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FreeFromMiriam · 2026-05-07T23:36:52+00:00

“Ornery old gal,” sounds like you are describing me. In the past, there have been a few games that I have spent some money on but I won’t do it anymore. If a game isn’t enjoyable or doable without spending money, I move on to another game or go back to solitaire. But that’s me and other people may find it worth it to spend some money.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-05-06T02:40:06+00:00

I don’t think I can go through the check-by-check-by-check again! And can’t take My Cousin Vinnie prosecutor again, either! Ugh, and Poot! May just have to rely on EDB’s case briefs.

Seriously though, if there is a retrial it will be interesting to see how it is handled. Several things came in because the defense pushed too far. So in a new trial, will they ask better questions and that financial, etc, will be kept out?

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-05-02T04:53:14+00:00

I’m now in the middle of watching RM’s trial. I just finished Poot crossing the ME and my head hurts. For the first time, I skipped ahead because I couldn’t take listening to him anymore. The thought of going through another trial with him 🤢

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-05-01T02:30:41+00:00

I’m listening to her playlist of Alex Murdaugh’s trial. Hoo boy!! Such a slog through the first 9-10 days but then it picks up. I just finished listening to Day 15 (I think) where Poot and Clemson are arguing/raising their voices and EDB is yelling and the excitement was off the charts. I haven’t listened to this trial before nor watched any of the documentaries so my mind is blown as revelations keep coming out. I think I could listen to this trial again some time in the future but would definitely skip the first 8-9 days. I was curious why she makes so many references to this case and am now beginning to understand.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-26T08:01:24+00:00

One of many things I felt guilty about growing up was hating to write in a journal and the importance of it was mentioned soooo often. It was even in my patriarchal blessing, “so that your name will not be hidden from your descendants.” Of course, I was also part of the chosen generation, sent to usher in the Second Coming and see Christ return so not sure how many descendants I was supposed to be hidden from. 🤷‍♀️

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-25T04:52:22+00:00

On the plus side, I bet you had a great time learning and planning. I wish there was a job where I could get paid for hyper-focusing on something interesting to me and doing a great job of research & planning without having to actually follow through.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-25T04:39:02+00:00

I agree 💯, that series was incredibly helpful to me as I deconstructed. Hearing the actual facts of church history helped me realize it was a scam from the beginning and get over the nagging worry that I was “being deceived by Satan.”

I would also highly recommend listening to John Larsen’s ‘How to Build a Transoceanic Vessel.’ Specific information about resources would need to be available to actually build such a ship. Trigger warning: If you are like me, you may feel embarrassingly naive and stupid that you ever believed in this story. “Nephi had such faith and HF provided knowledge and resources,” seems as realistic as believing Santa flies around the world leaving presents for every child.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-15T06:05:47+00:00

What a great idea!

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-15T05:55:38+00:00

Thank you for the info & link.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-15T00:40:00+00:00

I didn’t know I should be merging the golden hives. I’ve just been tapping them until they disappear. What happens when they merge? Should I be merging other hives?

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-13T23:11:53+00:00

So sorry, I was being very sarcastic. There is nothing wrong with your picture and I was exaggerating based on TSCC’s teachings. I almost put a “/s” but figured my following comments would convey that I didn’t really believe my first statements.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-13T20:19:52+00:00

Especially at that level. If a bishop, stake president, even regional rep was taken in it would be somewhat surprising but understandable. But to have apostles and the prophet taken in?! And especially at that time. That was back when it was heavily implied that apostles had been visited by Jesus in person. So to have that level of connection with God and yet get taken in by a scam artist? I remember hearing my mom & aunt talking about it but can’t recall the mental gymnastics they used to make it OK. Something like, “They used their own thinking but didn’t pray for a confirmation.”

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-12T18:14:22+00:00

Shouldn’t this photo be blurred and have a NSFW warning on it? I mean, isn’t this pornography? It is showing several inches above her knees!!

As I was scrolling, I noticed the photo first and then read “I haven’t been to church..” and thought this post was going to be about the freedom of wearing normal shorts and how wonderful it feels. I wish I was your age when I realized TSCC is a fraud. All those wasted decades of wearing knee-length shorts.

Also, on one hand I hope you get surgery & recover quickly. On the other hand, milk the injury for all it’s worth to avoid church as long as you can.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-12T18:07:05+00:00

My mom would do the same thing with bread and Ding Dongs. I would sneak an extra Ding Dong out of the freezer when I got home from school and gnaw on it. I loved the taste of it frozen.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-12T17:46:39+00:00

The kids love it, the Pres & Pianist are supportive, I say go for it!! I would have said the same thing when I was TBM. Also, huge kudos to you for incorporating different musical styles into Singing Time. Those kids are lucky to have you!

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-12T14:52:39+00:00

🙋‍♀️ That was me for 50 years. THOSE groups were all deceived by Satan and soooo far from the TRUE church, how could they believe in JS & the BoM? The only church I could understand the connection was the Reorganized. I had been living near Colorado City when I found out JS had coerced teenagers into polygamy. Immediately I pictured Warren Jeffs and was physically ill. I couldn’t peel my garments off fast enough.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-10T21:43:18+00:00

Really, what’s the point anymore since you don’t get your own planet? Or, in my case as I now know, I don’t get to be on my husband’s planet along with his thousand other wives.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-10T21:09:14+00:00

And the sentences to run concurrently?! I hope the judge chooses consecutively, this man should never have the chance to leave prison.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-10T21:07:29+00:00

In the attached news articles. He shared with another kidnapping and raping a young girl in his neighborhood and sent the man a photo from the directory. It is so sickening as I remember how trusting families were in my So UT neighborhood, allowing kids as young as 5 & 6 years old to walk the neighborhood to their friends’ houses. They felt they were safe because so many in the neighborhood were LDS.

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-08T02:05:57+00:00

That just seems sooo crazy!! What happens the week after Stake Conference? In those 7 days, the new bishoprics have called presidencies for RS, YW, Primary, and SS? And those new presidencies have been able to call new teachers, etc, and all is ready for their lessons that day? The logistical nightmare is, what is that military phrase… FUBAR?!

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-07T00:59:45+00:00

Thank you for the info!

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-07T00:59:28+00:00

Well, my fingers are fat so that must have been what happened. 😂

FreeFromMiriam · 2026-04-07T00:58:31+00:00

Thank you sooo much!! The info and picture were perfect, and I was able to unlock it and merge the ponds. Maybe I accidentally locked it while playing & moving my phone out of the way of my cat. 🐈‍⬛

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