Don't take things for 'Granite'

I would like to say that Rini was very peaceful during both sessions of conference today, but I don't like lying. Though she is getting into the jive of what most people do at Conference. Sleep! She woke up 11:15am, because she didn't go to sleep until well after 10pm last night, and then she went down for a nap around 3pm. That's the beauty of watching conference at home! That would be nigh on impossible to do something like that at the chapel!

Back in the day, that was the only way to do it. Though I do remember when I was in singles ward, we would congregate at the Bishop's house for lunch in between sessions. Worked well because his home wasn't that far from the chapel.

Another thing I did today, which was moderately bad, was participate with the 'Twitter stake' while watching the second session today. It was quite the experience, and I know that I would never do it in church. I would never consider it at the priesthood session, but I was writing notes furiously. Of all the notes I took, there were a few that stuck out to me. Elder Uchtdorf's lightbulb story, and President Monson's talk on the three things to improve our spirituality. The biggest thing I have to improve on is scripture study.

It's not that I don't like to study the scriptures, I do. I have read the Book of Mormon countless times cover to cover, but I cannot say the same for the Bible. At this point in time, I dare say I have lost interest in reading the scriptures from beginning to end, and therefore take an approach of studying topics rather than reading straight. That being said, Elder Ucthdorf mentioned a story about Nehemiah that I had never heard. Perhaps I will start my scripture study with that.

One thing lead to another due to my Twittering during conference. Dory may be same and compact, but she does dissipate heat. I found that my lap was getting a bit warm, and I placed her on the granite slab which my in-laws have their wood stove resting on. The slab was about two inches thick, and Dory cooled down very quickly. This made me think of getting a smaller piece and making a lap desk. Wouldn't you know, my father-in-law had some scrap cuts just the right size! I'm using it right now, and Dory has barely heated up. Using marble would be ideal, but all the marble scraps that he has are really thick. This granite scrap is only 1/4" thick, so I can have it on my legs without crushing them.