picture. We just need to step back and see the entire eternal perspective to see what's most important. That way we don't get caught up being overwhelmed or too focused on something. Even when it's something that seems important or right, getting a full perspective will help us sort worldly things from eternal consequences.
Work, Gratitude, and Service will help us stay away from the trap of entitlement. Work brings self-confidence, purpose and fulfillment. So often we are too focused on the future that we never look at the present. But being content in what we have RIGHT NOW will help us feel gratitude. As we serve we'll feel REAL joy, not the counterfeit happiness that worldly possessions gives us.
This generation is the age of "why not"? If we want to communicate by only using our thumbs, why not? But we have the responsibility to keep from becoming greedy. We aren't entitled to do things and have things just because we can. We need to choose what is necessary, and not what is based solely on need.
All that we have now has come from God. Without His help, we would have nothing. But we have been given stewardship over our bodies, lives, and homes. We just need to make sure that we're good stewards.
Satan wishes to reign over us with greed and enmity. He wants us to diminish others to build ourselves up. God wishes we could help lift others with our talents and acts of kindness. It is the opposite of entitlement and greed.
Children can benefit from expressing gratitude even when they receive things or service from daily life, things that are expected. Just expressing gratitude daily will help gratitude grow. It might eventually help keep the "gimmes" away. They should also learn early to help in the home. To be responsible at home with chores or services.
We must teach our children that winning isn't of ultimate importance and that it's ok to not be the best at anything. They may feel entitled to being the best, and if they can't be the best then it's not worth it. (This is a particularly hard thing at our house - we must work at this....a lot.)
My goal: start with myself, then teach my kids to feel less entitled....right after I get some kind of amazing prize and award check, because I DESERVE that. JUST KIDDING.
Opening Thursday Session: BYU Women's Conference
The first session of BYU Conference started with a video message from Sandra Rogers about conference etiquette. It was her final message (after years of skits) and it was hilarious. She, and her sidekick, were pioneer women with a handcart trying to get to the Marriot Center, but were distracted by things like brownies and rocks. It was great!
The first speaker was Sister Burton, the new President of the Relief Society General Presidency. It was a short message, but she seems amazing.
Then Ruth Todd spoke to the huge crowd of women on being armed in righteousness. She was funny and inspiring and every one was focused on learning how to use prayer, service, and staying strong to keep us armed and ready for any and all situations.
"Women make the biggest difference in the world."
Here's a free printable from her talk:
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
BYU Women's Conference 2012
This evening I'm packing my big camera, HD recorder, brand new laptop, ipad, and a sprinkle of happiness in a bag and heading to Women's Conference 2012 at BYU. I'm super excited because not only do I get to attend, but I get a behind the scene look at all the events. And it's going to be awesome.
I'll be live blogging, tweeting, facebooking, pinteresting, and instagramming the whole time I'm there. That way you can feel like you're there with me! Plus it will be a great opportunity to learn and grow spiritually.
Not only can you see what I'm posting, but you can follow Mormon Mommy Blogs and Veronica's Viewpoint as they attend classes. You can also get free printables with sayings straight from the conference courtesy of Mormon Mommy Blogs, Leelou Blogs, Veronica's Viewpoint, Peonies and Poppyseeds, and US at Green Jello with Carrots!
So look for those too. You can see all the latest updates on various platforms by searching the hashtag #byuwomensconf
In honor of Women's Conference we are having a special discount code on our site. When you're checking out, enter the code: WOMEN2012 to get 20% off your order of downloadable products!
And if you're also attending BYU Women's Conference, come find me and I'll give you coupon worth 50% off. (You'll know it's me because I'll be the chubby one carrying around about 500 bags.)
I hope to see you there! If not, don't forget to come back frequently over the next two days so it feels like you were there. :)
Friday, April 13, 2012
Freebie Friday: File Folder Games
For the freebie this week you can get FOUR file folder games for the price of TWO! Just put your 4 favorite games in your shopping cart, sign in, and use the code: buy2GET2
And yes, I'm still working on the updated version of our site - - WHEN WILL THE TORTURE END?!!
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And yes, I'm still working on the updated version of our site - - WHEN WILL THE TORTURE END?!!
Friday, April 6, 2012
I know you want to read this
So, we've been pretty quiet on Green Jello for awhile now. Yeah, still working on the updated site....blech. But all of our Easter stuff is 30% off this weekend, so make sure you check that out.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU is that there's a superbly awesome blog associated with the 1940 Census Community Project.
In case you haven't heard about the 1940 Census Community Project - it's this HUGE volunteer based project to index all the information from the 1940 U.S. Census. All the cards and pictures and papers have been scanned, and now tons and tons of people are taking time to index that information so that it can be searched globally through the internet and genealogy databases.
I took some time away from working on our site to index some records. IT WAS SO EASY. Seriously. Piece of cake. And kind of fun.
The 1940 Census Blog is lots of fun too. Because they talk about famous people who are going to be in the census (like Walt Disney). And they give you information about how to index and how the software works, and all that.
But best of all, the 1940 Census Blog is killer cool because once I wrote an article for it. And hopefully more of my articles will be there too. Sweet, right? (yeah, I KNOW!)
So yeah, check out the blog, comment on a few posts, share it on facebook, sign up for the feed, and get the software so you can help index a piece of history!
As part of the1940census.com ambassador program this blog post enters me into a drawing for an Ipad. whooooohooooo!
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU is that there's a superbly awesome blog associated with the 1940 Census Community Project.
In case you haven't heard about the 1940 Census Community Project - it's this HUGE volunteer based project to index all the information from the 1940 U.S. Census. All the cards and pictures and papers have been scanned, and now tons and tons of people are taking time to index that information so that it can be searched globally through the internet and genealogy databases.
I took some time away from working on our site to index some records. IT WAS SO EASY. Seriously. Piece of cake. And kind of fun.
The 1940 Census Blog is lots of fun too. Because they talk about famous people who are going to be in the census (like Walt Disney). And they give you information about how to index and how the software works, and all that.
But best of all, the 1940 Census Blog is killer cool because once I wrote an article for it. And hopefully more of my articles will be there too. Sweet, right? (yeah, I KNOW!)
So yeah, check out the blog, comment on a few posts, share it on facebook, sign up for the feed, and get the software so you can help index a piece of history!
As part of the1940census.com ambassador program this blog post enters me into a drawing for an Ipad. whooooohooooo!
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