Ok ok so since the sad news about Ruth everyone wants to know about church here in DC and weather I got a new calling.
ugh.
Seriously I have been sooooooo dilegent here.
I told the bish that w/ the twinsies {who are signing and crawling sooo good} and w/ our internship I was way busy so only had time for big slash visible callings like YW prez or maybe, if they were in a real pinch, RS prez. Just wanted him to know we were willing to serve. So helpful right? Ya, I fly back to Zion alot and NYC trips and stuff, but both times I've been to our ward in DC I've been super service oriented for example reminding them to make handouts cuter so ppl will read them {personally I never read anything in boring font}, showing off my ponder-pout to help them see what it looks like to be thoughtful, teasing the beehives about there VL, etcs.
Know how they say the church is the same everywhere? It's not. They don't even have the good news minute here. Good thing I just get up and share mine any way.
Being a cute example is the best.
Spot on with VLs and the good news minute. Just moved to Zion and was astounded by how many women wanted their fair share of spotlight about their child pooping in the big girl potty or their cat killing a pesky spider. And I remember being the president of the VL club when I was a beehive. Uber cool, right?
ReplyDeleteEven if I don't rilly have any "good news", I participate. I'll make stuff up if I have to, because it'd be So Sad if people thought I had a frowny life.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow - did you seriously just say "teasing the beehives about there VL". Wait...let me check...yep you did. You are awesome.
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing with my deacons ;)
ReplyDeleteBoring fonts = college graduates. So sad that they couldn't get married sooner like you!
ReplyDeleteI wanna move to DC, I hate the good news minute! (and never had one until we moved to AZ, which is like the very southern tip of Zion.)
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly does your ponder-pout look like? I don't know what your bishs prob is... we were here like a week and had our callings. Maybe you're too available. Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteNo good news minute!? I'm crying a little bit....it could be from laughing but I'm not sure.
ReplyDeleteNo good news minute {shocked gasp!} please tell me they at least have friendship baskets, reciting the theme, a visiting teaching moment, music appreciation and a spiritual thought so the teacher has 10 minutes for her lesson!
ReplyDeleteSo unfair! You are a natural-born leader--maybe let the bish know you received confirmation to be a prez. He'll prolly totally thank you for the inspiration!
ReplyDeletelol I am so glad you do the good news minute anyway!
ReplyDeleteSo when will you know your calling? And how do you do an emoticon for a frown smile???
ReplyDeleteso glad your their to help out--you're good example will help those wards in the mission filled understand what we know in Zion--church is a weekly fAsHioN sHow!
ReplyDeleteLol! This was a great post. I've been loving all of them lately, actually.
ReplyDeleteim so happy with this post! :)
ReplyDeleteTAMN, get out! are you in my ward?! Because they don't have the good news minute in my ward here in DC..
ReplyDeleteIn my new family ward, everyone has to say their favorite vegetable or what they like about winter.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me want to vomit.
Took me a minute to remember about the VL club, lol. I dunno what's wrong with your DC ward...we have the Good News Minute in Ohio and in California! I love reading your blog every day; it keeps me laughing.
ReplyDeleteDamn you're good at this. "both times" you went to your ward about killed me. i'm sure you're permanently outta town.
ReplyDeleteno good news minute??!!?!?!?! whaaaaaaat?!?!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat's VL? Am I not righteous enough to know??
ReplyDeleteHahaha.... ah, TAMN you make me so GLAD that I live in DC (well actually Virginia) and not in "Zion"/intermountain west.
ReplyDeleteI feel really dumb. But it's been a LONG time since beehives...VL??? Someone help me out here.
ReplyDeleteNO good news minute? How do you survive out there? HAha, I hate the good news minute with a passion, it's dumb.
ReplyDeleteWhat no good news minute! Our ward got rid of it as well bc of jealousy. Ugh seriously evry1 just was jealous of me.
ReplyDeleteI went on a little vaycay to Missouri this weekend and they didn't have the good news minute either... they called it a "shining moment"... so weird, right?
ReplyDeleteVL? Please elaborate for the uniformed.
ReplyDeleteyou speak such a fun language, but sometimes I rlly rlly dnt KNOW what you are taking abt? help someone what is VL, (here in the REAL Washington we don't speak that language)
ReplyDeleteTAMN! You're doing it wrong! (Not to criticize or anything, luv you!)
ReplyDeleteYou should only volunteer for BIG SLASH VISIBLE callings that don't require weekly Church attendance or any time or effort during the week. Anything else would crimp your schedule, sweetie. Priorities!
Me, I volunteered to teach Gospel Doctrine. I got it too! Yay for me! (You think I'm kidding; I'm not.)
The "teasing the beehives about there VL" line made me snort. I remember listening to seniors in high school proudly talk about their VLs. Only in Utah.
ReplyDeleteWait, so you don't even have a calling yet? You're so unrighteous.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of a good news minute until I went to my mom's ward in Provo. I've never had one in CA or here in DC. Too bad.
ReplyDelete"Signing and crawling sooo good"? Uh-oh, I think my baby is delayed. I knew it.
ReplyDeleteThe only way this post could be better is if you had *accidentally* spelled it "taseing" instead of "teasing." That would just be awesome.
ReplyDeleteglad I dunno what the "good news minute" is...
ReplyDeleteLiving in the mission filled gets better the more I hear about the Motherland.
Seriously, this is about 1/3 of our ward. "Both times I've been to our ward" pretty much covers it!
ReplyDeleteFrown-smile emoticon :-S
ReplyDeleteI agree. Visible callings should only be for attractive people, and the less visible callings for the, well, have you ever see a hottie making the ward bulletin? I didn't think so.
ReplyDeleteUgh. Clan of the Cave Hair, please don't dis on AZ like that. My parent's ward back home has no good news minute. Are you living in Mesa/Gilbert? GET OUT OF THERE and move to Phoenix, where Mormons are few and far between.
ReplyDeleteTAMN, don't worry, your time will come. Just hope they don't make you a cub scout den leader. (frownsmile.) Or... a ward MISSIONARY!
I think you're in my ward.
ReplyDeleteOK..call me old and out of touch, but what is VL?
ReplyDeleteare you guys even kidding me!?!?!
ReplyDeleteVL = virgin lips, as in, never been kissed!
Ohhhh, I guess that explains why I had no idea what it was
ReplyDeletewow I thought I knew all the silly YW lingo but VL was new to me!
ReplyDeleteback when we had the good news minute I always loved when an engagement announcement or finishing a marathon was followed by 'I got a package from my missionary' or 'my brother is engaged' I liked to follow those up with awkward blank stares, implying 'thank you for wasting my time with that completely unnecessary piece of information'
ReplyDeleteWe have the good news minute in my ward here in the DC area. And, GET THIS, missionary minute on fast Sunday!!!
ReplyDeleteI am dying Seriously. Our stake split and we with a few other families/friends were put into another ward. Like 10 families. We were told it was because they needed us for "leadership" let's face it that was just said to make us feel better LOL For reals one of the couples (yes were friends with them I'm embarrassed to admit) totally told the Bish no when calling were extended to them and they were not
ReplyDelete"leadership" callings. They said "We got put in this ward because you needed leaders." Whatever Next thing you know they get called to the primary presidency and ward exec sec. I honestly was dying who does that?
Thanks for the info about the VLs - the only part that was confusing for me - but then I've never lived in Zion - only Sin City (where all the Zionites stop on their way to Disneyland :-)
ReplyDeleteKeep it up; we need the laughs!
VL = Virgin Lips lol lol lol
ReplyDeletehow sad are the laurels who brag about their VL. and compliments on the extra blinky blog.
ReplyDeleteUh-oh Tamn. Brace yourself for the Compassionate Service Committee. :}
ReplyDeleteOH. EM. GEE! Hilarious, TAMN. One of your best!
ReplyDeleteWhy don't wards start a "Sucks to be me minute" so ppl can, like, simpathiz with each other. It is NOT ALL HAPPY VALLY out here. Theirs hair cuts of death and missing the finalee to SYTYCD because SOMEONE had to go to my S-I-Laws wedding shower. (How inconsiderate can a person get)?? I, for 1, would like a chance to vent - in public - and hear Awwww's from my fellow sistrs.
ReplyDeleteI admit I had to dig deep to dredge up the memory of what VL meant. But I finally found it, like a buried treasure.
ReplyDeleteI hate that 'good news minute' with a passion. Why does every ward have to follow along something so stupid like little puppets. Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteToken Asian Friend, you are the perfect foil for TAMN! I recently read Anita Loos' book, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. TAMN is the Mormon 21st century equivalent of Lorelei Lee!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness we don't have show-off minutes in my DC ward.
You're twins are crawling at 4 months old? Seriously, so precocious ! :-) XOXO, D.
ReplyDeleteummm... are you so far from Zion that you forgot it was the 24th of July? Hello! You should take pictures with lots of flags in the background - DC is a great place. b/c somehow July 24th is about Patrioticism and flags go awavin...
ReplyDeleteIn one of my previous Zion wards I was serving in the nursery. One of the girls ran around punching and hitting the other girls, so we had her Mother come sit with her, because she was rotten. Come to find out, it was us nursery leaders that needed all the help because the next week the stupid girl's mom came to "Watch" her daughter, but also had a lesson prepared for the kids, as well took over the job of the chorister and had singing time taken care of as well. her Daughter still ran around and hit and bit all the other children, but appearantly I needed more help as a nursery teacher than her daughter did, so she just let it go. So thankful for people who are willing to be an example. You should go check out the nursery so you can get things up to snuff before your cute twins have to go. Some nurseries need A LOT of help.
ReplyDeleteThey so need you in the YW. No chance you'll corrupt the cuties with encouragement for the mish.
ReplyDeleteDiane McAffee's suggestion to have a "sucks to be me minute" was awesome! I vote for that!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I must admit that I live in Utah, and I like the good news minute and have even participated. In fact, I did announce my brother's engagement (sorry mal, but not really sorry, just mentioning it even though I don't mean it. Luv you!)
Only the truly awesome get an experience like living in a D.C. ward. I sure hope you enjoy testimony meetings as much as we did :)
ReplyDeleteoh TAMN that's terrible. And on top of that how did you survive without having Pioneer Day in DC? Hopefully you threw your own shin dig there for everyone that's never experienced one of the best holidays ever - you know those poor souls who have never lived in Zion.
ReplyDeleteGood news minute is the best ever!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh TAMN--I so miss good news minute in my ever so righteous BYU ward. I'm back home for the summer living with my parents in the KCK mission field. I miss how at BYU every week one of my sisters in Zion would announce their brother just returned the previous week from serving his mission in the jungle in Brazil and the girl behind our pew would already be engaged to him. Seriously SOOO Righteous.
ReplyDeleteSad that all these people didn't kno what a VL is. They must of been like Ruth when they were younger. How sad!
ReplyDeleteso no calling then?? hum. frowny smile.
ReplyDeleteI love the "sucks to be me" minute. That could be a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteMisty, you should have submitted the mom's name for nursery leader. Then, you could spend your time hearing the "good news minute" each Sunday!
Good luck with that one :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and the only time I have heard good news minutes is when I have been in wards in Utah. Never in Illinois, Colorado, Arizona or California... so I think you might be waiting a while for that one.
If things just don't seem to work out between you and JJWT in the end... would you ever be into a younger guy?
ReplyDeleteI'm being for serious!
Aaron
One day I want to go visit a ward where no one knows me and during the good news minute announce "I just found out, I have 6 months left to live!" And then in the awkward silence that follows explain "It used to be 3!"
ReplyDeleteMelly (above) made me pee my pants!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I hope you get a big visible calling soon bc those are the only ones that count in heaven.