tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58655065289113931942024-09-01T16:56:40.982+10:00I find great pleasure in putting on my fairy wings and making others smile.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12938317157471513950noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865506528911393194.post-10688714255198950112013-02-11T13:43:00.000+10:002013-05-10T07:59:02.639+10:00

Wendy Cohen grew up in a home filled with love and laughter. Born and raised in Queensland, Australia she now lives in Bountiful, Utah.  Wendy has served in many church callings which include; Primary presidency, Primary teacher, Faith in God leader, Stake YW presidency, YW presidency, RS teacher, Stake RS presidency, RS president, seminary teacher and now serves as a Sunday school

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I'm not someone who sits around watching sports. There is only one game that is important to me and I even get up at 3am to watch it. It is the State of Origin. This year is the first year I have plonked myself in front of the couch and watched so much of the Olympics. It is also the first year I have been able to. I have always enjoyed watching gymnastics but other than that I don't know that

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I have to admit that the name Katherine Nelson is new to me. I haven't heard anything of her prior to listening to this CD. I am super happy to introduce Katherine to my friends and readers now that I have heard her. This CD is all about women. I have tried for years to get across to women that WE ARE INCREDIBLE!!! We are STRONG!! We are BRAVE!! We are COMPASSIONATE!! I love the lyrics of the

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I've spoken about it many times as I go around speaking to women. The need for more of us to say 'NO' when asked to do something. The guilt seems to overwhelm us and we agree to do something that adds extra burden to our lives, family or even finances. Jason Wright Author Jason Wright has written about his own personal 'Say No Coach'. Of course it happens to be his wife so it works out

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Last night I enjoyed sharing this topic with the ladies of the North Canyon 3rd ward. We had a lot of laughs together. As promised, here are the quotes that I used in the presentation...plus a couple of extras. Thank you all for a wonderful night....and the yummy fruit pizza. Click here to download this picture.

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Yesterday it was my privilege to be a presenter at a women's conference. The topic of my presentation was "I don't give a darn day". Around the board behind me I had displayed a number of very funny signs and quotes. I thought it much easier for people to come to my blog and see them than for me to email everyone where I found them. So here they are. If I have done it right then you simply

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There are things happen in our life that we will always remember where we were and what we were doing at the time. September 11th 2001 was one of those days. We had just moved into a new house. We that is, except my husband who was back in America visiting his family. The children were all in bed and I was on the computer chatting with friends from all over the world. One of my friends mentioned

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I type a lot of recipes. Whether it's to post on my blog or just to put in my file on the computer, etc, I type a lot. Everytime I've come to the temperature I have to type the complete word...degree. It gets old and it just doesn't look right. Surely there's a way to simply type ° rather than write 'degree'. So I went in search of the 'how to'. I found help all over the place...as you do.

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This is the time of the year that neighbours are dropping off 'zucchini bread' or 'zucchini brownies'. Everyone is trying to disguise this abundant vegetable (although some may argue that it is a fruit). If there was such a thing as a 'State Vegetable' then zucchini would be it for here in Utah. Everyone has a thriving garden here (all except me it seems) and everyone plants zucchini. There is

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If you have found my recipe for Eggplant Salsa then you will know how much we love salsa in our house. Today I found this bowl online that would fit perfectly in our family. This bowl makes the art of scooping salsa onto your chip, effortless. No more fear of having the blob of salsa fall straight from your chip onto the table as you lift the chip to the edge of the bowl. Just think of the money

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I messed up big time on my first time at all this 'sharing'...but...Oh well. Bloggers from all over are sharing their homemade projects. The one I shared is my Eggplant Salsa...but of course when it asked for 'Name'....I put MY NAME and not the name of the project. DUH! Anyway...go check out all the fun and inspiring items that people are making. I for one will be having a go at making my own

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For the past number of years I have found that making a menu, and following it, makes my life so much easier and find it saves us money as well. I thought I'd share my latest monthly menu with you in hopes that someone might find it helpful. Monthly Menu Blogger

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Feeling the need to get your nails done to celebrate 'back to school'? The Daily Nail: April 2010 (clipped to polyvore.com)

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I have been a guest contributor on a blogEzine. This is my latest contribution. Another 4th in July.

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Yesterday my husband an I took our three teenage sons to visit the LDS Welfare Square. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always shown concern for the poor and needy, from the very beginning. For example, back in 1842 the women's organization, known as Female Relief Society of Nauvoo. That same organization continues to function today known simply as Relief Society and is about

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 I get a real kick out of making my own things. A few months ago I tried my hand at a recipe I'd had sitting in the bottom of the recipe pile for some time. You know the 'one day I'll try this' recipe pile. After trying it I found my teenage sons loved it and actually told me not to buy cereal anymore.  Well...we made the big move from Australia to USA and I haven't made it because I

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I have been making chocolate for years and for years people have asked me for the recipe. I have finally put the recipe up for everyone to see over here: A String of Pearls If you go over and like what you read please leave a comment there and if you're interested I will be happy to share just how we made STRAWBERRY chocolate....but you'll have to leave a comment so I know.

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This is a picture of an ATM receipt someone left at a gas station recently. Alas it is not from my account but it sure can make one daydream about the 'what ifs'. So....What if it was yours....what would you do? List the top five things you would do if you had this kind of money.

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Who hasn't lived through it with your own siblings or dealing with it now as your own children grow. Here is a fantastic idea that is sure to help with who gets to sit in the front seat of the car or who gets to choose the TV show to watch or ANYTHING for that matter. The Pocket Referee   I'm sure you have some tales to tell of sibling rivalry in your life. I'd love to hear them so go

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Yesterday I was out and about with three of my four children (#4 has an arm in a cast) helping with the flood clean-up effort. It was Sunday. Our Sabbath. We are Christians. We go to church every Sunday and love it. The mess that this flood has caused made me think of a few scriptures: Ox in the mire In the service of your God So with those verses in mind we set off in the morning to help in

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I live in Brisbane. I love Brisbane. I sit in my safe, dry house here on the south side and I weep. I weep for the loss of precious items...photos, letters, home movies, etc. I weep for the loss of things.....beds, TVs, curios, pianos, etc. I weep for the clean up that people will encounter for months and months to come. I weep for the loss of income for so many. I weep especially for the loss of

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I loved having little ones around the house. I loved getting on my hands and knees and playing games with them. I loved when they played outside and came in covered in dirt. (I always believe a dirty child just means they've had some great fun) I loved singing silly songs with them wherever we were...in the supermarket....in the car....walking down the street. What I didn't enjoy was doing

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Role Modeling: I  tell my children, clean-up their room and they look at my garage. I tell them not to drink and they look at my eyes when I come home from a party. I tell them to be honest, I have an escort radar scanner in my car and my tax return shows 'zero' income for the third straight year. And so there are those who leap all over the place pulling hair from their head and the

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"Are we there yet?.....Are we there yet???....Now? Are we there now???" Ohhh you've heard it before. My response is usually "Have we stopped the car? Are we getting out of the car? Are we walking to the ...........? Well then, we are NOT there yet." Here's some fun games we use to play (and some we didn't but you may like to)to break up the time as we'd travel....or even during church or times

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