I got this quiz from Niki http://thenicoleshow.blogspot.com/2008/08/doing-my-homework.html who got it from her Relief Society and as I was reading hers I thought how would I answer that. At the end of her answers she invited us to try and so here goes:

1.What is the most thankless job you perform? At first changing poopy diapers came to mind but that isn’t true since Marriah always smiles at me while I am changing her and seems so much happier afterward so to me that says Thanks Mom for cleaning up my crap. Fortunately for me I have an awesome husband who is really great at thanking me for doing stuff especially when I point out what I have done for him. So I guess my thankless job would have to be laundry maybe that is why I loathe it so much and sometimes cooking since most of the time no one eats my cooking or complains about it.

2. List 3 characteristics you feel describe you: I am a bit of a homebody, a foodaholic, and very Family oriented.

3. List at least 1 of your accomplishments that you are proud of: Serving a mission, marrying my husband in the temple and keeping three kids alive and happy. Sorry I know you said one but I couldn’t decide which one was most important.

4.If you were to hire yourself for a job, what would be your job title? (for example: West Valley’s Taxi-Soccer-ballet-cooking Queen) Rigby’s Pooper Scooper- I tend to take crap from people instead of defending myself, I am constantly cleaning up after everyone and I feel there is no end to diaper changing.

There you go now you are welcome to copy the questions and answer them on your own blog but be sure to let me know so I can read your answers.

I usually attend education week as a host and go all three days but since I am nursing I just went Saturday. While there I attended a class of a lady I hosted for once before and she said all the right things then so since I was in search of some answers I hoped she would say all the right things now and she didn’t disappoint me.

You see in the past 7 years I have gained a significant amount of weight and tend to base my self worth on my size instead of who I really am…inside. I was listening to a tape I made my family while on my mission and I turned to Tyler and said, ” I am actually a pretty cool person.” I wasn’t saying it to be conceited but as a new knowledge I had actually come to learn. Something I never see because I only see what is staring back at me in the mirror. My sister has a friend who went to live with an ex-drug dealer down in Texas that she met over the Internet. This girl grew up in the church, went to BYU-I and was even at one time engaged to be married in the temple. She was taught the gospel but because of her low self-esteem she only saw in herself an ugly, fat girl ( which of course was absolutely not true) and felt like the only chance she had at someone loving her was this loser she was willing to give up everything she had even her family and her beliefs to be with. That shook me up especially since I have two daughters I am afraid that the way I see myself is the way they will see themselves; that their only value is in their size so I knew I needed to do something about the way I see myself – that no matter what size you are you are important. Well so I prayed. I knelt down and poured out my heart to a loving Heavenly Father and asked Him to help me in this endeavor to see myself the way He sees me. That is when I had the opportunity to attend Merilee Boyack’s class at education week. She started her class by telling the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. If you recall, Goldilocks found things too hard or too soft or too hot or too cold until she came to something that was just right. Next, Sister Boyack showed a picture of a pretty average looking person and she said do you think she is too tall or too short or too fat or too skinny? We answered saying no she is just right. Then she showed a picture of a friend of hers in Africa who was a little overweight and she said is a little loud when she gets excited and she said by American’s standards this woman would be too fat, too poor and too loud but by Africa’s standards she is rich because she has enough food to feed herself and her family and she shows lot of love to everyone – to them she is just right. At this point she turned to the audience and said, ” to Heavenly Father you are just right.” Suddenly, I felt as though our Heavenly Father had His arms around me and was saying “see Anndrea you are just right.” Of course just as I am doing now while writing this, tears filled my eyes and I at that moment came one step closer to seeing myself through Heavenly Father’s eyes. I know I have along way to go but I am commencing on a path in the right direction. I hope to one day be able to look past the double chin and flabby jabbers and see the beautiful soul that Heavenly Father created. All too often we compare ourselves to someone else. Everyone tries to put their best foot forward and that is what we end up comparing ourselves to instead of their real foot. Sheri Dew put it so eloquently when she said something to this effect- sometimes I wonder if the judgement in Heaven will be a breeze compared to the judgement we face on earth amongst our peers- and might I add the judgement we face within ourselves. I just need to remember I am a daughter of God and He knows me better than anyone and He loves me and that is what really matters not what the world thinks because frankly the world is pretty screwed up.

Doctrine and Covenants 18:10 – Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.

(Note to readers: I did not write this to get praise only to testify of the things I have learned for myself for the benefit of others.)

Here are the directions for any one who wants to play along.
1. As a comment on my blog leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
It’s actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one abut you. If you don’t want to play on your bog, or if you don’t have a blog, I’ll leave my memory of you in my comments.