“For they [the Anti-Nephi-Lehites] became a righteous people, for they did lay down their weapons of rebellion.”

-Alma 23:7 (in the Book of Mormon)

“We’re gonna get it right if you lay your weapons down.”

-J. Mayer

What weapons can YOU lay down?

“I am beautiful because I’m not afraid to answer the front door without makeup.”

-Kath Wilk (ME!)
…

“Your beauty’s deeper than the makeup.”

-Hunter Hayes (my latest obsession)

This is for the campaign I was part of a few years ago for BYU Women’s Services and resources.

YOU DON’T NEED MAKEUP TO BE BEAUTIFUL, LADIES!
(but still, I deeply ❤  it)

“I loved you, gray sweatpants, no makeup.”

-J. Mayer (who else?)

PS.  After reviewing this post, I realize I have 3 pictures of myself.  That’s kind of a lot.  Sorry if this seems vain.  But whatevz, it is my blog after all.

🙂

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go to Seattle to see a debate about a proposed $15 minimum wage.  On the opposing side was none other than Ben Shapiro, one of the smartest young Americans today, and a rising voice in conservatism.  Orthodox Jew, Harvard Law Grad, 30, host of a veeeery entertaining and educational talk show, and just overall brilliant mind.  And look, I got to meet him!

Ben Shapiro;

He’s brilliant.

He’s fearless.

And he’s hilarious.

🙂

PS.  Don’t judge my bare shoulders!

Gotta get it all in before becoming a VIP temple girl.

“When faith is your foundation, nothing can crumble.”

-Hunter Hayes (musical genius and wildly poetic songwriter)

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“And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation.., a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.”

-Helaman 5:12 (in the Book of Mormon) 
…
COOL!

How firm is YOUR foundation?

ZBB has an album called “The Foundation.”

 And as a makeup aficionado,

I gotta say that my personal favorite cosmetic foundation is BB cream.

🙂

Build your foundation on faith

Build you foundation on Christ

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You can have needs without being needy.
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“Man shall not live by bread alone.”
(Luke 4:4)
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What are YOUR needs?

(emotional, physical, spiritual, social, intellectual, etc?)

“It’s such a waste to grow up lonely.”
-John Mayer 
…
“My loneliness is killing me.”
-Britney Spears
..
“Sometimes when I’m lonely, don’t know why
Keep thinking I won’t be lonely, by and by.”

-Langston Hughes

I won’t be lonely forever.

(timid smile)

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“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle

than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

(Luke 18:25)
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Needle

Eye of a needle?

Eye of the tiger!  

🙂

 PS. I’ve heard that famous scripture is often taken out of context and misinterpreted. Any of my friends know anything about that?

Amber

Century Link is ripping me off.
And it’s REALLY p*ssing me off.
(sorry for the pseudo-swear!)

*learning to take better records

*don’t be so quick to pay

*research, research, research

*this too, shall pass

Century Link,

you Really Stink!

[Men] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights… 

Rights do NOT spring from government. If they did, govt. could take them away as easily as they gave them. 

True rights (none of this birth control crap) spring from something deeper.

They are born of a higher source.

They come from God.

Just because.

PS.  The spring daffodils do not quite mesh with my decidedly Fall outfit.  But that’s alright.

“Don’t you think we oughta know by now?
-John Mayer
…
“And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, 
he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”
-1st Corinthians 8:2
…
“You should never argue with a crazy mi, mi, mi, mind. 
You oughta know by now.”
-Billy Joel 
…
.”You, you, you oughta know!”
-Alanis Morrisette

By the way, that first lyric of John’s is from his simultaneously gut-wrenching and incredibly sexy “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room.” Think it’s a coincidence that I chose a picture with fire in the background? Only in your dreams..

Just THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW!

🙂

What is the purpose of religion? 
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Is it to qualify and prepare us for the next life, 
or is it to refine and guide us in this one?
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Both. 

(Temporal salvation vs. Eternal Salvation)

“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”

               -Thomas S. Monson 

(President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

…
“No problem justifies your mistreatment of another human being.”

-Ben Shapiro

Cool!

And soooooo true!

🙂

Problems never trump people.  

It’s important to research out critical issues (duh). But I don’t believe you have to be an expert at something to have an opinion about it. Some may accuse you of being unqualified to make a commentary about something unless you’ve completely immersed yourself in the details, but I don’t think that is always true. 
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For example, I HATE “50 Shades of Gray.” I’ve never read it, nor will I ever read it. But I say that with no hesitation (read my post if you’re interested in why). 
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What do ya’ll think?  How much do you have to be versed in something to have an opinion about it?
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“Avoid the appearance of evil” (Thessalonians 5:22)

PS.  By the way, I do think that MOST of the time, you gotta know your stuff really well to establish your credibility and lend validity to your argument. Don’t accuse me of not being into that. I’ve written enough college essays to know you gotta back up your stuff with evidence. 

BUUUUT sometimes something is so awful and such a turn-off that you don’t have to be incredibly familiar with it to know its trash.

It takes a lot to ignite the wrath of Kath.

But if you DO ignite, get ready for a fight!

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Read here about how

I don’t let anyone insult me

Everybody’s just a stranger

but that’s the danger

of going my own way…

I guess it’s the price I have to pay

I’ve heard “Why Georgia” about a million times (hyperbole!), but last week, this line struck me like never before.  I have come a long way, but still I don’t have everything quite right in this new life I’ve chosen for myself.  I am making friends, but I’m still alone.  I’m still surrounded by strangers.  Or maybe I’m the stranger.   John Mayer was lonely and felt out of place when he first moved to Georgia.  I now know how he feels.

Moving to Salt Lake City was an exciting, brave decision, and I’m so glad I chose it.  But it certainly comes at a cost.  Crafting a new life with new people can be terribly lonely.  And I feel that loneliness a lot.  It’s palpable.  I hope that it will all be worth this initial feeling of being an outsider.  I hope that I will create my circle of support, but there’s no way to know for certain.  So for now, I’m taking it day by day and celebrating the progress I’ve made so far.  Still, I am a stranger here.  And still, I am often painfully lonely.  

I wonder sometimes about the outcome

#loneliness

of plucking your eyebrows!

🙂

It may sound a little silly, but plucking those bad boys just can instantly make you look and feel more polished and feminine.

Eyebrows are a topic to which I have given a LOT of thought throughout my years.  Will write more later…

PS.  Look at brave I am for posting such close up pictures of myself where I’m dressed really scrub.  I’m cool like that.

One night a couple of weeks ago, I hit Smith’s to stock up on food.  And my cashier’s name was Anthony!  It’s like the Billy Joel song “Moving Out:”

“Anthony works at a grocery store,

saving his pennies for someday…”

Cool!

I sang it to him, but he didn’t think it was as clever as I did.

That happens to me a lot.

Darn.

My stupid mouth.

🙂

 “I still count on one hand

the number of good men I know.”

–Sara Bareilles

“We must be men that women can trust,

that children can trust,

and that God can trust.”

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-Elder D. Todd Christofferson

(of the Quorum of the 12 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Fathers, be good to your daughters, please.

🙂

For my male readers/ friends,

I beg of you to be good men.

❤ Katherine Anne