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Paying it Forward

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Introduction: There is this awesome lady in our ward named Heidi who has had more than her share of spending time in the hospital lately with a son who broke his neck while skateboarding (he is a walking miracle!) and her husband with a torn Achilles tendon. Story:  This week Heidi called me out of the blue and asked if there was anyway that she could come to my house and help me with any project that needed to be done.  She remembered that I have been trying to organize and finish things from our remodeling.  I was very surprised and when asked why she replied that she wanted to "pay it forward" for all of the help that she received while she was in the hospital. At first I was hesitant to let anyone help me, and then I remembered how prideful it is to refuse a sincere offer of help so I consented to let her help.  She came over and we had a marvelous time cleaning out a closet chuck full of many miscellaneous items.  She helped me sort through everything and we ended u

Food 4 Thought Friday!

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Food  4  Thought   Friday!   A little feast without the calories!!   Please visit  Jodi's blog !  She posts these for us.   Feel free to play along for some yummy fun! She will post a new one each Thursday night. JOIN IN!!!   Food 4 Thought Friday ~ This week's questions:   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥  Breakfast  ~  What is your current guilty pleasure? Flan from Costa Vida - it is AWESOME! Lunch   ~    What is the weirdest/worst thing you have eaten? I tried squid still in ink once in Spain and ate paella made with crawdads where you had to break off the head and suck the meat out.  NEVER AGAIN!   Dinner   ~  What is something you wish you wouldn't have done? Let my health suffer and eat so much junk food while I was in school.  I'm paying for it now.   Midnight Snack  ~ Name some of your time saving tricks? Are there tricks to saving time?     Recipe of the Week   ~ (instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?)     Keep putting one foot in fr