Sariah Says

Crazy 8's

posted Friday, 2 May 2008
8 things I’m passionate about:

1.  My personal testimony of, and relationship with, my Savior, Jesus Christ.
2.  My husband
3.  My children
4.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
5.  Lord of the Rings
6.  The New England Patriots
7.  Living in the NorthWest
8.  The ocean/beach/killer whales/dolphins

8 Songs I can listen to over and over again and never get sick of:

1. How Firm a Foundation
2. The Black Gate Opens (LOTR)
3. Return of the King (LOTR)
4. Just about any other song from any of the LOTR Trilogy soundtracks. lol
5. Live to Love (Paul Cardall)
6. George Winston's Variation on the Kanon
7. David Lanz's Variation on a Theme from Pachelbel's Cannon in D
8. Be Still My Soul

8 books I’ve read:

1. Book of Mormon
2. The Holy Bible
3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J. R. R. Tolkien
4. Isaiah for Airheads - John Bytheway
5. Dispatches from the Edge - Anderson Cooper
6. The Work and the Glory series - Gerald N. Lund
7. The Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
8. Standing for Something- Gordon B. Hinckley

8 Things I say often:

1. I love you... Muah!
2. Rori, what are you getting into?
3. Dumb Dog
4. Fudge!
5. Flip!
6. Nigh-Nigh
7. Trust the Lord
8. Ya know?

8 Things that attract me to a friend:

1. Honesty
2. Common ground
3. A sense of humor
4. They have to like me too... kinda important, that one!
5. Someone who lifts me up instead of dragging me down.
6. Good values/standards/priorities.
7. Fun!
8. Kind Hearted

8 Random things about me:

1. I wish I had a self-cleaning house.
2. I don't like to bake.
3. I do like to cook.
4. I like singing in the choir even though my voice isn't that great.
5. I'm one of those people that Pam hates, who makes up their own harmony part in songs with only a melody. lol (But only if I'm familiar enough with the song that I know what harmony will really sound good.)  I love harmony and I usually can't hit all the melody notes.
***Correction:  Pam doesn't hate the people who do that, just that they do that.  Okay, I'm one of the people who sometimes makes up my own harmony for songs... which Pam hates. lol
6. I'm the oldest in my family... but the shortest.
7. I wear a retainer at night when I sleep.
8. I'm often told that I have "perfect teeth" and a "beautiful smile" - not just by the dentist, often by strangers. :D

8 Things I want to do before I die:

1. Attend the SLC Temple.
2. See my children grow to be worthy to attend the temple.
3. Run a whole 10K without having to slow down to walk.
4. Visit New Zealand and go on a LOTR tour.
5. Go on a mission with Ryan.
6. Learn sign language
7. Become a scriptorian
8. Endure to the End

8 Things I’ve learned this past year:

1. Trust the Lord.  God can do anything, and that means He can even help ME to do anything He wants me to do. 
2. We each have our own agency.
3. Acadia is a very patient and loving big sister.
4. Rori is extremely headstrong and I will need to be diligent in teaching her to choose to be headstrong in the right ways about righteous things.
5. I need to buy an upholstery cleaner.
6. Getting on your knees to pray really does make a huge difference!
7. I used to think that I wanted a "break" but now I'm realizing that I really don't.  I don't ever want to stand still or become stagnant.  I need to continually work to improve myself, I can always do better and I need to always strive to be better.  Challenges are opportunities for me to learn and to grow.  If I'm not progressing, I'm not moving in the right direction.  The pace I'm going isn't as important as the direction I'm headed. 
8. At the same time, I need to be patient with myself.  It is crucial to have a good balance in life.  I need to have "me time" doing things that relax and rejuvinate me so that I'm better equipped to do all the other things that I need to do.  You can't draw water from an empty well.

The 8 People I want to do the Crazy 8’s:

1. Acadia
2. Mom (in her spare time, lol)
3. Ben
4. Debi