Keep your kids away from "The Golden Compass" movie!!

If you are a Christian, believe in a loving God and in spiritual things, you should be concerned about the upcoming movie "The Golden Compass." I would go into greater detail about why you shouldn't support this movie; however, http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp has already done the work for me. Please view this link! To say just a little, this movie is based on a trilogy for children that has won many awards. The author is an athiest and wants to turn children against God. As you will read, in the end of the third book in the trilogy, a young Adam and Eve actually kill God. If you watch the trailer to the movie http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp you will see how this looks like it would be a good movie. But please read the snopes link above to see why it surely isn't good in any sense of the word. As you will read, the author hopes that after children watch this movie (which is based on the first book- the most innocent of the three books in the series) they will want the all the books in the trilogy as a Christmas gift. Scary! Children are the future and if they turn against God and against spiritual things I am scared.
Let us trust in God and remember that He is loving and that He has a plan for the happiness of His children!
Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths."
President Gorden B. Hinckley, Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (often known as "Mormons") said,
"I believe without equivocation or reservation in God, the Eternal Father. He is my Father, the Father of my spirit, and the Father of the spirits of all men. He is the great Creator, the Ruler of the Universe. He directed the creation of this earth on which we live. In His image man was created. He is personal. He is real. He is individual. He has "a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's." (Doctrine and Covenants 130:22- scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
--- I also believe in God. I know that He loves me and knows me. I feel His love when I pray. I know that Jesus is the Christ and my Savior and Redeemer. I have hope in this life because of His loving sacrifice on my behalf. I want to live worthy to return to live with my Father in Heaven and my Savior Jesus Christ after this life. I know God and Jesus Christ live and love me (and you)!

Melanie's belated Birthday wishes

Hey smelly! I do regret to inform you that your birthday was 2 days ago and I neglected to wish you a happy one that day on my blog. If it helps you feel better, you can at least know that I thought about you that day and then next. I hope you had a good one. I love you!
-Tye Marie

Birthday wishes!

I have an announcement to make:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN E. BECK!!!!!
I hope your day is as delightful as you are!
much love,
Tye Marie

I am Emma Woodhouse

Hi. I don't understand how to copy and paste the picture, but I took a fun jane austin character quiz which revealed I am a modern "Emma Woodhouse." She is awesome so I hope I can begin to live up to her awesome-ness. If you, the reader (although I don't know who reads my blogs because there seems to be a lack of comments from many), would like to know which character you are, you may visit http://www.strangegirl.com/austenquiz/

Tag this!

Jobs I've Held:
1. Guymon Electric (my dad paid me to do random things here and there)
2. Rags
3. Sensuous Sandwich
4. RC Willey, otherwise known as "the Willey"

Movies I Can Watch Over and Over:
1. The Count of Monte Cristo
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. National Treasurer
4. Legally Blond
5. The Sound of Music

Places I Have Lived:
1. Wyoming (don't remember the city)
2. Provo, Utah
3. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Shows I enjoy:
1. Ellen
2. AFV
3. The Great Race
4. American Idol

Places I Have Been on Vacation:
1. San Diego, CA
2. Various National Parks in Utah
3. Yellowstone National Park
4. Does camping count? backpacking in the Uintahs National Forest
5. Nauvoo
6. Lake Michigan

Favorite Foods:
1. Guacamole
2. oatmeal cookies
3. Indian food
4. roast beef and potatoes
5. Cafe Rio (I can't wait until I can experience this pleasure again!)
6. parmesean chicken
7. twice-baked potatoes
8. I could go on and on but will stop now

Websites I Visit (almost) Daily:
1. gmail
2. webmail
3. elearn.byu.edu
4. google
5. blogs (not daily but sometimes)
6. noaa.org
7. aadl.org

Body Parts I Have Injured:
1. right ankle- broke it in 4th grade
2. right ankel- sprained it over 50 times
3. my whole body was injured during pregnancy and childbirth but is slowly recovering from it (this is supposed to be humorous, not sad or depressing- pregnancy does a doozy on the body but gives you a baby, so it's worth the cost)

Nicknames I Have Been Called:
1. tatron
2. twi-tatron-co-ann
3. tron
4. tae
5. detmer

I'm tagging (to blog this):
1. erin e. beck
2. becca l. s. meeks

Birthday wishes!

Happy birthday to Rebecca Lark Smith Meeks!!
You are loved by someone in Michigan very much.
Have a good one.
You have been briefed.
Love,
Tye Marie

What time is it?

It's 2:00 am. Why am I awake? Well, I just don't know. I watched a movie tonight with Quinn, Maecy, Mom, and Dad (A Knight's Tale) and afterwards went to go to sleep (11:00) and haven't been able to get any of it (sleep). I do not feel tired, that's for sure. I'm just annoyed that I can't sleep because I want to and there's nothing else that sounds as wonderful as sleep. I just hope I'm not awake all night- it's definitely a possibility that I would be because it's happened before. Luckily I probably won't be tired until Friday because I'm not usually too tired the day after a really bad night's sleep. I think this is because the body naturally releases hormones that make you super awake when you're sleep deprived, but this only happens for so long. Eventually you get very tired and maybe even a little cranky and have to make up some of the lost sleep. I've tried reading, singing hymns, relaxing (not very effective at 2:00 am), eating cereal, just sitting, making myself lay in bed, turning on a fan, etc. and here I am feeling just as awake and wired as ever. I haven't had a night like this in a long time so I guess I had it coming to me.
Now I will talk about school. I am enjoying my classes thus far. My substance abuse and addictions class is quite interesting. Now that I have learned more about addictions and what happens in the brain when someone becomes addicted to something, I will be more understanding of those that have addictions. Drugs literally do alter the chemical processes of the brain and make it almost impossible for someone addicted to drugs to stop- this is why professional help is there for these people. My other class is intro to epidemiology. I wasn't very excited to take this class because I thought it would be boring- but I was wrong, it is very interesting to me.
Hmmm... what should I say at 2:15 am. I'm so excited to see Kyle this Friday. He will be getting here at almost midnight. On Saturday night, he is going to go with me to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting- I have to go to one for my drug addictions class and don't want to go alone. I'm glad that he agreed to come. I think it will be fun and interesting to go to it.
Welp, now I will turn off the computer and sit on my bum for a while.